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Former two division champion Juan Manuel Lopez is not certain if his countryman, Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs), has the necessary stamina to survive a tough twelve round fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs). Cotto will defend his title against Mayweather on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Former welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (28-3, 22KOs) realizes that his career is at stake this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when he faces Deandre Latimore (23-3, 17KOs) in a junior middleweight fight on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto pay-per-view.
Former world champion Rosendo Alvarez (37-3-2, 24KOs) of Nicaragua has announced that he plans to return to the ring on May 26 in Managua, on a card being organized by promoter Prodesa. According to Rosendo, he will face Alvaro Perez (21-4-1, 12KOs) in a ten round fight which is going to take place at super bantamweight. Rosendo is about to turn 42 years old, and the former champ has been inactive since Jorge "Travieso" Arce knocked him out in six rounds in 2006.
Former world champion Carlos Tamara (22-6-1, 16KOs) of Colombia is preparing hard for his upcoming flyweight eliminator for the IBF's number two position in the rankings. Tamara will face the deadly Ricardo Nunez (23-2, 19KOs) on April 26th at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City.
San Juan, Argentina - WBO super flyweight champion Omar Narvaez returned to his natural weight and won an easy twelve round unanimous decision over rugged Mexican challenger Jose Cabrera (20-3-2, 8 KOs), who tried every trick possible to disrupt the boxing strategy of Narvaez (36-1-2, 19 KOs). Last October Narvaez moved up to the bantamweight division to challenge the WBC champion at the time, Nonito Doniare, and dropped a lopsided twelve round decision before a packed crowd at The Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden.
While Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) was training at the LA Fitness gym in Orlando, Florida - a thief was planning his next move. Orlando police are investigating an incident, where someone broke the window to a Team Cotto truck that was parked outside of the gym, and swiped the wallet of Bryan Perez, executive director for Miguel Cotto Promotions. Cotto is training for his May 5th defense of the WBA junior middleweight title - against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 27KOs).
The President of the World Boxing Organization, Puerto Rico's Francisco Valcarcel, doesn't expect a fight to come about between middleweight king Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez (49-2-2, 28KOs) and WBC 160-pound champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31KOs). The WBC is trying to force the fight to come together for September 15th in Las Vegas.
Early next week, former world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez will appeal the sanctions imposed by the Boxing Commission of Puerto Rico (CBPPR). On April 3rd, the commission punished Lopez for last month's comments against referee Roberto Ramirez Sr. During a live televised interview, Lopez called Ramirez "a gambler" after getting stopped in ten rounds by Mexico's Orlando Salido on March 10th in San Juan.
Former three division world champion Félix 'Tito' Trinidad is worried that his countryman, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs), will get overwhelmed by the speed of Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs). The fight takes place on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) is predicting another world-class performance on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when he challenges Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) for the WBA 154-pound championship. He praised Cotto for his ability and heart and expects a tough fight, but Mayweather says that won't be enough. Cotto will have the entire country of Puerto Rico supporting his 'Cinco De Mayo' struggle.