Miguel Cotto (23-0-19K) looks to avenge the loss he suffered at the hands of Mohamad Abdullaev (15-1-12K) in the 2000 Summer Games. Cotto is coming off a 5th round TKO victory over DeMarcus Corley.

The theme of this fight is repeat or redemption. Miguel Cotto (23-0-19 KO) looks to avenge the loss he suffered at the hands of Mohamad Abdullaev (15-1-12 KO) in the 2000 Summer Games.

Miguel Cotto made a statement in front of the pro Puerto Rican crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night as he scored a 57 second TKO victory in the 9th round over a game Mohamad ...

Soundly defeating Cotto, 17-7, in the opening round of the tournament, Abdullaev proved to be the best amateur at the 139 pound level; winning the gold medal for Uzbekistan.

But no one could have expected such a run against top-level opposition in the days before his first bout in the Garden against amateur rival Muhammad Abdullaev on June 11, 2005.