Four weight
classes title owner Miguel Cotto (40-5 33 KOs) eyes a world title fight on June
24th.
The date was
revealed by Bryan Perez, the head executive of MG Promotions after a discussion
with Roc Nation, Miguel Cotto’s promoter.
"June 24 is the date that
Roc Nation has pointed out for Miguel's return. The details of the opponent and
the television network is what's missing. But that is the date they have
given us," - Bryan Perez
Per Bryan, some
potential sites for the June 24th title fight were also been
discussed during the dialogue.
"As for the possible
locations, Roc Nation executives have pointed out that there is a variety
available. They talked about New York, Dallas (Texas), Las Vegas and even
Orlando (Florida). There are at least four cities available for June 24 although
our preference would be New York and that was our request," - Bryan Perez
The 36 years
old Puerto Rican hero, who was last seen in action against Canelo Alvarez (900k
PPV buys), says that 2017 will be his last year in boxing as a fighter and
wants to have two to three more fights before calling it a career.
“This is the last year of my career and I want
to end my career in the best way possible,” “I knew I wanted to come back and
this is the way that I want to do it. I want to have two or three fights this
year. We will see.” - Miguel Cotto
Cotto was supposedly
scheduled to fight James Kirkland on February 25th in Texas, but was
cancelled due to nose injury sustained by Kirkland during his preparation for
the said bout.
After the
fall out, Cotto is actively looking for the best possible opponent available in
the market.
“I’m always looking for
the best name out there,” “We have to wait and see. … I’m here for the
best fights.” – Miguel Cotto
Some names
were dropped, but no serious negotiation is happening. It includes Gennady
Golovkin, Andy Lee, Timothy Bradley and Canelo Alvarez.
Even Juan
Manuel Marquez sends interest in staging a fight with Cotto at 147 weight
limit.For the June 24th event, it’s still unsure whether Miguel Cotto will be fighting on Pay-Per-View or just a regular HBO show.
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