MATCHUP: Miguel “Junito” Cotto vs Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga
EVENT: RELENTLESS – Cotto vs Mayorga
DATE: March 12, 2011
VENUE: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
After negotiations for the Pacquiao vs Mayweather megafight failed again, promoter Bob Arum said today that Manny Pacquiao’s next fight is against a disgraced Mexican to be held on November 13, 2010.
Suspended for a year by the California State Athletic Commission in February 2009 after his hand wraps were found to contain a mixture for “Plaster of Paris” prior to his bout with Shane Mosley, former IBF and WBO Welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is designated to fill-in Mayweather’s slot.
Miguel Cotto whom Pacman already gobbled up last November 14, 2009 was the other option for Pacquiao but Arum has this to say,
Last November 14, 2009, Miguel Cotto earned the dubious distinction of giving Manny Pacquiao his record-breaking seventh title in as many divisions when Pacquiao beat him to a pulp before succumbing in the 12th round and surrendering the WBO welterweight championship.
Looking to bounce back from that defeat, Cotto is on the road back to prominence.
On June 5, 2010, he moves up in weight to the Junior Middleweight division to challenge Israeli Yuri Foreman for his WBA Super Welterweight title.
In the first boxing event to be held at a Yankee Stadium since Muhammad Ali beat Ken Norton in 1976, former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto challenges Israeli Yuri Foreman for his WBA Super Welterweight title.
The Cotto – Foreman bout is billed “Slugfest at the Stadium” as it will be held at the new Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York, USA on June 5, 2010.
From the looks of it, Miguel Cotto might have been hit by a freight train.
Actually, it’s the Pacman Express who made Cotto’s face a bloody mess. His eyes were almost shut due to the swelling and blood was flowing from his nose and cuts.
It was definitely a gruesome sight that after the ninth round, Cotto’s wife and kid who were by the ringside left the arena as they could not take the beating any longer.
After 12 rounds of punishment, referee Kenny Bayless finally put a stop to Manny Pacquiao’s continuous barrage of punches to Cotto’s face in their boxing match held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on November 14, 2009.
After 12 rounds of non-stop barrage of punches from Pacquiao that made Cotto’s face a bloody mess, referee Kenny Bayless mercilessly stepped-in to stop the carnage.
At their boxing match dubbed as “Firepower” on November 14 (November 15, Sunday here in the Philippines) at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Manny Pacquiao left no doubt on who is the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
He also captured Cotto’s WBO welterweight belt and most importantly, he captured his seventh championship belt in seven weight divisions. That’s no small feat considering that he is the only boxer in history to have ever done so.
