And if there’s added incentive, Cotto could be wanting revenge for his brother Jose, who lost to Alvarez in 2010.
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Canelo Alvarez of Mexico defeated Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) to become the new world middleweight champion at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It would make sense if the promoter wanted to delay the bout given that Alvarez is the only superstar on his roster, and Golovkin is perhaps the lone fighter who would be favored over him.
It was instead an evening to rejoice. His sole loss was a majority-decision to Mayweather in 2013. “It’s huge, but it’s much bigger than Golden Boy Promotions”.
“For sure. I’m fighting him”, said Alvarez.
The final scores were, 117-111, 119-109, 118-110. His reply to the scoring was “Wow!”
“If it’s over, it’s over”, trainer Freddie Roach said. “We will have that talk”.
Check out highlights of Canelo Alvarez’s big win over Miguel Cotto.
In a stunning momentum shift, Vargas landed repeated power punches in the next round, leading to the stoppage by referee Tony Weeks midway through the ninth.
“I don’t keep a scorecard in my pocket”, he said.
It was touted as the second biggest boxing fight of the year, second to only the underwhelming, Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. The Puerto Rican, Cotto, increased the pace in the eighth round, peppering Canelo with hard jabs, but the Mexican responded with powerful left hands to the body and combinations to thwart any serious offense. But if you want me to fight him right now, Ill fight him right now..
The fighters traded impressive exchanges through the early rounds of a bout fought at a catchweight of 155 pounds. Having won his last three fights by knockout, Cotto is 40-4 in his career and only nine of his career fights have gone the distance.
“We’ve already seen Canelo get exposed in the area of slow feet”. “This is my weight class. Golovkin …”
When asked about the possibility of a fight with Golovkin, Canelo said,”With all due respect, if he wants to fight right now I’ll put the gloves on and fight him”. “I’m not afraid of anybody”.
However, Cotto, 35, failed to overpower Alvarez as the 25 year old snatched the title by unanimous decision.
“If they reach an agreement, it’s absolutely without a problem”, Sulaiman said. I didn’t even know what a jab was.
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The fight went the full twelve rounds, and maintained more or less the same dynamic throughout. It was reported that Cotto was going to throw a high punch count, but that didn’t happen. It was still early in the round and the Mexican fighter connected again with a flurry of blows including a right to the jaw.
