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Miguel Cotto's hometown crowd at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico was given a knockout win, but not the kind of knockout win that Cotto wanted to give them.
Miguel Cotto (29-0, 24 KOs) retained his WBA welterweight title by stopping Oktay Urkal (38-4, 11 KOs) in the eleventh round when Urkal's trainer Uli Wegner threw in the towel.
The fight was not the one-sided effort most expected. Urkal was never out of the fight, although he won very few rounds on the official scorecards. He was able to land plenty of punches that Cotto ate with no problem and was unable to stop the Puerto Rican champion from coming forward.
The two fighters clashed heads often, resulting in cut opening up near Cotto's left eye. The referee took two points away from Urkal for using his head. The second point deduction came in the eleventh round, and in protest, Wegner threw in the towel.
After the fight was over, Wegner said the referee was allowing Cotto to throw illegal punches to the body, while penalizing his fighter for the slightest infraction, which prompted him to stop the fight. [details]
Miguel Cotto (29-0, 24 KOs) retained his WBA welterweight title by stopping Oktay Urkal (38-4, 11 KOs) in the eleventh round when Urkal's trainer Uli Wegner threw in the towel.
The fight was not the one-sided effort most expected. Urkal was never out of the fight, although he won very few rounds on the official scorecards. He was able to land plenty of punches that Cotto ate with no problem and was unable to stop the Puerto Rican champion from coming forward.
The two fighters clashed heads often, resulting in cut opening up near Cotto's left eye. The referee took two points away from Urkal for using his head. The second point deduction came in the eleventh round, and in protest, Wegner threw in the towel.
After the fight was over, Wegner said the referee was allowing Cotto to throw illegal punches to the body, while penalizing his fighter for the slightest infraction, which prompted him to stop the fight. [details]