Cotto vs Gomez and Cintron vs Margarito
Miguel Cotto vs Alfonso Gomez (2008 welterweight championship) - Dubbed as the Welterweight Championship Doubleheader in HD, the fight between Miguel Cotto and Alfonso Gomez will also feature other champion fighters like Kermit Cintron and Antonio Margarito II. The fight will be seen live in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey at exactly 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT on Saturday on April 12, 2008. The fight will be another defense by Miguel Cotto’s WBA welterweight championship belt and will also feature 2 other champion fighters mentioned above.
The back to back championship treat is also available in HBO PPV (pay per view), closed caption (for the hearing impaired) and in Spanish on HBO Latino which is a great target for a wider treat to reach the millions of boxing fans all over the world. In the main event, Miguel Cotto who is from
Kermit Cintron vs Antonio Margarito (welterweight championship rematch) - The opening bout will be a fight between another set of great welterweight champions in the name of Kermit Cintron with a proud boxing record of (29-1, 27 KOs) while his opponent, Antonio Margarito has a winning streak of (35-5, 25 KOs). This is another interesting fight as it will be a 12 round championship bout which is also the third title defense by Cintron who’s only loss in his career he suffered by a defeat with Antonio Margarito himself, the challenger to this fight who knocked Cintron out in the 5th round of their first showdown that happened last April 2005. Three years ago with a prestige to regain, Cintron hopes to settle this one last time in the ring. Today, in this fight, Margarito is the challenger after he lost his title belt to Paul Williams last 2007. Margarito is also hoping to get his second welterweight title which marks this fight as one of the best rematch in the welterweight division and will give the winner the chance to unify the championship belts by fighting whoever will wins in the Miguel Cotto vs Alfonso Gomez.
Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito Fight Result : SportS : Tips Paradise says:
July 27th, 2008 at 5:12 am
[…] Miguel Cotto just defeated Gomez and Antonio Margarito just defeated Kermit Cintron. The Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito is scheduled to happen today. Again, I was shocked at how Cotto played against Margarito. Margarito was the standard fighter who never runs out with his opponent and is known for his aggressiveness and this time it payed off for him as he defeats Cotto in the WBA welterweight title fight where the chapmpionship belt at stake is Cott’s belt. The Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito fight result is a different one but is not necessarily unusual. It happened so many times before. […]