Miguel Cotto vs Alfonso Gomez is set and ready to go for April 12th on HBO in a 12-round W.B.A Welterweight title. Cotto, 31-0 (25) is the #1 Welterweight contender second only to champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. while Gomez, 18-3-2 (8), most recently emerged as a top-10 contender with a bloody 7th round KO over Arturo Gatti in July of 07”.
Cotto has opened as huge -1100 betting favorite at sportsbook BodogLife.com. If the Puerto Rican Cotto wins against the Mexican Gomez as expected, he has a fight date with popular Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga, 29-6-1(23), set for July 19th. Gomez is the huge underdog but it is a role he has grown accustomed to and thrived in, against larger opponents.
Against Cotto the 5’9” Gomez will be the bigger man vs the bodykilling short 5’7” Cotto. Both fighters are in their prime at 27-years old, latino and brawlers that have purple hearts. This fight has all the ingredients for a fan friendly TV fight and I think that the 10-1 odds Cotto is laying is on the heavy side. BodogLife.com has the TOTAL at 9.5 rounds with the UNDER at -150 boxing betting odds.
