News - Miguel Angel Cotto

Weights from Atlantic City: Antonio Tarver 174 vs. Bernard Hopkins 174 Both Miguel Cotto and Paulie Malignaggi both weighed in at 138.25 for their WBO junior welterweight showdown tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. Malignaggi looked ripped while Cotto looked very dry read more ...

WBO junior welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) was unusually candid in his comments today in regard to his June 10 pay-per-view clash with unbeaten Paul Maglignaggi (21-0) at Madison Square Garden. Оn Malignaggi's credentials: "This guy has done nothing. He's really nothing yet. He's taking this opportunity I'm giving him to try to sell himself read more ...

A press conference was held on Wednesday in New York City for the Miguel Cotto-Paul Malignaggi WBO jr welterweight title fight on June 10 at Madison Square Garden. Malignaggi, a boxing historian of sorts, compared this fight to "Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston I and II, Floyd Mayweather-Chico Corrales, and Pernell Whitaker-Julio Cesar Chavez with a different outcome." Cotto commented "Paul talks a good game, but come June 10, let's see if he read more ...

Last night WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 ko's) stepped into the ring before an enthusiastic sold out crowd with more than one purpose in mind. The main objective was not only to show that he could beat a solid opponent in Gianlucca Branco (36-2-1, 19 ko's), but to prove in the process that he's got the maturity, the will and capability to come back from tough fights and long inactivity read more ...

Unbeaten WBO jr welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) broke down Gianluca Branco (36-2-1, 19 KOs) over eight rounds forcing Branco to say he could no longer continue due to an injured shoulder on Saturday night in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Time of stoppage was :49 of round eight, much to the delight the sold out Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez. Branco was game and did his best to return Cotto's shots, but he simply couldn't match Cotto's punching read more ...

To avoid the distractions of training at home, WBO jr welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (25-0, 21 KOs) is currently in Florida for three weeks of intense training to help him get ready for his March 4 HBO date with Gianluca Branco in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Fightnews was on hand for Cotto's workout on Tuesday at the Punch Fitness Center in Deerfield Beach. Miguel engaged in a hard continuous workout that included a sparring session with read more ...

Italian jr. welter contender Gianluca Branco effectively signed the contract to fight WBO 140lb king Miguel Cotto (25-0; 21 KOs), according to Branco's PR agent Sonia Grande. Grande confirmed to Fightnews that the Italian challenger inked the dotted line and that Cotto already did the same. Branco (36-1-1; 19 KOs) fought Arturo Gatti for the WBC 140lb belt two years ago, losing a decision at the end of a decent fight and is now ready for his read more ...

Miguel Cotto retained his WBO junior welterweight title in an exciting back-and-forth battle with little-known Ricardo Torres in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday. Torres came in unbeaten, untested and undeserving of the WBO's #1 rating, but the Colombian made a name for himself by giving Cotto all he could handle. Still, Torres could not match Cotto's firepower, finally succumbing in the seventh round. Cotto and Torres traded knockdowns in the first two rounds. read more ...

...lot easier. Is there anything you would like to say in closing? I would like to tell the general public to tune in and watch the fight on Saturday. It's going to be an exciting fight despite the fact that the public hasn't seen Ricardo Torres. Ricardo Torres is a great boxer, he is a strong boxer. He likes to engage, when his style collides with mine it's going to make for a great fight. On behalf of read more ...

In another impressive performance for the unbeaten WBO Junior Welterweight title-holder, Cotto avenged his 2000 Olympic loss when he battered his opponent so badly that he couldn't see. In the ninth Abdullaev complained of impaired vision and the ringside doctor called a halt to the delight of the 10,231 people who attended the card at MSG. "I want to apologize to everybody that I couldn't fight," said Abdullaev (15-2, 12 KO's)... read more ...