Cotto finally gets on boxing's center stage as Vegas headliner

When Miguel Cotto last fought in Las Vegas 3 1/2 years ago, a security guard tried to throw him out of the Mandalay Bay casino. He thought the light welterweight champion, then 24, was a minor. Nothing looks minor about Cotto any more. Now a welterweight titlist with a perfect record and a burgeoning international fame, Cotto already is among the world's elite boxers. When he faces Antonio Margarito on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden, he'll finally be a Vegas headliner as well, fulfilling another career-long dream. "In Vegas, when you're the main event, it's one of the biggest things you can do," Cotto said. "It's one of the greatest achievements of my career." It's unusual for the city's most anticipated fight to match two rising stars with no previous experience as main-event fighters in Las Vegas, but Cotto and... [read full story]