By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto has reportedly signed the contract to fight 32-year-old James Kirkland on February 25 at a catchweight of 153 pounds on HBO pay-per-view at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Having Cotto-Kirkland on HBO PPV could result in very few buys. I’m not sure what Cotto and his promoters at Roc Nation Sports are expecting in terms of buys for the fight. It might be quite low. Cotto is big name, but this an awful fight. It might not even bring in 100,000 buys on HBO PPV. If they’re good with a low number of buys that the Cotto-Kirkland fight bring in, then it might not be bad to have it on PPV.
Cotto will be trained by Freddie Roach, who has turned his career around more or less since his back to back losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Austin Trout four years ago. Cotto could probably beat Kirkland even without a trainer. I don’t think Cotto needs Roach for him to beat an inactive guy like Kirkland.
By Dan Ambrose: It’s rumored that Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) could be facing the recently knocked out James Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) on June 18 on HBO pay-per-view. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the Cotto-Kirkland fight is a possibility. Selling a fight between Cotto and Kirkland is asking for trouble.