| MANILA, Philippines - Now there’s a bigger need for Manny Pacquiao to pull off an impressive victory over Timothy Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas.
The latest clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto reportedly drew 1.5 million pay-per-view buys for revenues of over $90 million.
These are huge numbers for Mayweather, who considers himself not only as the reigning pound-for-pound champion but also the best fighter ever.
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| LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather believes the key to his hard-fought victory over Miguel Cotto on Saturday night stemmed from the night he shunned a trip to an Orlando strip club and went for a six-mile run at 3a.m.
Mayweather defeated Cotto by unanimous decision following an arduous battle that left him with a bloodied nose and mouth. He was forced to rely on the stamina built up during a grueling training camp.
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|  LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. hadn’t been pushed to the limit in more than a decade, since Jose Luis Castillo waltzed him around the ring as a junior lightweight in 2002. Since then Mayweather has been on cruise control as he has sailed to the top of the boxing world.
Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) gave Mayweather as much as he could handle, but in the end it wasn’t enough as Mayweather scored a hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision to take away Cotto’s WBA super welterweight title before an electrified crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.
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| LAS VEGAS -- What can you buy for $32 million? Well, late Saturday night, after his bout with Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden has ended, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will find out.
According to the Nevada Athletic Commission, Mayweather is guaranteed $32 million for Saturday's match for the World Boxing Association super welterweight championship, the largest guarantee for a boxer in history.
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