On May 1, 2010, Canelo Álvarez (31-0-1, 23 KOs) and José Cotto (31-1-1, 23 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Brian Camechis, 1 month and 25 days ago. José Cotto is on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Ilido Julio, 4 months and 12 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Canelo Álvarez at 99-1 winning odds. José Cotto really doesn't have much to present against Canelo.
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.