By Tim Royner: Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) will be having biceps surgery performed on him this Wednesday to repair his left biceps, which he injured in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Stanley White: Las Saturday’s farewell fight for Miguel Cotto against Sadam Ali brought in big ratings on HBO World Championship Boxing from Madison Square Garden in New York. The Cotto-Ali fight averaged 944,000 viewers on HBO, according to the Nielsen Media Research.
By Sean Jones: Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) looked like a shot fighter last Saturday night in losing to Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) in front of a crowd of 12,391 boxing fans at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya says Miguel Cotto has a good excuse to make a comeback due to his injured left biceps he suffered in his loss to Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.