On June 11, 2005, Miguel Cotto (23-0, 19 KOs), the super-lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against Uzbek challenger, Muhammad Abdullaev (15-1, 12 KOs).
Miguel Cotto is coming in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over DeMarcus Corley, 3 months and 16 days ago. Muhammad Abdullaev is on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Juan Alberto Godoy, 3 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Miguel Cotto at 99-1 winning odds. Muhammad Abdullaev really doesn't have much to present against Cotto.
Miguel Cotto stopped Muhammad Abdullaev via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Cotto improves his record to 24-0 (20 KOs), while Abdullaev adds a loss to his record at 15-2.