Miguel Cotto started the year 2008 as the man to beat at 147 pounds with a hard fought win over the highly rated Shane Mosley. When Cotto entered the 147 pound weight class, some people criticised that he simply wasnʼt big enough for the welterweights and that the larger fighters …
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Cotto, Jennings, Pavlik, Rubio
Miguel Cotto: I don’t know anything about my opponent. I have not watched any tapes of him. Right now I feel good, but I miss the gym and the fights. I am hungry to get back. I have walked around at about 176 or 178. The people in Puerto Rico …
Read More »HBO Boxing: Cotto, Pavlik Headline Massive PPV February 21
It will be a tale of two cities when two-division world champion Miguel Cotto returns to the “Mecca of Boxing,” Madison Square Garden and World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik makes his world title defense a real homecoming at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. Cotto and Pavlik headline …
Read More »British Boxing: Michael Jennings Will Face Miguel Cotto For Vacant WBO Title
Longtime WBO mandatory welterweight challenger Michael Jennings will finally get his shot at world honors when he faces deposed WBA titlist Miguel Cotto on Saturday, February 21 at Madison Square Garden in New York. It’s a massive opportunity for the 31 year old boxer from Chorley, England, fighting one of …
Read More »Pavlik vs. Rubio Boxing Tickets Hottest Thing In Youngstown
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow could keep the Pavlik Nation from the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown this morning to purchase tickets to World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik’s homecoming title defense against No. 1 contender Marco Antonio Rubio.
Read More »British Boxing: Brook Retains British Title In Glasgow
Last night at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, British Welterweight Champion Kell Brook retained his belt for the first time with a crushing first round stoppage over former titlist Kevin McIntyre and Commonwealth Super Feather kingpin Ricky Burns stopped challenger Yakubu Amidu in the seventh. 30 year old McIntyre …
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