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  Miguel Cotto vs. Gianluca Branco Preview
Cotto came out firing nasty left hooks to the body at the opening bell of the first round and chopping right hands to the skull, as if he was double parked.
Cotto seemed to be the fresher fighter in his corner and when the action resumed in the 3rd, the champion returned to hammering away at Torres' body.
Cotto was relentless and he battered the challenger around the ring and against the ropes while nailing the Colombian with punishing left hooks upstairs and downstairs.
www.boxingtimes.com /previews/2006/060304cotto_branco.html   (4624 words)

  
 MIGUEL COTTO
Cotto Punished Pinto in round number one with hard left hooks and scored a knockdown in round two, but Pinto kept coming back and there were some fierce exchanges; Miguel staggered him again in rounds three and four since Pinto could not get away from Cotto’s mean left hooks.
Miguel gave a sensational performance and pressed the action in the early rounds; he outworked Ndou, consistently landed the harder punches, and buckled Ndou’s knees in the 6th round.
Cotto was forced into the seventh round by former WBC Continental Americas champion Juan Macias (26-16-2): Miguel dominated the entire fight and shut out Macias on all of the judges scorecards at the time of the stoppage.
www.peleasdvd.com /IFP-COTTO.htm   (2099 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto vs. Paulie Malignaggi Preview
WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is set to defend his belt against colorful challenger Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday, June 10, from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Cotto and Malignaggi are the headliners on a pay-per-view card presented by Top Rank that also features, Bobby Pacquiao vs. Kevin Kelley, super featherweights, and John Duddy vs. Alfredo Cuevas for Duddy's WBC Continental Americas middleweight title.
The WBO light welterweight champion Cotto methodically and brutally blasted away at Gianluca Branco with such ferocity that the Italian challenger grimaced in pain clutching his right shoulder and was forced to retire from combat.
www.boxingtimes.com /previews/2006/060610cotto_malignaggi.html   (3950 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto: An uncrowned champion?
Miguel Cotto was born on October 29, 1980 and hails from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico.
Cotto bears a scar on his right shoulder and a six-inch titanium rod in his right arm as a result of the accident.
Cotto's maturity at such a young age has served him well and his proud promoter Bob Arum couldn't be happier.
infiniteboxing.com /articles/sbanerjee/091004.htm   (938 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Wins WBO Title
In front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Coliseo De Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto impressively won the junior welterweight WBO title with a sixth round stoppage of Brazilian knockout artist Kelson Pinto.
Showing power and skill, Cotto pressed the attack from round one with sharp counter left hooks to the face and displayed incredible poise and patience in his first title fight in front of his countrymen.
Cotto improves to 21-0 (17 KOs) with the win as he avenged two losses to Pinto in the amateur ranks.
www.infiniteboxing.com /articles/pbanerjee/091104.htm   (591 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miguel Cotto won by unanimous decision against Malignaggi who was left with a fractured right cheek bone, a bleeding nose, and a cut around the left eye.
Cotto relinquished the title in late 2006 and announced his intention to move up to Welterweight to challenge Carlos Quintana for a major title.
Cotto defeated Quintana by TKO in the fifth round with one of the most ferocious body shots in recent memory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miguel_Cotto   (1257 words)

  
 Canadastar Boxing: Miguel Cotto Profile and Bio
Miguel rocked him with hard combinations throughout the fight and the referee to stop the fight in the 7th round.
Cotto was back on pay per view in Las Vegas in September 2002 on the undercard of the super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas when he went against former four-time world title challenger, John Brown.
Cotto's movement and harder punches made the difference as Cebailos' corner stopped the fight in the 7th round.
www.canadastarboxing.com /Fighters/miguel-cotto-profile.htm   (1400 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - " Miguel Cotto: The Rise of the Machine "...by Chris Ackerman
Miguel Angel Cotto is young, dashing, highly skilled and has taken out 20 of the 24 opponents he’s faced, yet, very little has been written about his upcoming test.
Cotto however, has demonstrated that he is ready for some of the biggest names in the junior welterweight division…as long as that name is not Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Miguel Cotto already holds a win over Torres from when they met as amateurs, but is the first to dismiss such matches as irrelevant to the professional prize-fighting scene.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /ackermancotto091805.html   (1162 words)

  
 MIGUEL COTTO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Even when Abdullaev backed Cotto to the ropes, Cotto rode with the punches – never lost his composure in the eye of the storm -- flurried back fluidly and spun off to either side.
Cotto never seemed trapped, but it didn’t look like the wisest strategy; he was being hit.
Maybe Cotto’s plan was to punish Abduallaev – like a matador with a bull – drain his strength, waiting for the moment of truth.
www.fightbeat.com /judgejake/cotto3.php   (540 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Decisions Paulie Malignaggi
Cotto timed a perfect left hook that dropped Paulie who easily beat the count and did not appear to be seriously hurt.
Cotto is the much more experienced professional who has fought at a much higher level of competition, so the loss should actually raise Malignaggi’s stock.
Cotto is in for a very tough match with Castillo and I look forward to seeing Paulie return to action with this fight under his belt.
www.doghouseboxing.com /DannyS/DannyS061206.htm   (1142 words)

  
 MIGUEL COTTO vs PAULIE MALIGNAGGI | FightWriter
Miguel Cotto’s steady pressure and heavy hooking has seen him crush 22 opponents inside the distance in his 26 consecutive victories but landing his powerful punches against the stylish and speedy Paulie Malignaggi will not be easy in their junior welterweight title fight.
Cotto is the favourite but the 25-year-old champion has never met anyone quite like Malignaggi, which gives the fights its intrigue.
I have no doubt that Malignaggi will be able to pepper Cotto and perhaps have him perplexed in the early rounds, but unfortunately for Paulie he does not seem to have the punching power needed to keep the champion from closing the distance and eventually catching up with him.
www.fightwriter.com /?q=node/230   (1024 words)

  
 Boxing: Miguel Cotto's Best Chances are in the Welterweight Division
Miguel Cotto doesn't fault another opponent for outweighing him, having any size differentials, or even if you were the schools bully beating up on people.
Miguel Cotto is a one man show that proved he can put butts in the seats when he fights in Puerto Rico amongst his countrymen and HBO knows it.
Cotto is not an anomaly to weight gaining, nor should he be judged obnoxiously for the natural progression.
www.ringsidereport.com /Smith322005.htm   (671 words)

  
 Boxing News : Miguel Cotto: Top Rank's New Golden Boy
And even though Cotto does not hold a world title yet, he was chosen by Top Rank to close the show in Bayamon over world champions Eric Morel and Daniel Santos, both of whom are fighting in the co-features of the Latin Fury card.
Cotto, 15-0 with 12 KOs, was not expecting to be the headliner so early in his boxing career but thinks he is ready for that prime time spot.
Cotto told MaxBoxing why he decided to stay at 140 and was asked if he will continue to pursue a crown in the lightweight division.
www.maxboxing.com /Santiago/lee062603.asp   (327 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - " ''Famoso' Hernandez, Miguel Cotto Meet the Press "
Undefeated, hard-hitting Puerto Rican sensation Miguel Cotto will be featured in the top undercard bout of the Vitali Klitschko-Danny Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, Dec. 11, live on HBO Pay-Per-View from The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Miguel, Bailey has been saying that you have been fighting guys that were really not 140, but 135-pound fighters moving up in weight.
Cotto: After 21 fights, the company (Top Rank) has shown how good they have been to me and I think I responded to every challenge they put in front of me. I think we have developed a good relationship.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /cottofamoso120304.html   (1509 words)

  
 MIGUEL COTTO COLLECTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Cotto was taken as a little kid to the famous Bairoa Gym in Caguas, where Juan Carazo and Alberto Mercado also trained.
Cotto began 2004 by beating the former world title challenger Victoriano Sosa, by a knockout.
Cotto became a world champion by knocking out WBO world Jr.
www.customizedvds.com /miguel_cotto_collection.htm   (233 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Has No Worries | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Cotto was only a little appreciative of his opponent’s bleating: “I think he doesn’t have the power or the courage to really go try to knock me out.
Arum added, “Miguel is a hard, hard worker and he’s faced very many guys with different styles and Malignaggi is probably the quickest guy that he’s faced and he needs to deal with that speed before we can say that he’s complete.
Cotto says he does not look at videos of fighters, that he does not study opponents.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/3907/miguel-cotto-worries   (1277 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto: Fighting for Respect
Cotto devoted his childhood and teenage days to studying how to dissect, tear apart and destroy opponents with cold-blooded style.
Cotto was cheated out of amateur success by a number of unfortunate decisions (Winnipeg, Sydney, and many others) and the plan had to be redrawn.
It could have been a career-wrecking accident for any other fighter, but Miguel fought on, and he has managed to come back after several surgeries helped him restore the damaged bones in his shoulder, racking seven victories in a row against the likes of tough contenders such as Justin Juuko and John Brown.
www.maxboxing.com /Diego/diego013103.asp   (476 words)

  
 Boxing: Conference Presser for Miguel Cotto and Mohammad Abdullaev
Cotto has been the marquee matinee idol for quite some time, and his testament for bringing "Boxing After Dark" after nine years back to the magical Mecca is saying a lot.
Miguel Angel Cotto just advises that he's there with the understanding in the qualities of rivals, and that's what the perspective should be kept placed about.
An understatement that shouldn't exhaust much of Miguel's style and cramp his punching room was a comment by someone there who mentioned Pretty Boy Floyd's uncle, Roger, having had some rather studious reservations and preoccupancy regarding Mayweather, JR throwing down with Cotto was a bit unsettling.
ringsidereport.com /Smith632005.htm   (820 words)

  
 Boxer Miguel Cotto with bruising style hopes to become household name
Cotto said he had to tune out Malignaggi, who tried to distract him with verbal jabs.
Cotto moved up to 147 pounds to battle Quintana for the WBA welterweight title.
He says Cotto has a slugger's chance against Mayweather but he'd be a definite underdog.
slam.canoe.ca /CPSportsTicker/CANOE-wire.BOX-Bruising-Boxer.html   (750 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Boxing Autograph
Miguel Cotto (born October 29, 1980) is a professional boxer from Puerto Rico.
Pinto was not a stranger to Cotto, as amateurs they had met in the ring before at the Sydney 2000 Olympics with Pinto beating the then 19 year old Cotto.
Cotto is regarded by many as the next Felix TrinidadEleven days later, on December 22, the Puerto Rican boxing commission named Cotto Puerto Rico's fighter of the year for 2004.
www.boxing-memorabilia.com /cotto.htm   (807 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto destined for greatness - Iron Life Forums
Cotto so far is perhaps the best prospect I have seen for a long time, not just because of his boxing skills and power, but also because of his mentality.
Cotto is a talented kid but I'll need to see alot more from him to be convinced that he can potentially beat some of the names on the list down the road.
Cotto will be good but to say he'll rise to the top of arguably the best division in boxing is awfully premature.
www.ironlife.com /forum/showthread.php?t=8210   (328 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Boxing: Cotto a force in welterweight division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Cotto (28-0, 23 KOs) used Carlos Quintana's head as a heavy bag Saturday at Boardwalk Hall, knocking his fellow Puerto Rican down twice in the fifth round before the fight was stopped before the start of the sixth round.
That earned Cotto the WBA welterweight title that was vacated when Ricky Hatton moved up to 154.
Cotto had made six title defences at junior welterweight before moving up to 147 to fight the previously undefeated Quintana.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Boxing/2006/12/03/2606969-ap.html   (556 words)

  
 KO Corner - Miguel Cotto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto will be moving up to 147 lbs and will be taking on Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA Welterweight title on December 2nd in Atlantic City, NJ.
Boxers •; Antonio Margarito • Carlos Quintana • Joshua Clottey • Miguel Cotto • Paulie Malignaggi • Welterweight
Miguel Cotto won an unanimous decision over Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday night at MSG, retaining his WBO junior welterweight title and sending Malignaggi to the hospital with a broken jaw and orbital bone.
www.kocorner.com /boxing/category/Miguel-Cotto   (1334 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Ready For War
Rising super lightweight boxing superstar Miguel Cotto almost came to blows Wednesday with his latest opponent, Carlos Maussa as the two posed for a “Stare-down” pic at the final press conference for their super lightweight war set to take place in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Saturday night.
Cotto, 23, is felt by many boxing insiders to be the most exciting prospect the sport has seen for years.
Cotto, who came out weighting 143 1/2 lbs after his final workout on Monday, said he was more than ready to face Maussa and ruin his undefeated record.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/december05-03/cotto.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto takes on Carlos Quintana in Atlantic City doubleheader
The 25-year-old Cotto defended his WBO junior welterweight title against Paulie Malignaggi at Madison Square Garden in June.
Cotto, 27-0 with 22 knockouts, stopped Gianluca Branco last March in the eighth round after pummelling him with jabs and hooks.
It was Cotto's fifth title defence, all by knockouts, before a full house at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in his native Puerto Rico.
www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/061004/s1004112.html   (532 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Oficial Site
But it was fore not as Cotto regained control with crisp counter left hooks in round four.
In round five Cotto was able to land a devastating left hook to the body which forced Corley to take a knee for the second knockdown of the fight.
Moments later Cotto swarmed Corley with combination punching, which forced Corley to take a second knee as he tried to escape from harm.
www.miguelcotto.com /Bio/index_bio2.htm   (244 words)

  
 MIGUEL COTTO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Cotto is so popular in NY that this was the first ever Boxing After Dark card to take place in the main room.
Everyone was quick to praise Cotto for an excellent performance, but I was upset that he let the right hand come in too often.
Cotto versus Ricardo Torres is this Saturday night on HBO (Saturday, September 24, 10PM ET/PT, from Atlantic City).
www.fightbeat.com /judgejake/cotto1.php   (596 words)

  
 Miguel Cotto Sparring video's - Boxing Chat
Miguel Cotto was Focusing on his Power Punches and Power Attacks for a few rounds.....
Cotto was focusing on his Defence and was mostly Bob and Weaving and blocking punches for another 4 rounds...
So after 8 rounds, Cotto will be facing a fresh new Sparring partner in the 9th round who is Full on energy, speed and quick movements, Cotto would have to adopt and dig deep using his well develope skills and experiance to finish a hard intense sparring session...
www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php/topic,38187.0.html   (1361 words)

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