Abner Cotto
Abner Cotto | |
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Born | Abner Joel Cotto Román August 10, 1987 |
Nationality | Puerto Rico |
Other names | Pin |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Lightweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 27 |
Wins | 23 |
Wins by KO | 12 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Puerto Rico | ||
Men’s boxing | ||
Pan American Games | ||
Rio 2007 | Featherweight |
Abner Cotto Román (born August 10, 1987) is a
Amateur career
Early life
Cotto was the third of four brothers born to Simón Cotto and María Román. He is part of a family that has several members involved in the sport of boxing. Among his relatives there are pugilists, including his second cousin, multiple-division world champion
National championships and Pan American Games
In early 2005, Cotto won the amateur national championship at the featherweight division. Consequently, the pugilist was included in a team that participated in an international tournament held in the Dominican Republic. Upon returning from that competition, he competed in an eliminatory to determine the roster for the Pan American Championships. After winning the first contest against Velázquez by walk over, Cotto defeated Wilfredo Bone by points, 48:19. In the finals he defeated Marcos Jiménez with scores of 43:18. In May 2005, Cotto completed his secondary education graduating from Josefa Pastrana High School. Despite his lack of international experience, he won the bronze medal in the Pan American Championships that took place in September 2005. This was followed by preparatory workouts in the Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe. In the later, he was matched against Khedafi Djelkhir of France, with the contest being declared a draw. Between January 25–28, 2009, Cotto defended his national championship, defeating Velázquez in the process. After participating in a tournament held in Aruba, he participated in the Copa Romana held in the Dominican Republic, winning a bronze medal.
In March 2007, Cotto participated in the first classificatory for the
Professional career
A work group dubbed "Team Abner Cotto" and composed by trainer Efraín Román, assistant trainer Armando Alamo and Evangelista Cotto as manager was subsequently assembled. Cotto began his professional career performing for his cousin's promotion, Promociones Miguel Cotto. His first fight took place in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where he defeated Edwin Gómez by knockout in 26 seconds. A month later, Cotto defeated Nelson Agosto in the first of four scheduled rounds. On June 26, 2009, he was paired against Jonathan González, winning by knockout in the second round. In his next fight, Cotto won his first decision over Alberto Amaro repeating the result months later against Guadalupe Guzmán. He closed 2009 by dissolving Jorge Luis Pérez Adorno's undefeated record, defeating him by technical knockout in two rounds. On September 25, 2010, Cotto won a decision over Enrique Quiñónez in six rounds. He closed the year by defeating Alberto de Jesús Trinidad by technical knockout in three rounds. Cotto opened 2011 with a decision victory over Carlos Claudio.
On October 26, 2011, Cotto won the Puerto Rican National Lightweight Championship, earning a decision over Fernando Torres. In his first fight of 2012, he decisioned Hevison Herrera to secure the World Boxing Council's FECARBOX and World Boxing Board's Americas regional championships.
On May 12, 2018, Cotto won the World Boxing Council's Fecarbox (WBC's Caribbean Boxing Federation's) Super Lightweight title by disposing of 11 wins, 11 losses and 3 draws (ties) rival Samuel Santana in four rounds at Cidra, Puerto Rico.[3] he followed that with a bout versus former world champion Jorge Linares, 44-4 with 27 knockout wins coming into their bout, on September 29, 2018, at Indio, California He lost to Linares by third round knockout to fall to 23-4, 12 knockouts himself, record-wise.[4]
Professional boxing record
27 fights | 23 wins | 4 losses |
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By knockout | 12 | 3 |
By decision | 11 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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References
- ^ "El puertorriqueño Abner Cotto quiere ser como su primo Miguel · Deportes · Deportes · Terra". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ Wilfredo Acevedo Rios (2009-08-29). "Nuevos Pinos: Abner Cotto" (in Spanish). BoxeoMundial.com. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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External links
- Boxing record for Abner Cotto from BoxRec (registration required)