By Michael Lieberman: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) will be fighting for the first time since losing his World Boxing Association title and injuring his right leg in a 9th round TKO loss last year in June against fellow Top Rank fighter Miguel Cotto. Foreman, 30, has had his right leg surgically repaired and he’s ready to test it on high pressure fighter Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on March 12th on the undercard of Cotto’s fight against Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Foreman has to hope that his right knee has been properly fixed and can hold up to the stress that he’s putting on it, because Wolak is going to be pressuring Foreman from the first start of the fight and is going to be forcing Foreman to shift around a lot to avoid getting hit. Wolak may not punch as hard as Cotto, but he brings a lot of the same kinds of problems to the table as Cotto did with his excellent pressure.

Foreman doesn’t have the kind of power nor the stamina that Wolak possess. As such, Foreman is going to have to use his legs more and try and move around, look tie up Wolak and limit some of his fire power. Foreman isn’t a high volume guy like Wolak and can’t hope to beat him at his own game. Nor can Foreman look to beat Wolak on the inside, because that’s where Wolak is at his best. Foreman wins and loses this fight based on his legs. If his wheels give out on him, he’ll be easy prey for Wolak to take him apart with his nonstop punching.