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   For those of you who read our blog our last post was Cotto vs Mayorga. In that post we went over the Top Rank show titled relentless.  The fight turned out to be real entertaining and more competitive than most thought.  Even though I'm not a huge fan of Mayorga's trash talking I will say he earned his money on saturday.  Mayorga stood toe to toe with Cotto and tried to get him off his game plan by taunting and talking to Cotto as the fight went on.  He even backed himself in to a corner and challenge Cotto to come in to take free shots on Mayorga.  He came in shape for once and actually looked like a professional boxer.  Though he came up short when Cotto stopped him by tko in the 12th. Undercard wasn't to bad with a great performance by Pawel Wolak from New Jersey, who defeated former champion Yuri Foreman.
   On another card on an Hbo's series called boxing after dark fireworks erupted when recently proclaimed king of boxing Sergio Martinez took on Sergei Dzinziruk.  Once again Martinez proved why he belongs at the top of the division as one of the p4p fighters in the world.  With a exciting shutout of Dzinziruk Martinez dropped him 5 times total while finally finishing the fight by tko in the 8th stopping Dzinziruk.  My favorite fight of the night came on the same card when Andy Lee took on Craig McEwan. Now this is what boxing is all about. Lee the favorite was short in his corner because his head trainer Emanuel Steward was in vegas in Cotto's corner.  It seemed to bother him though he later denied it.  Lee was pretty much in a one side fight with McEwan controlling the early rounds.  But then the magic happened what makes a warrior that animal instinct came out and Lee realized he was never going to win unless he dug deep and came out swinging.  He came back by knocking out McEwan in the 10th. Now this is a must see fight if you haven't already. Due to copyright infringement i cannot post the fight nor would I because I don't roll like that.(lol) But I recommend that you check your on demand and watch this fight immediately. Just so you get an idea i will post a youtube of the end of the fight round 10.  Tell a friend to tell a friend this a fight that will make you a fan and once again confirm why boxing is the greatest.
    

Mr Prez,
NUBLUEYANKEE

                                                                               

Cotto vs Mayorga

   Relentless is the event BoxingHeads have been discussing last few weeks.  Relentless  title for this Saturday's Top Rank Boxing's PPV event.  On one side you have Miguel Cotto (35-2) vs Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (29-7-1).  Its funny because this was one of those fights people have been protesting mainly because of it being on ppv.  The other reason Cotto's most recent performances that  the average fan doesn't want to pay for it.  Since losing his first fight to Antonio Margarito Cotto is 3-1 . Winning by tko against Michael Jennings, getting a split decision by going the distance with Joshua Clottey, losing by tko to Manny Pacquiao, and winning by tko against Yuri Foreman. After the Pacquiao fight Cotto made the move to hire Emanuel Steward as head trainer.  Which is now I believe the move Cotto needed  in his corner if he wants to continue to be top of his division.  We didn't see too much of Steward's work in the Yuri fight mainly because of Yuri suffered a leg injury which forced him not to fight a fight he was capable of lets be honest.  But the Yuri fight was also at 154lbs which all though Cotto in most fights will be the smaller fighter, takes a better punch at this weight only time will tell.  I think most BoxingHeads agree this fight can either end early by a Mayorga KO or end late by a Cotto KO.  I actually think Cotto will come out with a chip on his shoulder and make a statement and will tko Mayorga inside five rounds but hey that's just me.  Mayorga's trash talking has continued as most of his fights do.  I actually like it because as his record shows he talks trash and then gets knocked out.  I believe if this fight sells any ppv it will be mainly because of Mayorga's trash talking.  I know this is the ppv main event but I was actually rooting for a fighter in the undercard. 
   A fighter by the name of Christy "The Coal Miners Daughter" Martin. Christy is (49-5) with 37ko's and 3 draws.  As you know i watch all boxing including women's boxing.  Christy was going for her 50th win.  After recently suffering stab wounds and being shot by her husband i think just to compete again is a win in itself.  But after recovering Christy sufferd rib injurys and will not fight.  I'm really rooting for Christy i hope she gets that 50th win and can retire in the near future. 
   Before I forget if your going to  order Cotto vs Mayorga dont forget to set your dvr's to HBO's Boxing After Dark series  for Sergio Martinez vs Serhiy Dzinziruk.  This actually can turn out to be fight of the night with Dzinziruk being 37-0 with 23 by KO watch out for fire works in this one.  Martinez will try to continue to prove why he is considered one of the pound for pound kings in the sport.
   I want to thank everyone for their continued support. As always you can follow us on twitter for all your latest boxing news and discussions.

Mr Prez,
@NUBLUEYANKEE