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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The undercard participants of the Cotto vs. Mayorga bout had a chance to speak about their bouts coming up today in Las Vegas. The fighters offered up some interesting commentary in anticipation of the March 12 Showtime PPV event on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Yuri Foreman: “I’m really tired about the questions […]
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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New WBA light middleweight champion, Miguel Cotto is pictured here in Caguas, Puerto Rico posing with his newly won title belts. He reflected on last weeks victory over the tough and gritty Yuri Foreman. “We trained really hard for the fight and I feel that I have the love for the game back and I’m […]
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New York– On what was to be boxing’s big return to Yankee Stadium in thirty four years, the bout between Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman gave spectators something surely they will not forget. Miguel Cotto roughed up and outboxed Yuri Foreman for seven rounds, using textbook perfects jabs that bloodied the nose of the Jewish […]
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