On June 10, 2006, Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs), the super-lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against American challenger, Paulie Malignaggi (21-0, 5 KOs).
Miguel Cotto is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Gianluca Branco, 3 months and 6 days ago. Paulie Malignaggi is on a 21-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Donald Camarena, 4 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Miguel Cotto at 99-1 winning odds. Paulie Malignaggi really doesn't have much to present against Cotto.
Miguel Cotto defeated Paulie Malignaggi via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Cotto improves his record to 27-0, while Malignaggi adds a loss to his record at 21-1.