Miguel �ngel Cotto (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican (Puerto Rican people) professional boxer (professional boxing) and current WBA (World Boxing Association) super welterweight champion. He is currently ranked #8 in the Jr. Middleweight division by The Ring (The Ring (magazine)) magazine. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal.

Cotto began his professional career in 2001, and on September 11, 2004, he defeated Kelson Pinto for the WBO (World Boxing Organisation) junior welterweight championship. He defended the title successfully a total of six times, before vacating it when he ascended to the welterweight division.

On his first match on this division he defeated Carlos Quintana (Carlos Quintana (boxer)) for the vacant WBA (World Boxing Association) welterweight championship. Cotto successfully defended this title against Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso G�mez, before losing it to Antonio Margarito in a controversial fight. On February 21, 2009, he defeated Michael Jennings (Michael Jennings (boxer)) to win the vacant WBO (World Boxing Organisation) welterweight championship. Defending the title against Joshua Clottey before losing it to Manny Pacquiao on November 14, 2009. After the bout, Cotto moved to the junior middleweight division; he defeated Yuri Foreman by TKO on June 5, 2010, winning the WBA super welterweight title. He is one of the only men to win a world title four times.