CompuBox Analysis - Miguel Cotto vs. Oktay Urkal

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Miguel Cotto, 28-0, 23 KOs, returns home to Puerto Rico as he makes the first defense of his version of the welterweight title against the 37-year-old Oktay Urkal, 38-3, 11 ko’s, who’s 0-3 in title fights.

Cotto made his much-anticipated move to 147-lbs in December and in the process took apart Carlos Quintana in five rounds to cop the vacant WBA strap. After weathering Quintana’s opening assault (102 punches in round one and 74 in the second), Cotto outlanded Quintana 37-18 in power shots in rounds four and five, including 27 of 58 (47%) in the fifth. Quintana, who gave one-time super prospect Joel Julio a one-sided beating six months earlier, was down twice in the fifth and stayed on his stool prior to the sixth. Cotto’s body attack was relentless and he played some D as well.

Quintana landed just 9% of his jabs and just 20% of his total punches. Cotto averaged 56 total punches thrown per round.

Prior to the Quintana shellacking, Cotto silenced Paulie Malignaggi last June, fracturing an orbital bone on Paulie’s pretty face in the process. Cotto, fighting his last fight at 140 lbs in a shoe-box of a ring at New York’s Madison Square Garden, dropped Malignaggi in round two, then proceeded to land 40% of his power shots (169 of 425). Overall, Miguel averaged 50 total punches thrown per round, while Paulie, gallant in defeat, landed just 24% of his total punches and only 19% of his jabs. [details]

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Miguel Cotto, 28-0, 23 KOs, returns home to Puerto Rico as he makes the first defense of his version of the welterweight title against the 37-year-old Oktay Urkal, 38-3, 11 ko’s, who’s 0-3 in title fights.

Cotto made his much-anticipated move to 147-lbs in December and in the process took apart Carlos Quintana in five rounds to cop the vacant WBA strap. After weathering Quintana’s opening assault (102 punches in round one and 74 in the second), Cotto outlanded Quintana 37-18 in power shots in rounds four and five, including 27 of 58 (47%) in the fifth. Quintana, who gave one-time super prospect Joel Julio a one-sided beating six months earlier, was down twice in the fifth and stayed on his stool prior to the sixth. Cotto’s body attack was relentless and he played some D as well.

Quintana landed just 9% of his jabs and just 20% of his total punches. Cotto averaged 56 total punches thrown per round.

Prior to the Quintana shellacking, Cotto silenced Paulie Malignaggi last June, fracturing an orbital bone on Paulie’s pretty face in the process. Cotto, fighting his last fight at 140 lbs in a shoe-box of a ring at New York’s Madison Square Garden, dropped Malignaggi in round two, then proceeded to land 40% of his power shots (169 of 425). Overall, Miguel averaged 50 total punches thrown per round, while Paulie, gallant in defeat, landed just 24% of his total punches and only 19% of his jabs. [details]

You know I watched the Cotto Malignaggi fight on Sky and Malignaggi is one hell of a boxer, can really take a shot and did better than I thought. That fight was closer than I thought at first but even with Cotto obviously hurting his left hand in the 6 or 7th round his power shots were far more effective and as always very damaging. At the end of round 12 Paulie had that "get me to the hospital quick look on his face".