By 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.
Cotto vs. Mayorga
Cotto vs. Mayorga: If Ricardo fights hard for eight rounds, Miguel will be a bloody mess
By Dan Ambrose: In choosing former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) to face his fighter WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bob Arum has found an opponent with a name to attract pay-per-view buys for this fight. Arum wants this to be a PPV bout despite Cotto coming off surgery and nine months of inactivity.
Cotto-Mayorga: There might not be anything left of Miguel for Margarito to blast apart again
By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) has been matched against a still semi-live Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto is coming off a shoulder surgery, and his promoter Bob Arum still wanted to make his fight a pay-per-view bout to bring in good money for Cotto and company.
Martiroysan wants Cotto-Mayorga winner
By Jason Kim: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17 KO’s) is hoping he can take on the winner of the March 12th bout between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Ricardo Mayorga. Martiroysan, 24, was hoping to be Cotto’s next opponent in March, but was passed over for the better known ex-two time world champion Mayorga, who at 37, probably is much less of a threat to beat Cotto compared to the younger, taller and faster Martiroysan.
Wolak to fight on Cotto-Mayorga undercard on 3/12
By 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.
Did Cotto duck Martirosyan to fight Mayorga?
By Chris Williams: You have to wonder why WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 Ko’s) opted to face 37-year-old Richard Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) on March 12th next year rather than unbeaten number #5 ranked World Boxing Association contender Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17 KO’s). If I didn’t know better, I’d swear it looks like Cotto is ducking Martirosyan for what appears to be the much easier fight with the old shopworn Mayorga. Now why else would Cotto fight an old guy like Mayorga rather than someone that promises and exciting fight and who would have a great chance of beating him like Martirosyan.
Cotto-Mayorga: It might be a good thing that Miguel loses badly to Ricardo
By Chris Williams: I’m beginning to think their may be a silver lining to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) if he gets beaten up and put out of his misery by former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) in their fight on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At least by destroying Cotto, it will save boxing fans from having to witness a second future Manny Pacquiao fight in 2011, and that may be well worth it. If there’s any fight I don’t want to see, besides the ridiculous Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout, it’s a needless rematch between Pacquiao and Cotto in 2011.
Cotto to fight Margarito after Mayorga fight
By Eric Thomas: If WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) can get by his next fight against former two division world champion 37-year-old Ricard Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s), Cotto will be facing Antonio Margarito in a rematch during the Summer months. Cotto, 30, was beaten up badly and stopped by Margarito two years ago in 2008. It was like watching Cotto get ripped part by Manny Pacquiao. Cotto was forced to run all fight long to avoid Margarito’s heavy hands, but in the 10 round, Margarito was finally able to catch up to a tired Cotto and hurt him with some big uppercuts near the end of the round.
Cotto likely to face Mayorga on March 12th
By Jason Kim: It’s looking like WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is going to be facing 37-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga on March 12th in a pay per view fight.
Cotto could fight 37-year-old Ricardo Mayorga next
By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) could be facing former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) next, according to the latest boxing news. Mayorga, now 37-years-old and noticeably fat around the midsection, is one of three possible opponents that are being considered for Cotto’s next fight next year. The other fighters under consideration are Vanes Matirosyan and Pawel Wolak. The fight will likely take place at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.