Margarito-Cotto Set for June

Bob Arum and Top Rank announced earlier today that WBO Welterweight Champion Antonio Margarito will challenge Miguel Cotto for his WBA Welterweight Title on June 9th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

“This is the biggest fight out there for me,” Margarito said. “I am anxious to get into the ring against Cotto.”

One interesting thing to note about this fight: Cotto is scheduled to make a mandatory title defense against Oktay Urkal on March 3rd. Will this fight still go on as planned even if Cotto loses?

Even more important: Will Cotto overlook Urkal in a big way? I’m sure that Urkal is loving the fact that his opponent has scheduled two fights in the next five months…

 

Posted by John Chandler on Jan 30, 2007 at 05:03 PM
General • Promoters • Bob Arum • Top Rank • Weight Classes • Welterweight • Antonio Margarito • Miguel Cotto • Oktay Urkal

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