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junior welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto headed up to welterweight for a Dec. 2 Showtime fight, he plans to vacate his 140-pound belt. The move will clear the path for Ricardo Torres -- who pushed Cotto to the brink in a courageous defeat last September -- to face Mike Arnaoutis for the vacant title. They will probably meet Nov. 18 on the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales III HBO PPV undercard. Torres' promoter Top Rank and Arnaoutis' promoter Joe DeGuardia have been working on an agreement for a couple of weeks. "Certainly it is a fight we expect to take place soon, and if it turns out to be in November on HBO PPV, that would be great," DeGuardia told ESPN.com. "I think we'll end up coming to an agreement. It's good for both fighters and it's good for the promoter who's guy wins. It makes sense for all of us to make the fight." Neither fighter has gotten much work lately. Arnaoutis (17-0-2, 9 KOs), who suffered a cut in training and withdrew from a July fight with Vivian Harris, has scored three consecutive first-round knockouts since December. Torres (29-1, 27 KOs) scored a second-round knockout in June, his only bout since the seventh-round knockout loss to Cotto.
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nice undercard fight if it happens
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