Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. on October 29, 1980. At the age of 20 years on February 23, 2001, he made his professional boxing debut against Jason Doucet, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 21st career fight at 23 years old, Cotto became a super-lightweight world champion on September 11, 2004 after defeating Kelson Pinto via 6th-round TKO to win the vacant WBO title.
He then went on to become world champion at 3 more weight classes, winning the following titles:
Cotto's last fight was a super-welterweight (WBO) world-title defense against Sadam Ali on December 2, 2017. He lost the fight via 12th-round unanimous decision. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Miguel Cotto's best fights have been against Lovemore N'dou, Shane Mosley, Yoshihiro Kamegai, Paulie Malignaggi, Sergio MartĂnez, Victoriano Sosa and Yuri Foreman.
Cotto has 6 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
47  | Dec 2, 2017 37 years, 1 months 41-6 (33) | 29 years, 2 months 25-1 (14) | SWL | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBO |
46  | Aug 26, 2017 36 years, 9 months 41-5 (33) | 34 years, 9 months 27-3-2 (24) | SWL | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBO Vacant |
45  | Nov 21, 2015 35 years 40-5 (33) | 25 years, 4 months 45-1-1 (32) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost The Ring |
44  | Jun 6, 2015 34 years, 7 months 40-4 (33) | 34 years, 3 months 31-3 (16) | MD | 4 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
43  | Jun 7, 2014 33 years, 7 months 39-4 (32) | 39 years, 3 months 51-2-2 (28) | MD | 10 | RTD | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
42  | Oct 5, 2013 32 years, 11 months 38-4 (31) | 33 years, 5 months 28-6-3 (16) | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
41  | Dec 1, 2012 32 years, 1 months 37-4 (30) | 27 years, 2 months 25-0 (14) | SWL | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA (Regular) |
40  | May 5, 2012 31 years, 6 months 37-3 (30) | 35 years, 2 months 42-0 (26) | SWL | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA (Super) |
39  | Dec 3, 2011 31 years, 1 months 37-2 (30) | 33 years, 8 months 38-7 (27) | SWL | 9 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA (Super) |
38  | Mar 12, 2011 30 years, 4 months 36-2 (29) | 37 years, 5 months 29-7-1 (23) | SWL | 12 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Super) Vacant |
37  | Jun 5, 2010 29 years, 7 months 35-2 (28) | 29 years, 10 months 28-0 (8) | SWL | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBA |
36  | Nov 14, 2009 29 years 34-2 (27) | 30 years, 10 months 49-3-2 (37) | WL | 12 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBO |
35  | Jun 13, 2009 28 years, 7 months 34-1 (27) | 31 years, 8 months 35-2 (21) | WL | 12 | SD | WIN Defended WBO |
34 | Feb 21, 2009 28 years, 3 months 33-1 (27) | Michael Jennings | WL | 5 | TKO | WIN Won WBO Vacant |
33 | Jul 26, 2008 27 years, 8 months 32-1 (26) | 30 years, 4 months 36-5 (26) | WL | 11 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBA |
32  | Apr 12, 2008 27 years, 5 months 32-0 (26) | 27 years, 5 months 18-3-2 (8) | WL | 5 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
31  | Nov 10, 2007 27 years 31-0 (25) | 36 years, 2 months 44-4 (37) | WL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
30  | Jun 9, 2007 26 years, 7 months 30-0 (25) | 29 years, 7 months 34-4 (25) | WL | 11 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
29  | Mar 3, 2007 26 years, 4 months 29-0 (24) | 37 years, 1 months 38-3 (12) | WL | 11 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
28  | Dec 2, 2006 26 years, 1 months 28-0 (23) | 30 years 23-0 (18) | WL | 5 | RTD | WIN Won WBA Vacant |
27  | Jun 10, 2006 25 years, 7 months 27-0 (22) | 25 years, 6 months 21-0 (5) | SLT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBO |
26  | Mar 4, 2006 25 years, 4 months 26-0 (22) | 35 years, 5 months 36-1-1 (19) | SLT | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBO |
25  | Sep 24, 2005 24 years, 10 months 25-0 (21) | 25 years, 7 months 28-0 (26) | SLT | 7 | KO | WIN Defended WBO |
24  | Jun 11, 2005 24 years, 7 months 24-0 (20) | 31 years, 6 months 15-1 (12) | SLT | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended WBO |
23  | Feb 26, 2005 24 years, 3 months 23-0 (19) | 30 years, 8 months 29-3-1 (16) | SLT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBO |
22  | Dec 11, 2004 24 years, 1 months 22-0 (18) | 30 years, 2 months 28-4 (27) | SLT | 6 | TKO | WIN Defended WBO |
21 | Sep 11, 2004 23 years, 10 months 21-0 (17) | Kelson Pinto | SLT | 6 | TKO | WIN Won WBO Vacant |
20  | May 8, 2004 23 years, 6 months 20-0 (16) | 32 years, 8 months 38-6-1 (24) | SLT | 12 | UD | WIN |
19  | Feb 28, 2004 23 years, 3 months 19-0 (16) | 29 years, 10 months 37-3-2 (27) | SLT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
18  | Dec 6, 2003 23 years, 1 months 18-0 (15) | 32 years, 2 months 17-0 (16) | SLT | 8 | TKO | WIN |
17 | Sep 13, 2003 22 years, 10 months 17-0 (14) | Demetrio Ceballos | SLT | 7 | TKO | WIN |
16 | Jun 28, 2003 22 years, 7 months 16-0 (13) | Rocky Martinez | SLT | 2 | KO | WIN |
15 | Apr 19, 2003 22 years, 5 months 15-0 (12) | Joel Perez | 4 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Feb 1, 2003 22 years, 3 months 14-0 (11) | CĂ©sar BazĂĄn | SLT | 11 | TKO | WIN |
13 | Nov 22, 2002 22 years 13-0 (10) | Ubaldo Hernandez | 7 | KO | WIN | |
12 | Sep 14, 2002 21 years, 10 months 12-0 (9) | John Brown | 10 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Jul 30, 2002 21 years, 9 months 11-0 (9) | Carlos Alberto Ramirez | 3 | KO | WIN | |
10  | Jun 22, 2002 21 years, 7 months 10-0 (8) | 29 years, 5 months 36-6-1 (26) | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | May 3, 2002 21 years, 6 months 9-0 (7) | Juan Angel Macias | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Mar 1, 2002 21 years, 4 months 8-0 (6) | Sammy Sparkman | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Jan 11, 2002 21 years, 2 months 7-0 (5) | Joshua Smith | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Jul 28, 2001 20 years, 8 months 6-0 (4) | Arturo RodrĂguez | 2 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Jul 1, 2001 20 years, 8 months 5-0 (3) | Rudolfo Lunsford | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | May 20, 2001 20 years, 6 months 4-0 (2) | Martin Ramirez | 4 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Apr 28, 2001 20 years, 5 months 3-0 (2) | Waklimi Young | 4 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Mar 30, 2001 20 years, 5 months 2-0 (2) | Jacob Godinez | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Feb 23, 2001 20 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Jason Doucet | 1 | TKO | WIN |
