Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga

Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga
Relentless
Cotto vs. Mayorga poster.jpg
Date March 12, 2011
Location MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the line WBA Super Welterweight Championship

Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga
Junito El Matador
Tale of the tape
Caguas, Puerto Rico From Managua, Nicaragua
35-2 (28 KO) Pre-fight record 29-7-1 (23 KO)
5 feet, 7 inches Height 5 feet, 9 inches
WBA Super Welterweight Champion Recognition

Result Cotto via 12th round TKO

Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as Relentless, was a boxing super welterweight fight for the WBA Super Welterweight championship.[1] The bout was held on March 12, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[2][3] Cotto won the fight via technical knockout in the twelfth round.[4]

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.[5] 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.[5]

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Background

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.

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.[6] Following the bout, the Puerto Rican boxer underwent shoulder surgery and took the rest of 2010 off.

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.[7]

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

Wolak defeated Foreman via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at the end of round six.
Vazquez defeated Zappavigna via unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110, 118-110)
Zbikowski defeated Bryant via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:45 of round one.

Preliminary card

  • Heavyweight bout: United States Éric Molina‎ vs. United States Joseph Rabotte

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.

  • Lightweight bout: Puerto Rico Juan Gonzalez vs. United States Jeremy McLaurin

Gonzalez defeats McLaurin via technical knockout. The fight was stopped at 1:56 of the first round.

  • Super Bantamweight bout: Puerto Rico Jesus M. Rojas vs. United States Isaac Hidalgo

Rojas defeated Hidalgo via unanimous decision (59–55, 58–56, 59–55).

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