In front of a sold-out hometown crowd, WBC/WBO middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) dominated WBC mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-5-1, 37 KOs) over nine rounds on Saturday night at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik had a strong start, landing some big shots in the first few rounds. Rubio continued to be on the receiving end as Pavlik initiated all the offense. Rubio became more competitive in round six, but Pavlik had a big round eight landing some big right hands and continued to punish Rubio in the ninth. Rubio quit on his stool before round ten began.
Welterweight superstar Miguel Cotto is a world champion again. Rebounding from his loss to Antonio Margarito last year, Cotto (33-1, 27 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over Michael Jennings (34-2, 16 KOs) in a clash for the vacant WBO welterweight belt on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Cotto stalked Jennings from the opening bell, dropping him twice with body shots in round four and finished him in the fifth. Time was 2:36.
Unbeaten WBO #2 rated middleweight John Duddy (26-0, 17 KOs) outboxed Matt Vanda (39-9, 22 KOs) over nine one-sided rounds, then survived a late Vanda rally in the tenth to win 99-91, 99-91, 97-93.
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I was very impress with Cotto, he is indeed back!
I still would like to see Cotto Vs Margarito next year, that would be very very interesting fight.
But right now Cotto can probably fight anyone out there including Pacquiao, but I do think Pacquiao wins that fight in a narrow split decision.
Cotto Vs Mosley is a very good fight for Cotto.
Cotto and Manny would be a great fight.
Cotto Looked GREAT, I was impress. I would rather see Cotto vs Manny or Cotto vs. Mosley Again.
Good fight by Cotto. I would like to see Cotto v.s Marquez.
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