Miguel Cotto lines up Daniel Geale as Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin have to wait

Miguel Cotto

MIGUEL COTTO will fight Australiaโ€™s Daniel Geale at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 6. The contest has been set at an 157lbs catch weight but will still be for Cottoโ€™s WBC middleweight title.

It will be Cottoโ€™s first fight since winning the title from Sergio Martinez in New York.ย Geale has recovered from a devastating three-round stoppage to WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin with a points win over Jarrod Fletcher.

โ€œI want to train my butt off for this one and make sure I come away with another world title. Iโ€™m as excited as you could ever imagine and this is a great moment for me,โ€ said former IBF champion Geale. โ€œItโ€™s going to be a hell of a fight.โ€

Cotto said, โ€œDaniel is a great fighter. Iโ€™m going to do my best as always to make a beautiful fight and make it exciting for the fans.โ€

The fight will be shown on HBO, the channel which screens the fearsome Golovkin, as well as Mexican star Saul Alvarez. Earlier this year โ€œCaneloโ€ was in talks about a possible Cotto fight. The two could still meet later this year.

โ€œIn my whole career I face the best, those names include Daniel,โ€ Cotto said. โ€œHeโ€™s one of the best boxers in the world right now. He was the best name on the table.

โ€œI have to wait sometimes in my career for my opportunities. โ€˜Caneloโ€™ has to do the same, Golovkin has to do the same, just sit calm and wait for their time. I donโ€™t like to push things. Everything comes by itself.โ€

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