Miguel Cotto
- January 5, 2024
- Boxer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Miguel Cotto |
| Occupation | Boxer |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 29, 1980(1980-10-29) |
| Age | 44 |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Rhode Island |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Miguel Cotto Biography
| Name | Miguel Cotto |
| Birthday | Oct 29 |
| Birth Year | 1980 |
| Home Town | Rhode Island |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Miguel Cotto is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on October 29, 1980 in Rhode Island, United States. He was the first Puerto Rican fighter to win four weight divisions of the world title. The Ring magazine ranked him as the third-best light middleweight in the world in 2017.
In 2007, he defeated Shane Mosely with a unanimous decision.
On May 18, 2017, sources confirmed that Cotto had parted ways with promoter Roc Nation Sports. One of the main reasons for the split was due to not having an opponent lined up even though he mentioned 2017 would be his last year in the sport and he would like to have had two fights. A fight with Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) was penciled in for June 24, but fell through. HBO also did not back the fight.
On July 6, 2013, it was announced that Cotto would next fight light middleweight contender Delvin Rodríguez (28-6-3, 16 KOs) in a bout promoted by Top Rank. It would mark the first time Cotto would fight under the Top Rank banner since his contract expired in December 2011. Cotto recruited Hall of Famer Freddie Roach as head trainer. The bout was scheduled for October 5 with the venue likely being in Florida. The Amway Center in Orlando was later confirmed as the venue and the fight was made official on July 23 at the Disney Atrium. An attendance of 11,912 was announced. Cotto looked like the Cotto of old, by displaying an aggressive style early on in the fight and landing powerful body shots. One punch in his arsenal that was brought back to life, was the vicious left hook which he was known for in his days of dominance in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions. The second round saw Cotto landing body shots at will and with less than 10 seconds left in the round he staggered Rodríguez with a sharp left hook. In the beginning of the third round, with Rodríguez still feeling the effects of the left hook at the end of round two, Cotto forced Rodríguez in to the ropes landed a left hook to the temple, followed by flurry of punches which knocked Rodríguez onto the canvas. The referee then stopped the fight and gave Cotto a third-round TKO victory. Over the course of the fight, Cotto landed 55 of 110 punches thrown (50%), 47 of which were power punches and Rodríguez landed 16 of his 68 thrown (24%). The fight averaged 1.555 million viewers on HBO, the highest rating for 2013.
In 2008, he married Melissa Guzman; they have a daughter called Alondra and a boy named Miguel III. His brother He married Melissa Guzman in 2008; they have a daughter named Alondra and a son named Miguel III. His brother Jose Cotto and cousins Abner Cotto and Carlos Cotto also became professional boxers., and his cousins Abner Cotto (and Carlos Cotto) became professional boxers.
Miguel Cotto Net Worth
| Net Worth | $25 Million |
| Source Of Income | Boxer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Miguel Cotto is one of the richest Boxer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Miguel Cotto 's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
As an amateur, he competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
In 2017, he signed a multi-fight contract with Golden Boy Productions.
On May 20, Cotto started working with Golden Boy Promotions to finalize a deal against Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs). Miguel Cotto Promotions Executive Hector Soto said a deal should be finalized in the coming week. On May 24, it was announced a deal was made for a fight between Cotto and Kamegai to take place on August 26, 2017, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California live on HBO. This would be Cotto’s 23rd appearance on the network. It was confirmed that vacant WBO light middleweight championship would be at stake, the title was vacated by Canelo Álvarez, who moved up to middleweight. A day after signing a deal with Golden Boy, Cotto revealed that he would fight again on December 2, 2017. Cotto weighed 153.6 pounds for the fight with Kamegai coming in slightly heavier at 153.8 pounds. Cotto reiterated that he would retire on December 31, 2017. In front of 7,689 st the StubHub, Cotto defeated Kamegai via unanimous decision after 12 rounds to claim the vacant WBO light middleweight title and became a 6-time world champion. The three judges scored the fight 120–108, 119–109, and 118–110 all in favour of Cotto. Kamegai gave a good effort but fell short every time he would connect with a punch, Cotto would counter with a combination of his own. 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. After round 10, Cotto started boxing on the outside and decided to settle for a decision win, he explained in the post-fight, “I think I did my best and I’m happy with my performance. (Kamegai) is a tough fighter. By the fifth or sixth round, I knew I was not going to be able to stop him.” Cotto confirmed he would fight again in December, preferably the winner of Canelo-GGG. The fight, which took place on HBO averaged 730,000 viewers and peaked 805,000 viewers. The fight ended before the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Connor McGregor fight started on Showtime PPV.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
Miguel Cotto height 5 ft 6 in Miguel weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Miguel Cotto Dating?
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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 Olympics, and the 1998 Junior World Championships; the latter in which he won a lightweight silver medal. Having begun his professional career in 2001, Cotto defeated Kelson Pinto for the WBO light welterweight title in 2004. He made six successful defenses before vacating the title to move up in weight. In his first welterweight fight, in 2006, Cotto defeated Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA title. He successfully defended it four times before a career first loss to Antonio Margarito in
- The following year, Cotto won the vacant WBO welterweight title and defended it once before losing it to Manny Pacquiao in the same year.
Facts & Trivia
Miguel Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Miguel Cotto celebrates birthday on October 29 of every year.
On September 13, 2003, Cotto defeated Demetrio Ceballos by knockout in the seventh round at Las Vegas. In a fight where Cotto injured Ceballos with numerous combinations in the sixth round, switching between the orthodox and southpaw stances. In the seventh round Cotto displayed an aggressive style that led to the referee stopping the fight with 0:32 remaining in the round. With this, he was ranked number one in his division by the World Boxing Association.