Cortez was also able to count to the mandatory eight for the bout's only knockdown.
The only knockdown of the fight came in the 11th round when the champion floored Close with a short, right upper cut.
With 2:11 left in the final round, Dawson scored a knockdown against Tarver, the only knockdown in the fight.
Gatti scored the only knockdown of the fight when he caught an off-balance Robinson with a right to the side of the head in the fourth round.
The only knockdown came midway through the sixth round, and it was Briggs who fell.
But the stunning shot proved to be the only knockdown of the bout.
Gatti scored the fight's only knockdown, a flash uppercut that deposited Patterson on the canvas in the second round.
Whitaker scored the only knockdown when he dropped Savarese in the sixth round with a barrage of punches.
LaMotta was a former middleweight champion and his only previous knockdown came in a fight that he was found to have thrown.
Briggs scored the only knockdown of the fight, sending Botha to the canvas in the eighth round with a right-left combination.