On July 21, 2012, a 35-year-old José Cotto (33-3-1, 24 KOs) and Manuel Pérez met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Cotto came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months.
José Cotto lost to Manuel Pérez via split decision in the 10-round super-lightweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 33-4-1.
On April 9, 2011, a 33-year-old José Cotto (32-2-1, 24 KOs) and a 30-year-old American boxer Paulie Malignaggi (28-4, 6 KOs) met in the ring.
Cotto came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 4 days. Malignaggi was on a 1-fight win streak with a 18% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Paulie Malignaggi defeated José Cotto via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Malignaggi improves his record to 29-4, while Cotto adds a loss to his record at 32-3-1.
On May 1, 2010, a 32-year-old José Cotto (31-1-1, 23 KOs) and a 19-year-old Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez (31-0-1, 23 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Cotto came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days. Canelo was on a 27-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 25 days.
Canelo Álvarez stopped José Cotto via TKO in the 9th round. Canelo improves his record to 32-0-1 (24 KOs), while Cotto adds a loss to his record at 31-2-1.
On April 8, 2006, a 28-year-old José Cotto (27-0, 19 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBA (Regular) title held by 22-year-old American boxer Juan Díaz (28-0, 14 KOs).
Cotto came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days. Díaz was on a 28-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 23 days.
Juan Díaz defeated José Cotto via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA lightweight title. Díaz improves his record to 29-0, while Cotto adds a loss to his record at 27-1.