Strange Bronx tale as Foreman to delay Cotto clash until end of Sabbath

FIGHT fans eager for boxing’s return to Yankee Stadium will have to wait a little longer tonight as Israeli world champion Yuri Foreman puts the Sabbath top of his priority list.

New York-based Foreman, 29, is set to make the first defence of his WBA light-middleweight title against three-time world champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs) at the newest incarnation of the legendary Bronx baseball stadium, which opened last year and saw the New York Yankees win its 27th World Series title last November.

It will be the first title fight since Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton met for the third time at the older venue across the street in 1976.