Foreman vs. Wolak on Saturday, 3/5: This could be a bad mistake for Yuri

By Dan Ambrose: You really hate to see fighters make stupid mistakes. This is why it might turn out to be a really bad decision for former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) to be taking on pressure fighter Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Foreman-Wolak fight will be taking place on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight.

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Foreman vs. Wolak: Will Yuri’s surgically repaired leg allow him to win?

Image: Foreman vs. Wolak: Will Yuri's surgically repaired leg allow him to win?By Eric Thomas: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) will finally be returning to the ring on March 12th to fight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Foreman, 30, hasn’t fought since June last year when he was taken out in the 9th round against Miguel Cotto in a fight in which Foreman’s previously injured right knee gave out on him in the 7th when he was being pursued around the ring by Cotto.

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Foreman-Wolak: Yuri looking to get back in the thick of things

By Michael Lieberman: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) fights for the first time after having major surgery on his right knee when he takes on Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Foreman, 30, will be fighting on the same card as his recent conqueror Miguel Cotto, who stopped Foreman in the 9th round last June at the Yankee Stadium, in New York.

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Foreman-Wolak: Yuri in his first real test since his leg injury against Cotto

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.

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Foreman-Wolak: Yuri on the comeback trail

By Jim Dower: One of the best junior middleweights in the division will be back in action on March 12th when former WBC junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) gets back in the ring to face Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Foreman, 30, looked good at times in his last fight with Miguel Cotto last June, but when Foreman’s right knee gave out in the 7th, it spelled doom for him.

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Foreman-Wolak: Yuri wins this one if his surgically repaired leg holds up

Image: Foreman-Wolak: Yuri wins this one if his surgically repaired leg holds upBy Sean McDaniel: Photo Tom Casino/Shoetime: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) makes his first appearance since injuring his right knee badly in his 9th round TKO loss to Miguel Cotto in his last fight in June of last year. Foreman, who actually came into the Cotto fight with a knee that had been torn up years ago in a bicycle accident, fought well against Cotto until his knee gave out completely on him in the 7th.

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Foreman vs. Wolak: Pawel is over his head in this fight

By Michael Lieberman: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28=1, 8 KO’s) makes his first appearance since losing his World Boxing Association title to Miguel Cotto when he faces junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wolak-Foreman fight will be on the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga undercard and will come on just before the main event in that fight. Both Foreman and Wolak are part of Bob Arum’s Top Rank stable.

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Joshua Clottey vs. Pawel Wolak a possibility for Cotto-Mayorga undercard

Image: Joshua Clottey vs. Pawel Wolak a possibility for Cotto-Mayorga undercardBy Michael Lieberman: A fight between former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) and fringe junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on the pay-per-view undercard of the March 12th bout between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and 37-year-old challenger Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yuri Foreman, the former WBA junior middleweight champion, was also a possibility to face Wolak but reportedly the money isn’t right.

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Wolak to fight on Cotto-Mayorga undercard on 3/12

Image: Wolak to fight on Cotto-Mayorga undercard on 3/12By Chris Williams: Junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of WBA junior middleweight clash between champion Miguel Cotto vs. 37-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pawel, 29, doesn’t have an opponent picked out as off yet, but there is talk that he could fight either former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey or former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman. Both Foreman and Clottey are coming off of one-sided beatings and all three fighters are with Top Rank.

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