May 25, 2013

Boxing: “No doubt” Trout hooks Cotto decision

Austin Trout celebrates after beating Miguel Cotto in their Super Welterweight World Championship fight in New York

NEW YORK – Undefeated American Austin Trout jabbed his way to a unanimous points decision victory over Miguel Cotto to retain his WBA light middleweight title at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Two judges scored the fight 117-111, with the third awarding it 119-109 all for Trout, known as ‘no doubt’, with [...]

Boxing: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him off life support and two of the fighter’s aunts said later that relatives had agreed to wait two more days. Dr. Ernesto Torres said doctors had [...]

Boxing: Juan Manuel Lopez faces one-year suspension for referee rant

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The World Boxing Organization has sent a letter to former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez asking the fighter to explain why he believes he should not be suspended for one year for his gambling rant against referee Roberto Ramirez Sr. after his technical knockout loss to WBO champion Orlando [...]

Donaire hurts hand, but wins split decision against Vazquez Jr.

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Despite hurting his powerful left hand early in the fight, Nonito Donaire knocked down Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. once and outworked the Puerto Rican to win a split decision and the vacant WBC junior featherweight title Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio. That the fight was a split decision [...]

Boxing: Mayweather to fight Cotto next, not Pacquiao

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. will turn 35 before his bout in May against Miguel Cotto. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Floyd Mayweather announced at a perfuntory license renewal hearing in Nevada on Wednesday that his next opponent will be veteran Miguel Cotto. The undefeated Las Vegas boxer will again fight in his hometown, [...]

Boxing: Salido, Lopez set for featherweight title rematch in March

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Orlando Salido shocked the boxing world when he stopped Juan Manuel Lopez in the eighth round last April, handing the rising Puerto Rican star his first loss and taking “Juanma’s” WBO featherweight belt. Lopez (31-1, 28 KOs) will try to win back that belt when he takes on Salido (37-11-2, [...]

Cotto batters Margarito for TKO

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Miguel Cotto (L) of Puerto Rico connects with a left handed punch against Antonio Margarito of Mexico during the WBA World Junior Middleweight Title fight at Madison Square Garden on December 3, 2011 in New York City. (December 2, 2011 – Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America) NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by an [...]