▁und efe ated ▁W BA ▁Wel ter weight ▁Champion ▁Miguel ▁C otto ▁of ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁The ▁C otto - M arg ar ito ▁match ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as , ▁Nev ada . ▁ ▁Mar gar ito ▁won ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁round ▁via ▁technical ▁knock out . ▁Mar gar ito ▁had ▁lost ▁almost ▁all ▁the ▁early ▁r ounds , ▁but ▁he ▁came ▁back ▁with ▁rel ent less ▁pace , ▁eventually ▁winning ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁round , ▁in ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁f ights ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁sto pp age , ▁Mar gar ito ▁was ▁ahead ▁by ▁two ▁r ounds ▁on ▁two ▁jud ges ' ▁score cards , ▁with ▁one ▁judge ▁having ▁it ▁even . ▁Prior ▁to ▁his ▁fight ▁with ▁Sh ane ▁Mos ley , ▁Mar gar ito ▁had ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁ 3 7 ▁wins , ▁ 5 ▁losses ▁and ▁ 1 ▁no ▁contest , ▁with ▁ 2 7 ▁wins ▁by ▁knock out . ▁ ▁Mar gar ito ▁vs . ▁Mos ley ▁Mar gar ito ▁fought ▁Sh ane ▁Mos ley ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁at ▁the ▁St ap les ▁Center ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California ▁to ▁defend ▁his ▁W BA ▁title ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁vac ant ▁Line al ▁Wel ter weight ▁Championship ▁of ▁Line al ▁Cham ps ▁and ▁Cy ber ▁Box ing ▁Zone ▁( CB Z ). ▁The