Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-02, good fight between Miguel Cotto and Sadam Ali: it gets three stars.The world champion in four different weight classes Miguel Angel Cotto entered this fight with record of 41-5-0 (33 KOs=80%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Erislandy Lara). He was defeated by Saul Canelo Alvarez in 2015 (=Cotto vs Canelo) but he came back to win in 2017 with Yoshihiro Kamegai (=Cotto vs Kamegai).
His opponent, Sadam Ali, has a boxing record of 25-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.25 welterweight. He suffered his only loss when he faced Jessie Vargas last year (=Vargas vs Ali) but then he has fought three times winning over Saul Corral, Jorge Silva and Johan Perez. Cotto vs Ali is valid for the WBO World super welterweight title (Cotto’s retirement fight and first title defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-12-02
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: WBO World super welterweight title
Cotto’s previous fight: Miguel Cotto vs Yoshihiro Kamegai
Ali’s next fight: Sadam Ali vs Jaime Munguia
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Cotto vs Ali full fight video:
Official video
Official highlights
Good scrap…Cotto’s been faded for a great while now. But faded today is not the same as faded when I was growing up & before my time. Congrats on an illustrious career. Cotta was a fan favorite through the yrs bc he was a “man’s” fighter….Courageous & brave & prone to not make excuses…Willing to fight whomever was there to be challenged. But Alas…he fought too many wars consecutively. & 1 in particular that changed the course of his career. Much respect for finding his way back from the hell to which a severe & devastating beating exiles a man…Enjoy your second half champion.
Hear, hear!
Very enjoyable. Smart work by Ali. He might have ended it more than once if he poured it on when he hurt Cotto. But he also rallied after Cotto’s control of the middle of the fight.
Goodbye, Miguel: a great fighter who’ll be missed.
Nice body shots from Cotto
Good fight and no too bad for Cotto because it was a close one but unfortunately, or fortunate for him, shall be his last bout. However, Ali hurt him several times and technically shown to be better boxer with quicker hands.
Cotto did very well on his career but it is about time to say goodbye and enjoy life as better as possible.
I think the most spectacular Cotto fight was when he took on late replacement Ricardo Torres in 2005. I’ll always remember that fight from him. Check it out, it’s worth it :)