Cotto vs. Mosley in December

Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KOs) vs. Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KOs) bout appears to be almost complete for November 10, 2007. Both sides have agreed to terms and all that’s needed is the final signings which should be taking place shortly. The bout will likely be for Cotto’s WBA welterweight (147 lb) title. Mosley, 35, has won five consecutive bots since losing back to back fights to Winky Wright in March and November 2004. Along the way, Mosley, formerly widely considered to be the # 1 pound-for-pound fighter in all boxing, twice beat the great Fernando Vargas, and recently soundly beat defensive artist Luis Collazo by unanimous 12-round decision in February 2007.

Cotto, 26, has been nothing short of spectacular since moving up to the welterweight division in December 2006, stopping Carlos Quintana (5th round December 2006), Oktay Urkal (11th round TKO in March 2007) and Zab Judah (11th round TKO in June 2007). Before that, Cotto has been fighting at light welterweight but was forced to move up because he could no longer comfortably make the weight limit without drastic dieting.