On June 12th, Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) will be facing World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) in a fight that pits the well known Cotto against Foreman, a fighter that few people aside from hardcore boxing fans have ever heard of. Both Cotto and Foreman fight for Top Rank [...]
When Yuri Foreman beat Daniel Santos in Las Vegas in November, it was big news because it made Foreman the first Israeli in history to win a professional boxing crown. And now promoter Bob Arum is trying to line up a big venue for Foreman’s anticipated title defense in June against former welterweight champion Miguel [...]
If former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) was smart, he would press Top Rank to line up a rematch against Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in Mexico as soon as possible. Cotto, 29, has unfinished business against Margarito due to the brutal beating that Cotto received at the hands of [...]
Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment launched today their plans for 2010 that include 10 boxing shows in Puerto Rico and the first show of his promotional company in NY which will take place in the summer of 2010. The first show of his series “Boxeo Boricua” will be on Saturday, February 27 at the [...]
Former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is making a huge mistake in moving up in weight to take on World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) in June. Foreman, 29, has a style of fighting that is all wrong for Cotto. Not only will Foreman have the four [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Puerto Rican fighter Miguel Cotto gave some words of advice to his former foe, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, for his upcoming clash against Ghanaian Joshua Clottey.
“Manny will have to be very strict because Clottey has a lot of strength and has good defense,” Cotto told HBO as quoted by FightFan.com.
The Puerto Rican [...]
New York City, N.Y. — (L-R) Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto, five-time world champion Felix Trinidad and WBA Super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Yuri Foreman, the 154-pound World Boxing Association champion, will make his first title defense against Miguel Cotto on June 12 at Madison Square Garden, the promoter Bob [...]
Former WBO welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto is expected to fight current WBA super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman at Madison Square Garden the day before the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 12.
Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs), a Puerto Rican who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, has headlined three [...]
Former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is expected back in the ring in June, likely challenging junior middleweight titleholder Yuri Foreman at Madison Square Garden.
Cotto plans to watch countryman Juan Manuel Lopez fight Steven Luevano for a featherweight title on Saturday night in the theater at MSG. That fight is part of a double-header that sees [...]
Top Rank’s Bob Arum hopes to close a deal for Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman for June 12 in the next few days. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Arum expects to close the deal when he meets with both camps this week. The fight takes place in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the [...]
Brooklyn’s Yuri Foreman is close to signing a lucrative deal to face Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
If the deal for June 12 is consummated, it would be another stunning turn in the career of Foreman, who two years ago was on the verge of quitting [...]