Miguel Cotto relaxed over naming next opponent
Thursday 2 June 2016 14:06, UK
Four-weight world champion Miguel Cotto will not rush the decision to name his next opponent despite several high-profile offers.
The Puerto Rican (40-5-KO33) failed to beat Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to the WBC world middleweight crown in November, losing a wide points decision in a Las Vegas 'super-fight'.
Cotto, 35, had been expected to return to action in June but having declined to take up reported offers to face WBO super-welterweight champion Liam Smith or IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, 'Junito' remains inactive.
He told El Vocero: "I have no idea [who I'm facing]. We are waiting to secure a good name and a good purse for the fight.
"We are in no hurry at all. We are waiting for what is best for us."
Rumours persist that Cotto, who remains a huge draw in the US, is waiting for Juan Manuel Marquez to recover from injury with a view to taking on the 42-year-old.
Earlier in the year, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn claimed to have told HBO boss Peter Nelson that he and Brook "would walk to the US for a crack at Cotto."
Cotto has held world titles at super-lightweight, welterweight, super-welterweight and middleweight.
