Miguel Cotto successfully defended his WBA super welterweight title with a dramatic twelfth round TKO win over gutsy brawler Ricardo Mayorga (0:53). The later was set up via a Cotto left hook that landed cleanly to the chin of Mayorga who wobbled to the canvas and oddly grabbed his left hand. Mayorga showed true fighting […]
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Showtime PPV will be putting on their first boxing PPV of the year as WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will defend his belt against the trash talking Ricardo Mayorga this Saturday, March 11th from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Full weights below: Miguel Cotto (154) vs. Ricardo Mayorga (154) Pawel Wolak (154) […]
By Alex Mattis Miguel Angel Cotto is one of the most exciting boxers the past decade has seen. Skill, toughness, a willingness to brawl, and always a flare for the dramatic; Cotto has all the characteristics any boxing fan could want in a fighter. With an immeasurable heart and a destructive left-hook to the body, […]
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For a marquee pay-per-view affair entitled “Relentless,” Nicaraguan boxing superstar Ricardo Mayorga remains determined to live up to the event’s name with unyielding trash talk toward WBA Super Welterweight champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto until the first bell of their championship matchup on Saturday, March 12 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. […]
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Current WBA super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto and two-division world champion and top trash talker Ricardo Mayorga arrived in Las Vegas Tuesday just days before their bout. Cotto will defend his title against the brash Nicaraguan fighter this Saturday, March 12, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV live on Showtime PPV beginning at […]
The veteran Showtime announcing crew has some words of advice and keys to victory for the world championship event between Cotto and Mayorga: Steve Albert: “Cotto needs to get inside Mayorga’s wide shots with compact, accurate punches. Cotto is one of the best short-distance punchers in the sport. He needs to jab and move and […]
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The always colorful and electric Don King — joined by fellow Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum for their first co-promotion in more than five years — entertained the Los Angeles press corps on Monday as “Relentless: Cotto Vs. Mayorga” Fight Week kicked off with a press conference at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. “My fighter […]
SHOWTIME Sports announced today that SHOWTIME EXTREME – the sports and action focused multiplex channel – will broadcast the live weigh-in and select fighter interviews from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) in anticipation of the March 12 SHOWTIME PPV “RELENTLESS” headlined […]
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We last saw Yuri Foreman valiantly take on Miguel Cotto in a losing effort to defend his WBA super welterweight title late last year. The fighting rabbi, who suffered a torn ACL has been quietly on his way back. He is slated to fight Pawel Wolack on March 12 from the MGM Grand in Las […]
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