Canelo vs. Cotto

Canelo’s trainer interested in Cotto for next opponent

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canelo5443By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer Eddie Reynoso is mapping out potential targets for Canelo to fight in his first bout since being dominated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. earlier this month in an embarrassingly one-sided fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Reynoso is interested in having Canelo fight Miguel Cotto next if Cotto can get past Delvin Rodriguez in their fight next month on October 5th. Reynoso sees Cotto as the biggest name that Canelo can get at 154.

It kind of goes without saying that Cotto is the biggest name in the junior middleweight division besides Mayweather, because the division is totally barren of popular fighters other than Canelo, Cotto and Mayweather.

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Canelo vs. Cotto: Is this a PPV worthy fight?

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canelo67By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions wants to match their prize WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) against 32-year-old Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) on September 14th on the Mexican Independence holiday for Canelo’s first pay per view bout of his career, if Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t want to fight the light heavyweight-sized Canelo in September.

Cotto, who hasn’t fought since December in losing to Austin Trout, reportedly is interested in facing Canelo for the right price.

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Atlas sees Canelo fighting Cotto next, not Mayweather

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canelo 03 (2)By Dan Ambrose: ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas says he’s hearing that Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) will be the one that ends up facing WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) rather than Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) for Canelo’s next fight on September 14th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlas said to ESPN: “My sources tell me it will be Miguel Cotto [who faces Canelo next]. Floyd Mayweather is not looking to fight. Yes, it would be a huge money fight [Mayweather vs. Canelo], but Mayweather can make money in a lot of different places. Why take a risk with a much bigger guy like Alvarez. So what I understand, Alvarez-Cotto is a much better bet than waiting to see Alvarez-Mayweather.”

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Cotto looking for $10 million for Canelo fight

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cotto3By Dan Ambrose: If Golden Boy Promotions wants Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) to step in and fight WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) on September 14th then they’re going to have to give Cotto a nice payday.

According to fightnews.com, Cotto is eying a payday of $10 million for a Canelo fight for what would be a pay per view bout if the fight takes place.

Considering that Canelo has never head-lined a PPV bout before and hasn’t proven himself yet as a PPV draw, it’s questionable whether a Cotto-Canelo bout would draw enough PPV buys for Cotto to get a $10 million guaranteed payday.

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Canelo vs. Cotto is the backup plan if Mayweather won’t face Saul

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cotto5By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions is looking to have former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) ready to go on September 14th to face their highly hyped fighter WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) if Floyd Mayweather Jr. fails to agree to face Canelo on that date.

That’s the fight that Golden Boy wants to put together, but Mayweather isn’t saying whether he’ll agree to face the much heavier Canelo, who came into his last fighting weighing 172 lbs against WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout.

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GBP in talks with Cotto for clash against Canelo in September

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canelo11By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions are looking to put together a fight between former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) and WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) for September 14th.

According to ESPN Deportes, talks have already begun between Cotto and Golden Boy to make the fight happen. According to their sources, the Cotto-Canelo fight could take place at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Cotto leading candidate for Canelo’s next fight on September 14th

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cotto5By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions has confirmed that WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be fighting next on September 14th against a still to be determined opponent and venue. He’s waiting on the results of the Robert Guerrero vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight to try and get the winner of that fight.

Canelo’s manager Eddie Reynoso would like to have Canelo face Mayweather, as would De La Hoya. However, given that Canelo out-weighs Mayweather by 25 pounds when he fights, it’s not likely that Mayweather is going to agree to fight someone with that kind of huge weight advantage over him, just as Canelo would likely never agree to fight cruiserweights Marco Huck and Denis Lebdev, who would have a 25 pound weight advantage over Canelo.

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Canelo vs. Cotto or Trout still being talked about for May 4th

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alvarez4By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez still could end up on the May 4th pay per view undercard bill headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to fightnews.com. There’s also still a chance Alvarez and Mayweather could be facing each other on September 14th.

If Canelo fights on the May 4th card, he’ll be facing either Miguel Cotto or Austin Trout. Earlier this week fightnews reported that Canelo would be open to fighting on the May 4th date as long as Golden Boy Promotions guaranteed him a fight against Mayweather on September 14th. If Golden Boy can set that fight up it would still put Canelo in a situation where he’d have to likely win the May 4th fight to get the September 14th Mayweather bout because it wouldn’t look good for Mayweather to be facing a guy coming off of a loss.

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