K9 is now a free agent, Eyes Miguel Cotto...

Cornelius 'K9' Bundrage.

IBF light-middleweight champion Cornelius 'K9' Bundrage has parted ways with his trainer and manager Manny Steward as he contract has expired and he does not intend to renew it. He is now a managerial and promotional free agent after his promotional contract with Don King ended earlier this year.

The former Contender series participant commented on the situation and claims that there are no hard feelings and it is nothing personal.

"I don't have any hard feelings or anything with my former manager Manny Steward. I kind of feel like how LeBron James felt when he became a free agent. He had a choice where he could stay with Cleveland or go to Miami and he went to Miami and became a world champion. My new manager will have it easy. He doesn't have to make me a champion. I am already a world champion. He just has to get me the big fights. He will be in a good situation," explained Bundrage.

K9 has been pretty inactive in the last few years of his career but his main target for the future is to become a more active fighter. His last fight was on June 30th where he knocked out Cory Spinks and that has been his only appearance in the ring so far this year.
At the moment, there is only one fighter that K9 wants, and that is Miguel Cotto.

"I would love to fight Cotto" said Bundrage. "He is a free agent just like me so a fight between him and me shouldn't be hard to make. I know he has a date to fight at Madison Square Garden in New York but he can come fight me here for my belt."

After disposing of Spinks, Bundrage wants Canelo...

IBF champ Cornelius Bundrage.

39-year old IBF light-middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage showed on Saturday night that even at his age, he can still compete at the top level of the sport. 'K9' put on one of his career-best performances against Cory Spinks, knocking him down four times and then stopping him in the seventh.

Whilst Spinks (39-6, 11 KO's) is not a top fighter at light-middleweight, and he certainly is no Saul Alvarez or Miguel Cotto, he is still a decent fighter that would be a tough challenge for most  people at 154lb. So the fact that Bundrage disposed of him relatively easy, shows that 'K9' is still a force to be feared in the division.

Erislandy Lara.

And he wants to prove this even further by fighting the 21-year old Mexican superstar Saul Alvarez.

Bundrage called out the WBC world champ in the post-fight interview.

"The black 'Rocky' versus Canelo. Let's get it on... We want Canelo! We want Canelo," Bundrage exclaimed. "I think that would be a good fight. I ain't going nowhere. You see how I fight. I fight. I don't even really think about doing no jabbing. No, I fight. He a fighter. I'm a fighter. Let's fight."

Also on the card, was another potential opponent for Alvarez on September 15th, Erislandy Lara. The Cuban 29-year old scored a wide unanimous decision over Freddy Hernandez and also looked pretty good whilst doing it.

At the moment, it looks as though these two men are the only two people that would be allowed by the WBC and put up a good fight against Alvarez. Personally, I'd rather see 'Canelo' fight Lara but either of them would be an interesting fight. Not the best, but still interesting.