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ALL THIS IS CLASSICAL SETUP !!!! WHO GOES TREE TIMES TO APOLOGIZE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATCH??? C MON PEOPLE IT IS ALL ABOUT FLOYD PACQUIAO MATCH AND POSSIBLE REMATCH BETWEEN FLOYD AND ORTIZ ???? responded with a right hand that ended a bizarre fight early.
Mayweather remained unbeaten and did it in emphatic fashion Saturday night, stopping Ortiz at 2:59 of the fourth round to take the piece of the welterweight title Ortiz brought into the ring.
The end came just as the two fighters emerged from a break, in which Ortiz had embraced Mayweather in the center of the ring. As they broke, Mayweather shot out a left hand and followed it with a right that put Ortiz down in his corner.
Ortiz struggled to get up as referee Joe Cortez called an end to the fight.
“We touched gloves and we were back to fighting and then I threw the left and right hand after the break,” Mayweather said. “In the ring you have to protect yourself at all times.”
The round was already controversial, as Ortiz appeared to head butt Mayweather intentionally, leading Cortez to take a point away from him. After the head butt, Ortiz went to Mayweather and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Seconds later they were in the center of the ring ready to resume action when two punches ended it quickly.
Manny Pacquiao was once again masterful, beating Antonio Margarito so frightfully that Margarito’s face looked as it had been pounded repeatedly by a club.
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Manny Pacquiao is all smiles after his scintillating performance against Antonio Margarito on Saturday.
Pacquiao won a unanimous one-sided decision in a blowout from the opening seconds of the fight to capture the World Boxing Council super welterweight title before 41,734 in-awe fans at Cowboys Stadium.
Pacquiao’s title belt, coming against an opponent who had a 17-pound weight advantage when the bell rang, 165-148, was the eighth in his illustrious career. Pacquiao has won world titles at 112, 122, 126, 130, 135, 140, 147 and now 154 pounds.
Judges Jurgen Langos had it 120-109, Glen Crocker had it 118-110 and Oren Schellenberger had it 119-109 for Pacquiao. Yahoo! Sports scored it 120-107 for Pacquiao, giving Pacquiao a 10-8 edge in the 10th round when he dominated tremendously.
Margarito, fighting for the first time in the U.S. since Jan. 24, 2009, when he was caught with an illegal knuckle pad in his gloves before a loss to Shane Mosley, was never in the fight. Pacquiao’s speed was blinding and was the difference in the fight.
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Pacquiao was hurt when Margarito landed a combination to the ribs, but he spun off the ropes and landed a three-punch combination to the head. Margarito’s right eye was swollen grotesquely, beginning in the fourth. By the 10th round, the left eye was a slit, too.
Pacquiao was looking at referee Laurence Cole late in the fight, asking him to stop it. Pacquiao said he eased off in the 12th round. “I did my best,” Pacquiao said. “He’s strong. He’s a very tough fighter. I can’t believe [he took those punches].”
Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, added, “We didn’t lose a round. I wish they had stopped the fight. They probably ruined his career by not stopping the fight.”
Cotto (35-2, 28 knockouts) answered all of those questions with Saturday night's ninth round, technical knockout victory over Foreman (28-1, eight KOs), before 20,727 in the first-ever boxing show at the new Yankee Stadium. Olympic Boxers of Puerto Rico: Wilfredo Gómez, John John Molina, Alberto Mercado, Juan Manuel López, Miguel Cotto, Iván Calderón, Daniel Santos
Cotto dropped Foreman with a left hand to the body 42 seconds into the ninth round, after which referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stepped in and waved an end to the bout.
"I came to win the fight, and my goal was to put pressure on him all along. After the fourth round, which Foreman may have won, I went to the corner and Manny Steward told me to stay focused," said Cotto. "Even when he went down, I thought, 'I still have to fight.'"
Foreman had already injured his right leg twice in the eighth round, going down twice in pain after twisting and apparently re-injuring a leg on which he wore a knee brace.
A towel from the direction of Foreman's corner had been thrown into the ring, but Mercante overruled it, saying that it came from a source other than Foreman's trainer, Joe Grier.
"I heard that someone was yelling, 'Stop the fight, stop the fight,' and then, the towel was thrown in. At that moment, I didn't know who threw the towel in, although I have a pretty good idea who did it now," said Mercante.
"When I resumed the fight, I called time to let both guys rest," said Mercante. "Yuri was always game to fight. Both men showed the mark of champions in a great fight tonight."
But the towel was thrown in by Grier, responding to Foreman's wife, Leyla Leidecker, who pleaded for him to stop the fight.
"I saw the replay on the screen, and I saw the towel come in," said Cotto, who earned $2 million plus upside to Foreman's $750,000.
"And I thought, 'Fight's over, this is wrong. The fight should be stopped,'" said Cotto. "But hey, he was hurt, working on one leg, and I still kept on fighting. This is a world title fight."
But as a result, the fight continued into the ninth, where Cotto ended things.
"I was surprised. I thought that the corner would have stopped the fight, but there were a lot of bad decisions going on in there," said Manny Steward, Cotto's trainer.
"I knew where the towel came from, and it came right from their corner. The fight was over, and it was wrong to have continued," said Steward. "But I thought that Miguel Cotto fought the perfect fight -- good jab, good right hand. I was very pleased with his effort."
Foreman said he wanted to continue despite injuring his knee.
"I was there the entire fight. The brace is for an old injury. I was making side-to-side movements, however, and it just gave out. I felt a sharp pain and that's why I went down," said Foreman.
"Arthur Mercante let me try to work it out. I'm a world champion, or a former world champion," said Foreman. "I would have never quit. I did not want the fight to be stopped."
Cotto also improved to 8-0, with three knockouts in bouts in New York, including a mark of 6-0 at Madison Square Garden, with four of those contests taking place on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. Shop for Jerseys and Uniforms from FIFA
At Madison Square Garden, Cotto defeated former world champions Clottey, Shane Mosley, Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah, the latter, by 11th-round knockout.
Foreman-Cotto brought a fight to a Yankee Stadium for the first time since 1976, when Muhammad Ali defeated Ken Norton at the former venue by 15-round decision.
Cotto, who stood 5-foot-7 to Foreman's 5-11, crowded the taller man throughout the fight.
Cotto will now weigh his options on whether to move up into the higher weight class and defend his crown, or to return to welterweight for other opportunities.
"I have to wait and see," said Cotto. "What's better, to go back down or to stay here. But I'm always ready to fight the big fights."
Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman fought tonight amongst lively crowd. Cotto was the most favorite among the crowd though Foreman also had some supporters for himself. As Foreman entered he had to endure some boo’s which clearly showed that Cotto’s supporters clearly outnumbered Foreman’s. The fate of the game seemed to be decided at that moment and it came out with Cotto winning by TKO in Round 9.
In the third round a cut opened up above Foreman’s eye and it did not seem to bode well for him. In the fourth round Foreman started mounting an offense at Cotto’s bloodying face. Cotto came back and dominated the second half of the round. The fifth round was another close round. Cotto seemed to be punching harder in that round and in the seventh round Foreman slipped and fell which seemed like a knee injury. He kept fighting but he fell again. Withstanding the trouble staying on his feet Foreman kept fighting. Cotto kept his advantage and landed a nice uppercut. Foreman still continued which showed his great stamina. Though Foreman could not do any footwork and falling down again and again, the ref did not allow the fight to end. He cleared the ring and continued the fight as Foreman insisted not to quit. The fight restarted and the round went to Cotto. At the beginning of the ninth round, Cotto threw a right and a left body shot which put Foreman on one knee. The fight was stopped and ruled a TKO by Cotto at ninth round.
Miguel Cotto's record in New York
Waklimi Young, UD 4, Hammerstein Ballroom, April 28, 2001
Muhammad Abdullaev, TKO 9, Madison Square Garden, June 11, 2005
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Paulie Malignaggi, UD 12, Madison Square Garden, June 10, 2006
Zab Judah, TKO 11, Madison Square Garden, June 9, 2007
Shane Mosley, UD 12, Madison Square Garden, Nov. 10, 2007
Michael Jennings, TKO 5, Madison Square Garden, February 21, 2009
Joshua Clottey, SD 12, Madison Square Garden, June 13, 2009
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Miguel Cotto
Birthplace: Caguas, Puerto Rico
Resides: Caguas, Puerto Rico
Age: 29
Height: 5'7"
Reach: 67"
Current World Ttiles Held: None
Former World Titles Held: WBO Light Welterweight (140 lbs.), WBA, WBO Welterweight (147 lbs.)
Professional Record: 34-2, 27 KOs
Record in World Title Fights: 14-2, 11 KOs
Record in Fights Going 12 Rounds: 4-1
Record at 154 lbs.: None
Notable Wins: UD12 Shane Mosley , UD12 Paulie Malignaggi, TKO6 Randall Bailey
Notable Losses: TKO12 Manny Pacquiao , TKO11 Antonio Margarito
Yuri Foreman
Birthplace: Gomel, Belarus
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Age: 29
Height: 5'11"
Reach: 72"
Current World Ttiles Held: WBA Light Middleweight (154 lbs.)
Former World Titles Held: None
Professional Record: 28-0, 8 KOs
Record in World Title Fights: 1-0
Record in Fights Going 12 Rounds: 1-0
Record at 154 lbs.: 26-0, 8 KOs
When Shane Mosley landed a devastating right hand in the second round, he had a brief window of opportunity to do something that 40 other opponents had not been able to do - hand Floyd Mayweather Jr. his first professional loss.
But Mayweather survived the round and that window slammed shut quickly. Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) went on to pitch a shutout over the next 10 rounds, winning a lopsided, 12-round unanimous decision over Mosley in a highly anticipated welterweight showdown before a capacity crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night.
Mayweather controlled the fight from the third round on and never let Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs), the WBA welterweight champion, get any rhythm after that second round. Mosley's WBA belt was not on the line because Mayweather said he didn't want it. "I came here tonight to give the fans what they wanted to see, a toe-to-toe battle," Mayweather said. "It wasn't the same style for me, but I wanted to be aggressive and I wanted to do it."
Judges Adalaide Byrd and Dave Moretti each scored it 119-108, while judge Robert Hoyle scored it 118-110 - all for Mayweather. The Daily News scored it 119-109 for Mayweather, giving Mosley just one round - the second.
Mayweather had spent the weeks leading up to the fight talking trash about Mosley and proclaiming himself the best boxer the sport had ever seen - better than Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali, in his estimation. Ali was at ringside, perhaps to see for himself.
It all served to hype the match and inflame the passions of boxing fans who wanted to see Mosley put Mayweather in his place. Mayweather, who was guaranteed $22.5 million, was hoping it would be enough drama to drive the match pass the record 2.4 million pay-per-view buys that he generated in a bout with Oscar De La Hoya in 2007. With his incentives on the PPV upside, Mayweather stood to earn as much as $50 million if his fight with Mosley, who was guaranteed $6.7 million, surpassed that record. He kept up the money theme by entering the ring preceded by the O'Jays singing their hit "For the Love of Money."
The fight was the result of negotiations breaking down between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao over the issue of Olympic-style drug testing. Mayweather wanted it and Pacquiao didn't. Both men went their own way, with Pacquiao beating an overmatched Joshua Clottey in Dallas and Mayweather moving on to Mosley, considered the No. 3 pound-for-pound best behind Pacquiao and Mayweather.
With that as a backdrop, Mayweather-Mosley became the most highly anticipated welterweight matchup since Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Thomas Hearns in the 14th round in 1981. Mayweather-Mosley wasn't the classic that Leonard-Hearns became because it didn't end with a stoppage. But it nearly did
Mosley rocked Mayweather in the second round with a right that caught Mayweather flush on the jaw and buckled his knees, nearly sending him to the canvas. It sent a shock wave through the crowd, which roared and then began chanting "Mosley! Mosley! Mosley."
"It is a contact sport and you're going to get hit, but you have to suck it up and keep on fighting. That's what I did when I got hit with that shot," Mayweather said afterward.
It woke up Mayweather, who came out in the next round intent upon picking up his offense. He seemed angry that Mosley had gotten to his chin so easily. Mayweather returned the favor in the fourth round, landing his own big right on Mosley's chin, backing up the three-time welterweight champion.
Mosley holstered his offense through the middle rounds, refusing to even throw his jab. Mayweather decided to take full advantage. He merely loaded up on the right hand, with little resistance from Mosley. Even if the punches weren't causing damage, they allowed Mayweather to pile up points.
After eating right after right, Mosley looked winded in the seventh round, the pounding taking its toll. Mosley became frustrated in the eighth round and hooked his arm under Mayweather's arm in a clench and appeared to try toss Mayweather to the ground. He received a warning from referee Kenny Bayless for the wrestling move.
At the end of the ninth round, Mosley took a slow walk back to his corner with a look of resignation on his face. Nothing that he had tried since the second round seemed to work against the brilliant defense of Mayweather. Mosley looked like a beaten man. NYdailynews.com