NEW YORK (JTA) -- Yuri Foreman says he wants a rematch with Miguel Cotto following surgery to repair the torn meniscus he suffered in their first bout.
Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped Saturday's World Boxing Association super-welterweight title match at Yankee Stadium in the ninth round when the champion Foreman could not continue because of the injury to his right knee. Foreman, an Orthodox *** and rabbinical student, had wrenched the knee two rounds earlier in an awkward fall.
"Yes, I want a rematch," Foreman told the New York Post. "My last performance was not what it could have been. It was far from my potential."
According to the Post, Foreman suffered a torn meniscus and stretched a ligament in his right knee.
"The surgery will show if I need surgery on the ligament in the front of the knee," Foreman said.
Foreman, a Belarus native now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., lost his first bout after going 28-0 with one no decision. He was trailing on all three judges' cards when the fight was stopped.
The knee injury prevented Foreman from his trademark side-to-side movement and left him vulnerable against the hard-hitting Cotto, now a four-time champion.
Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped Saturday's World Boxing Association super-welterweight title match at Yankee Stadium in the ninth round when the champion Foreman could not continue because of the injury to his right knee. Foreman, an Orthodox *** and rabbinical student, had wrenched the knee two rounds earlier in an awkward fall.
"Yes, I want a rematch," Foreman told the New York Post. "My last performance was not what it could have been. It was far from my potential."
According to the Post, Foreman suffered a torn meniscus and stretched a ligament in his right knee.
"The surgery will show if I need surgery on the ligament in the front of the knee," Foreman said.
Foreman, a Belarus native now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., lost his first bout after going 28-0 with one no decision. He was trailing on all three judges' cards when the fight was stopped.
The knee injury prevented Foreman from his trademark side-to-side movement and left him vulnerable against the hard-hitting Cotto, now a four-time champion.
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