Cotto-Mayorga To Be Finalized For March 12, Says Arum

By Lem Satterfield

According to Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, he expects to finalize a deal with promoter Don King, that will match former world champion Ricardo Mayorga against WBA junior middleweight champio Miguel Cotto in the main event of a March 12 pay per view card from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

The 37-year-old Mayorga (29-7-1, 22 KOs) returned on Dec. 17 to score a ninth-round knockout over Michael Walker (19-6-2, 12 KOs). Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs) has not fought since June's ninth-round knockout victory over Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KOs), whom he dethroned for his current crown in the first-ever professional fight to be staged at the new Yankee Stadium in New York.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.

By Lem Satterfield

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.

Cotto-Mayorga To Be Finalized For March 12, Says Arum

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Cotto-Mayorga To Be Finalized For March 12, Says Arum

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