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For his final fight, Cotto earned a minimum purse of $1 million. Ali earned a career high $700,000 purse. [120] Cotto was set to have surgery on December 6 to mend a ruptured biceps tendon, which was successful. [121] [122] Cotto's final professional bout averaged 944,000 viewers and peaked at 1.012 million on HBO. [123]
However, a bloodied up Cotto decided to continue the fight, but he could not evade Pacquiao's onslaught, prompting the referee to stop the fight fifty-five seconds into the twelfth round. [7] Pacquiao was ahead on all three judges' scorecards before the stoppage, which read 109–99, 108–99, and 108–100, all in favor of Pacquiao.
Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as Relentless, was a boxing super welterweight fight for the WBA (Super) super welterweight championship. [1] [2] The bout was held on March 12, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. [3] [4] Cotto won the fight via technical knockout in the twelfth round. [5]
The fight generated 1.25 million buys and $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue, making it the most watched boxing event of 2009. [88] Pacquiao earned around $22 million for his part in the fight, whilst Cotto earned around $12 million. [88] Pacquiao–Cotto also generated a live gate of $8,847,550 from an official crowd of 15,930. [88]
As part of the buildup for the fight, HBO's "24/7" show produced an unprecedented three-part prelude. The series, titled Cotto-Margarito 24/7, aired installments on the final two Saturdays of November. Immediately following the back-to-back replay of both episodes of 24/7 COTTO/MARGARITO on Friday, Dec 2 at 8:00 p.m., the half-hour special "24/ ...
Miguel Cotto (right) against Oktay Urkal on March 3, 2007. After making six successful defenses of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight title, Cotto moved up in weight class to the welterweight division and defeated Carlos Quintana on December 2, 2006 to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title. [2]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. guaranteed $45 million vs. Miguel Angel Cotto $8 million Shane Mosley $750,000 vs. Canelo Álvarez $2 million The fight drew 1.5 Million pay per view buys.
Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez was a professional boxing match contested on November 21, 2015, for the WBC, The Ring and TBRB middleweight championship. [2] It took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada .