Cotto-Margarito II

By John F. McKenna (McJack): As evidenced by the sell out two days ahead of time, the Margarito – Cotto II fight has proven to be a promoters dream. The famed venue for the fight Madison Square Garden (MSG) sold all of its 17,943 tickets two days ahead of the fight.

NEW YORK (November 29, 2011) — Three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico MIGUEL COTTO and professional rival and three-time welterweight world champion ANTONIO “The Tijuana Tornado” MARGARITO, of México, will step on the scale for their Official Weigh-In for their long-awaited world championship rematch, This Friday! December 2 in the Theater at [...]

NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) — This time it’s personal. Three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico MIGUEL COTTO will make the second defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title in the long-awaited rematch against professional rival and three-time welterweight world champion ANTONIO “The Tijuana Tornado” MARGARITO, of México, Saturday, [...]

By Chris Williams: The December 3rd rematch between WBA Super World light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (28-7, 27 KO’s) will be shown on pay per view by HBO instead of Showtime PPV, according to news from Dan Rafael. For boxing fans, this matters little because it’s still going to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The December 3rd rematch between Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) and WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) will have a small 153 pound catchweight for Cotto, but won’t contain the 160 pound cap that he had requested for the morning of the fight. The weight cap would have pretty [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After three long years Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will finally get a chance to fight each other again in a fight that will be taking place on December 3rd . The fight was finalized today, but there is still no scheduled venue for the mini mega fight, but it’s expected to [...]

By Thomas David Drury: February 9 2008 was the first time that boxers from Puerto Rico had held three of the four major welter-weight titles, WBA, IBF, WBO, when Carlos Quintana defeated Paul Williams to join Miguel Cotto and Kermit Cintron as champions in the division. Puerto Rican fighter’s have achieved numerous feats which include [...]

By Liam Brindle / Lee Demain: After watching Miguel Cotto (36/29KO/2) Outbox and eventually drop Nicaraguan bomber Ricardo Mayorga ( 29/23KO/8/1) it’s apparent that Cotto, Under Manny Stewards watch, has improved significantly since the brutal beating at the hands of the p4p king Manny Paquiao, his footwork, movement and defence are much better and his [...]