Somewhere along the line, in the seemingly unending battles he’s been through, Miguel Cotto temporarily lost it. That glare, the stern, beam-right-through-your-soul look of unrequited resolve on his face. Gone, wiped away. Pushed aside for a dubious, quizzical demeanor -- a mask of uncertainty.
One mention of two others besides Daniel Geale can bring that killer stare back.
When Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Gennady “GGG” Golovkin are broached, Cotto bristles. His attention is focused solely on Geale, whom Cotto will defend his WBC middleweight title against on Saturday at Barclays Center on HBO.
But for a moment, Cotto needed to give a little history of one of the two opponents boxing fans and pundits feel should be in the ring with the Puerto Rican star Saturday night.