Arum: Smoger Has Balls, Perfect For Cotto vs Margarito
NEW YORK — Not much regarding the pre-fight regulation of the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch pleased Bob Arum.
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Arum: Cotto-Margarito Frenzy Proves Boxing Still Strong
NEW YORK — Bob Arum couldn’t contain his enthusiasm Thursday. The card headlined by the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch officially became a sellout Thursday morning, marking the first time since Cotto beat Zab Judah in June 2007 that a boxing card sold out Madison Square Garden’s main arena. It also provided Arum ammunition to use against the sport’s skeptics.
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Photo: Miguel Cotto, Carl Froch Training Side By Side
World champions Miguel Cotto and Carl Froch trained side by side at the Trinity Gym, located in downtown Manhattan in New York City. Cotto was preparing for Saturday's defense of the WBA junior middleweight title against Antonio Margarito at New York's Madison Square Garden, while Froch is scheduled to stake his WBC super middleweight title against Andre Ward, the WBA's beltholder, in a unification clash on December 17th in Atlantic City.
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Naazim: Margarito Has Embraced His Role as The 'Villian'
If you speak with North Philadelphia’s Naazim Richardson, he will tell you that Antonio Margarito has embraced the villain role bestowed upon him in recent years. Strangely enough, it’s Richardson who has played a big part towards the perception of Margarito changing.
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Cotto-Margarito Sold Out, 17,943 Tickets, $3 Million Gate
NEW YORK -- Three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico MIGUEL COTTO and professional rival and three-time welterweight world champion ANTONIO “The Tijuana Tornado” MARGARITO sold the last ticket available at Madison Square Garden this morning for their long-awaited world championship rematch. The 17,943rd and final ticket was sold at 10:42 a.m. ET, producing a box office gate in excess of $3 million. For Cotto, who has sold more tickets to The Mecca of Boxing in this millennium than any other fighter, this is his second complete sellout of The Garden. The first was his welterweight title defense against former world champion Zab Judah on June 9, 2007.
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Cotto vs Margarito Information To Watch PPV Online
NEW YORK – Top Rank announced today that the December 3 Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II world super welterweight championship rematch event at The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden will be available live on both pay-per-view television and online. The four-bout pay-per-view card, produced and distributed live online by Top Rank for $54.95, will boast interactive features unique to the digital platform through NeuLion’s technology. The enhanced and unique viewing offers a four-shot, multi-angle dynamic player that will allow viewers to interact and feel an enriched experience. The live online pay-per-view is exclusive to U.S. viewers.
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Robert Garcia: Cotto is Slower Now, His Best Was at 147
Robert Garcia, trainer of Antonio Margarito, is very confident that everyone in New York's Madison Square Garden will witness the crowning of a new champion when his boxer defeats Miguel Cotto for the second time to capture the WBA junior middleweight title on Saturday night. Their first fight happened in July 2008 in the welterweight division. Margarito won the bout with an eleven round technical knockout.
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Cotto-Margarito: A Real Grudge Match Ready To Explode
Three years after their epic first meeting, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto are on a war footing once again.
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Arum: Miguel Cotto May Have Sold More Than Ali at MSG
Madison Square Garden seems to be their second home. "
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Good, Bad And Ugly of Saturday’s Evening of Rematches
By Jake Donovan - There are three different stories surrounding three separate rematches taking place on Saturday evening. Two are staged in the very same building, while the third plays to a venue on the other side of the country. No matter the distance between them, or the relevance of each fight, all three have fight fans abuzz. The long awaited grudge rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito has captured most of the headlines prior to and during fight week, and for very good reason. The bad blood alone makes their return go at Madison Square Garden must see TV, no matter the price. Such a statement will truly be put to the test, given the $54.95 price tag attached while competing against a Showtime telecast that comes with your monthly subscription to the network. Whether it’s by accident or was done just to spite HBO for the sake of competition, Showtime’s bantamweight doubleheader is as good of a card as the network has aired all year. The lead-in fight is a true pick-‘em, with Anselmo Moreno making his stateside debut in a dangerous bantamweight title defense against former two-division champ Vic Darchinyan. However, it’s the headliner that has fans truly salivating, as Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko return less than four months after the controversy surrounding their Showtime Bantamweight tournament Finals matchup, in hopes of settling all debates. Which one do you choose? The way the cards are staggered, it’s not out of the
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