Yuri Foreman vs Miguel Cotto - June 5, 2010

The undercard fight was ok, Vanes "nightmare" Martirosyan vs "mean" Joe Greene. Their fight started off with a few low blows and phony acting as if they did get hit below the belt or even hard enough to make them bounce around the ring. Now I root for all brothas in boxing, i believe they keep the welterweight up to heavyweight division in boxing more popular. Joe Greene disappointed me. He wasnt aggresive after the first round, and only threw one punch at a time, even with Martirosyan's eye swollen. Good fight for Vanes, and good luck, looking forward to more of his fights. "nice" joe greene, head back to the training room.

The main card was Yuri Foreman vs Miguel Cotto, for Foreman's Jr Middleweight Belt. This was Yuri's biggest fight of his career in America, to bring his status up. For Miguel, it was to revitalize his career in a higher weightclass from his two big losses in the welterweight division to Antonio Margarito (still a questionable loss) and to Manny Pacquiao. The fight started off slow for Yuri who wasnt use to this spotlight and trying to figure out Cotto's speed and stregnth. The fight picked up after the 4th round even the Miguel still had controll. An unfortunate knee blowout for Yuri in the 7th round slowed him down tremendously, but he fought through it. In the 8th he blew his knee out again and his corner threw in the towel, but referee arthur mecante (one of the best in the business), rejected the towel throw in and let the fight continue. The ref did not want to see a fighter like Foreman lose his belt like that. However in the 9th, Cotto caught an exposed rib cage and knocked Foreman to the ring. Foreman couldnt bounce back from that, with the bad knee. The fight was over, a victory for Cotto.

I feel this fight was good for both. Gives Yuri exposure to the U.S. and Cotto a chance to bring his career back to the spotlight. True boxing fans know that this is a good division, and probably will surpass welterweight because of the top 8 boxers in the weightclass. I was glad of the outcome of both matches on HBO tonight. I will keep you want to be boxing fans updated with all the fights I can keep up with, and share your thoughts.