WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (29-0, 24 KOs) overcame a spirited effort by mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal (38-4, 11 KOs) at the famous Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As always, Cotto landed violent body punches while Urkal used his boxing skills. Cotto swept the first four rounds on all cards, but Urkal won some middle rounds. Urkal was deducted a point for a head butt in round seven, but had success read more ...

WBA mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal is keen to clash with newly-crowned welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. The 36-year-old German (38-3, 12 KOs), a former European champion, expects to take on his undefeated opponent early next year. Cotto successfully moved up to welterweight last weekend when he stopped fellow Puerto Rican Carlos Quintana in the fifth round. "Cotto is a tough nut to crack," said Urkal. "But I am in the read more ...

Moments ago Ricky Hatton's American promoter Artie Pelullo informed Boxingtalk.com that the WBA welterweight champion will likely return to HBO on December 9 to face mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal at an undisclosed location in the United States. Pelullo also informed Boxingtalk that Team Mayweather recently "reached out" to him to discuss a possible Mayweather-Hatton bout, but according to Pelullo, "I have said to Al Haymon that we read more ...

WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer has just pounded out a unanimous decision over Omar Sheika to retain his world 168lb title at the Internationalen Congress Centrum in Berlin. Beyer (33-2), took control in the first round, not allowing Sheika (26-8) to get off to his normal fast start. Beyer rocked Sheika in round eight, but couldn't finish him off, instead cruising to a 118-110, 116-112, 116-112 win. In the co-feature, European welterweight champion Oktay Urkal (36-3)retained read more ...