Pavlik and Cotto Both Get Easy Wins
I watched both these fights tonight, and although neither of them were all that exciting, I'm hoping both wins sets up something good for these two fighters.
Cotto (33-1, 27 KO) won the vacant WBO welterweight title with a TKO of England's Michael Jennings (34-2, 16 KO). Jennings looked ok until the fourth round when he was knocked down twice. He survived the round, but the ref had to stop it in the fifth round after Jennings was again knocked down. Jennings just looked totally out matched, as Cotto seemed to have a very easy time of it.
It took Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO) nine rounds to defeat Marco Antonio Rubio (43-5-1, 37 KO). Rubio went into his corner after the ninth round, and never left, throwing in the towel. Pavlik was in control of the fight the whole time, except for maybe the 6th or 7th round, when Rubio tried to let loose a little. Rubio was hurt a few times, and by the end of the ninth, the writing was on the wall. Pavlik was either going to knock him out, or he would loose once it went to the cards. Rubio did show a good chin though.
There's nothing up just yet, but you should be able to hit East Side Boxing in the next day or two for some good breakdowns of the fights, and what might be next for both fighters.
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