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George Foreman was 28 fights into his comeback from a 10-year absence from the ring, had won 27 times, stopped 25 of his opponents, and failed during his first attempt at winning a heavyweight title.

But Foreman wasn't going to blow his second chance at world championship glory, when he faced southpaw Michael Moorer.

This time, the 45-year-old grandfather and father of nine was ready.

Foreman, 60, talks about his historic accomplishment as well as life after boxing during this, the fourth and final installment of a four-part series detailing how he became boxing's oldest man to win a division's crown.

Fernando Montiel will defend his WBO bantamweight title against Z Gorres, and Eric Morel will take on Gerry Penalos on Feb. 13 at the Las Vegas Hilton, promoter Bob Arum told FanHouse on Friday.

"After that, the winners will fight the winners in June," Arum said of the clash of 118-pounders. "It's like a tournament."

Since losing a split decision to Jhonny Gonzalez in May of 2006, the 30-year-old Montiel (39-2-2, 29 knockouts) is 7-0-1 with four knockouts, including a split decision victory over Gorres in February 2007.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Miguel Cotto is a superstar, but he still feels like he does not have the respect of the boxing community. He is eager to beat Manny Pacquiao to prove to the haters that he is a major threat in the ring.

In this video, Cotto discusses his Nov. 14th fight and shares with us the meaning of the tattoo behind his right ear.

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Boxing Star Miguel Cotto (35-and-1) is a hero to many. These days he's getting ready for his November 14th fight against Manny Pacquiao. His skills are impressive and over the years Cotto has taken down some of the biggest names in the sport -- Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso Gómez. But when he's not boxing, Miguel is very passionate about his heroes -- the brave men and woman of the U.S. Armed Forces. Cotto goes to military hospitals to visit those who have returned injured from the battlefield. In this FanHouse Exclusive find out what Cotto and Top Rank are doing to help the servicemen, while legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum shares with us why Cotto is so involved. We also hear from Freddie Roach, Manny's trainer.

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Boxing promoter Bob Arum scoffed at Floyd Mayweather Jr in an interview with FanHouse's Ariel Helwani last week, saying, "He's just a problem and a head case." In a chat with FanHouse this week, Mayweather claimed he hadn't heard those comments -- and then proceeded to respond to them anyway.

Top Rank founder Bob Arum has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, and when FanHouse caught up with him at the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto press conference at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, he was in rare form.

The 77-year-old boxing promoter criticized Floyd Mayweather for fighting "scared" and not being an entertaining fighter. Arum also seemed to squash any hopes of seeing a Mayweather-Pacquaio super-fight in the future. But his harshest words were saved for MMA, as Arum said the sport looks like "guys rolling around like homosexuals on the ground" and called MMA fans "a bunch of skinhead white guys." The full video interview is below.

One of the most anticipated boxing matches of the year has become official, as the promoter for Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto announced today that the two will fight on November 14 in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao-Cotto joins Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez as one of two fights this fall that have boxing fans salivating, and we can be sure that the promoters and the fighters (especially Mayweather) will engage in some trash talk about which of the bouts is truly the year's biggest fight.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton are two of the biggest names in boxing, and both are getting ready for their May 2 title bout. In this video we hang out on the red carpet in Hollywood, where the two boxings stars met to promote their upcoming clash. In this exclusive video hear from Manny (a Scotsman at heart) and Ricky, trainers Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather (who has more ryhming skills than 50 Cent), as well as Freddie's celebrity friends, including Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke (above) and action hero Mark Wahlberg.

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In news that should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton fight is back on, with two of the best and most popular boxers in the world ready to meet in the ring on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Hatton and Pacquiao had both indicated this week that the fight was off because they couldn't agree on a split of the revenue, but as we noted on Wednesday, Pacquiao vs. Hatton was just too big to fail.

The most popular fighter in America, Oscar De La Hoya, will step into the ring on Saturday night in Las Vegas. But he'll be taking on an opponent who is far more popular in his own country than De La Hoya is in the United States.

That opponent, Manny Pacquiao, is so popular in the Philippines that the country will practically shut down to watch the fight on Saturday night. Today I asked Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, to put Pacquiao's popularity in his own country in context.

"When you promote Manny Pacquiao, it comes with a tremendous responsibility because an entire nation -- a nation of 90 million people -- is focusing on his every move, and anything that happens to him," Arum said. "It is the most important topic of conversation in the Philippines. The highest elected officials are fixated on Manny and on this fight."