Madison Square Garden, New York, NY -- It wasn't the type of overwhelming revenge that Cotto's fans had in mind, but the reigning WBA junior middleweight champion from Caguas, Puerto Rico still got his hand raised, kept his belt, and got the doctor-ordered TKO 10 win over hated rival, Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KOs) in front of a rabidly pro-Cotto crowd at MSG. At the time … [Read more...]
Margarito-Cotto Weigh-In (w/Video), Rios Loses Title on Scale, More
From New York, NY -- Miguel Cotto: 152.5 (WBA junior middleweight champion) Antonio Margarito: 152.5 Also, Brandon Rios has been forced to vacate his WBA lightweight title due to failing to make the 135 lb. limits after three tries. In his first attempt, he weighed in at 136.4 lbs. Moments later, he came in at 135.6 lbs. Then after being given an hour to lose the … [Read more...]
Mike Jones on his way to the Garden and a Title Shot
Story and Photo by Gary Purfield In the PPV opener to the much-anticipated Cotto-Margarito rematch, welterweight contender Mike Jones from Philadelphia will get the opportunity to move one step closer to the goal of winning a major title belt. Jones 25-0 (19 KO) will open the PPV broadcast taking on the rough and rugged Sebastian Lujan 38-5-2 (24 KO) of Argentina. The … [Read more...]
Cotto-Margarito II: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette The great philosopher and musical genius W. Axl Rose once sang “Yesterday, there was so many things I was never told. Now that I'm startin' to learn, I feel I'm growing old.” For Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), who is 31 but in the minds of most boxing fans may as well be turning forty for all of the miles on his odometer, these lyrics are oddly appropriate. … [Read more...]
Berto Ditches IBF Belt, Focuses on Ortiz Rematch
A little over two months after winning the IBF welterweight title from Jan Zaveck via fifth round stoppage, Andre Berto has voluntarily vacated the belt in anticipation of a proposed January rematch with Victor Ortiz. Berto and Ortiz last met in April with Ortiz capturing Berto's WBC title via unanimous decision victory in an entertaining contest full of intrigue, ebbs and … [Read more...]