Miguel Cotto Biography and Boxing Record

Miguel Angel Cotto is a Puerto Rican professional boxer rated in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal.

Cotto successfully defended this title against Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso Gómez, before losing it to Antonio Margarito. On February 21, 2009, he defeated Michael Jennings to win the vacant WBO welterweight championship.

Real name: Miguel Angel Cotto
Nickname: Junito
Rated at: Welterweight
Height: 5ft. 7in.
Nationality: Puerto Rico
Birth date: October 29, 1980
Age: 28

Miguel Cotto Boxing record
Total fights: 35
Wins: 34
Wins by KO: 27
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
No contests: 0

Manny Pacquiao wants a fight with Cotto at 143 limits

The fight between pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is not yet closed. According to a source, Pacquiao revealed that although negotiations for his proposed bout with Cotto are running smoothly, they have yet to agree on the purse split or the catch-weight for the bout.

Pacquiao admitted that he'd still like to shoot for a catch-weight of 142-143 pounds. However, Cotto's nutritionist said it would be impossible for him to get below 144 pounds. "Cotto is a welterweight and the nutritionist is saying the lowest he can go is 144. Manny will be fine with that. He doesn't want a guy to get in there and injure himself by fighting at an unrealistically low weight," Arum stated early last month.

Pacquiao and Cotto at the welterweight limit

The proposed mega-fight between pound-for-pound champ Manny Pacquiao and WBO Welterweight Champion, Miguel Cotto is getting intense. Many in the boxing community are scratching their heads over a matchup featuring a natural Junior-Lightweight and a fighter believed to have seen his better days.

If the proposed Cotto-Pacquiao fight were to come off as expected, it will happen because of tremendous concessions extracted from Cotto's side. Aside from a deeply-insulting 65/35 purse split in Manny's favor, Cotto will probably have to weigh in at no more than 145 lbs., his lightest weight since his WBO super-lightweight title defense victory over Paulie Malinaggi in 2006.

Pacquiao-Cotto Fight: Manny Pacquaio vs Miguel Cotto on Nov 14?

Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have tentatively agreed to fight in Las Vegas on November 14, giving the world's best pound-for-pound boxer a very challenging fight against a highly ranked opponent .

The Los Angeles Times reports that Bob Arum, who promotes both Pacquiao and Cotto, says he's close to getting contractual arrangements worked out for Pacquiao and Cotto to fight each other. The fighters would have to agree on how they would split the purse and how much they'd both weigh before the deal can get done, but Arum indicated that Cotto not Shane Mosley is Pacquiao's likely next opponent:

A Cotto vs. Pacquiao fight would be one of the biggest of the year in boxing. But it wouldn't necessarily be a good thing for boxing fans, because it would also be a step away from the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather superfight that everyone wants to see.