By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn was fast to congratulate Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) for winning the WBO junior middleweight title last Saturday night with a 12 round unanimous decision win over champion Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs). Hearn says his fighter Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) will be back inside the ring in March for his first fight at 154. After that, Hearn says he’ll be coming for Ali’s WBO junior middleweight title.
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Roy Jones Jr. not surprised by Cotto’s loss to Ali
By Stanley White: HBO commentator and former world champion Roy Jones Jr. says he wasn’t surprised by Miguel Cotto getting beaten by Sadam Ali last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Jones Jr. says once Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) suffered a torn left biceps injury in round 7, it was “fate” that he would lose to the 29-year-old Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) in their fight on HBO Boxing.
De La Hoya gloats about Sadam Ali’s win over Miguel Cotto
By Jeff Aranow: At the post-fight press conference last Saturday night, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya took great pleasure in gloating about his fighter Sadam Ali’s upset 12 round unanimous decision win over WBO 154lb. champion Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Lampley impressed with Sadam Ali after win over Cotto
By Allan Fox: HBO commentator Jim Lampley sees big things from newly crowned WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) following his 12 round unanimous decision upset win over superstar Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Cotto-Ali: A surprise defeat to end Miguel’s illustrious career
By Ahsan Jamil: Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) lost a close 12-round unanimous decision fight against Sadam “World Kid” Ali (26-1,14 KOs) on Saturday night in his farewell fight. I had the fight 115-114 in favour of Sadam Ali. It was a close action fight for the most part but I think Ali did enough to win and perhaps could have even knocked Cotto down on a few occasions had he realized he had hurt him in Rounds 2, 4, 8 and 10.
Cotto ends career with loss to Sadam Ali
By Sean Jones: Miguel Cotto ended his long 16-year career last Saturday night with a close 12 round unanimous decision loss to Golden Boy Promotions fighter Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was supposed to be an easy win for Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) over the 29-year-old underdog Sadam Ali, but it turned out to be a fight tougher than expected.
Sadam Ali defeats Miguel Cotto in stunning upset
On a night that Madison Square Garden and the boxing world bid farewell to a boxing legend in Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs), Sadam “World Kid” Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) stole the show, winning a unanimous decision victory and the WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship in front of 12,391 fans and televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing. The final scores were 115-113 twice and 116-112.
Sadam Ali defeats Miguel Cotto – Results
By Jim Dower: In a surprising upset, 10 WBO fringe contender Sadam “World Kid” Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) sent WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) into retirement with a 12 round unanimous decision loss on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113, all for Ali. Boxing News 24 scored it 116-112 for Ali.
Golovkin to Cotto: “Too bad we never fought”
By Sean Jones: Earlier today, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin wished Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) luck in his fight tonight against Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs), and expressed disappointment that the two never got a chance to fight each other when Miguel held the WBC middleweight title from 2014 to 2015.
Sadam Ali ready to beat Miguel Cotto tonight
By Dan Ambrose: Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) is ready to send WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) into retirement with a loss tonight. This is supposed to be Cotto’s celebration tonight with him being showered with praise from his boxing fans that will be watching him on HBO, as well as the fans that will be watching from Madison Square Garden in New York.