Classic_ Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah (BEST QUALITY 60FPS)

Another age advantage for the Puerto Rican fighter, and at some point in his career, Cotto's tour through the welterweight division may require him to take on much taller opponents, but not yet. Judah's height advantage over Cotto, only 3 quarters of an inch here. An arm-length advantage measured from the armpit to the end of the fist of an inch and a half for Cotto. And they both weighed in slightly under the 147-pound limit, unofficial weights, not available here tonight in the state of New York. Rules of the bout with our unofficial ringside scorer, Harold Lederman. The Sam Judah-Miguel Cotto fight is scheduled for 12 rounds using the unified rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions. There is no three knockdown rule. Only the referee can start the fight. In case of Cotto's cause by an accidental headbutt, we go to the scorecards after four rounds have been completed, and you cannot be saved by the bell in any round, including the 12th and final round. Jim. Good evening, gentlemen. You received the rules early tonight by the New York State Athletic Commission. Let's have a nice, clean fight. Touch gloves. Good luck to both of you. God bless. Let's go toe-to-toe. This is talent and attitude, Judah, against toughness and character in Cotto. Toughness and character don't always carry the day, but tonight it's a two-to-one favor. Both fighters are visibly, magnificently conditioned for the fight. And I think very focused, too. And Cotto starts things off with a straight right hand against the southpaw stance of Zabdiel Judah. He says he also has more power. Cotto takes a little bit longer to make his mark in the fight. Ultimately, he focuses below the chest. Judah says Miguel Cotto is a C-class fighter. He's never faced somebody who is a superb boxer with power, and that's me. Every time that Cotto makes a move right now, he takes a big step that almost, like, runs in the punch. And he's gonna have to be a little careful with that right now, particularly while Zabdiel's shot. See there? And he gets caught with a big left-hand counterpunch. Cotto comes back, crashing with a left hook to the body, but he is hurt. He has definitely been wobbled by that early left-hand shot, and Zuda's hand speed has made its mark in the fight already. But Cotto's been hurt before and has always fought back well. Cotto puts Judah on the canvas. And the way Zab is acting, it was a very effectively time-heavy low blow. Much like the one he delivered to Mayweather. Protection underneath, and this is roughly after a series of disqualifies. Gets five minutes, takes less than two. Cotto signals to him that it was an accident apologetically. Cotto looks so much stronger in his punches, even though he misses a lot. He just looks so much powerful, like a powerful bull throwing a punch at a, uh, whether a dog or something, a small animal. He's so much more strong. Yeah, but Cotto wasn't the one who was hurt by one big shot. No. Zab Judah landed the left hand that dominated this round. Wonder how necessary it was for Cotto to get the breather necessitated by the low blow. I don't believe that, Jim. I think he had recovered from that shot, and he was trying to throw some body punches. And he accidentally had a shot. There's no history of doing that. Entirely true. Right here, you see Zab Judah shooting a beautiful counter left uppercut as Cotto was coming in. Shot right inside, perfectly timed and executed. And right here, you see Cotto shoots a left hook that goes low, lands right on the top part of the cup. Just enough to do damage. It wasn't very low, but it was just enough to really cause some serious damage. CompuBox numbers in round one. Cotto, 15 out of 51, including 6 out of 18 jabs. Judah, 16 out of 53, including 6 out of 34 jabs. Zab Judah started out with a good, brisk pace, throwing 53 punches. One of his downfalls in some past fights has been a tendency not to throw as many punches as he should. Cotto usually fights at a measured pace. Between 50 and 60 is usually about the right number for him. Cotto seems devoted to trying to make his jab a factor early. That's interesting, Jim, because Judah really, even though he's a boxer, doesn't really use his jab. To set other things up. He tries to use his hand speed to make things happen. That's a good point, a lot of these guys, which people consider as boxers, they really don't jab that much. They usually just explode in flurries of punches. Cotto has been working on trying to sweep and right hook uppercut type. Yeah, you can see him training a lot, so he can anticipate where Zab's head is gonna be when Zab bends to his left, and trying to catch him with one of those hook type uppercuts of his. Handed as a combination puncher once he gets going, as Judah usually is. And I'm surprised Zab hasn't thrown a punch that was so effective for him in the last round, the left uppercut kind of shot. Must still be looking for the chance. Perhaps Cotto has made some subtle adjustment to momentarily take the punch away. But eventually, Miguel will settle into simply trying to land that left hook to the body, his money punch. Cotto is boxing with Judah and doing a pretty good job of it. Just normal stance. Cotto's getting closer and closer, and the expression on Zab Judah's face is he's becoming very uncomfortable with the situation and the way that the fight is going. And as you said, Jim, it's interesting that Cotto's left jab is being more effective than Zab's jab. There's the left hook to the body. First time he really rocked Judah with that punch. But he cannot stand in one spot right there and not throw punches back, because Cotto's gonna keep doing that over and over and over. Zab has got to find something back. He's not shooting. There's a lot already. There's a lot. A lot, a lot of just trying to shoot the left hand, but he's not shooting. Stopped Cotto in his tracks. Momentarily stunned him with a straight left counterpunch. He could do that more often if he would throw the punch, because Cotto's wide open for the left hand, and the speed of Zab is right there, but he just is not punching enough. This time, Cotto ducks the left hand and gets in a couple body shots. Zab Judah has twice raked Miguel Cotto with left-hand shots. Cotto has begun to establish his ground game, his hard work to the body. But his defense is a little leaky. That's why you always have to throw that left first, so he gets under the defensive, so he can't throw that left. Come on, breathe deeply. That's it. Good one. Great job. You're doing real good. The only thing, don't forget your game plan. With the hands up and attack the body. Don't bring your hands down. Who's first now? Listen to me. Look at me. When he come in, time up. Here we see Zab shooting a punch that I think he should be shooting more, because Cotto's been open all night for that shot, but Zab has not shown it, whether it's a straight left or a left uppercut, because he keeps his right hand off to the side of his head the way he fights, and leaves a perfect target for a left-hand shot through the center. Moments for Zab Judah. Cotto beginning the relentless pursuit of pressure that defines his game. Second round goes to Cotto on the Letterman card. Some of these rounds could be hard to score, at least until a pattern is more fully established. As said, Arreza, Cotto has been hurt and seriously in two rounds, but still has won one last round. I question how seriously he's been hurt. I think he was stunned, rocked. He was really hurt. He's looking to see if Cotto hits Judah in the back, which was something that Oktay Erkal complained about in Puerto Rico in Cotto's last weight-to-weight title defense. Judah looks like he's looking for the perfect punch to throw, and so he's letting Cotto dominate the round by hoping for the punch. Judah is in agony in the chest of Cotto. Five minutes, champ. Don't worry, shake it off. I know, shake it off. You got a five-minute rest. You're a champ. Hey, you were a champ for one time. Shake. The question then becomes, Emmanuel, that even if he can come back to fight, how is this affect him physically? It's seriously gonna affect him the same way when Trinidad landed a terrific left low from Fernando Vargas. When Vargas had came back and it looked like he was winning the fight, and Vargas never did get back into the fight again. I'm trying to figure out where the blood is coming. It's on the chest of Cotto. Cotto's got a bad cut of his lip. I think it's coming from Cotto's mouth. I think that one of those left hands from Judah has hurt Cotto in the mouth, and that's where the blood is coming from. Fighters feel a sense of urgency as round three continues, as one might have expected to recover from a low blow from which he reacted in such excruciating pain. But Cotto is wide open for a straight left hand through the center. I'm surprised that Zab Judah's not throwing more left hands through the center. Fight! Cotto seems to be putting on a show of forced composure amid the blood flow. Stand inside by Judah. Another counter left hand by Judah. Danger of landing another low blow and getting penalized. That sweeping right hand that he's been working on in training is the last thing that he needs to throw tonight because he can start punching to the stomach, and by the time that Zab pushes his elbow down to block it, the punch will stray and go low. For all his reputation of imploding. There it is again. Judah. There it is again. Fight! Open for a straight shot from the left hand with his uppercuts off straight left. Judah is getting a lot of opportunities to land his counter left hand. That was not low. That was not a low blow. Judah may be trying to buy a penalty point with this one. And Cotto hammers him with a left hook to the body to punctuate the round. It was a brown eye, man. Down, down, down. That's too many low blows. He took a 420. It's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. We'll profile Johnny Miller, golf's most outspoken and candid broadcaster ever. July 11th, HBO Sports presents a two-hour documentary, Brooklyn Dodgers, The Ghosts of Flatbush. We'll chronicle the 10-year period from 1947 through 1957, when the Dodgers made history, wound up moving west, and became a beloved franchise in two separate cities. Busting them up, man. You're busting them up. You gotta bust them up, man. Here you see Zab get hit with a tremendous low blow. And I mean, that was the one that does a lot of damage, right at the bottom of the cup where it lifts right into you. And that's the one that really hurts. Yeah, and I think, in a way, it's turned everything around in the sense that Judah has the reputation for imploding and melting down. And suddenly he becomes a sort of sympathetic figure here, because he's been fouled. Here at Arthur McHaney Jr., tell Judah's corner that he had taken a point away from Cotto for the low blows. Harold, how do you have it scored in light of that? Okay, Jim. 29-27, two rounds to one. Zab Judah. Jim, he won the first round clearly. He hurt Miguel Cotto. Cotto stopped him with the low blow. Otherwise, you know, it would have been worse. The second round, Zab Judah stung him again, but Cotto won the first two and a half minutes of the round. Cotto won the second round. The third round, that's when Zab won it again. And on 527, Zab Judah. And now as the blood spritzes from Cotto's mouth, obviously he's cut inside his mouth somewhere in the lip. I think it's a bad gash in his lip. I think it's lower left lip. There's a bad gash inside. Meanwhile, Judah is bleeding outside his right eye. They have the fight even, by the way, because they gave the last round to Cotto. Now there is a slight cut on the left eye of Judah. No, it's the right eye, Larry. I'm sorry, the right eye. You're right, Jim. He does his best work in the first half of the fight. And Cotto is starting faster than he normally does, probably because of the urgency he feels now due to the low blow penalty and the bleeding inside his mouth. Cotto switching southpaw to give himself a chance at more power punching opportunities. He seems to be just physically so much stronger. It looks like the natural weight is almost about 10, 15 pounds more. Cotto's starting to drive forward and pull Judah around the ring with his wider, stronger body. And now Zab has to do is throw more left-hand shots, whether it's uppercut or straight left. Cotto's right there to be hit, but he's just not punching enough. That's an elbow, Zab! Both fighters are looking for time. He's at his left, Jim. That cut must be very bad inside of his mouth. Hard right hand by Judah. Momentarily stops Cotto's assault. Less pressure from Miguel Cotto. Hope you're enjoying the look back at Cotto-Judah. We're live at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. A title on the line, Lovemore Endo from Sydney, Australia by way of South Africa. Enjoying a look back at Cotto-Judah. He'll defend his 140-pound title against the Magic Man, Brooklyn's own Paulie Malignaggi. He wants to look good for his main event tonight and look good in the ring as he tries to take Endo's championship belt. That's coming up live tonight on HBO's Boxing After Dark. Malignaggi, Endo. No water, please. It's nothing, don't worry about it. Hey, cheese, man, look, in it, in it, in it. Here you see how Zab Judah got the cut on his right eye. Right here, accidentally hit, but when it was coming up from an exchange. And you can see him paw and feel the blood coming down his face right away. CompuBox numbers in background, the landslide for Cotto. 32 out of 75 to only 9 out of 39 for Judah. This is one of the problems for Zab Judah in some of his big fights. The builds for Miguel Cotto, he tends to punch more, sometimes to the recklessness. And right now, Cotto's left jab has been his most effective punch. As they wrestle momentarily, Judah seems to be looking over Cotto's shoulder to get advice from his father, Yoel Judah, in the corner. Into his regular stance. Cotto's doing exactly what he should do. Very physical, a lot of pressure, and Zab is starting to fold under, I think, physically and mentally. Jab again. Jab is hard. It's pumping out there just as if he was shooting a right hand. You're looking at blood on both fighters. If there's a modern fight, Zab was holding on. Not necessarily landing shots cleanly, but throwing, throwing, throwing. Jab again. The questions that was raised before the fight was, would Judah be able to hurt Cotto with one of those clean shots? Hurt him really badly, and so far, he hasn't shown that kind of power. I like your phrase, he did stun him, but if it was a serious stun, then if he had have followed up more, I think he could have really seriously hurt him. Judah's starting to bleed from the nose, and Cotto's starting to focus more of his attack upstairs to take advantage of it. There's a shot at that big counter left with which Judah has scored so much. He took two tries toward the end of the round, but it was another Cotto assault. Zab. Listen, baby, you're doing great. You know what I'm saying? You gotta throw punches on him. Relax, relax, relax. You gotta throw more of you. He's up on a round. He's up. He's up on a round. Relax, relax. Zab, you gotta show your heart. You gotta go. He's winning the round. Hold on, hold on. He's coming. That's it, it's already stopped bleeding. And, Manuel, you've talked about the effectiveness of Miguel Cotto's jab and what it has meant in the fight so far. Here's the copy box number. Cotto has thrown 115 jabs and landed 46. That's 40%. Judah's thrown 155 jabs, 40 more. Landed 20, 25 left. He's landing only 13%. Zab is no comparison. He's got a powerful sledgehammer-type jab with his left hand. He's in. Zab is not punching with the authority with his jab, even when he lands. And that left hook zipped Cotto right on the cut. Cotto's trying to pretend that he's not bothered by that badly cut lip. No way it shouldn't bother you. It's not a bad cut. His cut is much worse than his cut right now. But he has a cut now that looks on his brow. From the eye, from that side. Hug Judah as if to say, hey, it's a bloody war in here. We're gonna work through it together. Cotto begins to paw at the right eye as the blood flows. Is that headbutt, too? I think it was when he maybe hit him right on the break, accidentally. Watch that elbow, Zab! This is a rough fight, so let's just deal with it the way it is and get him in this fight. Let's give it to him, break, stop. Cotto switches into that southpaw stance. He initiates the offense. With a jab and gets away. Watch your head now, again. Really hasn't yet established that body rhythm that would normally be the case against a conventional fighter. But he hurts that he's standing. Zab Judah's hand speed, still superior, still very dangerous. Just not enough. Just not enough of it. I think his skills are really superior to Cotto. Just Cotto's determination and continuous attack and his physical strength it just was carrying him through to the fight. He just never stops fighting. Yeah, and mental strength, I should say. He just fights. And he's winning the territorial battle because he's the one going forward. Come on, work on that one. Everything's okay, everything's okay. Come on, this is our job. We came here to do our job. Here you see Cotto getting a butt right there as they collided hands. I didn't see it. I thought it came for the little punch that came afterwards. I thought that was it, but it was a butt. And right here, you see Cotto comes with a straight right hand dead on the chin. So they are even on accidental headbutts. One a piece. Cotto has lost a point for low blow. Power shot through round six. Cotto landing twice as many. 109 to 53. Harold, how do you have it halfway through? Okay, Jim. 57, 56, four rounds to two. Miguel Cotto. Jim, I got him winning three rounds in a row. I mean, if it's momentum that's gonna carry him, he's really going, he's really moving. I mean, he landed the cleaner, harder shots, relentless pressure, just staying on top of Zab, but Zab's not hitting him with that left hand that hurt Cotto like he did early in the fight. Four rounds to two, 57, 56, Miguel Cotto. I have it five in my scorecard. Cotto's ahead by three points. Zab Judah starting to blink with the right eye as Miguel Cotto continues to bore in. Cotto being wary of that Judah left hand as he searches for shots. Cotto's corner's done a pretty good job with the cut under the lip and now the cut above the brow on the right side. Just that it isn't occupying his train of thought at this very moment. Cotto dipping under Judah as he looks to get to the body. Judah trying to rip him with the uppercut. Zab Judah's faster hands, still quite apparent. It's a big factor in this fight. Amazing how Cotto trusts his base and will go all the way down to a limbo squat. Judah with a left hook upstairs. And the blood starting to flow above Judah's right eye. Backs into the ropes. Cotto seems to be the one anxious to get out of the cage to get back to Zulu right away. This is Judah's best round since the first, showing the result of better conditioning. Cotto with a body shot. Judah with Cotto's chin again. Hammering Judah with a left hook. Very rough physical fight. The will of Miguel. Consistency. Trying to steal the round back in the closing seconds. He isn't really trying to steal, man. He just wanted to fight. He just fights continually and consistently all the way through. You don't understand me? You got to do what you just did. Baby, baby, listen to me, man. Listen to me. Zab, you got to punch. He can't take your shots. I told you that from the beginning. He can't take it. That's what I want to see. You understand what I'm saying? Round number eight. Zab, round eight coming up, Zab. Start putting together a short combination. Step around him. Inside, one, two, three, four. Roll, roll. He can't take them, champ. You got to show you what. Come on, breathe deeply. Let him go, let him go. Here you see Cotto coming in and you see Zab Judah taking his time, placing a well-timed left hand shot right up in between the gap. Staying on its feet all the way through. You heard Larry Merchant say that was Judah's best round since the first, but in the end, Harold Lederman gave it to Cotto again. I think this is a fight that whenever Zab does explode, he's very effective. Just that the consistency of Cotto is the biggest factor I can see in this fight. He intentionally fights at a steady pace, steady pressure all the time. Stop hitting him on the ribs there. Break, step back. Zab Judah's father is begging him at times to throw more punches. You don't have to ask Cotto to throw more punches. Come on, fellas. That's what he does. Judah does have a history in these fights of fading late in the fight. Let's see if he can sustain what he started in the last round. But he knocked out Corey Spinks late, and that's the performance he points to as the benchmark for what he's expecting to do tonight. I've seen Corey Spinks. No Judah. I'm sorry, no Cotto. Judah spending most of his- Judah is showing some moxie here. Can he keep it going? Judah took a bad beating in that round. Stop, keep your hands up. You gotta die. Let me tell you something, man. Larry Merchant over there talking ---- about you. You got your daughter down there, your family. Yo, Zab, rumble with this bitch. He can't, he's dead now. One, two, three, four. Stay there, four. Zab, you gotta go. He's just surviving. Go in with the jab. Come on, you got it. To the body, to the body. You got it. Finish it off. Finish it off with the combination up top. Here you see Cotto, Zab's trapped in the corner. And it's not any one particular punch. It's just the consistency, the way he's fighting. And it's taking its effect right now on Zab. In the past, we've seen Cotto get a little reckless when he thought he had a man that he could take out. Take advantage of some openings if they develop. All of Cotto's past difficulties have taken place early in fights. We're into Cotto time now. From rounds nine and 10 on, he's been brutal and relentless, including his 11th round knockout of Irk in his last appearance. You heard Yoel Judah begging his son to fire up emotionally and fight harder. In the eighth round by CompuBox count, Miguel Cotto landed 31 power shots to only six for Zab Judah. And more strikingly, Judah only switched stances constantly now through the last few rounds. Too much pressure right now. For the most part, Zab is pretty much done right now. Zab Judah's right eye is beginning to swell badly, and he's starting to look unsteady on his feet. What I learned out of everything, as long as he's not going to win a decision, he should at least try to let everything go into one of those powerful left-hand shots. Let go of his hands! There's nothing to lose at this stage. Vicious assault. Not any one punch, it's just too much. He needs a break, but it's over with. How long is it from here to a knockout? Like waving a red flag, it has now shown Cotto his vulnerability of his dominance at this moment. Now he's going to try to whip this man. See, just such a series of punches and just abuse to the body, to the head, The only thing to say, I figured they could stop him from punching at him and just drop to his knees. Power shots in the ninth round. Judah landing, 13 out of 21. He can still be accurate. Cotto, 34 out of 61. A relentless, non-stop assault. Harold Letterman, how do you have it coming to the final three? Okay, Jim, 87-82, seven rounds to two. Miguel Cotto. He said that he lost in round three when Arthur McKenzie took away a point from a low blow. Anyway, Miguel was pressure winning six rounds in a row. Oh my God, he just keeps coming. Sam Judah dropped to one knee because he couldn't see out of that right eye. Seven to two, Cotto. I have the same score. It was a gutty show for Judah to fire those two big left hands in the closing seconds of the last round. Now we'll see if he can build something off of it in the 10th. And he's- Oh, he has a little seriously hurt Cotto too bad. Zab still has the ability. It wouldn't surprise me, but it won't hardly have happened to hurt Cotto. It'd even knock him down, I possibly have. Because he still has got fast hands when he does punch. He just isn't punching enough. But he's not a big puncher, Emmanuel. No, but the fact that Cotto can get caught and he doesn't see it because he's so occupied on being aggressive, it would be effective. Yeah, well, anyone can knock anybody down. That's for sure. Zab is not that weak a puncher. He's not a big super puncher, but he punches pretty decent. Yeah, he's a good, he's a doubles and triples hitter. He's not a homerun hitter. No. Gas case, sometimes a easy punch can do a lot of damage. Cotto's not a homerun hitter either. But when you triples, you score a lot. The full scale assault from Miguel Cotto in the 10th round. Fighting for his professional life in this fight. And showing more body than he's shown in many of his performances, Larry. Absolutely. He's got a lot of credibility he regained tonight in this fight. Win or lose. Great, Zab, come on. We'll have something to carry out into the street. Regardless of the outcome of the fight. And you suspect, if Cotto wins this thing, Jude and his followers will point to the two low blows early and say, what would've happened? You didn't see it. Jude is saying, I've got a heart. And he has certainly showed it. But he's taking a beating again. I'm gonna knock you out, Zab. Don't, Zab. Zab, Zab. When you let your hands, that's the only way you gotta do this. You gotta punch, man. I know your eyes messed up. Yo, Zab, you gotta punch me. Your eyes are ----. Yo, dude, Zab, you heard him this time. Every time you punch, you hurting him. You hurting him. I'm telling you, baby. Shoot, shoot, shoot. Bro, shoot. Stay punching. Carefully, carefully. But I can't see. Come on. We'll get back to Cotto and Jude. We are live at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Our main event still to come tonight. The 140 pound title on the line. Paulie, the magic man. Malanagy, 22 and one with five knockouts out of Brooklyn, New York. The challenger, he'd like to take the belt away from the reigning belt holder, Lovemore Endo from South Africa. A father and four children, he'd like to walk out of the ring with a championship belt held high over his head. Can he defend tonight against Malanagy? That is our main event on HBO's Boxing After Dark. While we're talking about the courage of Zab Judah to keep fighting amidst the deluge, how about the courage of Miguel Cotto to maintain his composure and keep gunning with blood flowing profusely from a cut lip since very early in the fight? Yeah, exactly what's reading my mind. He's just been so cool amid all of the pain that he's going through. He's never changed his expression. Down on the right hand is Judah. Second knockdown for Cotto. An inside right hand short punch. Cotto looking for the kill. Will that set up an opportunity for the counter punching Judah? Judah says he is a brand name. Cotto is branding his name. It's Madison Square Garden to the rafters. And what a show they got. It was a great fight tonight. A memorable fight, which goes into the annals of all the other great moments in Garden history. Here's the knockdown. Two right hands and a little left in the middle. Brilliantly done. I didn't even see the left uppercut myself. And now here's the finish. At this point, it was just sheer exhaustion. Cotto continuing the swamp Judah in punch output and Zab's legs gradually going away. I have much respect for both of these guys and especially a lot for Zab because, you know, he's never been in these types of situations before. This was a throwback fight. This was like a fight out of the 40s or the 50s in Madison Square Garden. Both guys suffered a lot of pain tonight. A fight that Tony Zale or Tony DeMarco or Carmen Basilio or Jake LaMotta could well appreciate in the welterweight division. Let's go to Michael Buffer for the official particulars. Ladies and gentlemen, from Madison Square Garden, the official time. This contest comes to an end at 49 seconds of round number 11. The winner by TKO victory, still undefeated, still the... Puerto Rico! Miguel Cotto, spectacular in victory against Zab Judah. He dug deep and showed the heart of a champion. We're at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. HBO's Boxing After Dark as we get set for tonight's live fight card here from Uncasville, Connecticut. A belt is on the line. The junior welterweight championship held by 34-year-old Lovemore Endo. He is primed and ready, two and five in his trips to the United States. He did go the distance three years ago with Miguel Cotto. He'll be taking on Paulie Malignaggi, going through the final live preparations in his locker room a year ago. Malignaggi, too, went the distance with Miguel Cotto. Both men feel that gives them resolve coming into this fight. Malignaggi says he feels he's ready to take the championship away from Endo. Glad you could join us at ringside. Bob Popper with HBO Boxing analyst Larry Merchant. 21,000 fans, a record crowd, jam-packed Madison Square Garden to see Cotto Judah. Cotto gave them something to see. What is Miguel Cotto's upside? It's probably bigger than just big. Think of Cotto's style as a series of turbulent surfing waves that just keep coming and coming, pounding and pounding. The question is whether anyone, boxer or puncher, can ride Cotto's wave. He has big fights coming in the future, and talking about big and bigger, the biggest in boxing would be against Oscar De La Hoya next year when De La Hoya expects to fight again. They could fill Yankee Stadium. The best matchup of a boxer and a brawler would be with Mayweather, and an epic battle would occur if Mosley were to fight Cotto. But Cotto's next opponent will be the winner of Margarito and Williams who fight in a month in California. Whatever choice Cotto makes, Bob, is a good choice for us. And a good choice for the fight fans out there as well. Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Lewis joins me at ringside. Lennox, you refer to the fight game as the sweet science. How far can Cotto take this brawling style? I think he can take it pretty far because he does it in an effective way. He doesn't come in and just go to your body. He throws great jabs behind it, and he wears you down. And this is something that he trains for. A lot of boxers and opponents that he boxes with, they're not prepared for that. And this is what makes him so good. Now, stepping up in class, can he hang with skilled punchers like a De La Hoya or a Mosley? Or a master boxing technician like a Floyd Mayweather? Well, different fights bring different styles. So we're gonna have to see. He's got the right plan already, and we're just gonna have to see how he does against different opponents. All right, well, that'll be coming up in the next half year or so. Still to come, our main event, Lovemore Endo defends his 140-pound title against Paulie Malignaggi. But to get things started, we have a 10-round super middleweight showdown. A couple of young prospects stepping into the ring as Curtis Stevens squares off against Andre Durrell.