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

Miguel Cotto (Junito) defends his WBO super-welterweight title against Sadam Ali (World Kid). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

37
Feb 23, 2001
41-5
25
33 (71.7%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Aug 26, 2017
3m, 6d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jan 17, 2009
25-1
1
14 (53.8%)
173 cm
185 cm
12 cm
Orthodox
Jul 29, 2017
4m, 3d
3
WBAWBCWBOTheRing
MD
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d1
MD
w1
d1
sWL
w1
d2
sWL
w1
WL
w1
d4
WL
w1
d1
sLT
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d6
super-welterweight
Saturday, 2 Dec 2017
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Miguel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali

Date

This fight between Miguel Cotto and Sadam Ali took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Sadam Ali is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Miguel Cotto is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Ali also has a significant reach advantage of 15 cms over Cotto's 170 cm. On top of that, Ali also has a 12 cm ape index advantage over Cotto.

Cotto is coming in to this fight with a record of 41-5 (33 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 6 days ago against Yoshihiro Kamegai, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Yoshihiro Kamegai's boxing career

Ali comes in with a record of 25-1 (14 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 3 days ago against Johan PĂ©rez, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cotto will be 37 years and 1 month old. Ali will be 29 years and 2 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 52-48 in favor of Sadam Ali. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Cotto vs Ali.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Sadam Ali may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Cotto stops Ali early.

Result

Sadam Ali defeated Miguel Cotto via 12 round UD. Cotto's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali advances his win streak to 4. Ali is now 26-1, and Cotto 41-6.

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