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Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, billed as Firepower, was a boxing match for the WBO welterweight championship. [1] The bout was held on November 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Pacquiao won the fight via technical knockout in the twelfth round.
Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two. [5] There are several figures linked to boxing in his family, including his late father Miguel Cotto Sr., his brother José Miguel Cotto, his second cousin Abner Cotto, and his uncle and former boxing trainer Evangelista Cotto.
On November 14, 2009, Pacquiao defeated Miguel Cotto via technical knockout in the twelfth round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in a fight billed as "Firepower." Although the bout was sanctioned as a world title fight in the welterweight division, where the weight limit is 147 pounds, Cotto agreed to fight at a catchweight of 145 pounds.
Fight name and Rank Date World title(s) Result (#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#7) Miguel Cotto Nov 14, 2009: Cotto's WBO welterweight title: Pacquiao wins via 12th–round TKO (#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#8) Ricky Hatton
That speculation only intensified in 2009 when Pacquiao knocked Ricky Hatton cold in the second round on May 2, and then brutally beat Miguel Cotto before stopping him in the 12th round on Nov. 14.
Pages in category "Boxing matches involving Miguel Cotto" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto;
Manny Pacquiao is the first boxer to win world titles in seven different weight divisions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pacquiao clinched the feat when he defeated Miguel Cotto via TKO in 12th round and won the WBO Welterweight (147 lbs) title on November 14, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena . [ 3 ]
2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas went to Gleason's in Brooklyn to hang out with Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, who sports a career record of 39-4 with 32 knockouts. Cotto enters his first ...