Though Miguel Cotto is 10 years older, his body wears more mileage, he is two inches shorter and gives up three and a half inches in reach, he will have some things in common with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when they fight on Saturday (HBO Pay-Per-View) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Actually, Cotto and Alvarez have five things in common: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley, Austin Trout, Alfonso Gomez and Lovemore Ndou. Cotto is 3-2 in his five fights against them; Alvarez is 4-1. Cotto’s losses came to Mayweather and Trout, both at junior middleweight, while Canelo’s lone loss came against Mayweather.