Cotto vs. Canelo: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Miguel Cotto (Junito) defends his The Ring middleweight title against Canelo Álvarez (Canelo). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

35
Feb 23, 2001
40-4
309
33 (75%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jun 6, 2015
168 days
3
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Lay Off
Win Streak
25
Oct 29, 2005
45-1-1
313
32 (68.1%)
173 cm
179 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
May 9, 2015
196 days
3
WBAWBCWBOTheRing
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d1
sWL
w1
d2
WL
w1
d4
WL
w1
d1
sLT
w1
d6
WBAWBCTheRing
sWL
w1
d0
sWL
w1
d6
sWL
w1
d0
middleweight
Saturday, 21 Nov 2015
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
v0.1.5-beta 2023-06-09
Cotto vs. Canelo

Date

This fight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Álvarez took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Canelo Álvarez is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Miguel Cotto is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 179 cm, Canelo also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Cotto's 170 cm. On top of that, Canelo also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Cotto.

Cotto is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-4 (33 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Daniel Geale, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Daniel Geale's boxing career

Canelo comes in with a record of 45-1-1 (32 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 12 days ago against James Kirkland, which he won via 3rd round KO.

James Kirkland's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cotto will be 35 years old. Canelo will be 25 years and 4 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Cotto vs Canelo.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Miguel Cotto wins?

Result

Canelo Álvarez defeated Miguel Cotto via 12 round UD to win the vacant WBC and The Ring middleweight titles. Cotto's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Canelo advances his win streak to 4. Canelo is now 46-1-1, and Cotto 40-5.

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