‘Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto’ pay-per-view undercard announced – Boxing News
American unbeaten fighter and the current WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather jr will take on Miguel Cotto the current WBA (Super) Light Middleweight Champion on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view’s undercard has been officially
announced with two fights. The first fight will be between the undefeated Jessie Vargas and Alfonso Gomez and the second fight will be between DeAndre Latimore and Carlos Quintana.
Both the fights will take place before the mega-bout between Cotto and Mayweather. The mega-bout will have Cotto’s title on the line. Another mega-bout of the event would be of Canelo Alvarez and Sugar Shane Mosley. Mosley and Alvarez will go head to head
for the WBC super welterweight title.
The opening pay-per-view bout will be of DeAndre ‘The Bull’ Latimore, who currently has 23 wins, 3 losses and 17 knockouts in his portfolio, and Carlos ‘El Indio’ Quintana, who currently has 28 wins, 3 losses and 22 knockouts in his portfolio. The second
bout will be of Gomez, who has 23 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties and 12 knockouts in his bag, and Vargas, who has 18 wins, 0 losses and 9 knockouts in his portfolio. Both the fights will be of 10 rounds and will be held before the two mega-bouts. The event is owned
and produced by HBO and will be televised live as a pay-per-view event.
For now, Cotto and Mayweather, both are busy preparing for their super-fight. In their last face-off session, Miguel Cotto explained his stance, saying he will do his best against Mayweather. He added that he will be training hard and will come up with a
strategy to beat the unbeaten. He said that he wants to be the first person to defeat Mayweather.
On the other hand, Mayweather said that he has been there in the ring with some of the best fighters of the trade, which makes him confident that he will not lose it this time as well. Mayweather also complemented Cotto’s speaking style saying ‘he likes
it’.
Mayweather was as usual confident of himself whereas Cotto seemed a bit shaky. Unlike every time, Cotto did not promise his fans a victory.
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