Miguel Cotto said Wednesday his upcoming fight with Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez will be one of his last trips to the ring. Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) faces Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on Nov. 21 in a long-anticipated middleweight fight; the 35-year-old made his pro in February, 2001. ?Boxing, it?s the only thing I know to do in life,? Cotto, said on a conference call to discuss the Las Vegas fight. ?I?m doing it for the benefit of the community and my family. I said once that I said once that I would retire before I was 30 and I?m 35 now, but I?m going to be in boxing no longer than a year from now.?
While the Caguas, Puerto Rico, resident said the end is near, he?s focused on making good use of his still-formidable physical ability and everything he?s learned.
?Now, at this moment, I?m looking for the perfect opportunity and occasion to hit my opponent ? and that can only arrive with experience. I have 36 minutes to beat my opponent and I use every second of that.?
The fight will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas; it will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. The fight will also be shown in a number of movie theaters.
