Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto ( born October 29, 1980 in Caguas, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and former super champion of the WBA light middleweight.
Amateur
In 1997, Cotto managed the victory at lightweight at the Pan Championships in Cartagena.
The Junior World Cup in 1998 in Buenos Aires he finished in second place, he lost the final against the Russians Anton Solopov. Even with the Pan-American Junior Championships in the same year in Toluca he took second place. The Central American and Caribbean Games in 1998 in Maracaibo, he penetrated again prior to the final competition, where he failed to Mario Kindelán.
In 1999, he unsuccessfully took part in the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg and the World Cup in Houston, where he lost in each case in the first fight.
Cotto participated in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and in part but lost in the first round of the tournament to the eventual champion Mahamadkadir Abdullayev. A little later he moved to the light welterweight and won in this weight class the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 2000 in Caracas.
Professional
Cotto was taken in 2001 in the United States in the light welterweight professional and Bob Arum under contract. Its structure opponents were partially Although well-known names (Justin Juuko, John Brown, Cesar Bazan, Demetrio Ceballos, Lovemore N'dou ), but boxers from smaller weight classes. Only the undefeated Carlos Maussa was a "real" Halbweltergewichtler.
On 11 September 2004, he won the vacant WBO title against Brazilian Kelson Pinto, who still beat him as an amateur, but as a professional vorwies no achievements. He made six successful title defenses, including DeMarcus Corley, Randall Bailey, his Olympic opponents Abdullayev, Ricardo Torres, Gianluca Branco and Paul Malignaggi. Against Torres he had in his career to the ground for the first time. Against the recognized world leaders in the class ( Kostya Tszyu, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Maywaether Jr.) he stepped up to his move not in the welterweight division.
Welterweight
In 2006 he resigned his WBO title and ascended to the welterweight division. Ricky Hatton had previously resigned his WBA title to return to the light welterweight. Cotto was allowed to take boxing in his first fight in this weight class on 12 December 2006 to this, now vacant, title against unbeaten also his countryman Carlos Quintana, a member of the World top southpaw. Cotto dominated completely, get him in the fifth round two rainfall, which caused Quintana, give up the fight in the next round break.
In March 2007, Cotto defeated his duty out Forder Oktay Urkal prematurely as coach Ulli Wegner Urkals in the eleventh round threw in the towel and thus gave up the fight. In the following defenses of the WBA belt Cotto Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso Gómez struck.
On 26 July 2008, he stepped up to his fifth title defense against Mexican Antonio Margarito and surprisingly lost by technical knockout in the eleventh round. After previously balanced fight he had in this round take two rainfall, prompting his corner finally threw in the towel.
Already in his next fight Cotto won on 22 February 2009 at New York's Madison Square Garden with a TKO win in the fifth round against the British Michael Jennings the vacant WBO welterweight title. He defended the WBO title in June 2009 against the Ghanaian Joshua Clottey before losing him on 14 November 2009 at the Filipino Manny Pacquiao by TKO defeat in the twelfth round.
Light Middleweight
On 5 June 2010, he won by technical whacked against the undefeated Yuri Foreman, the regular world title by the WBA. This was upgraded after his victory against Ricardo Mayorga technical knockout, the Super World Champion title.
5 May 2012 Cotto lost that title to the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr by point decision.
On 1 December 2012 Cotto Austin Trout tried to wrest the WBA World Title, but suffered his fourth professional defeat after point counting.