Miguel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali
2017 boxing match
Miguel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali was a professional boxing match contested on December 2, 2017, for the WBO light middleweight title.
Background
Just prior to his title fight against Yoshihiro Kamegai, 36-year old four-division world champion Miguel Cotto announced that he would fight only once more after facing Kamegai before retiring at the end of the year. Cotto reiterated his intent following his defeat of Kamegai, stating that although he did not have an opponent in mind yet, he wished to stage his last fight in Madison Square Garden, where he had fought nine prior times and sported a 8–1 record. Cotto's wishes were answered as it was announced in September that a December 2 date at the venue had been secured. Though an opponent had not been named, Cotto mentioned that he would like to meet the winner of the upcoming Canelo Álvarez–Gennady Golovkin fight, stating that fighting the winner "would be a good way to go out." However, the Álvarez–Golovkin fight ended in a draw, leaving both fighters unavailable to fight Cotto as they pursued an immediate rematch. Instead, it was announced that Cotto would face little-known New York native Sadam Ali, a former Olympian and welterweight title contender who would be making his light middleweight debut. Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez mentioned that they had engaged in talks with bigger named fighters such as Errol Spence Jr., Danny Garcia and then-WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia, who was willing to jump up three weight classes to face Cotto, but all eventually declined.
Cotto was ranked as the 6th best Light middleweight by TBRB.
Fight Details
Though he came into the fight as a considerable underdog, Ali managed to keep Cotto at bey in the early rounds with slick defense and counter-punching and came on strong in the latter rounds with efficient power-punching as he was able to score an upset unanimous decision victory with two scores of 115–113 and one score of 116–112. The fight was close as Cotto scored often with the jab (landing 55 to Ali's 17) and landed more overall punches (163 to Ali's 139) and held a two-point lead on two of the official scorecards, while the third scorecard was even going into the final four rounds.
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