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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 33 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 24 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and seven months, José Cotto fought 38 times with 33 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.
Cotto retired from professional boxing with a record of 33-4-1. He fought for world titles twice at two weight classes — lightweight and super-lightweight. He had a 63.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 24 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins. The only knockout loss in Cotto's career was a 9th round TKO loss to Canelo Álvarez in a super-lightweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round split decision defeat to Manuel Pérez on July 21, 2012.
Some of Cotto's best fights and notable victories include wins over Genaro Trazancos, Ubaldo Hernandez, Alfred Kotey, Ivan Hernandez, Armando Cordoba, Martin Ramirez, and Ilido Julio.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Jul 21, 2012 | 35 | Manuel Pérez | Loss | SD |
37 | Apr 21, 2012 | 34 | Eric Cruz | Win | UD |
36 | Apr 9, 2011 | 33 | Paulie Malignaggi | Loss | UD |
35 | Nov 5, 2010 | 33 | Christopher Henry | Win | TKO4 |
34 | May 1, 2010 | 32 | Canelo Álvarez | Loss * | TKO9 |
33 | Dec 19, 2009 | 32 | Ilido Julio | Win | TKO6 |
32 | Sep 26, 2009 | 32 | Martin Ramirez | Win | KO3 |
31 | Aug 29, 2009 | 32 | Anthony Woods | Win | TKO4 |
30 | May 11, 2007 | 29 | Prawet Singwancha | Draw | MD |
29 | Aug 4, 2006 | 29 | Ivan Hernandez | Win | TKO10 |
28 | Apr 8, 2006 | 28 | Juan Díaz | Loss * | UD |
27 | Jan 20, 2006 | 28 | Ubaldo Hernandez | Win | KO7 |
26 | Mar 4, 2005 | 27 | Genaro Trazancos | Win | TKO7 |
25 | Jan 29, 2005 | 27 | Armando Cordoba | Win | KO1 |
24 | Aug 6, 2004 | 27 | Alfred Kotey | Win | UD |
23 | May 14, 2004 | 26 | Luis Alfonso Lizarraga | Win | KO1 |
22 | Dec 19, 2003 | 26 | Anthony Martinez | Win | TKO7 |
21 | Sep 5, 2003 | 26 | Johnny Walker | Win | TKO1 |
20 | Jan 11, 2002 | 24 | Agustin Lorenzo | Win | KO1 |
19 | Jun 3, 2001 | 23 | Steve Trumble | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Aug 20, 2000 | 23 | Fernando Velardez | Win | SD |
17 | Jun 3, 2000 | 22 | Marik McKay | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Aug 28, 1999 | 22 | Arthur Robert Cruz | Win | UD |
15 | Jun 19, 1999 | 21 | Freddy Cruz | Win | UD |
14 | Apr 18, 1999 | 21 | Mack McLin | Win | RTD5 |
13 | Feb 27, 1999 | 21 | Joe Morales | Win | UD |
12 | Jan 30, 1999 | 21 | Darryl Pinckney | Win | UD |
11 | Oct 24, 1998 | 21 | Israel Coraliz | Win | TKO6 |
10 | Jul 24, 1998 | 21 | Shane Gannon | Win | TKO2 |
9 | May 29, 1998 | 20 | Cornell Harris | Win | TKO2 |
8 | May 2, 1998 | 20 | Rafael Garcia | Win | KO1 |
7 | Mar 13, 1998 | 20 | Bobby Wright | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Jan 17, 1998 | 20 | Freddy Soto | Win | UD |
5 | Dec 20, 1997 | 20 | Adan Zavala | Win | DQ |
4 | Dec 14, 1997 | 20 | Miguel Rivera | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Oct 25, 1997 | 20 | Rafael Jusino | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Jun 21, 1997 | 19 | Clifton Scott | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Dec 13, 1996 | 19 | Eugenio Ventura | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
José Cotto is a 46-year old retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico on June 22, 1977. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1996 to 2012.
Cotto made his professional boxing debut against Eugenio Ventura at the age of 19 on December 13, 1996, defeating Ventura via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 26 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on April 8, 2006 after 27 professional fights, against Juan Díaz for the WBA (Regular) title. He lost to Díaz via 12 round unanimous decision.
Cotto had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Manuel Pérez on July 21, 2012. Cotto lost the fight via 10 round split decision. It's been 11 years, 9 months, and 11 days since this fight.
Cotto knocked out 24 of his 38 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 63.2%. Of his total 33 wins, 24 of them were via KO (72.7%).