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Cotto kept hitting Corley with stamina-reducing shots to the body and the head in round two, but he lost a point, when, without any previous warnings, referee Ismael Quinones Falu deducted it from the scorecards after Corley complained that Cotto had hurt him on the crotch area.
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Cotto opened a cut over Malignaggi's right eye in the first round, which, according to Malignaggi, affected his performance over the course of the fight, by stating " this was the first time in which I was cut, and the blood kept going into my eye.
Cotto and Corley
During the fight, Cotto practiced a boxing style that was more aggressive than usual, trading hits with Corley over the course of the first round.
" Just a few days after retaining the crown versus Corley, Cotto received a personal blow when his stablemate and friend, former 2004 Olympian Joseph Serrano, was shot in the head upon leaving the Bairoa gym.
The Cotto vs. Corley fight was a bout held in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, on February 26, 2005.
In the third round, Corley hit Cotto flush with a right hand to the chin, and Cotto, who was arguably having the worst round of his career, almost fell.
Corley mounted an attack, pinning Cotto against the ropes for most of the round.
Cotto, who, by the way, weighed 157 pounds ( 71 kg ) on HBO's weight balance on the day of the fight compared to Corley's 140 pounds ( 63. 5 kg ), pinned Corley against the ropes.
The third knockdown, however, would become the subject of a small controversy, as, instead of counting on Corley, Quinones Falu decided to stop the fight at that moment, giving Cotto the victory by a fifth round technical knockout.
HBO's instant replays showed that none of the punches that Cotto threw before Corley decided to take a knee had actually landed.
But their claims were quickly countered by Corley himself, who admitted to going down for the third time as a strategy to avoid further punishment from Cotto and maybe buy himself more fight time.
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He has had great success with fighters such as Miguel Cotto, who has won world titles at 140, 147 and 154 pounds, and Antonio Margarito, who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002 – 2007.
Mosley, now 37 years old, came in to the fight as a 4 – 1 underdog with the bookies after Margarito had spectacularly stopped Cotto 6 months earlier.
During this card, Cotto utilized a defensive stance with his hands in a high position instead of his usual aggressive orthodox stance.
" Cotto won the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 116 – 111 and 115 – 112.
Margarito then threw a series of punches at the start of the eleventh round, with Cotto against the ropes and bleeding profusely.
Cotto believes that Margarito cheated because there was a picture of Margarito with his glove off and his wrap was cracked HBO analyst Harold Lederman had also scored the fight even.
In the third, Cotto pursued the offensive more fluidly, connecting with jabs and hooks.
Cotto ended up knocking Foreman down with a signature left hook to the body in the ninth round, claiming the WBA Light Middleweight title, his fourth overall in three different weight divisions.
The fight started off with Cotto establishing himself as the fights ' aggressor, but with Mayweather winning the first two rounds using effective counter-punching and body movement to block most of Cotto's punches.
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Rather than agreeing to a rematch with Clottey, Margarito vacated the IBF title and agreed to a fight with undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.
From this point on, Londo becomes trapped by his association with Morden and his newfound prestige with the Centauri government, and Morden becomes less friendly and more manipulative, especially after he is confronted by Londo's aide, Vir Cotto.
Garibaldi is accosted by Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari ; the two lightheartedly joke about past Centauri-Human relations before Londo's diplomatic aide, Vir Cotto, arrives with news of the attack on Ragesh 3.
Londo promotes Vir Cotto to diplomatic status and orders him to negotiate with the Narn while he pursues Adira.
Vir Cotto, the acting Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, meets with Dr. Stephen Franklin, B5's medical chief, and Lyta, the station's resident telepath.
Michael Garibaldi is the head of the Edgars-Garibaldi corporation, Dr. Stephen Franklin is the head of xenobiological research on Earth, Ivanova is now a General with Earthforce, and Vir Cotto is Emperor of the Centauri.
Londo is very appreciative of his friends and reluctantly tolerant of insincerity ; he often chooses the friendship of people with temperaments similar to his own, but with personalities suited towards brutal honesty ( Michael Garibaldi ), or sincere naivety ( Lennier, Vir Cotto ).
Mollari began a conspiracy to have Cartagia assassinated, with the help of Vir Cotto, a number of high-ranking Centauri and G ' Kar, who was Cartagia's prisoner at the time.
In a conference with the surviving members of the Centauri houses, Cotto was named the next Emperor-thus fulfilling Lady Morella's prophecy that both Londo and Vir would be Emperor, but one would be Emperor only after the other died.
Emperor Cotto went to Minbar for one last meal with Sheridan and his friends.
Cotto and body
Following a punch to the body, Quintana surrendered prior to the start of the sixth round and Cotto won the vacant World Boxing Association Welterweight Championship.
Towards the end of the round, both fighters engaged in an exchange of powerful lefts, with Cotto's barely missing Corley's body, but Corley's getting Cotto on the head and sending him to the ropes again.
Cotto and head
His head was placed upon a pike on the Centauri royal grounds, a gift from Londo to his aide, Vir Cotto, who mocks him in the exact manner he said he would, back when Morden had asked Vir what the latter wanted.
Cotto and round
The inaugural Diamond Belt was awarded on November 14, 2009 to Manny Pacquiao who won his seventh world title ( in seven different divisions ) via 12th round technical knockout over Miguel Ángel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
A comparison of their last fights ; the aforementioned destruction of Cotto by Margarito and a last-gasp knockout by Mosley in a hard twelve round struggle against Mayorga did not bode well for Mosley.
Over the course of the fight Cotto scored three knockdowns and won the fight by knockout in the sixth round.
Cotto scored three knockdowns before the fight was stopped by the referee at 2: 45 of the fifth round following a combination by Miguel.
As amateurs, Abdulaev eliminated Cotto from the first round of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
In the ninth round, following accurate punches by Cotto, the fight's referee paused the fight and asked the ringside doctor to examine Abdullaev's eye.
In the first round, Cotto had an offensive advantage and scored a knockdown on Torres.
Cotto was apparently in better condition when the third round began and was dominating the fight at that point.
Cotto dominated the fourth round and Torres won the fifth.
Cotto scored a knockdown and won the sixth round.
At 1: 24 of the seventh round, a left hook by Cotto knocked Torres out.
On March 4, 2006, Cotto retained his WBO title by knocking out Gianluca Branco, who had to give up during the eighth round of their bout due to a shoulder injury.
Cotto defeated Quintana by technical knockout in the fifth round.
Cotto won by technical knockout in the eleventh round when the referee stopped the fight.
Throughout the fight, Cotto scored three knockdowns before the fight was stopped following the fifth round, when the doctor indicated to the referee that Gómez could not continue.
Cotto was hurt in the seventh round after a pair of Margarito uppercuts caused his nose to bleed.
One round later, Cotto scored two knockdowns on Jennings, who was able to continue until the recess.
In the first round, Cotto scored a knockdown after connecting a jab.
On November 14, 2009, Pacquiao defeated Cotto by TKO at 55 seconds into the 12th round, dethroning Cotto as the WBO Welterweight Champion.
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