Miguel Cotto Boxing News

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Where Manny Pacquiao is Marvin Hagler is where lies the key to decisive wins for the former. And where Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez are not Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito is where the reasons are why strategies must vary.

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(Photo credit: Naoki Fakoda) By John F. McKenna (McJack): In a fight that was far more competitive than many boxing observers, including this writer, expected new WBA light middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) won a hard fought battle against former champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) Saturday night at the MGM Grand [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) immediately dashed out of the ring last night moments after the scorecards were announced giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) a 12 round unanimous decision victory in their duel at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in front of 20,000 fans. [...]

By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) put in a masterful performance on Saturday in defeating 31-year-old Miguel Cotto by a 12 round unanimous decision at them MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges scores were 117-111, 117-111, 118-110.

By David Ishola: Last night after successfully beating Miguel Cotto and furthering his claim as the best fighter of a generation Floyd Mayweather effectively ruled out a fight with Manny Pacquiao and saying that it is down to Bob Arum not wanting to do the fight which begs the question, where does Floyd Mayweather go [...]

Floyd Mayweather; Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion “Tonight we gave the fans what they wanted to see. We matched the best with the best. Cotto was a very tough competitor and he won some rounds. He pushed me to the limits and this is what it’s all about.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakoda) By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) had a brief window to defeat unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) last night in the middle rounds of the fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jim Dower: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) had to struggle through some adversity on Saturday night in getting bloodied and slightly battered in defeating WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dominic Sauboorah: This amazing athlete is driving the sport of boxing. He isn’t just a tremendous fighter, but he’s a genuine icon for people all over the world. He is someone to be admired for the work he’s done in his career and for the mentality and belief he’s kept with him throughout his [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has been dismissed by a lot of boxing fans going into his fight tonight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Both boxing fans and the bettors are overlooking Cotto, seeing Mayweather as the clear favorite to win.

By Chris Williams: Former Miguel Cotto victim Paulie Malignaggi believes that Cotto is going to be a very risky fight for Floyd Mayweather Jr. tonight when the two fighters go at it in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Eric Thomas: In boxing speed often is the key ingredient for fighter A to beat fighter B. If your shots can land before your slower opponent then more often than not, you win. Tonight one of the faster fighters Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be facing a slower guy in WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr., was perhaps the one good thing about the entire HBO Mayweather-Cotto 24/7 episodes. It’s just too bad there wasn’t more of him in the episodes because the guy has a way with words and a ton of charisma.

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. expects to see WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s red blood dripping off of his face at some point in the fight, and when that happens, Mayweather says he’s going to rip into Cotto to quickly finish him off in front of the 20,000 fans at the MGM [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fukoda) By John F. McKenna (McJack): Unbeaten superstar World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has been surprisingly respectful of World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) during the lead up to Saturday nights big fight at the MGM Grand Arena in [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fukoda) By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. took the words right out of my mouth when he said this about WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s appearance at the weigh-in on Friday “Miguel Cotto looked dry, drained…I’m going to fight well. Take my time. Execute my game plan from the beginning and [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto weighed in at 154lbs during today’s weigh-in, which as it turns out was three pounds heavier than Floyd Mayweather Jr’s weight of 151 pound for Saturday’s mega fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. had no problems making the 154 pound weight limit at Friday’s weigh-in for Saturday’s fight between Mayweather and WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Mayweather weighed in at a solid looking 151lbs, whereas Cotto looked slightly weight drained weighing in right at the limit at 154lbs.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: After seeing the weigh-in for tomorrow night’s fight it hasn’t made picking a winner easier. The smart money is on Mayweather but I have a feeling (albeit the same feeling I had when Hatton fought Mayweather in 2007) that a shock and a change to the script is long overdue.

By Allan Fox: Sergio Martinez and Juan Manuel Marquez believe that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto isn’t coming into his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the best moment of his career. They see Cotto as having taken too much punishment, and they feel his best was at least two or more years.

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has been saying again and again that if he had fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. before Cotto had avenged his loss to Antonio Margarito last December, Cotto would lose to Mayweather.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: According to ESPN writer Dan Rafael the Nevada State Commission were today given the purse figures for unbeaten pound for pound King Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather is apparently going to make $32 million tomorrow night and keep in mind this figure will rise according to PPV sales which I predict will be [...]

Apr. 30, 2012 – Boxing fans can get a ringside seat for one of the sport’s most dramatic pre-fight activities when HBO telecasts WEIGH-IN LIVE: MAYWEATHER/COTTO, the world championship fight weigh-in, featuring boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather and super welterweight title-holder Miguel Cotto. The half-hour special airs tonight at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.

LOS ANGELES, May 4 – Unbeaten power punchers Omar Figueroa, Keith Thurman and Antonio Orozco will head up the hard-hitting non-pay-per-view undercard for “Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto” taking place May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The line-up guarantees that fans in attendance in Las Vegas will see the [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) is set to make $32 million plus an additional bundle of cash from the pay-per-view for his mega fight tomorrow night against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Duke Pahulu: Allow me to get one thing out of the way. I know why Floyd Mayweather Jr. picked Miguel Cotto. Money and money only. Cotto is still the third biggest PPV star even though he clearly is on the downside of his career. But boxing-wise, Cotto has done nothing of note since the [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda) By Rasheed Catapang: I write to bury Miguel Cotto, not to praise him. Miguel is a fine champion, one of the best of his generation. He is also Victor Ortiz but with pedigree – a fact that wasn’t lost on Floyd Mayweather Jr., and perhaps the very reason why they will [...]

24/7 MAYWEATHER/COTTO Episode #4 (series finale) Debut: TONIGHT (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET/PT) Other HBO playdates: May 5 (10:30 a.m.), 6 (9:00 a.m.), 7 (7:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.), 8 (10:00 p.m.), 9 (10:30 a.m.), 10 (7:00 p.m., 2:50 a.m.) and 11 (12:30 a.m.)

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum, the ex-promoter for WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, took the opportunity to give his two cents about Cotto as he approaches his huge fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.