By Sean Jones: Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says he’s going to be making a BIG announcement tonight on HBO’s Boxing card headlined by Miguel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali. The speculation is running high that Loeffler could announce the rematch between Golovkin and Golden Boy Promotions money fighter Saul Canelo Alvarez OR SuperFly2. Loeffler isn’t ready to give any hints at this time.
By Sean Jones: Trainer Freddie Roach says he preferred that superstar Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) fight middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin for Saturday’s bout on HBO at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Sean Jones: Saul Canelo Alvarez took timeout from his vacation on Friday to give Cotto a farewell word of encouragement towards his last fight of his career against Sadam Ali, and his looming retirement after that.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) weighed in at a surprisingly low 151.6 pounds on Friday for his defense of hi WBO junior middleweight title against #9 WBO Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Ali weighed in at 153 pounds.
Boxing legend Miguel Cotto has vowed to go out with a bang as he enters the ring for the final time this Saturday night.
The future Hall-of-Famer who has won world titles in four different divisions will fight for the last time against 2008 Olympian Sadam Ali, exclusively live on BoxNation.
By Jeff Aranow: Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) says his toughest opponent of his 16-year pro career was Floyd Mayweather Jr. Cotto rates Mayweather as the best fighter he’s fought due to his intelligence. Mayweather beat Cotto by a 12 round unanimous decision on May 5, 2012.
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) is promising to be the same exciting fighter he’s always been for his 16-year pro career when he defends his WBO junior middleweight title against welterweight Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) is coming into this Saturday’s fight against WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) as a big underdog in their fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jeff Aranow: Welterweight Sadam Ali has been training with Daniel Jacobs and Curtis Stevens to get ready for the punching power of WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for their fight this Saturday night on HBO Boxing from Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Tim Royner: In an ominous sign of an impending mismatch, WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) is building up his opponent welterweight Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) by calling him “great” ahead of their fight this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.