But their continued rivalry could be decided. Cotto decided not just to think about what might or might not have been in Margarito’s gloves, but to put his fate in his own hands.

Cotto, technically, is the better defensive fighter. When he crouches, pulling his gloves high to his forehead, or rolls his shoulders, he can be very difficult to hit square.

Cotto outjabbed Mosley 98-71, but his connect percentage was far greater. Cotto connected on 34 percent of his, more than a 2-to-1 edge over the 16-percent rate with which Mosley landed.

NEW YORK – Miguel Cotto came to work Wednesday wearing a natty light-brown suit, a crisply starched pale blue dress shirt and a perfectly knotted tie. He would have fit in perfectly had he been ...

Miguel Cotto became the first Puerto Rican fighter to win world championships in four weight divisions, stopping Sergio Martinez in their WBC world middleweight title fight Saturday night.

NEW YORK -- Miguel Cotto, in an absolute tour de force, won the middleweight championship of the world and made boxing history by stopping Sergio Martinez in the 10th round Saturday night at ...

NEW YORK -- Miguel Cotto, in an absolute tour de force, won the middleweight championship of the world and made boxing history by stopping Sergio Martinez in the 10th round Saturday night at ...