By Lem Satterfield
As reported a few days ago, and now confirmed by additional sources, contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18KOs) is the frontrunner to face WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28KOs) of Puerto Rico on March 12. Wolak is leading the race among the four possible choices, which include Vanes Martirosyan, Rigoburto Alveraz and IBF junior middleweight king Cornelius Bundrage.
Cotto will make the first defense of the title he won by way of a ninth-round knockout victory over Yuri Foreman at New York's Yankee Stadium in June. Wolak fought on December 4 in California, stopping Jose Pinzon in seven.
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 .
