Alvarez vs Cotto

Who won Alvarez vs Cotto?

Canelo Alvarez beat Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 21st November 2015 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 119-109, 117-111 in favor of winner Canelo Alvarez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This contest was for the unified middleweight championship of the world, with the WBC & The Ring belts on the line.

Alvarez vs Cotto stats

Canelo Alvarez stepped into the ring with a record of 45 wins, 1 loss and 1  draw, 32 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Miguel Cotto made his way to the ring with a record of 40 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 33 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cotto had advantage in power over Canelo, with a 83% knock out percentage over Canelo's 71%.

Canelo Alvarez was the younger man by 10 years, at 32 years old.

Canelo had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cotto. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Canelo Alvarez & Miguel Cotto fought out of an orthodox stance.

Canelo was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 year and 8 months later than Cotto, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 127 more professional rounds, 472 to Cotto's 345.

Alvarez vs Cotto form

Canelo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Gennady Golovkin on 17th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their The Ring Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dmitry Bivol on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Caleb Plant on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

Before that, he had beat Billy Joe Saunders on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

He had won against Avni Yildirim on 27th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.

Miguel Cotto had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Daniel Geale on 6th June 2015 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Sergio Martinez on 7th June 2014 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Sergio Martinez on 7th June 2014 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had won against Delvin Rodriguez on 5th October 2013 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

He had lost to Austin Trout on 1st December 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Canelo Alvarez had been fighting more than Miguel Cotto.

Going to this contest, Canelo Alvarez had last fought 8 months and 11 days ago, while Miguel Cotto's last outing had been 7 years, 11 months and 22 days ago.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

Cotto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 10 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Alvarez vs Cotto start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 5:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Alvarez vs Cotto?

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