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Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two. [5] There are several figures linked to boxing in his family, including his late father Miguel Cotto Sr., his brother José Miguel Cotto, his second cousin Abner Cotto, and his uncle and former boxing trainer Evangelista Cotto.
In front of 21,090 at the Garden, Cotto would knock Martínez down 3 times in the first round, with Martinez's legs having knee braces on and clearly visible. After the first round however, the champion began to make the fight more competitive with Cotto. He continued to fight back until round nine when Martínez went down once again.
With a victory, Margarito would set himself up for a welterweight title unification match against Miguel Cotto in the autumn, [29] but Margarito lost to Williams by unanimous decision. [30] Four months later, Margarito knocked out Golden Johnson in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [31]
Miguel Cotto vs. DeMarcus Corley was a professional boxing match contested on February 26, ... giving Cotto the victory by a fifth-round technical knockout. After the ...
Pacquiao–Cotto also generated a live gate of $8,847,550 from an official crowd of 15,930. [11] Pacquiao's victory sparked a media frenzy, concerning his latest achievement against Cotto, [12] and a potential match-up with Floyd Mayweather Jr. [13]
Miguel Cotto also revealed that he will keep Emanuel Steward as his head trainer. [22] The HBO World Championship Boxing telecast of Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto was the highest rated boxing main event in 2010 to that point on the network. The live telecast from Yankee Stadium on Saturday plus a replay Sunday morning was watched by about 1.9 ...
In the chief support WBO Light welterweight titleholder Miguel Cotto, made the first defence of his belt against former titlist Randall Bailey. [8] Cotto would dominate the bout, dropping Bailey twice and opening cuts under both of his eyes. As a result of the cuts Bailey was examined by the ringside physician halfway through the sixth round.
Ultimately though, Mayweather managed to adjust to Cotto's new rhythm of attacking in flurries and used his now-newly tweaked counter-punching style to win a lot of the final rounds, in what people thought had secured Mayweather the decision victory. Cotto had Mayweather against the ropes many times, resulting in some damage and a lot of ...