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 showdown between 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 revealed by “Dynamite” in an exclusive discussion with ESPN KNOCKOUT.
Márquez will dust off his gloves after seven years of not crossing the subway, and Cotto will do the same in a little over three years without a fight. In the next few days, they hope to have more details about it, but the capital said that both Nacho Beristáin and Freddie Roach will be on the corners of both.
“(Nacho Beristáin) was very happy because I was the last champion he had. He took it with joy, said “I accompany you, we do it”. My family told me that if it was an exhibition it was good, they took it in good shape, we will train, we will prepare as if it were a fight, but it is with a big glove, rounds of two minutes of one rest. Without a mask, he walks without a mask, 14-ounce gloves and two-minute rounds for a rest, ”said the Mexican champion four times.
Márquez, 47, with 56 wins, 40 of them in the playoffs, in exchange for seven losses and a draw, did not close the door to be able to do more exhibitions, especially because so far his body has responded wonderfully, a different situation from the one he had in 2016, when just one injury to one knee and another to the biceps prevented him from facing Cotto in a professional wrestling.
“We will see how the situation develops, we will see how we stand in front of people, we will offer ourselves as we have always done, we will see if this works to do one, two or three, why don’t you do them, but the first thing is on June 12, I’m very excited, the 7 years of rest I had, as if the body was breathing, regenerated, so I’m preparing pretty well, but you have to see how the first one develops “, he said.