WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the U.S. Poses on the Scale During an Official Weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arenain Las Vegas
Standing on the weighing scale once a week reduces the chance of being overweight. REUTERS

Undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. welcomes Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to fight on the same date as his fights in May and September 2015. The 37-year-old professional boxer thinks that his pay-per-view figures are way better than those two of the fighters. He strongly believes that between him and those two guys, boxing fans prefer to watch him if they are competing on a different pay-per-view networks.

In an interview with Boxing Scene, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya revealed that Cotto has to face Canelo if he wants to get a big-money fight in 2015. De La Hoya highlighted that boxing fans are more interested to see a Canelo vs. Cotto fight because Mayweather vs. Pacquiao bout is not close to happening.

Canelo has reportedly given Golden Boy Promotions his marching orders that he needs to be scheduled a fight on Cinco de Mayo on May 2, 2015. He specifically expressed his desire to take the Mexican date for his fight and he does not care if Mayweather fights on the same date on Showtime pay-per-view. Canelo vs. Cotto fight will be on HBO pay-per-view if the negotiations turn out well, according to Boxing 247.

Despite Canelo's persistence to fight on Mexican holiday, Mayweather does not appear to be backing down from Canelo's challenge.

"If they feel like they can compete, well then let's see," Mayweather said to Fighthype.com. "When you're talking boxing, you're talking Mayweather, man. We need to take Canelo's last fight and look at his pay-per-view numbers and take Cotto's last fight and look at his pay-per-view numbers, put 'em together and see who done better numbers. And see what they charge for the fight also."

Canelo and Cotto's PPV fights were not very good in the past. Last June, when Cotto fought Sergio Martinez, the fight brought in just approximately 300, 000 PPV buys, according to Boxing News 24. Canelo's last two fights brought in only 300,000 PPV buys each.

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