Miguel Cotto, Puerto Ricos only four-division world champion, will end a 15-month layoff by taking on James Kirkland in a junior middleweight fight on Feb. 25, Cotto Promotions executive Bryan Perez told ESPN on Wednesday.The scheduled 12-round bout will headline an HBO PPV card being put on by Roc Nation Sports and Cotto Promotions. It will take place at the Ford Center at The Star, the new training facility of the Dallas Cowboys in Frisco, Texas, that includes a 12,000-seat arena.Perez said the fight has been agreed to, and he expected a formal announcement by Roc Nation Sports as soon as Thursday.Miguel is back in the ring and we are all excited, Perez said. Like he always does, Miguel wants to go in the ring and put on a great show.Long one of boxings biggest stars, Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) has won world titles at junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight. But he has not boxed since losing a wide unanimous decision and the middleweight title to Canelo Alvarez in their November 2015 megafight in Las Vegas.The fight with Kirkland is the last one in Cottos promotional contract with Roc Nation Sports and is being pursued as a pay-per-view event, because the company owes Cotto at least $10 million for the fight. It almost surely will lose considerable money, since there is no public demand for the bout: Cotto is coming off a loss and has not fought since 2015; and Kirkland is a marginal opponent coming off a 21-month layoff and a crushing defeat.Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs), a 32-year-old southpaw from Austin, Texas, has fought just three times since 2011 and has not been in the ring since May 2015, when Alvarez brutally knocked him unconscious in the third round.We tried to do other fights, but you know how the business is, Perez said. Kirkland was there, he was willing to fight Miguel, he makes good fights, and we made the fight. Miguel will do his best to give a great show and an exciting fight.Perez said Cotto would begin training camp with trainer Freddie Roach at his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, in early January.Miguel cant wait to start training with Freddie, Perez said. I think the year off was good for Miguel, but he is ready to fight again.Cotto, 36, has typically fought in New York -- where there is a big and supportive Puerto Rican community -- or in Las Vegas. He has boxed only twice in Texas, in the first two fights of his professional career in early 2001. But Perez said the new Cowboys facility is ideal for a fight, and the Cotto camp is looking forward to doing the card there.Its a beautiful place, Perez said. Were excited to be the first big sports event there other than football.Although the deal is not complete, the co-feature of the card likely will be junior featherweight titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs), 36, a Miami-based Cuban defector and two-time Olympic gold medalist, making a mandatory defense against interim titlist Moises Flores (25-0, 17 KOs), 30, of Mexico. Roc Nation, Rigondeauxs promoter, is close to a deal with the Flores camp. Wholesale Nike Shoes . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Cheap Air Max China . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. http://www.wholealeairmaxshoes.com/ . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Cheap Air Max Shoes Store .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents. Wholesale Air Max Free Shipping . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. Seven of the nations nine unbeaten teams were in action Saturday. All were on the road, and four of them lost. How did the shakeup affect the national title picture? Read on for the latest view from the oddsmakers. Well also explain why two teams whose season has taken an ugly turn are unlikely to rebound, identify a pair of top teams with mediocre ATS performance to date that you should be buying down the stretch and reiterate a critical handicapping concept that can give you an edge.dddddddddddd ' ' '