By Chris Williams: It was frightening to see how much punishment that former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) took in his last fight against the blazing fast Manny Pacquiao in Cotto’s last fight last year in November. Cotto was never remotely competitive with Pacquiao and ended up getting blasted apart round after round until the referee Kenny Bayless finally had mercy on Cotto and put a stop to the fight at 0:55 of the 12th round. Cotto looked like he had just pulled himself out of serious wreckage on the highway, his face red, eyes cut, lips twice their normal size, and his face the color of a ripe tomato.
Yuri Foreman
Can Foreman win a decision against Cotto?
By Jason Kim: I have a bad feeling about this Saturday’s fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) and Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) at Yankee Stadium, in New York. Anytime you have a much popular fighter like Cotto going against a pretty much unknown fighter like Foreman, you often get some really weird decisions. When I say weird, I mean robberies. I hope I’m wrong here but I have a strong feeling that Foreman will have to do something extra special to win a decision against Cotto on Saturday night.
Cotto says that he’s “better than ever” – Is he kidding himself?
By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) doesn’t think he’s a fading fighter all, saying “I’m better than ever” at the final press conference for his fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Yankee Stadium, in New York. Let’s hope that Cotto is better than ever like he says he is, because he’s been looking worse than ever in the past two years, looking like a shot fighter in many ways.
Arum looking for a crowd of 20,000 at Cotto-Foreman bout on Saturday
By Dave Lahr: There have been conflicting reports about the ticket sales for Saturday’s bout between WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) vs. Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) at Yankee Stadium, in New York. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum reported that over 12,000 tickets have been sold for the fight and he’s expecting at least 20,000 fans to be at the fight by Saturday night.
Mundine wants Mayweather or Cotto-Foreman winner
By Jason Kim: Two-time WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (38-3, 23 KO’s) is hoping to get a shot at unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future or at the very least a chance to fight the June 5th winner of the Yankee Stadium clash between WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman bout. Mundine, 35, will be facing Jorge Daniel Miranda (36-8, 13 KO’s) later on this month on June 30th for the vacant WBA International light middleweight title.
Hoping Cotto loses to Foreman so we don’t have to see Cotto-Pacquiao II
By Chris Williams: If former WBO middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) beats World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) this Saturday night, it’s likely that the 29-year-old Cotto will be used as a substitute for Floyd Mayweather Jr. if he and Manny Pacquiao are unable to put a fight together for some reason. Cotto is a fine fighter, and had an excellent career, but I certainly don’t want to see him in a rematch with Pacquiao, not after seeing how badly Cotto was dominated in their fight last year.
Steward worried about Cotto losing to Foreman
By Matt Stein: Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) has a lot to lose this Saturday night against WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) in their battle at Yankee Stadium, in New York. Cotto’s new trainer Emanuel Steward, who has been brought in to try and resurrect Cotto’s sinking career, knows full well how much the 29-year-old Cotto stands to lose if he’s beaten by Foreman on Saturday. Steward had this to say in an article at the Nydailynews, “All of his [Cotto] greatness is going to be totally washed away if he loses this one. Everything is on the line in this fight.”
Cotto-Foreman: Is Miguel on his last legs?
By Jim Dower: Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) looks slower, smaller and not up to the task as he faces WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) this Saturday night at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York. At 5’7”, Cotto wasn’t even a normal sized welterweight, small for the weight class and looking more like a light welterweight. In moving up in weight to take on the 5’11” Foreman to try and capture his WBA title, Cotto looks incredibly short in comparison.
Expect an Easy Win for Miguel Cotto
By Ryan Dunn: As many people seem to have hopped off the Cotto Express bandwagon after he took a bludgeoning against Margarito, then went on to lose by TKO in a lop-sided affair versus P4P king Manny Pacquiao, so too have many hopped on the bandwagon of Yuri Foreman.
But despite a strong performance against Daniel Santos, Foreman’s resumé lacks a pedigree anywhere close to Cotto’s.
Prediction: Cotto will be a punching bag for Foreman on Saturday
By Scott Gilfoid: Maybe Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) would have beaten Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) three or more years ago and then again maybe he wouldn’t. But the way that Cotto is looking now, I seriously doubt he’s going to beat Foreman without any defense and taking the vicious shots that Cotto has been taking as of late. It’s hard to imagine in looking at Cotto’s recent fights that he was at one time one of the truly great fighters in boxing – my how things have changed in recent years. Cotto is now catching massive shots to the head and doing a poor job of blocking and responding to them.