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When I left the post fight press conference for this Saturday night's Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga clash at the MGM Grand around 11 PM I thought that I had gotten nearly all of my coverage for the night. It was a hectic weekend but it turns out I wasn't quite done as I spotted a familiar face out of the corner of my eye as I walked through the masses inside of the casino.
There definitely was a wealth of knowledge at Saturday's post-fight press conference following Miguel Cotto's 12th round dissection of Ricardo Mayorga. Sifting through the crowd inside of the MGM Grand's media center, I came across respected trainer Naazim Richardson, one of the best interviews in the sport.
Belarus native Yuri Foreman has been flying under the radar since his 9th round TKO loss to Miguel Cotto last year, a bout in which he surrendered the WBA junior middleweight championship, and will look to get back on track against Polish charge Pawel Wolak on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight takes place on the Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga pay-per-view.
2010's Fighter of the Year, Sergio Martinez, thrilled us with his victories over Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams last year and will certainly have his work cut out for him if he is to equally impress this coming March 12th against WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk. The recognized best middleweight in the world, Martinez faces off with the unbeaten German at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut on HBO's World Championship Boxing.
There are several reasons why Bob Arum's Top Rank promotional company is the top entity in the sport. Calculated planning, a shrewd business sense, and the ability to develop stars worldwide is a huge part of it but just like anything else, luck often comes into play.
Nonito Donaire is the man right now.
To say that trainer Robert Garcia has been a busy man these days is an understatement. The Oxnard-based coach has a fine core of talented prizefighters and is often the case in the sport, he recently saw his time divided between two of his prized pupils when bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and lightweight contender Brandon Rios had their bouts scheduled a week apart from one another.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is just days away before his scheduled departure for Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto defends his crown against wild slugger Ricardo Mayorga on March 12th at the MGM Grand.
After forty-plus years in the game there seems to be very little that would throw off Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. This past weekend the veteran promoter could be seen making the rounds in Las Vegas for the Fernando Montiel-Nonito Donaire event at the Mandalay Bay and it was business as usual for Arum.
Everyone is still soaking in the aftermath of Nonito Donaire's breathtaking victory over Fernando Montiel, which took place on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. In one of the more vicious knockouts in recent memory, Donaire leveled his Los Mochis foe with a picturesque counter left hand and finished him off after he rose moments later, capturing the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles in the process.