Trout vs Cotto

Who won Trout vs Cotto?

Austin Trout beat Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, December 1st, 2012, at Madison Square Garden, 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 was making his 2nd defense of the WBC World Super Welterweight Championship. He won this belt against Tim Tszyu in March 2024. He had held this belt for 1 year, 1 month and 18 days.

Trout vs Cotto stats

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

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

The stats suggested Cotto had a large advantage in power over Trout, boasting a 81% knockout percentage compared to 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 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 years and 6 months later than Cotto, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 44 fewer professional rounds, totaling 301 compared to Cotto's 345.

Trout vs Cotto form

Cotto had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuri Foreman on June 5, 2010, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx.

Before that, he had been beaten by Manny Pacquiao on November 14, 2009, by technical knockout in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Shane Mosley on November 10, 2007, by technical knockout at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Cotto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 54 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.8 rounds on average.

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