Miguel Cotto has been on a tear since he turned pro back in 2001. Despite a few bumpy rides against Demarcus Corley and Jose Torres, Cotto has been dominating his opponents while keeping his unbeaten record in tact. Saturday night at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cotto fights a tune-up against German fighter Oktay Urkal, knowing that a fight with Brooklyn bad boy Zab Judah is already signed for June.

Cotto's record,28-0 (23), reads like a who's who of credible opponents: Corley, Torres, Randall Bailey, Victoriano Sosa, Kelson Pinto, Mohamad Abdullaev, Paul Malignaggi and Gianluca Branco. His recent dismantling of Carlos Quintana in his first fight at 147 showed that Cotto is a force to be reckoned with, as if that wasn't already clear.

Urkal, 38-3 (12), is a decent boxer who lacks a pop in his punch, and has beaten no name opponents. He owns losses to Vivian Harris and Kostya Tszyu. So why is HBO and Cotto promoter Bob Arum nervous? Because Cotto-Urkal is a mandatory in order for Cotto to keep his title. Selling Cotto-Judah as a welterweight title fight is more attractive, but there is always the possibility that the tune-up fighter doesn't go by his script (see Baldomir-Judah). Cotto, however, is about as a consistent a fighter there is, and it would be surprising if Urkal pulled off an upset.

Cotto, will come out with his high guard, and throw damaging bodyshots. Urkal will probably land his punches, and his speed may bother Cotto, who has been wobbled by quicker-fisted fighters. Cotto's bodywork will decide the outcome of the fight. The Puerto Rican has defeated a variety of fighters with different styles, so he should have no trouble adaptng to Urkal, and if he doesn't stop his opponent early, he is more than capable of winning a decision.

Prediction: Cotto KO 9

On the Cotto-Urkal undercard, the middleweight monster Edison Miranda of Columbia takes on Allan Green in a highly-anticipated bout. Miranda, 27-24 (1), is a bludgeoning beast of a puncher, who nearly decapitiated poor Willie Gibbs in December of 2006. His skills may be cruder than Green's, but Miranda seems to think that Green does not have the boxing skills that he posesses. Among Miranda's other victims have been Arthur Abraham, whose jaw he broke, and veteran Howard Eastman, whom was stopped for the first time in his career.

Green, 23-0 (16), may very well see his "0" go. He also is a massive puncher, as his victory over Jaidon Codrington showed, but he was floored by the unheralded Donnie McCreary before stopping him in the 6th, and he didn't look good. We don't know what kind of chin Miranda has, but we do know that Green's is nothing to write home about. Miranda will find that chin, and when he does, it's lights out for Green.

I just hope nobody gets killed.

Prediction: Miranda KO 4