Cotto vs Pacquiao Updates

Miguel Cotto Will Knockout Israel’s First World Boxing Champion

Published on: 23rd January, 2010

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 [...]

Cotto Appears Ready to Return to Ring

Published on: 21st January, 2010

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 [...]

Miguel Cotto Requested Foreman Showdown, Says Arum

Published on: 17th January, 2010

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 and Miguel Cotto close to deal for fight on eve of Puerto Rican Day Parade

Published on: 17th January, 2010

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 [...]

Cotto vs. Foreman: Is this a style nightmare for Miguel?

Published on: 16th January, 2010

Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) looks to be aiming at World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) for his comeback bout in June, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Cotto, 29, was stopped in the 12th round by Manny Pacquiao in November. In losing, Cotto lost his WBO title to Pacquiao [...]

Arum starts ball rolling on Foreman-Cotto

Published on: 16th January, 2010

There are two significant reasons why Top Rank’s Bob Arum will be in New York next week. One will be to oversee a press conference on Wednesday to promote the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey welterweight title fight, which will take place on March 13 at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. The other is for the final promotional push [...]

Cotto Makes NY Plans: Supports Juama; Eyes Foreman

Published on: 15th January, 2010

In the next few days, former two division champion Miguel Cotto will depart Puerto Rico and travel to New York City. He plans to sit ringside on January 23 in Madison Square Garden to support countryman Juan Manuel Lopez as he challenges Steven Luevano for the WBO featherweight title in the main event. He will [...]

Ring Stories: If Floyd Mayweather Would Have Fought Miguel Cotto

Published on: 15th January, 2010

To be among the greatest boxers of all-time, one must come within distance of all the greats who have passed before him.
Sugar Ray Robinson is widely considered one of the greatest boxers ever. Some people attempt to talk their way into being called the best fighter on the planet. Robinson showed it in the ring.
Robinson [...]

Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman is Close For June 12 Clash

Published on: 15th January, 2010

According reports coming out of Puerto Rico, a deal for Miguel Cotto to make a jump to 154-pounds to challenge unbeaten WBA champion Yuri Foreman is very close. An announcement by the fighters’ mutual promoter, Top Rank, can happen as early as next week. The fight would take place on the eve of the Puerto [...]

Yuri Foreman To Face Miguel Cotto June 12th?

Published on: 13th January, 2010

According to a number of web sites, there is a strong chance WBA light-middleweight champion Yuri Foreman could be making the first defence of the title he won with a points win over Daniel Santos against another Puerto Rican , in Miguel Cotto. Nothing has been made official as of yet, but it will be [...]

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