Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto has recommended that all of the boxing commissions should conduct rigorous examinations after fights, so the boxers, their handlers and the respective commissions get a better sense of any post-fight injuries.
For the last few years, there has been a lack of boxing superstars in Puerto Rico. Felix 'Tito' Trinidad was a mega-star with world titles at welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight. After Trinidad retired in 2008, the superstar mantle was passed to Miguel Cotto, who captured world titles at 140, 147, 154 and 160 pounds.
On Saturday, February 16, former Olympian McWilliams Arroyo will return to the ring at The Fair Complex in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Arroyo (17-4, 14 KOs) will be in the headline fight of the event 'Noche de Campeones: DirecTV when he faces the Mexico's Carlos Maldonado (11-2, 7 KOs) in a fight for a maximum of 10 rounds for the vacant Latin flyweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
When Sadam Ali battles former titleholder Mauricio Herrera on Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn native returns to the site of his career-defining victory while also fighting in the state where he experienced one of two career-lows.
Four division world champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico is enjoying his new role as a promoter, and has no intention of returning to the ring. Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs), 38-years-old, retired from boxing last December, after suffering an upset twelve round unanimous decision loss to big underdog Sadam Ali.
Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto believes that Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will make the necessary adjustments, to come out with the victory this Saturday when he will face IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in a rematch at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Back in 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Austin Trout (31-4, 17 KOs) secured the biggest victory of his pro career when he won a twelve round unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto. Since that contest, Trout has close tough fights against Jermall Charlo, Erislandy Lara, Canelo Alvarez and Jarrett Hurd.
Future Hall of Fame boxer Miguel Cotto believes that, for him, promoting is even more challenging than fighting. The living legend retired last December with a 41-6 (33 KOs) pro record, in which he became the only Puerto Rican to capture world titles in four different weights classes, light welterweight through middleweight.
Caguas' Angel "Tito" Acosta is not afraid to admit that there is always room to improve his techniques. During a training session for what will be his first defense of the junior flyweight championship of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Acosta was being polished up by former four division world champion Miguel Cotto, who offered advice without reservations.
Liam Smith has extra motivation to regain the world title against Sadam Ali with the knowledge a host of Americans are queueing up for unification clashes and domestic rivals Kell Brook and Amir Khan have joined the division. Smith (26-1-1-KO14) takes on Ali (26-1-KO14) in Verona, New York on May 12 in an attempt to recapture the WBO world light-middleweight crown he lost to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in September 2016.