Jorge Linares
On May 12, 2018, Cotto won the World Boxing Council's Fecarbox (WBC's Caribbean Boxing Federation's) Super Lightweight title by disposing of 11 wins, 11 losses and 3 draws (ties) rival Samuel Santana in four rounds at Cidra, Puerto Rico. he followed that with a bout versus former world champion Jorge Linares, 44-4 with 27 knockout wins coming into their bout, on September 29, 2018, at Indio, California He lost to Linares by third round knockout to fall to 23-4, 12 knockouts himself, record-wise.