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Juan Manuel Lopez-Rafael Marquez Stokes Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry

When 35-year-old former world champion, Rafael Marquez (pictured above, at right), of Mexico City, challenges 27-year-old, southpaw WBO featherweight (126 pounds) king Juan Manuel Lopez (above, at left) in Saturday night's Showtime televised, Top Rank Promotions clash, it will be a match up of hard-hitting Latino...

For Wilfred Benitez, Boxing's Brutal Toll Never Ends

SAINT JUST, Puerto Rico -- A figure, once a household name on this island and an international boxing star, slowly emerged from the small, cramp-cement block house. He clutched his older sister's arm, smiling widely, but mainly incoherent and unsteady, his memory and exceptional skills robbed by brain disease. This is what...

Miguel Cotto: New York's Mr. Manhattan

The last time Miguel Cotto fought in New York was a little more than a year ago in June, when the Cuagas, Puerto Rico native scored a disputed, 12-round, split-decision victory over Bronx resident Joshua Clottey of Ghana at Madison Square Garden. Cotto appeared to be infused with energy during what was a...

For Pacquiao and Cotto, More Than Just a Title Is on the Line

Throughout the promotion leading up to Saturday night's mega-fight between challenger Manny Pacquiao and his champion fighter Miguel Cotto, trainer Joe Santiago's reputation has taken a verbal beating from his counterpart, Freddie Roach. A Hall of Fame cornerman whose hopes to guide Pacquiao to an unprecedented, seventh...

Miguel Cotto Struggles for Popularity

LAS VEGAS -- Miguel Cotto is a star in Puerto Rico, just not the major attraction that Manny Pacquiao is in his native Philippines.And among the contributing reasons is that while Cotto's nation has a long list of fighting predecessors against whom to compare him, Pacquiao's essentially has none. [See note at bottom.]"The...

Wilfred Benitez News From the Web

03/10/12 Salido vs Lopez II: Steve Farhood's Top Ten Fights in... Source: Bad Left Hook In anticipation of tonight's rematch between WBO featherweight titlist Orlando Salido of Mexico and Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico, Showtime analyst Steve Farhood lists his top ten fights in the long and storied history of the Mexico vs Puerto Rico boxing rivalry.

Background on Wilfred Benitez

Wilfred Benítez (born September 12, 1958 in New York, New York), is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history at the age of 17. Benitez has been a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame since 1996.

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