In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Juan Manuel Márquez revealed the details of his fight against Miguel Cotto, which will consist of eight two-minute rounds
The match between the four-time world champions Juan Manuel Márquez and Miguel Ángel Cotto on June 12 will be eight two-minute episodes, With 14-ounce gloves and no mask, as shown by the ‘Dynamite’ in an exclusive talk with ESPN KNOCKOUT.
Márquez will unearth his gloves after seven years of not crossing shrapnel, and so will Cotto after just over three years without a fight. In the coming days they hope to have more details in this regard, but the capital said that both Nacho Beristáin and Freddie Roach will be in the corners of both.
“(To Nacho Beristáin) he gave him great joy because I was the last champion of those he had. He took it with joy, he told me ‘I’ll accompany you, we do it’. The family told me that if it was exhibition it was good, they took it in good shape, we are going to train, we are going to prepare as if it were a fight, but it is with big glove, rounds of two minutes for a break. of 14 ounces and rounds of two minutes for a break, “said the Mexican four-time champion.
Márquez, 47 and a record of 56 wins, 40 of them by knockout, in exchange for seven defeats and a draw, did not close the door to be able to make more exhibitions, Especially because so far his body has responded wonderfully, a different situation to the one he had in 2016, when precisely an injury to one knee and another to the biceps prevented him from facing Cotto in a professional fight.
“Let’s see how the situation develops, see how we stand in front of people, let’s toast as we always have, let’s see, if this turns out to do one, two or three, why not do them, but the first one is on June 12, I’m very excited, the 7 years of rest I had, as the body took a break, regenerated, so I’m preparing pretty well, but you have to see how it develops the first, “he said.