Mayweather, Cotto ready for clash
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March 1, 2012, Thursday
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FLOYD Mayweather and Miguel Cotto have plenty of common. They both wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao but have ended up with a dynamic showdown against each other.
Undefeated American world welterweight champion Mayweather and super welterweight champion Cotto will clash for the Puerto Rican's World Boxing Association crown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5.
With hundreds of noisy fans crowded into the steep balconies at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Tuesday, a coronet player dressed in Elizabethan garb heralded the boxers' arrival as Mayweather and Cotto made their way to high-backed golden thrones on the famed stage.
Although a long-awaited Mayweather-Pacquiao match pitting this generation's greatest pound-for-pound fighters has dominated the buzz in boxing, even "Pacman" last week admitted Mayweather could have his hands full against Cotto.
"That will be a tough fight," said Pacquiao, adding that he hoped Mayweather would survive against the hard-hitting Cotto to keep alive their potentially huge payday bout.
Mayweather, 42-0, said that after failing to arrange a date with Pacquiao, Cotto was a worthy opponent.
"To be the best, you've got to beat the best," Mayweather told the audience. "I can solidify myself as one of the best fighters to ever live. We will give a toe-to-toe battle."
Undefeated American world welterweight champion Mayweather and super welterweight champion Cotto will clash for the Puerto Rican's World Boxing Association crown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5.
With hundreds of noisy fans crowded into the steep balconies at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Tuesday, a coronet player dressed in Elizabethan garb heralded the boxers' arrival as Mayweather and Cotto made their way to high-backed golden thrones on the famed stage.
Although a long-awaited Mayweather-Pacquiao match pitting this generation's greatest pound-for-pound fighters has dominated the buzz in boxing, even "Pacman" last week admitted Mayweather could have his hands full against Cotto.
"That will be a tough fight," said Pacquiao, adding that he hoped Mayweather would survive against the hard-hitting Cotto to keep alive their potentially huge payday bout.
Mayweather, 42-0, said that after failing to arrange a date with Pacquiao, Cotto was a worthy opponent.
"To be the best, you've got to beat the best," Mayweather told the audience. "I can solidify myself as one of the best fighters to ever live. We will give a toe-to-toe battle."
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