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Audio: Cotto TKOs Forman

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Bob Trainor of Trainor Communications offers these soundbites from Saturday’s fight at Yankee Stadium. Miguel Cotto takes the belt from Yuri Forman in the ninth round after Forman injuries his knee in the seventh. Confusion ensues as the fight was not stopped, even though a towel was thrown in from Forman’s corner. Cotto eventually TKOed [...]

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Yankee Stadium Has A History In The Ring

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New York- Boxing has changed since the last time a professional card was held at Yankee Stadium.  Back on September 28, 1976 when Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton for the heavyweight title, then at the old stadium, that is no more, fans knew who the heavyweight champion was. Now ask an astute boxing fan who [...]

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Will Someone Get Them Together?

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Happy New Year!  And hopefully it will be for all of you and for the boxing world that is in limbo. Because the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. can’t seem to agree on blood testing procedures for their potential super bout that is slated for March 13th in [...]

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Mayweather and Pacquiao Is Next but Where and When?

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The fight generated over two million buys on pay-per-view, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto put on quite a show, at least for the first four rounds. Now the next fight that will generate interest and tremendous revenue is Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.  The problem though is how much will it take to get it [...]

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