Miguel Cotto Takes The Great Welterweight Challenge vs Martinez

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  • AnimalisticMeth
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    Miguel Cotto Takes The Great Welterweight Challenge vs Martinez

    http://t h e r i n g.craveonline.com...ge-vs-martinez

    Cotto is the 14th Welterweight Champion to Challenge the Champ at 160 in the history of Boxing.
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    Last to do it was Oscar De La Hoya 10 years ago. Is amazing what Cotto is looking to do tonight when you put it in historical prespective.

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    • AP♠
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      #3
      He will also be the most recent Puerto Rican to hold a WBC belt since Felix Trinidad.

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      • STEELHEAD
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        #4
        dead link.

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        • AnimalisticMeth
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          #5
          1. Mickey Walker - 1925
          2. Henry Armstrong - 1940
          3. Sugar Ray Robinson - 1951
          4. Kid Gavilan - 1954
          5. Carmen Basilio - 1957
          6. Emilie Griffith - 1966
          7. Luis Rodriguez - 1969
          8. Jose Napoles - 1974
          9. Roberto Duran - 1983
          10. Thomas Hearns - 1985
          11. Sugar Ray Leonard - 1987
          12. Felix Trinidad - 2001
          13. Oscar De La Hoya - 2004

          Crazy list and after tonight you can add Cotto to that list.

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          • AnimalisticMeth
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            #6
            Originally posted by `STEELHEAD
            dead link.
            Join "t h e r i n g" this forum doesnt let me post that together.

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            • -Antonio-
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              #7
              If Cotto wins this will be more impressive than what Tito amd especially Oscar did. Martinez is "the guy".

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              • Chris Collins
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                #8
                How many of them were successful?

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                • JmH Reborn
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Chris Collins
                  How many of them were successful?
                  The article details that info

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                  • Chris Collins
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by JmH Reborn
                    The article details that info
                    Can't access it.

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