{"id":51826,"date":"2015-03-27T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826"},"modified":"2015-03-27T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:12:00","slug":"attention-boxing-world-will-the-real-middleweight-champion-please-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826","title":{"rendered":"Attention Boxing World: Will the \u201cReal\u201d Middleweight Champion Please Stand Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"polls-960\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_960\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_960_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"fd76a200fa\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who do you think would win between Gennady \"GGG\" Golovkin &amp; Miguel Cotto?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-960-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2691\" name=\"poll_960\" value=\"2691\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2691\">GGG<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2692\" name=\"poll_960\" value=\"2692\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2692\">Cotto<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(960);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(960); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-960-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-630 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/miguel-cotto-header11.jpg\" alt=\"miguel cotto header\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By Agustin Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rican superstar, Miguel Cotto has not fought since last June when he stopped the lineal middleweight champion, Sergio \u201cMaravilla\u201d Martinez, at Madison Square Garden. The next time Cotto steps into the ring, June 6, 2015, it will have been almost a year since his last bout. Since then, a lot has changed, including the promoter handling his fights. Earlier this month, Cotto inked a three fight, 50 million dollar deal with Jay Z\u2019s Roc Nation Sports. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cotto\u2019s next fight will be held in New York, at either Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center in Brooklyn but what\u2019s not known is who he will fight. Names have surfaced in recent weeks, including that of 41 year old IBF junior middleweight titlist Cornelius &#8220;K9&#8221; Bundrage, 34-5, 19 KO\u2019s and unheralded Jorge Sebastian Heiland, 25-4-2, 13 KO\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>But what about Gennady \u201cGGG\u201d Golovkin, who is the mandatory challenger to Cotto\u2019s WBC middleweight title. Surely you\u2019d expect Cotto, 39-4, 29 KO\u2019s the lineal middleweight champion to <a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=51826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40743 size-full\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GGG.jpg\" alt=\"GGG\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>defend his title against the best and \u201cGGG\u201d is arguably the best middleweight in the world, with or without The Ring Magazine belt around his waist. Unfortunately, Golovkin, 32-0, 29 KO\u2019s is not available to fight June 6 because he is defending his titles on May 16 against Willie Monroe, JR. at the Forum, In Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate timing for Golovkin that the Cotto fight can\u2019t be made in June but you better believe that Cotto wants no part of the undefeated middleweight \u201cbogeyman\u201d. Jay Z did not pay Cotto 50 million dollars to get destroyed his first time out under the Roc Nation Sports\u2019 banner. At 160 pounds, Cotto can\u2019t beat Golovkin, \u201cGGG\u201d is simply too big, too strong, and too skilled.<\/p>\n<p>Without Roc Nation Sports in the picture, I doubt Cotto would have taken the \u201cGGG\u201d fight, but with this new deal in place, there is no way he steps foot in the ring with Golovkin. In large part because it does not make financial sense. Roc Nation Sports is banking on a Cotto showdown with either Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao down the line. How else can you explain such a lucrative offer for Cotto\u2019s services? They will play it safe for these next 3 fights; if we\u2019re lucky we will see Cotto against Mexican sensation, Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez but even that is not a given.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/imagez\/rsrad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Agustin Perez Puerto Rican superstar, Miguel Cotto has not fought since last June when he stopped the lineal middleweight champion, Sergio \u201cMaravilla\u201d Martinez, at Madison Square Garden. The next time Cotto steps into the ring, June 6, 2015, it will have been almost a year since his last bout. 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