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Ricardo Mayorga to Miguel Cotto: 'I'm The Man, You're The Woman'

In a 2003, magazine article promoting his December, welterweight (147 pounds) unification bout against then-IBF king Cory Spinks, then-WBA and WBC titlist Ricardo Mayorga detailed how he prays that his punches never result in a death. Yet during an October news conference prior to facing Spinks, Mayorga vowed to send...

Tommy Brooks to Assist Pawel Wolak Against Yuri Foreman

Veteran boxing trainer Tommy Brooks will assist Aroz Gist in the corner of Pawel Wolak on March 12 when the New Jersey junior middleweight (154 pounds) takes on former titlist Yuri Foreman of Brooklyn, New York on the Showtime pay per view distributed under card of a main event featuring WBA junior middleweight king...

Promotional Rivals Bob Arum, Don King Unite

The differences between the two boxing sages are seemingly as endless as are their similarities. Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, graduated from Harvard with a degree in law, while rival promoter, Don King, a once-jailed, former criminal, will tell you that "I graduated from the University of The Ghetto." King...

Yuri Foreman-Pawel Wolak on Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga Card

Former titlist Yuri Foreman (pictured at right) of Brooklyn, New York has agreed to terms for a March 12 bout opposite New Jersey junior middleweight (154 pounds) Pawel Wolak on the under card of a main event featuring WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto against ex-belt-holder Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand Hotel...

Miguel Vazquez-Lenny Zappavigna on Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga Card

Promoter Gary Shaw told FanHouse that a deal is close that will allow Australia's fast-rising, undefeated lightweight (135 pounds) contender, Lenny Zappavigna (pictured at right), to pursue his 26th victory without a loss, his third consecutive stoppage, his 18th career knockout, and his first world title when he meets IBF...