Sooner or later on Saturday, Miguel Cotto was going to win the World Boxing Association super welterweight title from Yuri Foreman before 20,272 fans in the first fight at Yankee Stadium in nearly 34 years.
That was obvious after Foreman’s right knee began buckling underneath him in the middle of the bout and he could barely move.
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