| Reports from Bob Arum and Top Rank Promotions indicate that they are more than willing to send WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to Manchester, England to fight fellow undefeated fighter Ricky Hatton. Manchester's Hatton recently became the first man to stop veteran Ray Oliveira and his place as the IBF mandatory challenger to champion Kostya Tszyu is assured. However, |
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Tszyu remains adamant that a fight will not occur anytime soon between the two and this latest revelation from Top Rank might offer Frank Warren and Hatton an opportunity to steal the limelight from Tszyu by taking on Cotto who has been the standout fighter of all the 2000 Olympians.
Stay tuned for more on this story as it develops.
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