José Miguel Cotto
| José Miguel Cotto | |||||||||||||
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| Real name | José Miguel Cotto Vázquez | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Welterweight | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Puerto Rican |
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| Born | June 22, 1977 Caguas, Puerto Rico |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||
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José Miguel Cotto Vázquez (born June 22, 1977 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the brother of the four-time World Champion boxer Miguel Angel Cotto. Cotto, who has boxed for most of his career under the shadow of his brother, trains at Bairoa Gym in Caguas.
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[edit] Amateur career
In 1995, he participated at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and won a silver medal. A year later he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated in the first round.
[edit] Pro career
He won the WBC Youth World super bantamweight title in August 20th 2000, a split decision win against a capable young Fernando Velardez (who would later fight Mexican legend Erik Morales for Morales' WBC Featherweight title).
On July 25, 2003, Cotto was supposed to fight in Phoenix, Arizona. However, his opponent had trouble getting a license to fight, as he had been knocked out recently and was serving a 45 day suspension from another state. The Arizona boxing commission was not able to find Cotto an opponent in time and the fight got cancelled.
On September 5, at his native Caguas, Cotto finally returned to action, with a first round knockout win over Johnny Walker. On December 19, he fought Anthony Martinez in Aibonito, winning by an eighth round knockout.
Cotto moved to Phoenix early in 2004. On April 14 of that year he stopped Mexican Luis Lizarraga at two minutes and thirty seven seconds of the first round to win the regional, IBC Intercontinental super featherweight title. He has also won the vacant WBO intercontinental super featherweight title during his fight with Genaro Trazancos.
On August 6, he beat former WBA Bantamweight champion Al Kotey by a ten round unanimous decision in San Juan. On August 20, 2005, Cotto would have boxed Manuel Medina, with a world title shot at stake. But he was not able to make the fight's weight limit and the fight was cancelled.
On January 29, 2005, Cotto knocked out Armando Cordoba in the first round to win the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title.
On January 20, 2006, Cotto knocked Ubaldo Hernandez out in seven rounds at Mayfield, California. On April 8, he received his first world title try, losing a twelve round decision to Juan Díaz as part of a Pay Per View undercard, for the WBA world Lightweight title in an exciting fight where both contestants threw nearly a hundred punches per round.
In May 2007, he and Prawat Singwangcha (30-3-1, 18 KOs) battled to a twelve round draw in a bout for the vacant WBA lightweight title.
Cotto then proceeded to fight Saul Alvarez at welterweight. Cotto got off to a good start and almost knocked out Alvarez, in round 2 Cotto went down after missing a hook. The referee stopped the fight in round 9 after Cotto was trapped in the corner and was taking many flush right hands by Alvarez.
On April 9, 2011 he lost a 10 round unanimous decision to former IBF Light Welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, managing to buckle Maligaggi a couple of times.
He is currently scheduled to face former two time lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo on February 11 2012.
[edit] Professional boxing record (Incomplete)
| 32 Wins (24 knockouts), 2 loss(s), 1 Draw, 0 No Contest [1] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponnent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| N/A |  Jose Luis Castillo |
- | ? (10) | 2012-03-24 |  Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, United States |
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| Loss | 32-3 | Paul Malignaggi |
UD | 10 (10) | 2011-04-09 | Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Judges scored the bout 99-91, 97-93, 99-91. |
