Cotto – Canelo predictions

Cotto - Canelo predictions

Buzz is building for the epic showdown set for this Saturday, November 21 when Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) and former two-time Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) will meet in the ring at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas for the Ring Magazine Middleweight World Championship.

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Canelo: ‘I Learn Something with Every Fight’

Canelo: 'I Learn Something with Every Fight'

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, the only man who can win the WBC middleweight title on Saturday night thanks to the sanctioning body withdrawing recognition of Miguel Cotto as champion, has shrugged off claims from Cotto trainer Freddie Roach that he is too inexperienced at elite level, saying he has learned something from each of his 47 pro contests.

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The WBC Strips Miguel Cotto

The WBC Strips Miguel Cotto

The World Boxing Council worked tirelessly through a process that began over two years ago to secure the celebration of the highly anticipated fight between Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The WBC is proud of that accomplishment that is giving boxing fans around the world a very important fight to see. After several weeks of communications, countless attempts and good faith time extensions trying to preserve the fight as a WBC World Championship, Miguel Cotto and his promotion did not agree to comply with the WBC Rules & Regulations, while Saúl Alvarez has agreed to do so. Accordingly, the WBC must rule on the matter prior to the fight.

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Boxnation to broadcast Canelo vs Cotto Live

Boxnation to broadcast Canelo vs Cotto Live

MEXICAN SUPERSTAR CANELO REFUSES TO LOOK PAST WORLD CHAMPION COTTO AS HE PREPARES FOR ‘50-50’ MEGAFIGHT – Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez has refused to look too far ahead as he prepares for his ’50-50’ fight with WBC middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto.

The stacked 160-pound division is brimming with talent including WBA and IBF knockout king Gennady Golovkin, WBO champion Andy Lee who defends his title against the undefeated Billy Joe Saunders, with Daniel Jacobs set to take on former champion Peter Quillin.

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Cotto: ‘This is Just Another Fight for Me’

Cotto: 'This is Just Another Fight for Me'

WBC middleweight champion, Miguel Cotto is refusing to get drawn into the hype surrounding Saturday’s Mexico/Puerto Rican mega-clash with enormously popular young challenger, ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, insisting the HBO PPV clash is ‘Just another fight for me.’

The Puerto Rican future Hall of Fame shoo-in has refused to speculate on a future fight with mandatory challenger and dominant Kazakh champ, Gennady Golovkin, who holds WBA and IBF straps, and whom fans are desperate to see the winner of Saturday’s clash square off against.

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Roach: Standing Firm on Cotto KO Prediction

Roach: Standing Firm on Cotto KO Prediction

Miguel Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach, is standing firm on his prediction that the WBC middleweight champion will knock out enormously popular Mexican challenger, ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Saturday night in Las Vegas, live on HBO PPV/Boxnation (UK).

Roach has been very vocal in his pre-fight prediction, as is always the case with the esteemed 7x trainer of the year, and is claiming that a fight plan based on aggressive bodywork will put an end to the younger Mexican, who he has called ‘not that great a fighter’ in the build-up, citing Alvarez’s tendency to fade and gas-out as a driving reason for his ‘mid-rounds’ KO prediction.

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Face Off With Max Kellerman: Cotto/Canelo – Full Episode

Face Off With Max Kellerman: Cotto/Canelo - Full Episode

Photo Credit: Hector Santos Guia/Roc Nation Sports/Miguel Cotto Promotions, LLC – Fight fans eager for a revealing inside look at the eagerly anticipated November 21st HBO Pay-Per-View® middleweight championship superfight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez, should mark their calendars to catch an all-new edition of “Face Off,” starring the two prizefighters. “Face Off With Max Kellerman: Cotto/Canelo” debuts Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Cotto vs Canelo: Miguel Cotto Interview Conference Call Transcript

Cotto vs Canelo: Miguel Cotto Interview Conference Call Transcript

With about ten days left until this historic fight, we’re extraordinarily excited about this mega event between two world-class fighters and champions, Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez. As I’ve previously stated, this will absolutely be the fight of the year! For those fans that will be watching on HBO Pay-Per-View from their home, we believe this fight will provide one of the best dollar-for-dollar values of any fight in recent memory, when you consider the investment and the guaranteed action from two of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters.

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Canelo looking forward to Cotto clash

Canelo looking forward to Cotto clash

CECILIA ZUNIGA: I want to welcome all the media that joined us today for Canelo’s final media conference call. As you all already know, we have an exciting event planned for all of you on November 21st. Now to introduce the call and Team Canelo, I would like to introduce our host for this call, the Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Thank you very much. Welcome everyone, and thank you for joining today’s international media conference call with Team Canelo Alvarez. I’m pleased to be on the call this afternoon to talk about the highly anticipated clash of two Titans, Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez, in a classic Puerto Rico versus Mexico battle that will be for the WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Championship on November 21st live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center, which will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View.

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Cotto: ‘I Have Nothing Left to Prove’

Cotto: 'I Have Nothing Left to Prove'

Puerto Rican living legend, and WBC middleweight champion, Miguel Cotto has claimed he is relaxed and happy going into his crunch clash with Canelo Alvarez later this month, and regardless of outcome, feels he has nothing left to prove in his career.

While the 34 year old Cotto has certainly achieved beyond all expectation – being the only Puerto Rican to win world titles in four weight classes, his latest comments will not inspire any hope in fans desperate to see the sought after clash with Kazakh IBF/WBA 160 lb champion, Gennady Golovkin, should he first come past Alvarez in Las Vegas on the 21st.

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