Cotto vs. Canelo: Round by Round KOs

Cotto vs. Canelo: Round by Round KOs

By M.DeTyrone

I will compare Round by Round, Cotto’s 33KOs in 44 fights (75%KO) and Canelo’s 32KOs in 47 fights (68%KO). Cotto has 18 KOs in the super lightweight division, 9 KOs in the welterweight division, 4 KOs in the super welterweight division, and 2 in the middleweight division. Canelo has two KOs in the super lightweight division, 20 KOs in the welterweight division, 8 KOs in the super welterweight division, 2 KOs in the middleweight division.

ROUND 1:

Canelo has five KOs

1.      Carlos Leonardo Herrera TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.      Antonio Fitch TKO’d in the welterweight division

3.      Raul Pinzon TKO’d in the welterweight division

4.      Axel Rodrigo Solis TKO’d in the welterweight division

5.      Pedro Lopez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has one KO

   

      1. Jason Doucet was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

ROUND 2:

Alvarez has seven KOs.

1.         Marat Khuzeev KO’d in the welterweight division 

2.         Sean Holly KO’d in the super welterweight division (catchweight in 2007)

3.         Jesus Abel Hernandez KO’d in the welterweight division 

4.         Daniel Martinez KO’d in the welterweight division 

5.         Juan Hernandez KO’d in the Jr. Welterweight division 

6.         Pablo Alvarado KO’d in the welterweight division 

7.         Cristian Hernandez KO’d in the welterweight division 

Cotto has five KOs.

1.         Rocky Martinez KO’d in the super lightweight division

2.         Sammy Sparkman was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Joshua Smith was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

4.         Arturo Rodriguez KO’d in the super lightweight division

5.         Jacob Godinez was TKO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 3:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         James Kirkland KO’d in the middleweight division (catchweight)

2.         Brian Camechis KO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has Two KOs.

1.         Delvin Rodriguez was TKO’d in the super welterweight division. 

2.         Carlos Alberto Ramirez KO’d in the super lightweight division

In the first three rounds Canelo 14KOs 44% of his 32KOs & Cotto 8KOs 24% of his 33KOs the most notable KOs are Canelo’s KO of James Kirkland and Cotto’s KO of Delvin Rodriguez. To his credit, Delvin Rodriguez has challenged twice for a world title versus Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara. Has Kirkland been a better boxer Rodriguez? Kirkland has fought in spurts better opposition; however, he’s been a dangerous KO artist only when Anne Wolfe, trained him. At any rate, Kirkland never lived up to the promise of being a great boxer.

ROUND 4:

Cotto has four KOs.

1.         Daniel Geale was TKO’d in the middleweight division a catchweight of 157 lbs.

2.         Victoriano Sosa TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

3.         Joel Perez TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

4.         Rudolfo Lunsford TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Victor Marquez KO‘d in the welterweight division

2.         Ivan Illescas KO’d in the welterweight division

3.         Abraham Gonzalez KO’d in the Jr. Welterweight division

ROUND 5:

Cotto has a total of Five KOs.

1.         Michael Jennings was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

2.         Alfonso Gomez was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Carlos Quintana was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

4.         DeMarcus Corley was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

5.         Justin Juuko TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Josesito Lopez TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Kermit Cintron TKO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Fransico Villanueva KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 6:

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Alfonso Gomez TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Carlos M. Baldomir KO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Luciano Leonel Cuello TKO’d in the super welterweight division

Cotto has two KOs. 

1.         Randall Bailey was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

2.         Kelson Pinto was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

ROUND 7:

Cotto has four KOs.

1.         Ricardo Torres TKO’d in the super lightweight Division.

2.         Demetrio Ceballos TKO’d in the super lightweight Division.

3.         Ubaldo Hernandez KO’d in the super lightweight Division

4.         Juan Angel Macias was TKO’d welterweight Division.

From rounds four and seven Cotto 15 KOs 45% of his 33KOs & Canelo 9KOs, 28% of his 32 KOs the most notable fact is that, seven of Cotto’s KOs were in world title fights vs. Geale was Cotto’s first WBC World middleweight title defense, Cotto vs. Quintana was for the vacant WBA World welterweight title in 2006. Cotto vs. Gomez was Cotto’s fourth WBA World welterweight title defense in 2008, Cotto vs. Corley was Cotto’s second WBO World super lightweight title defense; Cotto vs. Kelson Pinto was for the vacant WBO World super lightweight title. Cotto vs. Randall Bailey was Cotto’s first WBO World super lightweight title defense and Cotto vs. Ricardo Torres was Cotto’s fourth WBO World super lightweight title defense.   Three of Canelo’s nine KOs were in WBC world super welterweight title fights vs. Alfonso Gomez, Josesito Lopez, and Kermit Cintron all three returned to the welterweight division after their fight vs. Canelo.

ROUND 8:

Cotto has two KOs.

1.         Gianluca Branco was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

2.         Carlos Maussa was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has one KO.

1.         Javier Martinez KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 9:

Cotto has three KOs.

1.         Yuri Foreman was TKO’d in the super welterweight division.

2.         Antonio Margarito was TKO’d in the super welterweight division.

3.         Muhammad Abdullaev TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Francisco Villanueva TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.         Jose Miguel Cotto TKO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Jeferson Luis Goncalo KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 10:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         Michel Rosales TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.         Alfredo Angulo TKO’d in the middleweight division (catchweight)

Cotto has one KO.

1.         Sergio Gabriel Martinez was TKO’d in a 159 lbs. middleweight catchweight.

From rounds eight to ten Cotto 6KOs 19% KOs of his 33KOs & Canelo 6KOs, 18.75% of his 32 KOs. Five of Cotto’s six KOs were world title fights vs. Branco it was Cotto’s fifth WBO world super lightweight title defense; Cotto vs. Abdullaev was Cotto’s third WBO World super lightweight title defense, and vs. Sergio G. Martinez, it was for the WBC world middleweight title. The only significant Canelo KO was vs. Alfredo Angulo.

ROUND 11:

Alvarez has one KO.

1.         Euri Gonzalez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has three KOs.

1.         Oktay Urkal was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

2.         Zab Judah was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Cesar Bazan was TKO’s in the super lightweight division

ROUND 12:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         Ryan Rhodes TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Gabriel Martinez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has only one KO.

1.         Ricardo Mayorga was TKO’s in the super welterweight division.

In the championship rounds, Cotto has 4KOs of his 33 KO & Canelo 3KOs of his 32 KOs. Cotto has three of the four KOs in world title fights vs. Yuri Foreman a WBA World super welterweight title bout, vs. Ricardo Mayorga it was Cotto’s first defense of WBA Super World super welterweight title. Versus Oktay Urkal, it was Cotto’s first WBA World welterweight title defense, vs. Zab Judah it was Cotto’s second defense of the WBA World welterweight title. Canelo has one world title KO vs. Ryan Rhodes in his first WBC super welterweight title.