Cotto vs. Mayorga

By Jason Kim: Last Saturday night’s pay-per-view attraction between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and 38-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) brought in good PPV numbers, says Dan Rafael of ESPN. Rafael is reporting that the Cotto-Mayorga fight brought in between 200-250 thousand buys. These are [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) has changed his mind about retiring from boxing after his 12th round stoppage loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last Saturday night. After the fight, Mayorga said that he was going to start looking for a job as he was retiring. However, Mayorga has [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Since his recent hard fought 12th round knockout win over the tough Ricardo Mayorga last Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, there has been a lot of questions about why WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-1, 29 KO’s) didn’t fight more aggressively in the fight to try [...]

NEW YORK (March 14, 2011) – Unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KOs) will make his eagerly anticipated first start since signing a multi-fight agreement with SHOWTIME Sports when he makes the seventh defense of his 168-pound crown against former European titleholder Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KOs), of Belfast, [...]

By Tim Nielsen: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto likely would have been knocked out or badly beaten up by 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga if not for his new trainer Emanuel Steward, who has worked wonders in making Cotto a more defensively oriented fighter. Last Saturday night, Cotto took a lot of punishment early on from [...]

By Gerardo Granados: The reigning WBA super world light middleweight champion Miguel Angel Cotto (age 30 / 5´7” height – 67” reach / T38 – W36(29) – L2(2) – D0), defeated veteran Ricardo Mayorga former WBC – WBA Super World welterweight and WBC light middleweight champion but failed to impress boxing fans by allowing Mayorga [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) did what he had to do to stop 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) in the 12th round last Saturday night in Cotto’s tune-up bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighting for the first time since last June, Cotto faced [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Coming into the fight a huge favorite, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) failed to prove that he deserved to be a big favorite by struggling to beat 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) by a 12th round stoppage last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Indeed, the fight [...]

By Michael Lieberman: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) had a so-so performance last Saturday night in beating 38-year-old former two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) in a 12th round stoppage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was fairly competitive with Mayorga landing a lot of [...]

By Jim Dower: 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga has reportedly retired following his 12th round knockout loss to WBA junior middleweight champion on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Sam Thompson: Miguel Cotto retained his Light Middleweight Title tonight, in an entertaining, back and forth fight against Ricardo Mayorga. Mayorga gave a good account of himself, but hampered by a combination of an injured hand, old age and wear and tear, was unable to give a winning performance.

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 Ko’s) had to dig deep to score a 12th round knockout against Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-2, 23 KO’s) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: We just saw how WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) was dominated by challenger Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) in their press conferences together. It got so bad that Cotto wouldn’t even stand and look Mayorga in the eyes for the traditional face-off photo sessions. That’s really bad. Mayorga [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has already said that the winner of tonight’s fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) and challenger Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) may get a shot against his cash cow Manny Pacquiao in the near future. But will Arum actually allow Pacquiao to [...]

By Chris Williams: At Friday’s weigh-in between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) and 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s), Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who promotes Cotto, said “The winner of this fight is in contention to fight Manny Pacquiao.” That’s a sickening thought. Mayorga or Cotto facing Pacquiao? Come on, [...]

By Jason Kim: After WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto once again failed to stand and face off with Ricardo Mayorga at their press conference and look him in the eye after their weigh-in for Saturday’s bout, an animated Mayorga said “I’m going to knock him out because he’s a coward. Look at him walk [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Once again WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto refused to stand and meet his opponent’s gaze for a face off for Saturday’s fight when Cotto refused to stand eye to eye with Ricardo Mayorga on Friday.

By Jim Dower: At Friday’s weigh-in between WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Ricardo Mayorga, Cotto came in at exactly on the weight limit for the class at 154 lbs. for Saturday’s fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For his part, Mayora also weighed in at 154. And for the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Chris Farina/Top Rank – WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has been like a punching bag for Ricardo Mayorga to pummel around during their press conferences together to promote their fight on Saturday at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto, not a good talker, has been way out [...]

By Eric Thomas: Some boxing fans believe that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) is a shot fighter after his beatings at the hands of Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao. Cotto recently won the WBA title against a fighter from the same promotional company as him, Yuri Foreman, but Cotto beat a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Chris Farina/Top Rank – If you had any suspicions that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto wasn’t motivated for Saturday’s fight with Ricardo Mayorga you saw it in their final press conference on Wednesday when Cotto refused to have a face off with Mayorga. Instead of standing eye to eye [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) appears to have gotten the better of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) during their final press conference on Wednesday when Cotto refused to stand and look Mayorga in the eyes for the traditional face of.

By Dan Ambrose: You got to love the way that Ricardo Mayorga is working WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto ahead of their fight this Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayora has already gotten the better of Cotto at all of their press conferences with his gift for gab, and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Emanuel Steward, the legendary trainer for WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s), believes his fighter will stop challenger Ricardo Mayorga (29-7, 23 KO’s) inside four rounds on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Steward seems to be speaking out of both sides of his mouth, [...]

LAS VEGAS, (March 8, 2011) – World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto, two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga and NFL player-turned boxer Tom Zbikowski all arrived in Las Vegas Tuesday just days before “Relentless: Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga” this Saturday, March 12, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev., produced and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If this fight had taken place in 2008 before Miguel Cotto’s fight with Antonio Margarito, we’d see Cotto going right at Ricardo Mayorga on Saturday night, looking to slug it out with him in their pay-per-view fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Chris Farina/Top Rank – Ricardo Mayorga sees himself winning over WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s own people on Saturday night in their fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The much better speaking Mayorga has ruled the press conferences with the quiet and shy Cotto, making him [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Chris Farina/Top Rank – Promoter Don King was his honest self at Monday’s press conference with his fighter Ricardo Mayorga and his opponent WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Cotto and Mayorga will be battling it out on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NEW YORK (March 7, 2011) – SHOWTIME Sports® announced today that SHOWTIME EXTREME – the sports and action focused multiplex channel – will broadcast the live weigh-in and select fighter interviews from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) in anticipation of the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) is in the best shape he’s been in many years, and is already within a few pounds of the 154 pound weight limit for his bout against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) next week on March 12th at [...]