SERGIO MARTINEZ LOSES WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TO MIGUEL COTTO

A scheduled 12 round bout for the WBC Middleweight title between Sergio Martinez (C) and Miguel Cotto only went to 10 rounds after Cotto made history, winning in 10 rounds by TKO when Martinez started bleeding from his eye.

Cotto made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican to win titles in 4 different weight classes. “Happiest day of my life,” Cotto said. “This is the biggest achievement of my professional career.” Before the match was called off all 3 judges had scored the match 90-77 in favor of Cotto. “I’m proud of Miguel. He worked so hard,” said Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach “He deserved this historic victory.”

The fight was over nearly before it started with Cotto knocking down Martinez 3 times in the first round with a left hook, a right hander and a body shot.”I got hit with the punch and I was cold and I never recovered after that,” said Martinez, . “I tried to do my best and I want to apologize to the Argentine fans and and I want to thank all of the Puerto Rican fans for coming out. You’ve got to know when to win and you’ve got to know when to lose, and I give all congratulations to Miguel Cotto.”

Speaking of Cotto the Puerto Rican later said: “My maturity as a professional fighter showed in the ring tonight I told myself not to go wild. [Martinez] keeps his right hand down, which makes it easy to land a left hook. My left hook was the punch that beat him tonight.  I was boxing on angles, controlling him with my jab while backing him up. This is everything we did at Wild Card.”

Cotto-Martinez punch stats