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Gambling911.com has searched the Web looking for Mosley Cotto fight odds. For those looking to bet the underdog, betED.com listed Mosley at +145. Miguel Cotto was listed with -160 odds at Diamond Sports International
"Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions and is the only boxer to date to have beaten Oscar de la Hoya twice.
Shane Mosley returned to action as a Welterweight, defeating the previously undefeated David Estrada by a ten round unanimous decision at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 23, 2005, as part of the Margarito-Cintron ESPN Pay Per View undercard.
On September 17 of the same year, he beat another previously undefeated fighter, Jose Luis Cruz, by a ten round decision, as part of the Barrera-Peden Pay Per View undercard.
Mosley defeated Fernando Vargas on February 25, 2006 by TKO in the tenth round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, due to a massive swelling which closed Fernando's left eye. At the time of the stoppage, Mosley was winning on two scorecards 86-85, while Vargas held an 86-85 advantage on the other scorecard. A rematch was announced almost immediately
Mosley defeated Fernando Vargas in the rematch on July 15, 2006. Mosley dominated Vargas from start to finish, eventually ending the fight via a sixth-round TKO. Having already opened a cut above Vargas' left eye, Mosley caught Vargas with a devastating left hook, sending the former junior middleweight champion to the canvas. Vargas stumbled around on all fours, showing extreme difficulty in maintaining his balance, but was able to rise to beat the 10-count. Nevertheless, immediately after action resumed, Vargas was met by an overwhelming flurry of accurate punches from Mosley, causing referee Kenny Bayless to stop the fight.
Shane defeated Luis Collazo on 11 February 2007, with a unanimous decision after 12 rounds, knocking Collazo down once, to capture the WBC interim welterweight crown.
He has set his sights on a fall 2007 date with welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who Mosley is hoping will drop back down to welterweight after he won his May 5th junior middleweight title bout with Oscar De La Hoya. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has signed an agreement to fight Ricky Hatton at 147 lbs.
Miguel Cotto is a former World Boxing Organization Light Welterweight champion and is the current World Boxing Association Welterweight champion. As an amateur Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the Lightweight and Light Welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he finished second. Cotto began his professional career in 2001, and on September 11, 2004 he defeated Kelson Pinto for the WBO Junior Welterweight Championship. He defended the title successfully a total of six times before vacating it when he ascended to the Welterweight division. On his first match on this division he defeated Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA Welterweight Championship. Cotto has successfully defended this title against Oktay Urkal and Zab Judah.
Mosley and undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto will meet Nov. 10 at Madison Square Garden in a fight made possible by the recent legal settlement between Top Rank, Cotto's promoter, and Mosley's promoter, Golden Boy Promotions. The fight will be on HBO Pay-Per-View. The fight is a much anticipated one; their agressive styles have lead many to believe that the fight will be a "fight of the year" potential. The fight is for Cotto's WBA Welterweight Belt. It is rumoured that a winner of the impending fight may be paired with the Hatton-Mayweather fight.
