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Pacquiao TKOs Cotto, makes history
\nINQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
\nFirst Posted 13:34:00 11\/15\/2009
\nFiled Under: Sport, Boxing, Pacquiao
\nMANILA, Philippines \u2013 (UPDATE 3) Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made history Sunday (Manila time) when he bagged the welterweight title, his seventh in as many divisions, via technical knockout of Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, the reigning champion in that division.
\nKenny Bayless, the referee of the match, stopped the fight at 2:04-minute mark of the 12th round declaring Pacquiao the winner in the fight held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
\nPacquiao bucked a size disadvantage against Cotto on his way to becoming the first fighter to win world titles in seven divisions.
\nPacquiao has won the world championships in the flyweight (112 pounds), super bantamweight (122 lb), featherweight (126 lb), super featherweight (130 lb), lightweight (135 lb), and light welterweight (140 lb).
\nNo man has won seven world titles in seven weight divisions and only five boxers have won six \u2013 Pacquiao, Oscar de la Hoya, Thomas Hearns, Hector Camacho, and James Toney.
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