Mayweather vs. Cotto Results: Floyd Mayweather Defeats Miguel Cotto

 

Floyd Mayweather moved his perfect record to 43-0 with a victory over Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

It was another dominating performance for Money as he won a unanimous decision, 117-111, 117-111, 118-110.

Despite the lopsided scorecards, it was an entertaining fight. Money landed a few blows that would have floored a lesser fighter, but Cotto kept charging, and he was even able to draw blood from Mayweather's nose.

In the end, it was just another tidy victory for the undefeated champ.

At this stage of the game, talking about a Mayweather win is like saying USA Basketball was really good in the early 1990s.

Money was able to come back from a 16-month layoff last September and defeat Victor Ortiz via knockout. That bout did end in some controversy, as Ortiz was trying to touch gloves with Mayweather before getting blasted with a vicious right hand.

Say what you want about the victory, but it is a testament to Mayweather as a fighter that he would be able to come right back after being gone for so long against a really good boxer who was nearly 10 years younger than him and look so good.

Cotto was not exactly the opponent fight fans were hoping to see Mayweather go up against on Saturday night. That is not to say he was a bad choice, just not the most popular choice.

Now that Mayweather has taken care of business against Cotto, all eyes will be on Manny Pacquiao and his June 9 bout against Timothy Bradley.

Like Cotto, Bradley is not exactly the opponent that everyone envisioned for Pacquiao. It will be interesting to see what happens with these two superstars if Pacquiao walks away with a victory next month.

For now, all we can do is bask in the glow of another Mayweather victory, this time against Miguel Cotto.

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 UPDATE: Floyd Mayweather defeats Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision

 

Floyd Mayweather chickens out again, says fighting Manny Pacquiao would be a health risk!

Floyd Mayweather Jr. delivered quite a performance Tuesday and it had nothing to do with his boxing skills.

A question sparked a 10-minute speech from Mayweather, regarding the tireless topic of why he and fellow pound-for-pound great Manny Pacquiao have not come to terms on a potential multimillion dollar fight.

In a response that eventually drew applause from his entourage, Mayweather once again said it is "basic common sense" that Pacquiao has used performance-enhancing drugs and getting in the ring with him would be a risk to his future health.

"Health is more important than anything," Mayweather said. "Because guess what? When my career is over, if I'm hurt because of something that has happened in a fight, I can't come to you and say, 'I need (money).' "

Mayweather's hardest point came when he admitted that he believes the boxing world doesn't even care if Pacquiao is using or not -- that the desire to see the two fight now surpasses any concern over his safety.

"People say, 'We don't give a f--- if he's taking or not; we just want to see the fight. We don't give a f--- about your health and we don't give a f--- about your family.' " Mayweather said.

"I care about my family. I love my family. They're going to be there when no one else is there. When my career is over, you're all going to move on to the next one."

He went on to accuse Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who represents Pacquiao, and Don King of not caring about fighters' well being and re-emphasized he won't forfeit health for money. A fight against Pacquiao would be expected to be the highest grossing bout in boxing history.

"Don King and Bob Arum don't see out the eyes of a fighter because they're not a fighter," Mayweather said. "All they care about is some f------ money. I care about a fighter's well being because I am a fighter.

"I know how it is to have a broken rib the rest of your life. I know how it is to piss blood. You all don't know nothing about this."

Mayweather has pointed to Pacquiao's rise through weight classes and the transfer of his power through them as evidence of steroid use. Since 2008, Pacquiao has won titles in five weight divisions and recorded four knockouts in nine fights.

"It took me years to get to here -- years," Mayweather said. "I'm going up in weight but I'm not walking through no damn fighters. (Pacquiao) is 106; now he decides to walk through (Miguel) Cotto? Cotto can't knock down (Shane) Mosley, but can he?"

Mayweather began his professional career at 130 pounds in 1996. He's fought the majority of his career as a welterweight. Saturday's fight against Cotto will be contested at 154 pounds.

In December 2009, a deal between the two nearly came to terms but ultimately fell through when Pacquiao refused to submit to random blood testing.

The Filipino and Arum, who represented Mayweather earlier in his career, since have softened their stance on that request. Mayweather scoffed at Arum's comments Tuesday, referring to him as a "professional liar."

"This is how the world is, you get writers saying, 'Floyd is scared,' " he said. "No, Floyd cares about his family. Floyd is smart.

"You all know for a fact I'm not scared. You all know that."

Sure Floyd, sure.

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Donaire wins via split decision vs.Vazquez Jr.!

Despite hurting his powerful left hand early in the fight, Nonito Donaire knocked down Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. once and outworked the Puerto Rican to win a split decision and the vacant WBC junior featherweight title Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

That the fight was a split decision was puzzling. Donaire won 117-110 on the scorecards of two of the judges, Levi Martinez and Don Trella, but judge Ruben Garcia gave the fight to Vazquez 115-112.

Donaire, known as the “Filipino Flash,” greatly outworked Vazquez, landing 68 more punches, and landed at a 42% connect rate. Donaire also landed 91 more power punches than Vazquez, who hails from Puerto Rico and is trained by his father, Wilfredo Vazquez, one of Puerto Rico’s finest fighters.

In the third round, Donaire almost put Vazquez away when he pinned him in the corner and threw a flurry of punches that seemed to daze Vazquez a bit.

In the ninth round, Donaire connected on a nice combination to put Vazquez on his butt. It was the only knockdown of the fight.

Donaire and Vazquez came in with some bad blood between them, after shoving and knocking each other’s hats off during the final press conference Thursday, with Donaire saying Vazquez disrespected him. In addition, their wives had waged a war of words on Twitter leading up to the fight.

After the fight, however, Vazquez (21-2-1, 18 KOs) and Donaire hugged and seemed to work out their hard feelings.

Asked about his hand injury, Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) said he wasn’t sure if it was broken but said he hurt it between the second and fourth rounds. “I was prepared for anything, but it was early on that I hurt it.”

“There’s something wrong with (the hand),” Donaire said. “I don’t know if it’s broken, but it hurts bad, that’s for sure.”

Donaire was fighting for the first time at 122 pounds, after spending his career at 118 or below. They fought for the vacant belt that Vazquez had lost to Jorge Arce last May.

“They’re definitely more tougher than expected,” Donaire said of fighting at the higher weight. “I thought my power would be able to take him down, but I couldn’t find the rhythm. Maybe I got caught up in all the stuff that happened before, but … we have to go back to the drawing board and work hard and do the best that we can as always and be thankful for everything.”

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