Junito El Matador 5 feet, 7 inches 5 feet, 9 inches Result Cotto via 12th round TKO | 35-2 (28 KO) 29-7-1 (23 KO) Date 12 March 2011 | |
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Venue MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, United States Title(s) on the line WBA Super Welterweight Championship Location MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States | ||
Miguel cotto vs ricardo mayorga press conference with don king and bob arum mayorga acting crazy
Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as Relentless, was a boxing super welterweight fight for the WBA Super Welterweight championship. The bout was held on March 12, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Cotto won the fight via technical knockout in the twelfth round.
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- Miguel cotto vs ricardo mayorga press conference with don king and bob arum mayorga acting crazy
- Miguel Cotto
- Ricardo Mayorga
- Televised
- Preliminary card
- References
Cotto, a four-time world champion, won his 154-pound belt by stopping Yuri Foreman in the ninth round at Yankee Stadium in June 2010. Following the bout, the Puerto Rican pugilist underwent shoulder surgery and took the rest of 2010 off. On the other hand, Mayorga is coming from a ninth round KO win against Michael Walker in December 2010; this was the first time he fought in 27 months, after being knocked out by Shane Mosley in the twelfth round of their September 2008 match.
Miguel Cotto
After the Manny Pacquiao fight, Cotto moved to the light middleweight division. On June 5, 2010, he fought against Israeli undefeated boxer Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
Cotto ended up knocking Foreman down with a signature left hook to the body in the ninth round claiming the WBA light middleweight title, his fourth overall in three different weight divisions.
Ricardo Mayorga
Following the bout with Shane Mosley, Mayorga took a period of inactivity. He was scheduled to fight undefeated junior-middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo on February 14, 2009 on the undercard of Nate Campbell's title defense against Ali Funeka. Mayorga withdrew from the fight, citing injuries to his ribs from the Shane Mosley fight made training very difficult and therefore was unable to make weight. He stated money was not the issue. However, his promoter, Don King, stated that Mayorga pulled out ten days before the bout after his demands for a higher purse were not met.
On December 17, 2010, the Nicaraguan boxer fought Michael Walker and defeated him by TKO in the ninth round, ending a 27 months layoff.
Televised
Preliminary card
Molina defeats Rabotte via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:38 of the sixth round.
Korobov defeats Walker via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:31 of the first round.
Gonzalez defeats McLaurin via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:56 of the first round.
Rojas defeated Hidalgo via unanimous decision (59–55, 58–56, 59–55).