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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.
[87] Cotto said in a post-fight interview: "Miguel Cotto comes to boxing to fight the biggest names, and Manny is one of the best boxers we have of all time." 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]
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.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto; Miguel Cotto vs. Kelson Pinto; T. Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Torres This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 15:00 (UTC). Text ...
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 ...
His signature stoppage victory over Miguel Cotto in 2008 was subsequently called into question. Following consecutive losses to Manny Pacquiao (a fight in which Margarito sustained career-changing eye damage) and a rematch against Cotto, Margarito retired from boxing in 2012 but returned for three more fights between 2016 and 2017.
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has broken his silence in response to a controversial cheating confession made by renowned Filipino referee Carlos Padilla Jr. Padilla, 88, claimed that the ...