Miguel Cotto KOs hurt Yuri Foreman in ninth at Yankee Stadium

Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he'd won the first main event at Yankee Stadium in more than three decades.

Dozens of people flooded through the ropes while Yuri Foreman limped around and implored referee Arthur Mercante Jr. to allow the match to continue. His badly twisted right knee kept him from doing much, but his indomitable heart would not allow the fight to end with him on his feet.

"I proved this night, everybody who said Miguel Cotto was finished, everybody failed," he said.

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