Las Vegas – For once Floyd Mayweather set the bluster and bombast aside as he looked forward to his battle Saturday with Miguel Cotto for the Puerto Rican's World Boxing Association super welterweight world title.
WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs), and his Cuban trainer Pedro Diaz, paid no attention to the trash talk being thrown around during Friday's official weigh-in at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. As the two boxers took part in a long face off, Mayweather (42-0, 26KOs) broke the silence by attempting to verbally intimidate Cotto.
By Cliff Rold - If nothing else, the world got a hellacious staredown at the weigh-in festivities on Friday night. If the pre-fight battle of the eyes between Tommy Hearns and Wilfred Benitez in 1983 is seen as the gold standard, the perfect ten of staredowns, Mayweather and Cotto registered at least a solid 8.5. It was fitting for a bout literally years in the making. Once upon a time, Mayweather and Cotto were talents looking for a wider audience, sharing a card in Fresno, California in 2003 before the bright lights came calling. When Mayweather retired briefly in 2008, it was with Cotto taking on the look of the preeminent looming threat. Life went in different directions, Cotto bested by Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather with only three fights (if all victories) since December 2007. Fresh off a revenge win over Margarito, the long road brings it back around.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - The stars are starting to pour into Las Vegas for this Saturday's big junior middleweight fight between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) and WBA 154-pound king Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs). Some of the star witnessed walking around include unbeaten heavyweight Seth Mitchell, WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward and several others.
It was a packed scene at the weigh-in for Saturday night’s ‘Ring Kings’ event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto junior welterweight title fight. Such luminaries as Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales, Roy Jones Jr., Paulie Malignaggi, Andre Ward, Harold Lederman, Roger Mayweather, Devon Alexander, Zab Judah, and several others were on hand to make for a lively environment.
Ryan Burton catches up with weigh-in to the junior middleweight doubleheader at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Watch Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley and Saul Alvarez make weight for their scheduled fights.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - The stage is set for Saturday night. In the HBO pay-per-view main event, for the WBA junior middleweight title, champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) came in at 154-pounds at the limit. Floyd "Money" Mayweather (42-0, 26KOs) weighed 151-pounds.
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather will earn the biggest guaranteed purse in boxing history, $32 million, when he fights Miguel Cotto, according to contracts filed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Moments after Thursday’s press conference featuring the undercard participants on Saturday night’s ‘Ring Kings’ event, recently-crowned WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi was spotted near the media center of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with his promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions.
WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi does not view Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) as a hopeless underdog on Saturday night, when the Puerto Rican superstar defends his WBA junior middleweight title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs).