Cotto pummels Geale at Barclays Center
Retains WBC Middleweight Crown with Fourth-Round Stoppage
Thanks to Miguel Cotto, there will be a little extra swagger in the steps of the thousands of Brooklynites who will Salsa their way down Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park on Sunday evening during our borough’s first official Puerto Rican Day Parade since the late 1980s.
That’s because Cotto, the only Puerto Rican fighter ever to win championships in four different weight classes, demolished Australian challenger Daniel Geale in four furious rounds Saturday night at Downtown’s Barclays Center, scoring his 33rd career knockout and retaining his WBC Middleweight belt.
The 34-year-old ring veteran, who traditionally fights in New York prior to the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, had the majority of just over 12,000 fans packed into the state-of-the-art arena on his side during his Brooklyn debut.