By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach saw Miguel Cotto as the best option for Pacquiao to fight in terms of excitement and bringing money to the table, according to an interview of Roach at Primera Hora.
Mayweather-Cotto
Cotto is damaged goods
By John F. McKenna (McJack): The selection of World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) to be the next opponent for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) makes perfect economic sense. Cotto is extremely popular in the Latino community and fits in very well for May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Cotto’s name will bring huge interest in Mayweather-Cotto fight; Bradley’s name won’t bring the same for Pacquiao
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has really done himself a huge favor by outmaneuvering Top Rank CEO Bob Arum and his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao by signing on WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for a fight against Mayweather on May 5th.
Mayweather and Cotto have a history
By Robert Elmore: The announcement of welterweight WBC champion Floyd Mayweather taking on World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto was of no shock to me. These two have a history together. And it’s a fight that should have taken place years ago.
The sports of Boxing: A sad and sorry State of Affairs
By Joss Goosman:
The Prime Division-
The heavyweight division is the arena where past kings of the ring were ordained. Where the strongest and the biggest of men were pitted against each other, much like the gladiators of the past.
Mayweather: Without Pacquiao, I’m still going to make $60-70 million in 30 minutes against Cotto
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. was willing to give WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao a piece of the action by letting him get a big $40 million payday against him for a fight on May 5th, but Pacquiao got greedy and didn’t want to accept the huge $40 million offer that Mayweather offered him.
Ellerbe: Mayweather didn’t want Cotto drained for the fight
By Chris Williams: Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellberbe explained why Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to fight WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto at the full 154 lbs instead of a catchweight that Manny Pacquiao previously used to beat Cotto with, saying o Mlive.com “He [Mayweather] didn’t want to fight him [Cotto] at a catchweight, he wanted to fight at the weight [154lbs]. Sometimes, you don’t get full credit when you fight at a catchweight. Floyd wanted to make sure Miguel was comfortable.”
Cotto at 85% is still plenty tough for Mayweather
By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is probably around 85% of what he was before his beatings against Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao in 2008 and 2009.
Mayweather ducks Pacquiao once again
By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has duped his legions of fans once again with the announcement that he will face WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s).
Muhammad Ali trainer Angelo Dundee dies at 90 – Breaking news
By Eric Thomas: With sadness, boxingnews24.com regrets to tell you that Angelo Dundee, 90, died today in Tampa, Florida. Dundee previously trained boxing greats Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio, and worked recently as a consultant to Oscar De La Hoya. The boxing world will miss Dundee.