Former junior middleweight title holder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is looking to face former three-division titlist Miguel Cotto on March 8 according to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times.
Pugmire reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said a meetup has been planned to discuss the possible bout. Schaefer also said the fight would likely be held in the fight mecca of Las Vegas, Nev. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Alvarez just announced that he plans to fight three times in 2014, per Boxing News 24, and facing off with Cotto would be a huge way to kick off his three-fight campaign next year.
Canelo (42-1-1, 30 KOs) is coming off the first loss of his career at the hands of pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and will be looking to get his career back on track against Cotto.
Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs) is on the comeback trail himself after suffering two-straight losses at the hands of Mayweather and Austin Trout in 2012, but made a victorious return to the ring earlier this month when he stopped journeyman Delvin Rodriguez in the third round of their bout.
With Cotto having a name in the sport and a large fan following, coupled with Alvarez’s own massive following, a Cotto-Canelo showdown is almost guaranteed to be a successful pay-per-view and live gate.
Canelo’s fans made up most of the 16,000-plus people that filled the MGM Grand Garden Arena in his match with Mayweather, and his fans would do the same against Cotto. Though, Cotto’s fans did show up in force for his return bout against Rodriguez, putting almost 12,000, mostly Cotto fans in the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.
Earlier this year, Cotto said he would fight three more times before retiring, and with one fight all ready in the books, a win over Canelo could set up a possible rematch with Mayweather. After Cotto left Mayweather looking as beat up as he ever has post-fight, there is a demand for a rematch between the two.
With the hopes of many for Alvarez to be one of the stars that helps carry the sport of boxing once Mayweather calls it quits, a win over Cotto will help solidify that, after the lopsided loss to Mayweather last month put them in serious doubt.
With a win over Cotto and two more wins over quality opponents, we may very well see Alvarez back in with Mayweather as his six-fight deal with Showtime comes to an end.
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