When Miguel Cotto enters the ring at Mandalay Bay Saturday against Canelo Alvarez, it will be without his World Boxing Council middleweight championship belt.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) Four-time world champion Miguel Cotto will return from a lengthy layoff to fight Yoshihiro Kamegai for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title on Aug. 26 at the StubHub Center.

Champion Miguel Cotto has had a year's layoff since taking the belt from Sergio Martinez. Will he be rusty? At 34, Cotto has done lots of hitting and been hit plenty, too. Is there anything left?

Just days before his showdown with Canelo Alvarez, Miguel Cotto was stripped of his WBC middleweight belt after refusing to comply with WBC rules and regulations.

The fact that Miguel Cotto can sell out Madison Square Garden is a sign that the fight game still has a heartbeat, no matter how clogged the arteries may be.

San Juan, PR: Today at the Legado Golf and Country Club surrounded by family and friends, 4x World Champion, Miguel "Junito" Cotto was recognized by WBO's President, Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel for ...

Miguel Cotto, left, of Puerto Rico, fights Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, during the first round of the WBC middleweight title boxing match Saturday, June 7, 2014, in New York.

Miguel Cotto will defend his championship belt against a familiar foe tonight. Cotto’s WBA junior middleweight title is on the line against Antonio Margarito, who defeated Cotto by TKO in 2008 ...

In one of the most anticipated fights of the year, Canelo Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision to claim the vacant middleweight belt Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Canelo Alvarez beat Miguel Cotto, and perhaps best of all, the fight wasn't a total stinker -- though it was outshined by one of the undercard fights.

Canelo wrote his name into boxing history once again on May 2 when he defeated former IBF super-middleweight champion William ...

There might be as many questions to answer in Saturday night's WBC middleweight title fight as there will be punches thrown. Champion Miguel Cotto has had a year's layoff since taking the belt ...