Trout vs Cotto

Who won Trout vs Cotto?

Austin Trout beat Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 1st December 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 117-111, 119-109 in favor of winner Austin Trout.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

This contest was for the WBA super welterweight championship of the world.

Trout vs Cotto stats

Back in December 2012, Austin Trout stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Miguel Cotto made his way to the ring with a record of 37 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 30 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cotto had a large advantage in power over Trout, boosting at 81% knock out percentage over Trout's 56%.

Austin Trout was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Trout had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cotto. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Austin Trout fought out of the southpaw stance, while Miguel Cotto was an orthodox fighter.

Trout was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 less fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 year and 6 months later than Cotto, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 44 less professional rounds, 301 to Cotto's 345.

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Cotto's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Trout vs Cotto?

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