World Boxing Council President, Mauricio Sulaiman, says WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) will be allowed a voluntary defense before facing the new WBC interim-champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28KOs).

Cotto became the WBC middleweight champion this past June by stopping Argentinian, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, in the tenth round at Madison Square Garden in New York.

This past Saturday night, Golovkin tore away the interim-crown from Marco Antonio “Veneno" Rubio at the StubHub Center in Carson with a blitz, which culminated in a second round knockout.

Mauricio said Cotto has a voluntary defense in May, and the winner will then face Golovkin. GGG has his own voluntary in February.

The WBC's decision opens up the door for Cotto to face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) in a 2015 blockbuster fight.