Former three division champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) is questioning the confidence level of WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). Cotto will challenge Martinez on June 7th in the main event of an HBO Pay-Per-View card from New York's Madison Square Garden. Martinez had chased after Cotto for years. Earlier this year, Cotto began to show serious interest in facing Martinez.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is not impressed with the fighting style of WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). The Argentine star will defend his title, on June 7th at New York's Madison Square Garden, against Roach's newest pupil Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs), who will attempt to win a fourth world title in his fourth weight division.
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz announced via his Twitter account that terms have been reached for a rematch between former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., and Filipino Marvin Sonsona. The featherweight bout will take place on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York, a card headlined by lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in his ring return versus former three-division champion Miguel Cotto. Lewkowicz serves as Sonsona's promoter and also as the longtime adviser to Martinez. Vazquez Jr. is promoted by Promociones Miguel Cotto. Sonsona and Vazquez met for the first time on February 27, 2010. Vazquez knocked out Sonsona in the 4th round to claim the vacant WBO super bantamweight title.
Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) is putting in hard work at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas. Cotto, training with Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach, will challenge WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs) in the main event of an HBO Pay-Per-View event on June 7th at New York's Madison Square Garden. Cotto, who won titles at 140, 147 and 154 - will attempt to become the first boxer from Puerto Rico to win four world titles in four weight divisions.
Italy is well known for its fine food, beautiful cities, art, historical sites, a successful national soccer team and is considered a sports mad country. Nevertheless, boxing is not often found among the pages of its various sports only dedicated newspapers. Unlike European countries such as Great Britain, Ireland and Germany, nations like Italy and Spain have a limited boxing following, and even more limited coverage in the media, even for current and former world champions.
WBC Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs) had a workout for the media in Spain for his upcoming defense against former three division champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Training side by side with Sergio was Kiko 'La Sensación' Martinez. Martinez will defend his IBF bantamweight title against Japanese veteran Hozumi Hasegawa on April 23 in Osaka, Japan. The training session was held at the Centro Alcalá Adidas in Spain. Photos by Carolina Villafruela/Urban Fighters Community.
Miguel Cotto ,who had planned to meet up with trainer Freddie Roach by mid-April, has decided to move forward his original training date so he could work alongside “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao who is in the final stretch of his preparation for the much-awaited rematch with WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 12.
Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) started his training on Monday for his upcoming bout, on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York where he will be challenging the WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). Cotto traveled last Saturday to Los Angeles to join his trainer, Freddie Roach, on Monday at the Wild Card Boxing Gym to began with their preparation.
Legendary Trainer Freddie Roach confirms that Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) can count on the invaluable help and experience of Manny Pacquiao in the build up to his fight against Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). “He will be training two weeks with Pacquiao. They're good friends so there won’t be problems with anything. We will train one week in Los Angeles and the last part with Manny in Vegas, "Roach said.
Middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin is close to a deal that would pit him against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on July 12. Tom Loeffler, who represents Golovkin’s promoter K2, previously stated on BoxingScene.com that such a bout would take place at 168 pounds and would be televised on HBO Pay-Per-View. However, don’t call it a campaign. While Golovkin (29-0, 26 KOs) would be ascending eight pounds north of the 160-pound middleweight limit to face Chavez, Loeffler told BoxingScene.com on Wednesday that even in the event of a blowout victory, such a move would be temporary.