Miguel Cotto is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, from light welterweight to middleweight.
80 Facts About Miguel Cotto
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Miguel Cotto made six successful defenses before vacating the title to move up in weight.
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Miguel Cotto successfully defended it four times before a career first loss to Antonio Margarito in 2008.
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Miguel Cotto lost the WBA title in 2012 to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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Two years later, Miguel Cotto defeated Sergio Martinez to win the unified WBC, Ring, and lineal middleweight titles.
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Miguel Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two.
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Miguel Cotto began boxing as a child to help lose weight, not anticipating it to end up being his career path.
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Miguel Cotto was taken to the Bairoa Gym in Caguas.
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The young Miguel Cotto participated in several international tournaments, these include: The 1998 Junior World Championships that took place in Buenos Aires, where he finished in second place while competing in the Lightweight division.
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In 1999, Miguel Cotto competed in the Pan American Games that took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Miguel Cotto lost his only fight by points to Robertas Nomeikas.
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Early in his career Miguel Cotto defeated former world title contender John Brown by decision in the tenth round.
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Miguel Cotto led the score through the entire fight and scored a knockdown in the second round.
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In 2001, Miguel Cotto suffered a dangerous injury that threatened his boxing career.
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On September 13,2003, Miguel Cotto defeated Demetrio Ceballos by knockout in the seventh round at Las Vegas.
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Miguel Cotto's first fight of 2004, was a fourth-round knockout victory over the former world title contender Victoriano Sosa.
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Miguel Cotto dominated the fourth and fifth rounds managing to land combinations on N'dou's head.
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On September 11,2004, Miguel Cotto faced Kelson Pinto from Brazil, for the vacant World Boxing Organization junior welterweight title.
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Miguel Cotto's performance was described as a result of hand speed and accuracy.
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On June 11,2005, Miguel Cotto faced the last man to beat him as an amateur, former Olympic gold medalist Mohamed Abdulaev from Uzbekistan.
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Abdullaev's offense was effective in the sixth and seventh rounds and as a result of this Miguel Cotto assumed a defensive stance.
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Miguel Cotto was apparently in better condition when the third round began and was dominating the fight at that point.
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Miguel Cotto dominated the fourth round and Torres won the fifth.
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Miguel Cotto won and scored a knockdown in the sixth round.
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At 1:24 of the seventh round a left hook by Miguel Cotto knocked Torres out.
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On March 4,2006, Miguel Cotto defended his WBO Junior Welterweight title by knocking out Gianluca Branco, who had to give up during the eighth round of their bout due to a shoulder injury.
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Miguel Cotto dominated the fight as a result of jab combinations in a card that took place in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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Miguel Cotto's next scheduled match was against the then-undefeated Paul Malignaggi in a fight that took place on June 10,2006, in Madison Square Garden.
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Miguel Cotto relinquished his title in late 2006 and announced his intention to move to the welterweight division to challenge Carlos Quintana for the WBA's championship.
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Miguel Cotto defeated Quintana by technical knockout in the fifth round.
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On June 9,2007, Miguel Cotto defended the WBA Welterweight Title against Zab Judah in New York City, performing before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden.
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The bout included a knockdown and a point deduction registered for Miguel Cotto, who established dominance on the offensive following a close start.
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Miguel Cotto won by technical knockout in the eleventh round when the referee stopped the fight.
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Miguel Cotto was selected the World Boxing Association's "Boxer of the Year", during the organization's annual award celebration, which took place in Buenos Aires.
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On July 26,2008, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Miguel Cotto suffered his first loss as a professional to Antonio Margarito in an unsuccessful title defense.
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Miguel Cotto had taken the early initiative, frequently landing a series of punches on Margarito during the early rounds while using his footwork to avoid danger.
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Miguel Cotto was hurt in the seventh round after a pair of Margarito uppercuts caused his nose to bleed.
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Evangelista Miguel Cotto threw in the towel after Miguel Cotto again fell to the canvas in the corner of the ring.
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Miguel Cotto returned to action on February 21,2009, in a card held at the Madison Square Garden, sporting the first of his trademark tattoos which he has expanded on ever since.
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One round later, Miguel Cotto scored two knockdowns on Jennings, who was able to continue until the recess.
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Consequently, Miguel Cotto named Joe Santiago, who had served as the team's nutritionist as his new trainer.
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At an official press conference on April 14,2009, in New York, it was announced that Miguel Cotto would be defending his title against Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey, in a fight that was originally intended to be an unification that included the International Boxing Federation's title on June 13,2009.
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Pacquiao earned around 22 million dollars for his part in the fight, whilst Miguel Cotto earned around 12 million dollars.
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Miguel Cotto stated that he would consider a return to the welterweight division, in case of an interesting fight.
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Miguel Cotto ended up knocking Foreman down with a signature left hook to the body in the ninth round, after Foreman tore his knee, Miguel Cotto, claiming the WBA light middleweight title, his fourth overall in three different weight divisions.
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On January 19,2011, in a press conference at Times Square, New York, Bob Arum and Don King, working together for the first time in five years, officially announced that Miguel Cotto would defend his WBA light middleweight title against former two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 12,2011, live on Showtime PPV.
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At the time of stoppage, Miguel Cotto was ahead by five points on all three judges' scorecards.
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Miguel Cotto was very heavy handed, I felt his punches the whole fight.
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On July 30,2011, it was announced that Miguel Cotto would make a second defence of his WBA title against rival Antonio Margarito in a rematch to their first fight, which took place in July 2008.
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Miguel Cotto avenged the defeat from 2008 stopping Margarito in the 10th round.
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Trout landed 238 of 779 punches and Miguel Cotto landed 183 of 628 punches thrown.
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Miguel Cotto recruited Hall of Famer Freddie Roach as head trainer.
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Miguel Cotto looked like the Miguel Cotto of old, by displaying an aggressive style early on in the fight and landing powerful body shots.
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Miguel Cotto knocked Martinez down 3 times in the first round and once in the ninth round before Martinez retired on his stool before the tenth round, giving Miguel Cotto the win by ninth-round corner retirement.
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Miguel Cotto had a base purse of $3 million but guaranteed $7 million and Martinez was guaranteed $1.5 million, which could increase from PPV sales.
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Bob Arum, Miguel Cotto's promoter stated the reason for a downfall in PPV buys was simply because there was too many of them.
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In March 2015, Miguel Cotto signed with Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports.
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Miguel Cotto stated if he wanted the fight, he would need to accept a catch weight of 157 pounds.
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Compubox stats showed, at the time of stoppage, Miguel Cotto had landed 68 of 183 punches thrown and Geale landed 33 of 127.
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Miguel Cotto lost to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on November 21,2015, via unanimous decision.
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Miguel Cotto left immediately after hearing the scorecards, with his team and family.
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Miguel Cotto did not attend the post-fight press conference, but Freddie Roach in his place stated that he believed his fighter won, by outscoring Alvarez and blocking many of his shots.
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Miguel Cotto later told reporters in Puerto Rico that he felt he won.
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Miguel Cotto then stated publicly that the reason the WBC stripped him of his title was because he refused to pay their sanctioning fees, which he believed to be excessive.
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The main issue between both camps being the weight issue with Marquez looking to fight at no more than 147lbs and Miguel Cotto looking to fight at 155lb catchweight.
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On May 18,2017, sources confirmed that Miguel Cotto had parted ways with promoter Roc Nation Sports.
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On May 31,2017, it was announced that Miguel Cotto signed a multi fight deal with Golden Boy Promotions.
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Part of the deal included to showcase Miguel Cotto Promotions developing prospects, revitalize boxing in Puerto Rico as well as co-promote Cotto's upcoming fights.
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Miguel Cotto weighed 153.6 pounds for the fight with Kamegai coming in slightly heavier at 153.8 pounds.
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Miguel Cotto reiterated that he would retire on December 31,2017.
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In front of 7,689 st the StubHub, Miguel Cotto defeated Kamegai via unanimous decision after 12 rounds to claim the vacant WBO light middleweight title and became a 6-time world champion.
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Miguel Cotto spent the early rounds backed against the ropes on the back foot and still managed to do some damage landing hooks to the head of Kamegai.
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Miguel Cotto's trainer was open for the fight to take place.
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Miguel Cotto weighed 151.6 pounds, the lightest he had weighed eight years.
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Miguel Cotto stated after the fight that he had torn his left bicep in round 7.
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Miguel Cotto started the fight off well, but appeared to slow down midway.
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Miguel Cotto was hurt several times in the fight, and looked on the verge of being stopped a number of occasions, however Ali never looked as though he was going for a knockout.
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Miguel Cotto kept his word and retired after his loss to Sadam Ali.
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Miguel Cotto has another daughter from a previous relationship, who was born in November 2006.
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Miguel Cotto's career was cut short due to a gunshot wound to his right hand while working as an NYPD officer.