Martinez vs Cotto

Who won Martinez vs Cotto?

Miguel Cotto beat Sergio Martinez by on Saturday 7th June 2014 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 77-90, 77-90, 77-90 in favor of winner Miguel Cotto.

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 WBC middleweight championship of the world.

Martinez vs Cotto stats

Back in June 2014, Sergio Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 51 wins, 2 loses and 2  draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Miguel Cotto made his way to the ring with a record of 38 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 31 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cotto had a large advantage in power over Martinez, boosting at 82% knock out percentage over Martinez's 55%.

Sergio Martinez was the older man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cotto. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Sergio Martinez fought out of the southpaw stance, while Miguel Cotto was an orthodox fighter.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 1997, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Cotto, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 95 more professional rounds, 440 to Cotto's 345.

Martinez vs Cotto form

Martinez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Martin Murray on 27th April 2013 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Distrito Federal, Argentina.

Previous to that, he had defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 15th September 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 15th September 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Nevada.

Before that, he had won against Matthew Macklin on 17th March 2012 by technical knockout in the 11th round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had beat Kelly Pavlik on 17th April 2010 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight and WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Miguel Cotto had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Delvin Rodriguez on 5th October 2013 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

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

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

Before that, he had defeated Antonio Margarito on 3rd December 2011 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had won against Zab Judah on 9th June 2007 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Sergio Martinez had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 11 days ago, while Miguel Cotto's last outing had been 8 months and 2 days ago.

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 59 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.8 rounds on average.

Cotto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 26 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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