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Entries tagged with "Miguel+Cotto":

• Roger on Floyd's Return – May 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Khan-Judah: Who’s Your Daddy? – July 17th, 2011

  As far as Khan is concerned, Judah is all bark and no bite, talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, and he’ll roll over when the going gets tough…
  
  

• Khan/Judah: A tale of Science & Faith – July 20th, 2011

  I have bought into the hype behind Khan—and fully expect him to win decisively and head to 147 to make serious noise...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II at MSG – July 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Khan vs. Judah: Something to Prove – July 21st, 2011

  When they meet in the ring, Khan will be viewing Judah as another obstacle in his climb up the ladder, another obstruction on the road to Mayweather...
  
  

• Khan Turns New Judah Old – July 23rd, 2011

  Judah’s actions explain Judah. He hypes himself up. He talks a great game. But against elite opposition, he falls short every time...
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito – August 6th, 2011

  Now that Antonio Margarito has been cleared by doctors to return to the ring for a Dec. 3 rematch against WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden, maybe it's time to revisit their brutal first fight. It was July 26, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the WBA welterweight title, and Margarito was the underdog who fought like the top dog and stopped Cotto with a TKO in round 11. The controversy that followed the fight has dogged Margarito to this day, but it was still one helluva fight...
  
  

• Is Kermit Cintron a Beaten Man? – August 11th, 2011

  Cintron had sunglasses on, ostensibly to hide the marks on his face, but the dark glasses failed to conceal his weariness and despair…
  
  

• Winning When You Lose – September 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Saul Alvarez: Easy Red – September 24th, 2011

  
  
  

• Enter Massimo – September 24th, 2011

  
  
  

• Love, Hate, and Boxing – September 26th, 2011

  These days, I look, seemingly in vain, for those fighters who remind me of old-school types—a sure sign that I myself am aging…
  
  

• Maravilla: Boxing’s Hidden Gem – September 29th, 2011

  I observed a confident, relaxed, and jovial Sergio Martinez strolling through the casino at midnight before the fight—with two attractive, vibrant women…
  
  

• Dmitry Pirog: Gem to Gem – September 30th, 2011

  Like his counterpart Sergio Martinez, Pirog is making noise for a big signature-making fight against none other than Maravilla himself…
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto – October 8th, 2011

  On Dec. 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao was moving up to welterweight to face the formidable Miguel Cotto. The hard-punching Cotto was 34-1, with his only loss coming at the (possibly loaded) hands of Antonio Margarito. Manny's record stood as 49-3-2. Cotto landed plenty, especially early in the fight, but with Pacquiao being Pacquiao, it wasn't long before the Filipino whirlwind took control...
  
  

• Nonito Donaire: Old School Young Man – October 17th, 2011

  Nonito Donaire had never visited New York before Sept. 19, and he was as blown away as any tourist visiting the Big City for the first time…
  
  

• Hopkins-Dawson: Reflections on a TKO for Boxing – October 18th, 2011

  Most boxing fans are not Hollywood A-listers, but rather, are working-class people who look to boxing as an escape from their daily toil...
  
  

• Pacquiao: Blunting Greatness – November 9th, 2011

  Some sick and sad process of dulling the luster and blunting the greatness of Manny Pacquiao has and is taking place before our very eyes…
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao? Calm Down, Dear! – November 10th, 2011

  Lord, how we need him. Take away Manny and our battered old sport would be depressingly lacking in vintage talent...
  
  

• Pacquiao vs. Marquez III Preview – November 12th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom from TYT Sports about the last fight in the trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. They discuss the strengths and deficiencies of both fighters, the history they share, and what we're likely to see when the Filipino whirlwind and Mexican warrior get it on...
  
  

• Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito Face Off – November 13th, 2011

  On Dec. 3 at New York's Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito rematch their controversial first fight. Cotto took a serious beating and suffered his first loss, while losing his WBA welterweight title in the process. But Margarito was later discovered to have loaded gloves, and the whiff of disgrace follows him wherever he goes and whenever he fights. There's no love lost between these two men. Nor should there be. On HBO's Face Off with Max Kellerman, the animosity between Cotto and Margarito seems as real as it was on the night of July 26, 2008...
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Boxing’s Vibrant Expressionist – November 16th, 2011

  “The bottom line is that boxing attracts literate observers because the psychological confrontation between two fighters is so compelling—and so identifiable...”
  
  

• It’s Transition Time Again – November 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito: Seeing Eye Dog – November 18th, 2011

  
  
  

• HBO 24/7 Margarito-Cotto Episode 1 – November 20th, 2011

  Everyone is on pins and needles as they wait to see if the Dec. 3 rematch between Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto will or won't take place at Madison Square Garden as scheduled. Their brutal first fight, however, isn't far from anyone's mind. Margarito handed handed Cotto his first loss and gave him a God-awful beating. Everyone assumed that Cotto had an off night. These things happen to the best of them. But when Margarito got caught using loaded gloves in his next bout, the old assumptions were dropped and new assumptions took on new meaning...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Eye for an Eye – November 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Trouble in the Big Apple – November 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• If You Can’t Make It in New York – November 22nd, 2011

  “I signed this fight for New York," said Cotto. "I didn’t sign this fight for somewhere else. I’m going to fight in New York. Just New York..."
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Hindsight is 50-50 – November 22nd, 2011

  Maintain vigilance and discipline the next time your favorite websites or favorite writers begin howling and pointing fingers…
  
  

• Canelo Blasts Out Cintron; Wants Mayweather – November 26th, 2011

  Now that Canelo seems to be ascendant in boxing, it’s time to see how he would fare against the top tier in the sport…
  
  

• Uh-Oh, Something Has Changed – November 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito: A New York State of Mind – November 28th, 2011

  Two can play rough. There is nothing simple to these two different warriors. Not a simple life, this boxing...
  
  

• 24/7 Cotto-Margarito II Episode 2 – November 28th, 2011

  Now that the brouhaha over Antonio Margarito's eye has been resolved by the NYSAC to everyone's satisfaction, all systems are go for his eagerly anticipated rematch with Miguel Cotto. Their first fight is still shrouded in controversy, and the their second fight is intended to settle the matter once and for all. This is a big event for big stakes in the big top in the big city, and HBO is giving the bout the full-scale 24/7 treatment. Here is Episode 2...
  
  

• Another Dream Boxing Weekend – November 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Carlos Quintana – November 29th, 2011

  Miguel Cotto met Carlos Quintana on Dec. 2, 2006, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the vacant WBA welterweight title. Cotto was on the ascendant and had a perfect record of 27-0. But Quintana, who was undefeated in nine years and had an unblemished 23-0 record, wasn't exactly chopped liver. Someone's '0' had to go, and when it did go, it went in decisive fashion...
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman – November 30th, 2011

  On June 6, 2010 at Yankee Stadium, Miguel Cotto defended his WBA junior middleweight title against undefeated Yuri Foreman. Foreman was 28-0 and, while a master boxer, was taking a big step up in class. Cotto's record was 34-2, and knowing a thing or two about class himself, he took Yuri Foreman to school...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Bad Blood – November 30th, 2011

  “If you don’t know what a criminal means, you can look it up in the dictionary,” said the Pride of Puerto Rico. “It’s someone who uses a weapon…"
  
  

• Miguel Angel Cotto: A Warrior Martyr – December 1st, 2011

  I can’t think of a modern fighter who has absorbed more punishment and anguish—both in and out of the ring—than Miguel Cotto...
  
  

• Bam Bam Hits New York City – December 1st, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum: Boxing Is Not Dead – December 2nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Mala Sangre: The Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry – December 2nd, 2011

  Lest we believe the rivalry has subsided, the Cotto-Margarito dynamic has reminded us that the “mala sangre” is alive and well…
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao – December 2nd, 2011

  Miguel Cotto defended his WBO welterweight title against Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cotto had a single loss, his beat down by Margarito a year earlier. Wins over Michael Jennings and Joshua Clottey set the stage for the big fight with Pacquiao. But Cotto ended up playing second fiddle to the virtuoso from the Philippines...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Day for Night – December 3rd, 2011

  We forgave the Pawtuxet Indians and bloodthirsty Romans, so why not forgive Antonio Margarito?
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito I – December 3rd, 2011

  There's a huge amount at stake in tonight's rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito at New York's Madison Square Garden. Pride, revenge, and setting the record straight take precedence over a trifle like the WBA junior middleweight title. And it's all predicated on what went down when the two men fought their first fight. Cotto dominated the first half, but faded badly as the bout progressed. The reasons why he faded as badly as he did remain a mystery to this day...
  
  

• All Hail Miguel Cotto – December 4th, 2011

  Cotto was showing the world something he felt the world needed to see, and he was doing it in grand style…
  
  

• One More Round: Too Much to Ask – December 4th, 2011

  The night was to end with a "convicted" glove-loader losing to a man he was suspected of using loaded gloves to beat a few years earlier…
  
  

• Miguel Cotto: Silence Is Golden – December 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito: I, Me, Mine – December 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Adios Tony; Bienvenido Bam Bam – December 4th, 2011

  In some way Brandon Rios is very similar to Margarito and in other ways the differences are stark….
  
  

• After Redemption, Where Does Cotto Go Next? – December 5th, 2011

  Don’t be surprised if Miguel Cotto—a Warrior’s Warrior—pursues yet another mega-fight in early- to mid-2012…