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Miguel Cotto & Canelo Alvarez
Close Out
Epic Four-City International Press Tour
Photos: Tom Hogan - HoganPhotos/Roc Nation/Golden Boy
Closing out a five-day, four-city international press tour
which had already made stops in Los Angeles, Mexico City and
New York City, WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight
World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) and former
Two-Time Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez
(45-1-1, 32 KOs) hosted a press conference on Friday, Aug.
28 in front of a hometown audience in Cotto's native Puerto
Rico. Hundreds of media members and thousands of screaming
fans filled Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez to see Cotto and Canelo
and their teams despite the area being hit by Tropical Storm
Erika the night before.
The press conference audience was thrilled as the fighters
made their entrance to an impressive pyrotechnic display.
The excitement in the crowd continued as both fighters faced
off and spoke about their upcoming 12-round fight for
Cotto's WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World
Championships, which takes place Saturday, Nov. 21 at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. In addition, Jose "Chepo"
Reynoso, manager and trainer for Canelo Alvarez, serenaded
the crowed with an a capella rendition of the favorite
Puerto Rican tune "Que Bonito Puerto Rico," in a show of
respect to the fans in the audience.
The press conference stop in Bayamón, Puerto Rico capped a
busy week for Teams Cotto and Canelo. By the end of the
week, Cotto and Canelo visited four cities in two countries,
spanning four time zones, traveling 9,500 miles and
encountering thousands of screaming fans in five days.
Wherever they went, fans and the media were a buzz about the
anticipated showdown between Cotto and Canelo, with many
making early predictions that the Nov. 21 middleweight
championship will be crowned 'Fight of the Year.'
Both fighters are now heading off to their respective
training camps in Los Angeles at Wild Card Gym for Miguel
Cotto and San Diego, Calif. for Canelo Alvarez to prepare
for their epic showdown on Nov. 21.
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