By Sean Jones: Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) received a purse of $750,000 for his fight against #6 WBO Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-4-2, 24 KOs) last Saturday night on HBO World Championship Boxing from the StubHub center in Carson, California. Kamegai’s purse was 192,000.That’s good money for a fighter with a 3-2-1 record in his last 6 fights going into the Cotto match.
By Anthony Montero: The co-main event featured Rey Vargas of Mexico City, Mexico (29-0) against near by Santa Ana’s own Ronny Rios (28-1), the younger brother of Brandon Rios. Vargas’ WBC Super Bantamweight title was on the line for this fight.
By Sean Jones: Miguel Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach has confirmed that Cotto will be looking to fight the winner of the September 16th battle between Saul Canelo and Gennady Golovkin on HBO pay-per-view. This is the news that the boxing world was waiting for. They want to see Cotto fight the winner of Canelo-GGG, and now they have happening potentially as long as the winner of that fight is on board with that.
By Dan Ambrose: In a truly ugly mismatch, former 4 division world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) beat Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-5-2, 24 KOs) by a terribly one-sided fight on Saturday night to win the World Boxing Organization 154lb tile in a fight televised by HBO at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto will be looking to win the vacant WBO junior middleweight title this Saturday night against Yoshihiro Kamegai at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Unless Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) has lost his boxing skills in the 20 months he’s been out of the ring since his last fight, he should have an easy time defeating the 34-year-old Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) this Saturday night on HBO Championship Boxing.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) will be looking to win another world title this month when he fights for the vacant WBO junior middleweight belt against Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) on August 26 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Cotto is expected to retire at the end of the year. We’ll have to see about that. With all the opportunities for big fights for Cotto, it’s difficult to picture him walking away from boxing at the end of 2017.
By Dan Ambrose: Former 4 division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) could be facing former IBF 160 lb. champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) on December 2 in New York on HBO IF Cotto defeats Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) in their fight on August 26 on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. #1 WBO Cotto and #6 WBO Kamegai is fighting for the vacant WBO 154lb title even though Cotto hasn’t fought in the last 21 months.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto will be looking to pick up another world title next month in his unexpected fight for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title against Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-, 24 Kos) on August 26 on HBO World Championship Boxing from the beautiful StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto surprised a lot of boxing fans on Wednesday in inking a multi-fight deal with Golden Boy Promotions on Wednesday that will keep the 36-year old fighter in action beyond his next fight against Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) on August 26. It was thought that the 36-year-old Cotto would be retiring from boxing at the end of the year after a possible rematch with Saul Canelo Alvarez, but new contract with Golden Boy changes that.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) is considering extending his career beyond 2017 into 2018 to fit in fights against Saul Canelo Alvarez and Juan Manuel Marquez. Cotto vs. Canelo II is a real possibility for December. Cotto-Marquez would need to wait until 2018 if Cotto chooses to extend his career.