Angel Acosta: record, next fight and profile →
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Miguel Cotto Promotions hosted a press conference earlier today to announce World Boxing Organization Light Flyweight World Champion Tito Acosta will make his first title defense at home on June 16 against Nicaraguan challenger Carlos "Chocorroncito" Buitrago in the "La Batalla" 12-round main event, airing on pay-per-view, live from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
Angel "Tito" Acosta, who is currently the world champion at 108 pounds under the World Boxing Organization (WBO), will need a little more time to climb back to the ring to defend his crown, but this time there should be no setbacks.
An injury to Japanese challenger Ryuji Hara, combined with the ongoing visa problem from substitute Merlito Sabillo, has forced Miguel Cotto Promotions to postpone the scheduled mandatory defense of the 108-pound championship of the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Beltholder Angel "Tito" Acosta was originally scheduled to make his first defense on April 7 at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico, Jose Miguel Agrelot.
CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO - With the presence of two of Oscar de la Hoya's top executives from Golden Boy Promotions, the leading promoters in Puerto Rico at the moment, Miguel Cotto Promotions, announced on Monday at a press conference the resumption of its series of shows on ESPN - beginning with the program that is scheduled for March 24 at the Ponce Fair Complex, which will be starred by the unbeaten Jose 'Chiquiro' Martinez.
Miguel Cotto not only retired from boxing on December 2, but he also left a void in Puerto Rico - where there is still no boxer to take his place as the new superstar. But there is now a litter of young world champions, two of them promoted by Cotto's company, has set their sights on becoming the new stars of the mythical building on 34th Street in Manhattan - Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK – Juan Alejo took Angel Acosta’s punishing punches as long as he could Saturday night. Eventually, though, the hard-hitting, aggressive Acosta overpowered Alejo and knocked him out in the 10th round to win the WBO’s vacant junior flyweight title on the Miguel Cotto-Sadam Ali undercard at Madison Square Garden.
NAGOYA, JAPAN - The fight lived up to the hype, as WBO light flyweight world champion Kosei Tanaka won a twelve round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger and power puncher Angel 'Tito' Acosta at the Ocean Arena in Nagoya, Japan. The scores were 117-110, 117-110, 116-111. Acosta was down in the fifth round. Tanaka - already a two division world champion - raised his record to 9-0 with 5KO's. Acosta, who previously stopped all of his opponents, suffered his first career defeat and fell to 16-1 with 16KO's.
NAGOYA, JAPAN - Highly anticipated light flyweight world title bout between WBO world champion Kosei Tanaka and #1 mandatory challenger and power puncher Angel 'Tito' Acosta is ready to showcase at the tomorrow Saturday May 20 at the Ocean Arena in Nagoya, Japan.
NAGOYA – Kosei Tanaka will defend his WBO light flyweight title for the first time when he takes on Angel Acosta of Puerto Rico in May, his Hatanaka Boxing Gym announced Tuesday.
Coliseo Roger Mendoza, Caguas, Puerto Rico - WBO junior flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka was ringside, scouting a final world title eliminator - which saw Angel "Tito" Acosta (16-0, 16 KOs) continue his streak of knockout victories with a tenth round stoppage of WBO #1 rated Jafet “The Lion” Uutoni (11-1, 4 KOs).