Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be making one voluntary defense of his new WBC middleweight title before facing Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, but that defense won’t be a rematch vs. Miguel Cotto. The Puerto Rican lost a unanimous decision by wide scorecards in November, and hasn’t expressed an interest in re-claiming the belt.
Cotto, who has won titles in four weight classes, readily admitted during his reign that he’s not a true middleweight. Cotto’s prime was at welterweight (147 pounds), and all three of his middleweight bouts too place at catch weights less than 160 pounds. Against Alvarez, they agreed to fight at a 155-pound catch weight.
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His trainer Freddie Roach believed Cotto outboxed Alvarez and did enough to squeak out a win, but Cotto isn’t in a rush to get back in the ring.
"I had us winning by two rounds," Roach said. "I asked Miguel 'tell me what to do [on pushing for a rematch]' and he said 'just let it go for a while and let's just get our head together.' When we decide on what to do next, we'll all gang up and go the same way."
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Cotto may just be waiting to see what Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s next move is. Few believe Mayweather truly planned to retire after a one-sided win against Andre Berto; the fight was a PPV bomb by Mayweather’s standards, and the win pushed his record to 49-0, tying Rocky Marciano’s undefeated mark.
Cotto gave Mayweather one of the toughest fights of his career in 2012, and he has looked sensational in three of his four fights with Roach as his trainer. Cotto is one of the few fighters in the world with enough cache to generate interest after Mayweather’s widely-panned showdown vs. Manny Pacquiao.
Fans may shrug off an opponent Mayweather has already beaten, but Cotto is a future Hall of Famer and looked like a rejuvenated fighter since linking up with Roach.
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