By Jim Dower: I think Miguel Cotto is asking for big trouble in taking on a fighter as tough as Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) this early after Miguel’s 11th round beat down against Antonio Margarito last July. While that may seem like a long time for some people, it’s not long at all when you consider how badly Cotto was beaten in that fight. He took a horrendous beating in that fight, leaving his face, nose and eyes covered in blood.
Michael Jennings
Pavlik-Rubio, Cotto-Jennings, Duddy-Vanda – A Tale Of Two Cities
World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK (34-1, 30 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, is in his last 10 days of training for his rumble with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 38 KOs), of Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The Pavlik-Rubio world championship fight will headline an exciting card at soldout Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown on Saturday, February 21, and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Jennings Looking To Upset Cotto; Evans, Munroe-Martinez – Boxing News
Fresh off the back of Shane Mosley’s surprise KO win over Antonio Margarito at the weekend, Michael Jennings has promised to deliver another welterweight shock when he fights Miguel Cotto next month. Chorley based Jennings will challenge Cotto for the WBO World Welterweight crown at New York’s Madison Square Garden on February 21.
Jennings: “He [Cotto] Shouldn’t Count His Chickens”
By Nate Anderson: A perturbed Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) had this to say about the media giving him few chances in his bout with Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) on February 21st at the Madison Square Garden, in New York:
Cotto-Jennings: The Key To Victory For Michael
By Manuel Perez: A fighter is always at their weakest point following a bad knockout loss. That is never more true in the case of welterweight Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs), who was taken out in the 11th round last July in a brutal war with Antonio Margarito. The bout left Cotto a bloody and beaten mass of tissue, his nose broken, his left eye bleeding all over the place and his face reddened from the many huge shots he absorbed from the hard-punching Mexican fighter.
Cotto vs. Jennings, Pavlik vs. Rubio, Peter Challenges Arreola – News
Tuesday, January 13, Press Conference Quotes from Madison Square Garden
Miguel Cotto
I don’t know anything about my opponent. I have not watched any tapes of him.
Right now I feel good, but I miss the gym and the fights. I am hungry to get back. I have walked around at about 176 or 178. The people in Puerto Rico have made me feel real good, as well as my family.
Cotto-Jennings: Miguel Can Ill Afford To Lose
By Jim Dower: Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will be stepping back in the ring on February 21st against Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO title at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
Jennings, 31, is getting a big opportunity in being pitted against a fighter as good as Cotto, because there’s little in the British fighter’s career that suggests that he’s rightfully earned the position to fight Cotto.
Jennings Injures Ankle, Will Still Fight Cotto
By Eric Thomas: In an article in the Lancashire Telegraph, welterweight Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) discusses how he injured his ankle while training for his February 21st bout with Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) for the vacant WBO welterweight title, saying that he couldn’t run or skip and that he was in pain.
Cotto-Jennings: Another Loss For Miguel?
By Matt Stein: Seeking the path of least resistance, former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will be facing Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) for the vacant WBO welterweight title on February 21st at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For Cotto, 28, who was stopped in the 11th round in his last fight in July against Antonio Margarito, it looks as if he’s jumping from the frying pan straight into the fire with his choice of the 31-year-old Jennings as his next opponent.
Cotto vs. Jennings On February 21st
By Dan Ambrose: Sporting nearly identical records, former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will be looking to redeem himself somewhat in a fight against Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) for the vacant WBO welterweight title on February 21st at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Few experts see Jennings, 31, as having much of a chance against the former champion Cotto, pointing out Jennings’s limited opposition which has been exclusively European during his nine year professional boxing career.