Miguel Cotto was offered a super fight with welterweight titleholder Kell Brook at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the summertime but turned it down, according to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, who handles Brook. HBO was behind the match-up, but Cotto?s promoter, Roc Nation, turned it down, according to Hearn, who pitched the idea. Roc Nation did not immediately return an email for comment.
?That would have been the perfect, perfect fight,? Hearn said. ?HBO loved the fight and I spoke to Roc Nation and they said we don?t want to fight Kell Brook. And I don?t blame them because Kell Brook hasn?t got the name in the U.S. yet, and it?s too much risk for Miguel Cotto. There?s easier guys for Cotto to fight with bigger profiles in the U.S., so that fight never made sense to Cotto.?
Brook (36-0, 25 knockouts) moved on from Cotto (40-5, 33 knockouts) and will face unified middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 10 at 02 Arena in London on HBO instead. Meanwhile, Roc Nation is still trying to nail down an opponent for the four-division champion Cotto, who at 35, is on the back nine of his career and is seeking to return later this year.
