FightSaga recently announced Miguel Cotto vs Sergio Martinez is likely for June 7.
Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KO) refused a lucrative offer from Golden Boy Promotions to fight Canelo Alvarez in order to face RING Magazine/ WBC Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO) for 'Maravilla's' title.
A Cotto victory would make him the first Puerto Rican four division champion.
Many
were hoping Cotto would face Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO), the former WBC Jr Middleweight Champion, in March. And while that bout won't happen in the next ten months, Cotto vs Canelo is still in play for late 2014 or some time in 2015 according to Gaby Peñagarícano, Cotto's adviser.
"It's an interesting fight, and Miguel said yesterday to the press that Canelo is young and if he keeps winning it could be an interesting matchup down the road....maybe at the end of next year or during the next [in 2015]," Peñagarícano told
"Miguel has been very, very clear, that the middleweight championship is very attractive to him. A fourth title in his fourth division is very attractive to him. And Martinez is a big fight as well," Peñagarícano said.
What would it take to make Cotto vs Canelo?
For
Cotto vs Canelo to take place as a PPV superfight, Canelo win must continue to win while Cotto must at least hold his own against Martinez.
If Cotto loses but isn't completely dominated, his team could salvage their fighter's stock by insisting the 5'7" Puerto Rican was too small to compete at middleweight, and jr middleweight is a more of a natural fit for him at this stage of his career.
Canelo Alvarez's 2014 finale is slated for November 22. Will Cotto vs Canelo happen then?
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