Miguel Cotto
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1980 –
Who is Miguel Cotto?
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the first and only Puerto Rican to win titles in 4 different weight classes and is the current WBC & The Ring World Middleweight Champion. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal. Cotto began his professional career in 2001, and on September 11, 2004, he defeated Kelson Pinto for the WBO junior welterweight championship. He defended the title successfully a total of six times, before vacating it when he ascended to the welterweight division.
On his first match on this division he defeated Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA welterweight championship. Cotto successfully defended this title against Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso Gómez, before losing it to Antonio Margarito. On February 21, 2009, he defeated Michael Jennings to win the vacant WBO welterweight championship. Defending the title against Joshua Clottey before losing it to Manny Pacquiao on November 14, 2009.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1980
Providence - Also known as
- Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez
- Junito
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Puerto Rico
- Profession
- Lived in
- Caguas
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on July 23, 2013
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