Miguel Cotto

Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017, amassing a record of 41 wins, 6 losses, and 33 knockouts. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Cotto began his amateur career with a record of 125 wins and 23 losses, including participation in the 2000 Sydney Olympics representing Puerto Rico. He made his professional debut in 2001 and quickly rose to prominence, becoming the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions: junior welterweight, welterweight, super welterweight, and middleweight.

Cotto captured his first world title in 2004, defeating Kelson Pinto by sixth-round TKO to win the WBO junior welterweight championship. He added the WBA welterweight title in 2006 with a fifth-round stoppage of Carlos Quintana, followed by the WBO welterweight crown in 2009. In 2010, Cotto moved up to super welterweight and claimed the WBA title against Yuri Foreman via ninth-round TKO, and he secured a sixth world championship in 2017 by outpointing Yoshihiro Kamegai to win the vacant WBO super welterweight belt. His most notable victory came in 2014 at middleweight, where he stopped Sergio Martínez in the tenth round to capture the WBC and The Ring titles, solidifying his legacy as a versatile and resilient fighter.