The WBA 154-pound title fight between champion Yuri Foreman and challenger Miguel Cotto who’ll be making his junior middleweight debut will takes place at Yankee Stadium on June 5th. The fight is being promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank and will broadcast by HBO sports. Tickets to the Cotto vs. Foreman fight will go on sale today Friday, April 16, 2010 at Noon. The tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and prices are listed at $400, $300, $200, $100, $75 and $50. To order tickets by phone, call 877-469-9849 or Tickemaster TTY 800-943-4327.
Miguel Cotto is a two weight division champion who is coming off a knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao, and looks to win a third title in a different weight division when he faces Foreman on June 5.
Yuri Foreman won the WBA 154-pound title (his first championship title) on against Daniel Santos on the under-card of Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto and is the only current Jewish boxing champion.
Arum is looking to accommodate at least 30,000 fight fans to Yankee Stadium to witness this event.
Watch Foreman vs. Cotto on Saturday, June 5 at New York Yankee Stadium, broadcast live on HBO, at 10:15 pm ET /7:15 pm PT.
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