In a fight with major historical implications, former three-division titleholder Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will move up in weight to challenge middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina in one of the year's biggest bouts.
The fight will take place June 7 (HBO PPV) at Madison Square Garden and match two probable Hall of Famers on the weekend of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York, a day on which Cotto has fought regularly. The bout has been in the works for a couple of months and was finalized Thursday before both boxers took to Twitter to announce the deal was complete.
"It's done. Ready to go," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Cotto's promoter, told ESPN.com. "I think the energy and the passion associated with both these fighters and the passion that their countries have for them is going to make this an incredible event and an incredible fight, maybe unprecedented in my career, which is over 20 years.
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The fight will take place June 7 (HBO PPV) at Madison Square Garden and match two probable Hall of Famers on the weekend of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York, a day on which Cotto has fought regularly. The bout has been in the works for a couple of months and was finalized Thursday before both boxers took to Twitter to announce the deal was complete.
"It's done. Ready to go," Top Rank president Todd duBoef, Cotto's promoter, told ESPN.com. "I think the energy and the passion associated with both these fighters and the passion that their countries have for them is going to make this an incredible event and an incredible fight, maybe unprecedented in my career, which is over 20 years.
Read more at Espn.go.com
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