Posts Tagged ‘Miguel Cotto’

An advisor for WBO world welterweight king Manny Pacquiao, Manny Koncz, told ESPN.com Thursday that “Pac-Man” was prepared to fight WBC world welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather some time this spring until “Pretty Boy” formally announced he’d scrap WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather ...

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WBC world welterweight champion “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather announced earlier today that he will gain weight to battle Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. ESPN.com first reported the bout after the Nevada State Athletic Commission voted 5-0 to ...

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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told ringtv.com Sunday that it’s likely WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will fight WBO light welterweight titlist “Desert Storm” Timothy Bradley on June 9. Arum emphatically told Dan Rafael of ESPN.com earlier this month that Pacquiao’s next opponent would be chosen among the quartet of ...

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“Vicious” Victor Ortiz told boxingscene.com Saturday that WBA light-middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto has no right to question weight demands made by WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao to cement a bout this spring. Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) suffered the second loss of his professional career at 145 pounds to Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) via ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA light-middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto told boxingscene.com Friday he is more likely to fight WBC world welterweight champion “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather than WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao due to weight demands this spring. "I will not fight below 150," said Cotto, 31, a four-time world champion in three ...

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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told the Manila Standard Thursday that WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather and WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will likely fight some time in November. Speculation has run rampant that Mayweather (42-0, 26) and Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) will finally scrap May ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto has emerged as the favorite to fight either WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao or WBC world welterweight champion “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather sometime this spring. Speculation has run rampant that Mayweather (42-0, 26) and Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) will finally clash May 5 ...

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Last Friday, former IBF junior welterweight and NABO light welterweight titlist “The Magic Man” Paulie Malignaggi met with his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, to discuss his upcoming bout against WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko on a date and venue to be determined. De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs), who defeated 17 world champions and ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto denied to ESPN.com a published report Saturday that he had come to an agreement to again fight WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao June 9 in Las Vegas. "Do not pay attention to rumors," said Cotto, 31, a four-time world champion in three weight ...

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Michael Woods of NyFightBlog.com reported a credible source told him that he is “sure” that WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will meet Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto in a rematch sometime in the early-summer. Pacquiao, (54-3-2, 38 KOs), the first pugilist in history to win 10 world crowns ...

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