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Miguel Cotto bound to honor contract with Roc Nation Sports

But even if he’s not bound by the contract, Cotto believes he needs to face Alvarez again because in his mind he is convinced he won the fight.

“We have the fight recorded and if you see it 300 times, you’ll see the same thing: Miguel Cotto defeated ‘Canelo’ Alvarez,”.he said.

“I went out with purpose on September 25 to train to do the best in the fight. Those who saw the fight, saw the effort I made and I’m satisfied. What happened, has passed. Now you have to look forward with optimism and not be intimidated by this kind of thing,” he added.

Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach joined Cotto in questioning the judges scorecards showing a unanimous verdict in favor of Alvarez.

“I still think my guy fought a good fight. We had a game plan to outbox him and I thought we did that. I thought his defense was impeccable, I thought he blocked a lot of shots, he landed a lot of combinations. I thought we had the edge at the end but it went the other way. That’s life,” Roach said.

“He’s disappointed. I and he felt we outscored Canelo in this fight. We landed a lot of combinations and out defense was very good. I think he has a future. A couple more fights in him if they’re the right fights, but we’re nearing the end. He’s had a great career. I’d like to think maybe a rematch, but we’ll see.

While Roach and his corner men had Cotto ahead in their own scorecards, no one believed the judges would give Alvarez a unanimous verdict.

“All four of our cornermen, none of us were concerned about losing the fight. We all had our guy ahead. But what bothered me was the scoring was bad. We didn’t lose the fight by that much. There’s no f—ing way. I did say some things about the commission and about people. I was mad. I apologize if I offended anybody, but I still think we won the fight though.”

Roach believes Cotto isn’t ready to retire based on his good performance against Alvarez and his observation on the manner in which he trains in the gym and his work ethic.

While Cotto intends to retire next year, it would be after the completion of his three-fight deal with Roc Nation Sports which is happening in the first half of the year. This means he will have his farewell fight by the end of next year but if he performs impressively on his obligatory deal with Roc Nation Sports, he could be fighting for two or three years more.

As Roach and Cotto know, there is still tons of money to make out there as Cotto remains a pay-per-view attraction despite his loss to Alvarez.

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