Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II
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| Date | 03 December, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
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| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super) super welterweight championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cotto defeats Margarito by Technical Knockout. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxer |
 Miguel Cotto |
 Antonio Margarito |
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| Nickname | Junito | Tony | |
| Hometown | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Tijuana, Mexico | |
| Pre-fight record | 36-2 (29 KO) | 38-7-1 (27 KO) | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Weight | 152¼ | 152½ | |
| Style | Orthodox | Orthodox | |
| Recognition | WBA (Super) super welterweight champion | Former IBF/WBO/WBA welterweight champion |
 You may watch Miguel Cotto vs various fighters here
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You may watch Antonio Margarito vs various fighters here
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Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) super welterweight title. The bout was held on December 3, 2011 at the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, United States. When Cotto and Margarito met in 2008, they waged their memorable welterweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto defeated Antonio Margarito via TKO in the 10th round.
The fight took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City under the promotion of Top Rank. It's contested at 153 pounds, with Cotto defending his WBA light middleweight championship.
The fight was televised on HBO Pay-Per-View, with the cost to watch the fight at $55 in the U.S.
The 17,943rd and final ticket was sold on Thursday, December 1, 2011. It produced a sellout gate in excess of $3 million for the Pay Per View-televised rematch.
After uniting with famed trainer, Emmanuel Steward, Cotto became Light Middleweight champion when he defeated Yuri Foreman, in a very bizarre way, at the Yankee Stadium on June 5, 2010. In round 7, Foreman slipped and badly injured his knee. He somehow found a way to finish and survive the round and would continue his fight in to round 8. With his corner growing even more concerned as time passed and the punishment on their fighter mounted, they threw in the towel stopping the fight in round 8. Arthur Mercante (referee) cleared the ring and restarted the fight. Foreman would eventually succumb to the pressure of Miguel in the following round after the fight restarted. He made one defense of his world title on March 12, 2011 against Ricardo Mayorga, with a technical knockout in the 12th round, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. He was ahead by five points on all three ringside scorecards entering the final round. He then unleashed a vicious left hook that sent the wild-swinging Nicaraguan to the canvas. Although Mayorga got up, he told referee Robert Byrd when the fight resumed that he couldn't go on. He said it wasn't the effect of the left hook that made him quit, but an injury to his thumb during the exchange.
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