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Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have tentatively agreed to fight in Las Vegas on November 14, giving the world's best pound-for-pound boxer a very challenging fight against a highly ranked opponent -- and ensuring that we won't see Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather any time soon.

Miguel Cotto defeated Joshua Clottey by split decision Saturday night in a wild WBO welterweight title fight that left the fans in attendance at Madison Square Garden standing and cheering, and gave Cotto what may have been the biggest win of his boxing career.

Cotto knocked Clottey down with a stiff jab in the first round, and he appeared to be the better fighter in the early going. But a key turning point came when Cotto was cut over the left eye by an accidental head butt in the third round. After that, the fight turned into less of a boxing match and more of a slugfest, and Cotto often appeared to be frustrated by the blood in his eye.

Miguel Cotto made a strong case that he's the best welterweight in boxing Saturday night, thoroughly dominating an overmatched Michael Jennings with a fifth-round technical knockout victory at Madison Square Garden.

Cotto controlled the pace of the fight throughout. He calmly backed Jennings off with his jab in the first three rounds, and then knocked Jennings down twice in the fourth round. Although Jennings valiantly tried to keep fighting in the fifth round, Cotto knocked him down again again, and even though Jennings got up after the knockdown in the fifth round, he was wobbly, and the ref wisely stopped the fight.

Welcome to the FanHouse live blog of tonight's welterweight fight between Miguel Cotto and Michael Jennings, where we'll provide live, round-by-round updates of all the action.

The undercard is over. The Cotto-Jennings fight has started and the live blog begins below.

Every boxing fan knows that Miguel Cotto is one of the best welterweights in the world. But only the most hard-core of boxing fans know anything about the guy he'll fight on Saturday night, Michael Jennings.

In fact, Cotto himself acknowledged that even he didn't know much of anything about Jennings at the time that he signed on to fight him. Even in the time since he signed that contract, Cotto has only watched tapes of Jennings' two most recent fights.

As Michael Jennings prepares to take on Miguel Cotto for the WBO welterweight title on Saturday night, he understands that Cotto is a huge favorite. But he says that's just fine with him.

When Jennings talked to the British press about his thoughts on the Cotto fight, which will be by far the toughest test of his career, he said his status as the underdog makes him feel better about the fight.

On Saturday night, boxing fans can watch both Kelly Pavlik and Miguel Cotto for the price of one pay-per-view purchase, as Top Rank is offering an unusual promotion in which Pavlik's and Cotto's fights, held in separate arenas, will be part of one broadcast.

That's the good news. The bad news is that neither Pavlik (who fights Marco Antonio Rubio) nor Cotto (who fights Michael Jennings) is likely to face much of a challenge.

Miguel Cotto will box Michael Jennings on Saturday night for the WBO welterweight title, a fight promoted by Top Rank. But Cotto is currently furious with his promoters for the way they've supported Antonio Margarito, the disgraced boxer who was caught trying to insert a hardened pad into his hand wraps before he fought Shane Mosley.

Cotto's only loss is to Margarito, and many boxing observers believe Margarito won that fight because he cheated. But Top Rank is supporting Margarito and saying it will promote him in Mexico while he's banned in the United States.

Antonio Margarito upset Miguel Cotto tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, winning the WBA welterweight title with an active, powerful boxing exhibition, and shaking up the welterweight division in the process.

It was more a technical boxing match than the experts expected early, but Margarito turned it into a brawl late. Margarito was winning on two of the three judges' scorecards after the 10th round, and he won the fight with two knockdowns in the 11th. After the second knockdown, Cotto's mouth and nose were bloodied and battered, and his corner waved the towel and the ref stopped the fight.

The Puerto Rican Cotto entered the ring undefeated but now falls to 32-1. The Mexican Margarito, with the best win of his career, improved to 37-5. These are two of the best fighters in the world, and they gave the fans their money's worth.

Previously on FanHouse:
Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito Live Blog

Welcome to the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito FanHouse live blog, where we'll provide live results and round-by-round updates of tonight's big fight. The show and the live blog begin at 9 p.m. Eastern time.