Editing Ricardo Mayorga (section)

===Mayorga vs. Cotto===
{{Main|Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga}}
On January 19, 2011, in a press conference at [[Times Square]], New York, [[Bob Arum]] and [[Don King]], working together for the first time in five years, officially announced that [[Miguel Cotto]] (35–2–0) would defend his WBA light middleweight title against Mayorga at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] on March 12, 2011, live on Showtime PPV.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/miguel-cotto-vs-ricardo-mayorga-to-be-announced-next-week/|title=Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga To Be Announced Next Week {{!}} BoxingInsider.com|date=2011-01-17|work=BoxingInsider.com|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824174354/https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/miguel-cotto-vs-ricardo-mayorga-to-be-announced-next-week/|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref> In front of 7,247 at the MGM, Cotto defeated Mayorga via TKO in the 12th round, retaining his WBA light middleweight title. Throughout the fight, Mayorga looked to engage, however the discipline on Cotto played a big part in the win, saving his big shots for the final round. A left hook ended, which dropped Mayorga ended the bout. At the time of stoppage, Cotto was ahead by five points on all three judges' scorecards. With the win, Cotto's record for world title fights improved to (17–2). Cotto earned $1 million from the fight and compubox stats showed that Cotto out punched Mayorga 249 to 176 in total punches. In the post-fight, Cotto explained how he won the fight, "The game plan was not to get caught up in any of his antics. He was very heavy handed, I felt his punches the whole fight." He also mentioned how before the last round, his trainer [[Emanuel Steward]] told him he would be able to stop Mayorga in the last round, which was the conclusion of the fight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6211668|title=Cotto retains title as Mayorga quits late in 12th|date=2011-03-13|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824180605/http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6211668|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/offical-results-cotto-rocks-mayorga-in-12th/|title=Official<!-- "Offical" in original --> Results: Cotto Rocks Mayorga in 12th|date=2011-03-13|work=BoxingInsider.com|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824174402/https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/offical-results-cotto-rocks-mayorga-in-12th/|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2011/3/13/2048174/miguel-cotto-stops-ricardo-mayorga-vazquez-foreman-wolak-zappavigna-zbikowski|title=Miguel Cotto Stops Ricardo Mayorga in 12, Vazquez Outclasses Zappavigna, Foreman No Match for Wolak|work=Bad Left Hook|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824174826/https://www.badlefthook.com/2011/3/13/2048174/miguel-cotto-stops-ricardo-mayorga-vazquez-foreman-wolak-zappavigna-zbikowski|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref>