Earlier this month cut man Joe Chavez seemed to have a routine night's worth of work as he assisted WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto during his pristine destruction of Nicaragua's Ricardo Mayorga. Cotto was in top form on this night as no traces of blood or cuts ever emerged during the fight, leaving Chavez as simply a spectator within the MGM Grand outside of a few small bruises he had to attend to.
BoxingScene.com's Lem Saterfield reported earlier this week that former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron will appear on the undercard to the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch that will most likely take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on July 16th.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is scheduling a meeting with Top Rank to discuss a possible rematch with Antonio Margarito on July 16. Ever since the incident in 2009, where illegal inserts were found in Margarito's handwraps before a scheduled fight with Shane Mosley, there has been doubts about the legit nature of Margarito's eleven round knockout of Cotto from 2008. Cotto says a lot of the bad blood is behind him and now he's looking to the future.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto knows the end of his career is closing in. He anticipates his career to continue for at least two years at most. Before his considers retirement, he would like to avenge the only two defeats on his record - to Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao. Margarito stopped Cotto in eleven rounds in 2008, and Pacquiao stopped the Puerto Rican star in the twelfth round of their 2009 bout.
Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, is already working on the planned July 16 rematch between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29KOs) of Puerto Rico, and his Mexican rival Antonio Margartio (38-7, 27KOs). In 2008, Margarito handed Cotto the first loss of his career with a stoppage victory in the eleventh round.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is resting from last Saturday's twelfth round knockout Ricardo Mayorga. Top Rank is drawing up a plan to match Cotto against Mexican rival Antonio Margarito on April 16. Cotto was knocked out by Margarito in eleven rounds in their 2008 battle. Cotto is interested in getting his revenge. He wants to discuss Margarito, among other options, when he meets with Top Rank in the near future.
Trainer Jeff Mayweather took some time to discuss a variety of topics in the sport, including this past weekend's Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga bout at the MGM Grand, a possible rematch between Miguel and Antonio Margarito, the rising star of Sergio Martinez, and his stable of fighters, including the likes of Chase Corbin, Brandon Gonzales and Celestino Caballero.
Former three division champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad fully supports the idea of a rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. The controversial Mexican boxer knocked out Cotto in the eleventh round in 2008. There are ongoing discussions to stage a rematch on July 16 in either Las Vegas or New Jersey.
Former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito was impressed by what he saw in the ring last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He sat ringtside to watch Miguel Cotto retain his WBA 154-pound title with a twelfth round TKO of Ricardo Mayorga. A possible rematch between Margarito and Cotto is being negotiated for July 16th in either Las Vegas or New Jersey.
When WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto arrived back home in Puerto Rico, he refused to discuss a potential rematch with Mexican rival Antonio Margarito. Their mutual promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, announced the fight last weekend, stating the rematch would take place on July 16 in Las Vegas or New Jersey. Cotto says the Margarito rematch is "speculation" until he gets a chance to sit down with Top Rank to work out the terms.