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.
WBA | WBC | WBO | TheRing |
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MD w1 d1 | MD w1 d1 | ||
sWL w1 d2 | |||
WL w1 d4 | WL w1 d1 | ||
sLT w1 d6 |
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d6 | sWL w1 d0 |
This fight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Álvarez took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.