On June 5, 2010, Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KOs), the super-welterweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs).
Miguel Cotto is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao, 6 months and 22 days ago. Yuri Foreman is on a 28-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Daniel Santos, 6 months and 22 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.6-21.4 in favor of Miguel Cotto. It is going to be a competitive fight and Yuri Foreman will put up a very good fight, but Cotto will prevail.
Miguel Cotto stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA super-welterweight champion. Cotto improves his record to 35-2 (28 KOs), while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 28-1.