By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum was thinking he would get a fighter with a name to draw fans for the March 12th fight of his number #2 cash cow WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s). Former two division world champion Richard Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s), now 37, was spotted and the thinking was that he would help draw the casual boxing fan to help make the March 12th PPV card a success in getting PPV buys.
Cotto vs. Mayorga
Cotto could get rematch with Pacquiao if he defeats Mayorga, Margarito and Chavez Jr.
By Chris Williams: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will have to earn his second chance to face Manny Pacquiao. Before Bob Arum allows Cotto to get a second bite at the Pacquiao apple, Cotto is going to have to go through a series of fights first against Richard Mayorga on March 12th, Antonio Margarito in the Summer and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. likely after that, and hope to come out of them unscathed so that he can get another huge money fight with boxing’s number #1 cash cow Pacquiao.
Steward thinks Cotto will stop Mayorga, Margarito and Pacquiao in his next three fights – Boxing News
By Chris Williams: Trainer Emanuel Steward appears to be dreaming or something because he not only thinks his fighter WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) will KO his next opponent, 37-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) on March 12th, but also knockout Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao in rematches.
Mayorga really getting the better of Cotto in trash talking
By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Tom Casino /Showtime: Former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga is making WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto look really bad in their press conferences together with his trash talking and ability to literally talk circles around the socially uncomfortable looking Cotto.
Cotto-Mayorga: Ricardo calls Miguel “Punch drunk” and vows to retire him
By Dan Ambrose: – Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – Former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) got the better of World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) at today’s press conference to hype their March12th fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto, 30, has taken some beatings in his his last three fights and also taken a terrible beating in his loss to Antonio Margarito in 2008. Cotto hasn’t looked the same since taking a royal pounding from Margarito but has still won three out of the last four fights. However, Cotto looked on the verge of losing to Joshua Clottey in 2009 until Clottey ran out of gas.
Arum sees Mayorga as being an explosive puncher for Cotto
By Jason Kim: Bob Arum isn’t dismissing the threat that Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) poses for his fighter WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) for their fight on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arum realizes that Mayorga can still punch and could be problems for Cotto in this fight.
Cotto-Mayorga: Look for Miguel to get chopped to pieces by Ricardo
By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) has been though six very hard fights since 2005, and taken an enormous amount of punishment in each of those fights. Even in his recent win over Yuri Foreman, Cotto was hit with some mammoth shots. There’s whispers out there among Cotto’s loyal fans that he’s no longer the same fighter he once was. I don’t need to hear the whispers to see that Cotto has noticeably deteriorated in the last three years with the beatings he taken in the ring.
Joshua Clottey vs. Calvin Green on Cotto-Mayorga undercard on 3/12
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) will finally be making an appearance after a year away from boxing when he takes on junior middleweight Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the WBA junior middleweight fight between champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
King: Once Mayorga beats Cotto, he’s going after Pacquiao next – News
By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Don King believes that his fighter Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) has the talent to pull off an upset over World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Once Cotto is out of the way, King wants to match Mayorga up against another one of Bob Arum’s fighters, Manny Pacquiao.
Yuri Foreman vs. Pawel Wolak on Cotto-Mayorga undercard on 3/12
By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) will be taking on junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on the undercard of the March 12th fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Ricardo Mayorga and the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.