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Birth name | Carlos Omar Cotto Cruz |
Born | Caguas, Puerto Rico | February 13, 1980
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | (El) Chicano El Ilegal El Chico Ilegal El Pelotero |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Debut | 2000 |
Carlos Omar Cotto Cruz (born February 13, 1980) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and boxer. As a wrestler, he perform under the alias of El Chicano and has performed mostly for the International Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Council. While performing for the first, Cotto became the only person to win all eligible championships, later becoming a Universal Heavyweight Champion in the second. Locally, he has held the main title of a promotion (or World/Universal Heavyweight Championship) nine times. Abroad, Cotto has worked for AAA in 2010 (as El Ilegal) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 2016.
A member of the Cotto boxing family, Cotto became involved in the sport late in his life. After competing in few amateur fights, Cotto became a professional and joined Miguel Cotto Promotions.