This Friday, January 13, WBA jr. middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will be making a live in-studio appearance on “Golpe a Golpe”, a weekly boxnig news and analysis show on ESPN Deportes. Speaking with co-hosts Jorge Eduardo Sanchez and multi-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, Cotto is scheduled to discuss a potential rematch with Manny Pacquiao as well as what weight he’d be willing to face him at. Coincidentally, according to world-class trainer Freddie Roach, Pacquiao is set to make his final decision on a potential May 5 clash with Mayweather in the next 48 hours.
Speaking to TMZ.com, Roach stated that Pacquiao will decide either today or tomorrow if he plans on fighting Floyd Mayweather on May 5. Of course, judging from Pacquiao’s recent comments about fighting Mayweather at the end of May, it sounds like that decision has already been made, so perhaps Roach is out of the loop as far as that news is concerned. Meanwhile, promoter Bob Arum has yet to present his list of four names – Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Timothy Bradley, Lamont Peterson – to Pacquiao. According to Arum and Pacquiao’s adviser, Michael Koncz, there’s no rush and a final decision won’t be made until at least Saturday, when Arum leaves.
