 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 20, Cotto akatanga kushanda neGolden Boy Promotions kupedzisa chibvumirano chakanangana naYoshihiro Kamegai 27-3-2, 24 KOs. Mukuru mukuru weMiguel Cotto Promotions Hector Soto akati chibvumirano chinofanira kupedzwa muvhiki iri kuuya. Musi waMay 24, zvakaziviswa kuti chibvumirano chakaitwa kuti kurwisana pakati peCotto naKamegai kuitwe musi waAugust 26, 2017, paStubHub Center muCarson, California kurarama paHBO. Uku kwaizova kuratidzwa kwaCotto kwechi23 panhepfenyuro yacho. Yakasimbiswa kuti WBO light middleweight championship yaizove iri panjodzi, zita rakabviswa naCanelo Álvarez, uyo akasimuka kusvika pakati pepakati. Zuva rimwe mushure mekusaina chibvumirano neGolden Boy, Cotto akaburitsa pachena kuti acharwa zvakare musi waZvita 2, 2017. Cotto airema makirogiramu 153.6 nokuda kwokurwisana naKamegai achiuya achirema zvishoma pamakirogiramu 153.8. Cotto akadzokorora kuti aizoenda pamudyandigere musi waDecember 31, 2017. Pamberi pevanhu 7,689 paStubHub, Cotto akakunda Kamegai kuburikidza nesarudzo yakabvumiranwa mushure mematanho gumi nemaviri kuti atore zita risina basa reWBO light middleweight uye akazova mukwikwidzi wenyika kanokwana katanhatu. Vatongi vatatu vakawana kurwa 120 108, 119 109, uye 118 110 vese vachida Cotto. Kamegai akaita nhamburiko yakanaka asi akakundikana nguva imwe neimwe yaaizobatanidza nepunch, Cotto aizopindura nemubatanidzwa wake amene. Cotto akapedza mavhiri okutanga achitsigirwa netambo patsoka yekumashure uye achiri kukwanisa kukuvadza vamwe vachimhanyisa hoko kumusoro kwaKamegai. Mushure mekutenderera gumi, Cotto akatanga tsiva kunze uye akafunga kugutsikana nekukunda sarudzo, akatsanangura mumashure-kurwa, Ndinofunga ndakaita nepandinogona napo uye ndinofara nekuita kwangu. Kamegai murwi akaoma. Pakazosvika denderedzwa rechishanu kana kuti rechitanhatu, ndaiziva kuti ndaisazokwanisa kumumisa. Cotto akasimbisa kuti aizorwazve muna December, zvichida anokunda Canelo-GGG. Kurwisana, uko kwakaitika paHBO kwakanga kune avhareji yevatariri 730,000 uye kwakasvika 805,000 vateereri. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaguma Floyd Mayweather Jr. naConnor McGregor vasati varwakurwa kwakatanga pa Showtime PPV. 