Cotto vs Geale

Who won Cotto vs Geale?

Miguel Cotto beat Daniel Geale by technical knockout in the 4th round on Saturday, June 6th, 2015, at Barclays Center, New York.

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, and The Ring belts on the line.

Cotto vs Geale stats

Back in June 2015, Miguel Cotto stepped into the ring with a record of 39 wins, 4 losses, and 0  draws, 32 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Daniel Geale made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Cotto had a large advantage in power over Geale, boasting a 82% knockout percentage compared to Geale's 52%.

Miguel Cotto was the same age as Daniel Geale, at 34 years old.

Geale had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cotto. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Miguel Cotto and Daniel Geale fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cotto was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Geale, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 89 more professional rounds, totaling 345 compared to Geale's 256.

Cotto vs Geale form

Miguel Cotto had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Sergio Martinez on June 7, 2014, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Sergio Martinez on June 7, 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 beaten Delvin Rodriguez on October 5, 2013, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Before that, he had been beaten by Austin Trout on December 1, 2012, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr on May 5, 2012, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

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Cotto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

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