On September 24, 2005, Miguel Cotto (24-0, 20 KOs), the super-lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against Colombian challenger, Ricardo Torres (28-0, 26 KOs).
Miguel Cotto is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Muhammad Abdullaev, 3 months and 13 days ago. Ricardo Torres is on a 28-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Edwin Vazquez, 1 month and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Miguel Cotto at 99-1 winning odds. Ricardo Torres really doesn't have much to present against Cotto.
Miguel Cotto stopped Ricardo Torres via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Cotto improves his record to 25-0 (21 KOs), while Torres adds a loss to his record at 28-1.