Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez, best known as Miguel Cotto, is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the first and only Puerto Rican to win world titles in four different weight classes. The Transnational Boxing Rankings Boardcurrently ranks him as the world's fourth best middleweight...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth29 October 1980
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I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers.
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Winning the first championship is a goal for any boxer, and it means a lot to reach it.
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My team members are Hector Soto, who is a boxing promoter and Vice-president of Miguel Cotto Promotions. He runs all my business. He was the person that my father left in charge of it all. Bryan Perez is my right-hand man.
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To be the first Puerto Rican to win a world title in four divisions would be an achievement. Gomez, Benitez, there have been a lot of good fighters from Puerto Rico before me. When I started boxing, Tito Trinidad was our big star.
fights
I have always believed that you win fights round by round.
styles
As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.
front time
I just think about the fight and what can happen. In the ring, It's my time to shine in front of everyone.
fights
All boxers are different, and we all approach the fights in different ways.
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The harder I train every day on the track and in the gym, the more trust I gain in myself.
years boxing decision
After 14 years in boxing, the best decision I could have made was to take the last year off. My mind was not in boxing, but since I got here with Freddie, everything is working perfectly again. Boxing is all I know. Boxing is my life. Through boxing, I raised my family and I work to provide the best future for them. They are the reason I love boxing.
careers next chapters
Daniel Geale is the next chapter in my career. After I get through him, I can talk about what comes next.
believe fighting media
We as fighters always want to fight the best possible opponents and the best fights. We want the fans and media to be excited about the fights that we have. I now believe that this is a big fight and people want to see it, I'm not sure that was the case a few years back.
destiny careers together
Everything happens at the time it needs to happen. I do not push destiny. Boxers take different paths in their career and those roads don't always come together.
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Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.