Miguel Cotto vs.

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super welterweight fight for the WBA (Super) super welterweight championship. The bout was held on March 12, 2011, at

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, in

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. Cotto won the fight via

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in the twelfth round. Cotto, a three-division world champion, won his 154-pound belt by stopping

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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

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in the twelfth round of their September 2008 match.

Background

Miguel Cotto

After the Manny Pacquiao fight, Cotto moved to the light middleweight division. On June 5, 2010, he fought against

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i undefeated boxer

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. 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

, Mayorga took a period of inactivity. He was scheduled to fight undefeated junior-middleweight prospect

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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.

Undercard

Televised

*Light Middleweight bout:

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vs.

:Wolak defeated Foreman via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at the end of round six. *Lightweight bout:

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vs. Leonardo Zappavigna :Vazquez defeated Zappavigna via unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110, 118-110) *Heavyweight bout: Tommy Zbikowski vs. Richard Bryant :Zbikowski defeated Bryant via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:45 of round one.

Preliminary card

*Heavyweight bout:

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vs. Joseph Rabotte Molina defeats Rabotte via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:38 of the sixth round. *Middleweight bout:

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vs. Michael Walker Korobov defeats Walker via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:31 of the first round. *Lightweight bout: Juan Gonzalez vs. Jeremy McLaurin Gonzalez defeats McLaurin via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:56 of the first round. *Super Bantamweight bout: Jesus M. Rojas vs. Isaac Hidalgo Rojas defeated Hidalgo via unanimous decision (59–55, 58–56, 59–55).

References

External links

Cotto vs. Mayorga Official Fight Card
from

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