Yuri trains at Gleason's in Brooklyn. He's got international merit at having all 3 belts at 154. He was a possible and still is for Pacquiao to get 8 world titles should he win. Dude has De La Hoya type skills, great jab, great footwork, technically very sound. Before Emanual Steward took Cotto as a student, he thought foreman would win between the 2. Obviously, he feels different. He landed in JFK, as a nobody immigrant. His wife is just as eclectic. Former runway model, turned professional boxer, now film executive in your town. She was the trainer for Swank in Million Dollar Baby.
I like Yuri alot, however I don't think with Steward working with Cotto, and Yuri doesn't match up with Cotto's power. Of course the same could've been said with Mayweather and He was stronger than Shane.
Gonna be a great fight.