Cotto quits boxing with loss to Ali

New York: Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto goes out a warrior, but not a winner, after dropping a unanimous 12-round decision Saturday to Sadam Ali in a world title fight he vowed would be his last.

Before adoring fans at Madison Square Garden, the 37-year-old Cotto just didn’t have enough against his 29-year-old opponent.

Ali seized the World Boxing Organization light middleweight world title the Puerto Rican won in August with an undisputed decision over Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai. After a back-and-forth battle that saw both fighters hurt, Ali got the nod from all three judges by scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112.