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Miguel Cotto: New York's Mr. Manhattan

The last time Miguel Cotto fought in New York was a little more than a year ago in June, when the Cuagas, Puerto Rico native scored a disputed, 12-round, split-decision victory over Bronx resident Joshua Clottey of Ghana at Madison Square Garden. Cotto appeared to be infused with energy during what was a...

Q&A With Rafael Garcia, Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Hand-Wrapping Guru

Since Rafael Garcia (pictured above, center, in black T-shirt) first began wrapping the hands of Floyd Mayweather , the fighters' problems with brittle hands have been remedied. And that's a big deal, nowadays, given the long, rumored suspicions that the unbeaten Mayweather (40-0, 25 knockouts) was going to be using a...

For Pacquiao and Cotto, More Than Just a Title Is on the Line

Throughout the promotion leading up to Saturday night's mega-fight between challenger Manny Pacquiao and his champion fighter Miguel Cotto, trainer Joe Santiago's reputation has taken a verbal beating from his counterpart, Freddie Roach. A Hall of Fame cornerman whose hopes to guide Pacquiao to an unprecedented, seventh...

Miguel Cotto Struggles for Popularity

LAS VEGAS -- Miguel Cotto is a star in Puerto Rico, just not the major attraction that Manny Pacquiao is in his native Philippines.And among the contributing reasons is that while Cotto's nation has a long list of fighting predecessors against whom to compare him, Pacquiao's essentially has none. [See note at bottom.]"The...

Cotto May Have to Bleed to Succeed

On Saturday night, Miguel Cotto, will walk into the same Las Vegas hotel arena where, sixteen months ago, the Puerto Rican fighter suffered the worst beating of his professional boxing career. And as sure as he knows he'll be at ringside delivering his commentary for Cotto's matchup at the MGM Grand, HBO's Jim Lampley...