On June 7, 2014, Sergio Martínez (51-2-2, 28 KOs), the middleweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs).
Sergio Martínez is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Martin Murray, 1 year, 1 month, and 11 days ago. Miguel Cotto is on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Delvin Rodríguez, 8 months and 2 days ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Sergio Martínez at 51.3-48.7, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Martínez has a slightly better chance of winning, but Cotto could also certainly pull it off.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 10th round, and Miguel Cotto is crowned the new WBC and The Ring middleweight world champion. Cotto improves his record to 39-4 (32 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 51-3-2.