Photos from Madison Square Garden in New York as Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) belts out a punishing beating to Argentina’s Sergio Martinez to capture the WBC middleweight champion. Cotto dropped Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KO’s) three times in the first round and controlled the action througout, with Sergio’s corner electing to stop the match after nine rounds.

All photos courtesy of Chris Farina (Top Rank)

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