This weekend Miguel Cotto is back after a nine month layoff to defend his WBA junior middleweight title against Ricardo Mayorga. Cotto sat down with media to conduct a roundtable discussion on the fight and his preparation with Emanuel Steward. It’s just their second fight together, but Cotto seems to be settled in and very comfortable with the style adjustments.
Regarding Margarito, Miguel told me before the Pacquaio bout that he felt Margarito cheated in their 2008 fight. Nearly two years later, he reiterates that point here. Nonetheless, it appears he’s still headed for a “revenge” fight later this year against the Tijuana Tornado should he get by Mayorga. Cotto is one of the few guys that’ll literally fight anyone put in front of him, so you can bet he’ll fight the best at 154 as long as his body holds up and Bob Arum doesn’t get cute with the matchmaking. Interesting to note here he mentions that they chose Mayorga over Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr because it was a “bigger challenge.”
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