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Miguel Cotto has won belts before.
In purist terms, on Saturday night he became one of history’s genuine champions for the first time. If anyone had predicted when Cotto was struggling with DeMarcus Corley and Ricardo Torres at 140 that he would one day hold the Middleweight crown, it would have seemed laughable.
Yet here we are. The long historical succession from Harry Greb to Carlos Monzon to Marvin Hagler to Bernard Hopkins now stops at Miguel Cotto. It wasn’t predictable years ago. It happened Saturday night. It’s easy to think this won’t be a long reign. Cotto is still small for the division and the stars aligned with the right Middleweight Champion at the right time. [Click Here To Read More]
In purist terms, on Saturday night he became one of history’s genuine champions for the first time. If anyone had predicted when Cotto was struggling with DeMarcus Corley and Ricardo Torres at 140 that he would one day hold the Middleweight crown, it would have seemed laughable.
Yet here we are. The long historical succession from Harry Greb to Carlos Monzon to Marvin Hagler to Bernard Hopkins now stops at Miguel Cotto. It wasn’t predictable years ago. It happened Saturday night. It’s easy to think this won’t be a long reign. Cotto is still small for the division and the stars aligned with the right Middleweight Champion at the right time. [Click Here To Read More]
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