De La Hoya won’t commit to Canelo vs. Golovkin fight

Test, passed. Canelo was brilliant, patiently walking Cotto down, pounding him with power shots and showcasing the kind of conditioning any star fighter needs to fight at the highest level. “I was fully prepared for what Cotto was going to do in the ring, whether that was take a defence stance or be the aggressor”. “But this fight speaks for itself”.

“Obviously, it’s a fight with a lot of responsibility and I’m up for it. I’m looking forward to it because I know it can go down in history as one of the great fights between Mexico and Puerto Rico”, Alvarez said.

LAS VEGAS When Puerto Rico and Mexico collide in the boxing ring, there is never any shortage of passion – from the respective fighters and their fans.

“He’s a great champion”, Alvarez said of Golovkin through a translator.

That will of course feature Cotto vs. Canelo going head-to-head in the main event. That is how important this event is to us.

Oscar De La Hoya, Caballero’s promoter, and his Golden Boy promotions team tried to convince Haskins and his team to accept a catch-weight bout outside of the 118-pound division, but Haskins declined and he’ll return to England with Caballero’s title but without having fought on the HBO card. Asked if he planned to face the Kazakhstani, the 25-year-old Alvarez flexed and momentarily ditched his native Spanish language for two English words: “I’m ready”. “And that’s what both fighters delivered”.

The uppercut was also available for Alvarez all night. “We must win the fight”. However, the WBC stripped Cotto of the title earlier this week due to the failure to reach an agreement on the sanctioning fee. The WBC middleweight title is officially vacant and only Alvarez can leave with the belt. But it’s doubtful either Alvarez or Cotto will be facing the rugged Golovkin anytime soon. With $1.1 million, I can buy any belt I want.

Cotto has rebounded under Roach after almost ending his career following back-to-back losses to Mayweather and Austin Trout in 2012.

The two clicked, and Cotto has stopped all three of his opponents under Roach.

“Our goal is to win the fight”, said Cotto in the ABC News report.

‘I think Miguel could pull off the strategy I have to beat Mayweather. Alvarez, a former unified junior middleweight titleholder, weighed 155 pounds for the fight, the most anticipated of the year besides the disappointing May 2 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

I’m pretty sure [Floyd] could take the victor”, Floyd Sr. told Boxingscene after the final Cotto-Canelo press conference, “but I’m going to look at it myself and touch base with what I see.

“We’ve already seen Canelo get exposed in the area of slow feet”. But at age 35, he wants to box more against an opponent who is a decade younger. “But I don’t know if I can say that anymore”.