Still no summer opponent for Cotto, but it appears he will be making a big decision soon on who promotes his fights.
Cotto is a promotional free agent who has been working with Top Rank, but that is about to change if you believe this report from Boxing Scene.
After a winless 2012 where he faced Floyd Mayweather and Austin Trout outside the Top Rank banner, he returned to them and notched victories over Rodriguez and then became the middleweight champion of the world with a knockout of Sergio Martinez last June. It was expected that a bout with Mexican star, Saul Alvarez would be next this spring.
Now there are reports coming out that Cotto will be signing a promotional pact with Roc Nation Sports on Thursday. Yes, where there is smoke there is fire.
When reached at his office in Las Vegas, Todd duBoef told Boxingscene.com – “I’m disappointed in their conduct across the board. People can make business decisions and I may not agree with it, but I’ll tell you what, when you talk about a relationship – conduct is everything.”
Cotto would have gotten $10+ million to fight Canelo, that is a fight that can still happen maybe in the fall, we will just have to see where the chips fall.