Felix Trinidad Sr. Not Happy With Cotto's Corner/Trainer

Felix Trinidad Sr., trainer of former three-division champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad, was not pleased with the way Miguel Cotto's corner was run last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Cotto's new trainer Joe Santiago is taking a lot of heat for the beating Cotto took at the hands of Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand. Trinidad Sr. agrees with some of the harsh talk on Santiago.

"The performance of the corner was not good," said Trinidad Sr. to El Nuevo Dia. "Joe Santiago tells him to go for one more round when Cotto couldn't change the pace of the fight. What more could Cotto prove at the time?"

"If you have a fighter who no longer has the potential to win, who does not have the strength to land a knockout blow, you must stop the fight. If not, the fighter will continue to receive unnecessary punches. If it was his decision (Santiago), that's wrong."

Trinidad Sr. doesn't blame the inexperience of Santiago. He says the relationship between Santiago and Cotto is too friendly. Trinidad feels that Santiago allows Cotto to play the role as the boss, when the trainer is the one who needs to be the boss of the corner.

"As a fighter you can not ask to stop the fight," Trinidad Sr. said. "You need a corner who knows that, who has the knowledge to stop it and doesn't let their fighter take anymore punishment. That led to Cotto fighting several more rounds, because the boss in the corner is Cotto. A person can not be the pitcher and the catcher at the same time."

Trinidad says Cotto made a mistake by parting ways with ex-trainer/uncle Evangelista Cotto.


Commentary: Felix Trinidad Sr., you are right and you are wrong. You are right that Joe Santiago should have stopped the fight early but what's done is done. You are also wrong when you picked against my man, Manny Pacman Pacquiao. But I can't blame you. A lot of writers, and his opponents discredit Pacquiao's achievements only to find out too late that they were wrong...


Source: Felix Trinidad Sr. Not Happy With Cotto's Corner/Trainer

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Ten Thoughts to Ponder After Pacquiao vs. Cotto

By now it has sunk in.

Manny Pacquiao is the greatest boxer on the planet not named Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also might be the worst singer ever to put out an album and sing in a band. Here are ten other thoughts to ponder after Pacquiao’s dismantling of Miguel Cotto.

1. Pacquiao can take a welterweight’s punch.

For me, this was the most important question coming in. How would Pacquiao react when Cotto hit him with clean shots to the head and body? Well Pacquiao laid those questions to rest in the first round when by his own admission, he set out to “feel Cotto’s power”.

Come to find out, he wasn’t all that impressed with Cotto’s power, and preceded to thump him for it. In a potential upcoming fight with Mayweather, whether or not Pacquiao can take a welterweight punch is not a question anymore.

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2. Cotto was ruined by Margarito, or at least his face was.

There are two ways to look at this. The first is that Margarito ruined Cotto forever, and Cotto will never be the same physically. He took something from Cotto that night that Cotto will never get back, no matter how long he takes off or rests.

The second is that Margarito’s plaster wraps(allegedly) ruined Cotto’s face. I have watched Cotto fight for many years now, and the only times I can remember his face looking as swollen as it did Saturday night was against Margarito. His face now shows the toll of the beating he took that night. He cuts easily, and swells often. No matter the future course of his career, it seems this is a problem he will have to live, or fight with, so to speak.

3. Mayweather is backed into a corner now, he must face Pacquiao.

If you are a true fan of boxing, you have to love this. Mayweather Jr. has finally run out of options. He has to fight Pacquiao now. The public demand will be too great. The money offered will be too much. His ego won’t allow him to duck this one.

Now if it were up to him, I’m sure Mayweather would gladly fly to England to give Ricky Hatton a rematch. I’m sure he is dying to get into the ring with Chavez Jr., preferably in Mexico City. It could be billed as battle of the undefeated. Somebody’s O must go.

Good thing for fans, and perhaps for Mayweather’s legacy, he really only has two serious options now. Either he fights Pacquiao next, or fights the winner of Berto/Mosley.

4. Is Shane Mosley ever going to get a break?

After waiting a whole year to land a big fight, Mosley will have to wait probably another year to get a crack at Mayweather or Pacquiao. If he gets by Berto, and he should; he will still have to wait for Pacquiao vs. Mayweather to come together. Assuming this fight comes off in April or May, the winner most likely wouldn’t fight for another four to six months. That’s Oct. or Nov. Another year for Mosley to get older, and more tired chasing the big one.

5. Mayweather needs Pacquiao more than Pacquiao needs him.

Pacquiao is definitely in the drivers seat. He could fight any number of guys next and the world would watch. He could retire now, his legacy is secure. No one will accuse him of ducking anyone, or dodging big fights. He has taken on all comers. In many cases he has fought bigger guys. He has challenged himself on the highest levels. If he retires now, he will still be an icon and national hero in his country. He could run for office or become a movie star, and make money for years to come. Mayweather, on the other hand, has Philthy Rich Records. ‘Nuff said.

6. Pacquiao; How merciful art thou?

In two of his last three fights, Pacquiao has appeared to show mercy to his opponent. Against De La Hoya, Pacquiao seemed to back off several times and allow De La Hoya to escape the pounding he was giving him against the ropes. Saturday night, he seemed to tire of chasing Cotto around the ring and took his foot off the gas pedal late in the fight. The only reason he couldn’t show Hatton mercy was Hatton’s need to ram his head into Pacquiao’s fists repeatedly with his hands down.

7. Might Pacquiao’s next fight be his last?

If you are a fan of Pacquiao you need to really take this into consideration. Pacquiao is running out of ways to challenge himself. After a Mayweather showdown there really is little left for him to do in boxing. Maybe he fights Shane Mosley, maybe not. Even so, he is very likely only going to fight a few more times. Appreciate him now, it will be too late later.

8. What really is next for Cotto?

Did anybody else feel bad watching Cotto’s family on TV Saturday night? Seemed like every time they showed them they were cringing or turning away. I felt like cringing myself after about the seventh round. Everything after round seven was unnecessary punishment. If Cotto doesn’t retire lets hope he takes a long vacation and lets his body and mind heal from this loss.

9. Can somebody please get rid of Chavez Jr. for me?

If I could pinpoint one of the things that helps MMA take away boxing fans, its fighters like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. He is the worst 42-0 fighter I have ever seen since Brian Nielson. If I might, let me suggest some possible challengers for the young man. Let me see, Paul Williams, Kelly Pavlik, Shane Mosley, Kermit Cintron, any of those will do for his next fight.

10. Pacquaio vs. Mayweather Jr. is the most significant fight of our generation.

It really is hard to state this any more plain than that. This fight will be the most significant fight in boxing today, and for a long time. You could say since De La Hoya vs. Trinidad, but I think this fight will be much bigger. I think this truly is the one fight you have to see. This is the Leonard vs. Hearns of our generation. This is boxing’s version of Fedor vs. Lesnar. The undefeated all-time great vs. the unstoppable force.


Commentary: I 've watched Pacquiao fights even before he crashed to the American stage by beating L. Ledwaba, so if Manny decides to retire I am OK with that. As a fan I sure would to see him continue fighting for the sheer thrill of watching his fights but as of now, there is nothing more I can ask from my favorite fighter of all time...Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.


Source: Ten Thoughts to Ponder After Pacquiao vs. Cotto

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Manny Pacquiao versus boxing: is there anyone left?

Last night boxing experienced a Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard moment--for five rounds. Forget what ESPN's Tony Kornheiser said earlier in the week, you know that the fight doesn't matter because boxing is not what it once was. Forget about Puerto Rico versus the Philippines. Forget about any title that was won or lost. No, last night not only mattered, but it was the latest chapter in a historical career. The best fighter of this generation, Manny Pacquiao, once again transcended the sport, geographical origins, and championship belts.

To his credit, Miguel Cotto used everything in his arsenal to change the course of history. He's much faster than he is given credit for and he was able to do what Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya could not--land punches. The punches had little effect on Manny's game plan, which is amazing given that Cotto is known as one of the premiere punchers in the welterweight division. Pacquiao had some difficulty with Miguel's speed early on, which everyone does, but he was able to start timing him with precision after the third round.

Once Miguel began to step backwards, beginning in the seventh, the fight was effectively over. At that moment, it became less about fighting Manny and more about surviving beyond the Freddie Roach prediction of a 9th or 10th round knockout. Cotto made it to the final round before Kenny Bayless stopped the action. The boxing scribes will no doubt discredit Cotto; however, it all comes down to a very good fighter stepping into the ring against an exceptional one.

While the scoring is not relevant, it is important to take a quick diversion and look at the 3rd round. HBO's Jim Lampley stated repeatedly that the round could be a 9 to 9 round. How? Was there a penalty deduction? Lampley should know, and Harold Lederman should have corrected him, that there will NEVER be a 9 to 9 round without a penalty being assessed by the referee. As such, the round was either 10 to 8 or 10 to 9 for Pacquiao. There was no other way to score it. Okay, scoring diversion complete.

So what's next? Frankly, that picture was a little more interesting before yesterday. Sugar Shane Mosley used to be brought up in discussions regarding Manny's next move. Do we want to see that now? Juan Manuel Marquez will never get a trilogy fight. Andre Berto is not a financially viable option unless he does something amazing when he fights Mosley in January.

No, as we all know, there is only one mega fight left for Manny Pacquiao and it is against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. After last night, even that match-up may be unnecessary because the only man who can defeat Manny is Manny. Cotto represented the toughest test at welterweight and in this new division, Mannyweight, at 145lbs. Mayweather cannot shoulder roll and pot shot his way to a win over Pacquiao. He will have to fight, not box, which is a concept that is very unfamiliar to him.

The bottom line is that if Cotto couldn't hurt Pacquiao then there is no realistic chance that anyone, within reason, can. While Pacquiao-Mayweather would likely be the highest grossing fight in boxing history, which is the only reason for Pacquiao to take it, there is nothing left for him to prove. Manny has always fought the best and defeated the best. He did it again last night and Mayweather represents a step backward. The problem for Manny is that there are no more forward steps remaining.


Commentary: You're right on the money my man. The only reason that Manny Pacquiao should take the Mayweather fight is for the very big money he will rake in. But it will no longer prove much about anything anything...


Source: Manny Pacquiao versus boxing: is there anyone left?

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Fight analysis: Mind over matter

MANILA, Philippines - It took a lot of guts to do what Manny Pacquiao did in beating Miguel Cotto for his seventh world boxing championship in seven different weight divisions at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila).

Pacquiao, a 3-1 favorite, realized from the onset that Cotto’s power left jab – the same weapon he used in scoring a unanimous 12-round decision over Sugar Shane Mosley in 2007 – would be a huge problem.

Cotto pumped double left jabs to keep Pacquiao off-balance in taking the first round of their WBO welterweight title bout. Fighting from a distance, Cotto had the advantage of dictating tempo because of his jarring left jab.

Pacquiao knew that his chances of winning hinged on getting Cotto to come forward so he could use his hand-speed and foot-speed to frustrate the Puerto Rican. But if Cotto continued to throw the left jab, it would be a long night for the Filipino icon.

Pacquiao made instant adjustments to offset Cotto’s edge but it meant taking a huge risk. Abandoning his plan to stick and run, Pacquiao held his ground, inviting Cotto to engage. He even did a version of Muhammad Ali’s rope-a-dope, leaning against the ropes without hitting back to lure Cotto inside. Pacquiao’s gamble was to raise Cotto’s level of confidence so he would forget about jabbing from a distance and instead, move in to unload power shots.

In the third round, a right put Cotto down for a mandatory eight-count but it hardly made the Puerto Rican think twice about moving in. Cotto wasn’t badly hurt and in fact, was on the attack before the round ended.

Pacquiao’s adjustment was evident in the fourth as he allowed Cotto space to lean on him against the ropes. It was a dangerous strategy as Pacquiao exposed the side of his body to Cotto’s murderous left hooks. But Pacquiao figured it was the only way to get Cotto out of his jabbing mode and make him an easier target.

What happened late the fourth round was exactly how Pacquiao planned it. Cotto became comfortable throwing short-range bombs and got caught with a vicious left hook to the jaw. It was a brutal blow. Cotto dropped to his knees and looked wobbly as he stood up. The bell rang shortly after to save the Puerto Rican from another fall.

Clearly, Cotto couldn’t figure out what Pacquiao was up to and walked into the Filipino’s trap. In the sixth round, Pacquiao staggered Cotto once more, methodically turning the contest into a one-sided massacre. Cotto’s face was a mask of lumps, bruises and cuts. He looked like a beaten man before the bell sounded to open the seventh round.

With his will to win slowly eroded by Pacquiao’s unforgiving pressure, Cotto decided to do the unthinkable for a defending champion – he began to run. At that point, all he wanted to do was to survive the fight on his feet. He got on an imaginary bicycle and took off, leaving Pacquiao in hot pursuit. Cotto’s aggressiveness was gone, a thing of the past, and he transformed into a shadow of his old self, running scared instead of standing up to fight.

If you think about it, Cotto would’ve probably stolen some rounds from Pacquiao using the power jab to stymie the Filipino’s momentum. That would’ve kept Pacquiao at bay. But Pacquiao had Cotto all figured out. He knew if Cotto continued to dictate with the jab, he wouldn’t be able to get untracked. The danger of losing on points loomed.

Cotto’s adjustment to box starting the seventh round threw off Pacquiao momentarily. Cotto might have even taken the eighth canto using the stick-and-move routine as the Filipino tried to chase down his prey. But the change in tactics proved futile. Inevitably, Pacquiao caught up with Cotto who progressively grew slower as the fight wore on.

Referee Kenny Bayless mercifully stepped in to halt the carnage at 0:55 of the 12th round. He could’ve allowed Cotto to finish the distance as it didn’t seem like he was in any danger of going down. But Cotto didn’t deserve the reprieve. Down the stretch, he fought like a mouse running away from a cat – it was no way for a champion to go. You would expect a defending titlist to go down fighting, not to go down running.

Bayless did the right thing to stop it and award Pacquiao the satisfaction of winning inside the distance. Cotto no longer fought back anyway and in fact, Bayless would’ve been justified to stop it even a few rounds earlier.

For Pacquiao, the five elements that sealed the victory were:

• Speed. Clearly, Cotto had no antidote to negate Pacquiao’s hand-speed and foot-speed. The boxing adage of “speed kills in the ring” was obvious in the fight.

• Stamina. Pacquiao was in excellent physical condition. He still looked fresh in the 12th round and probably could’ve gone a few more. The Filipino was stung occasionally but never took a step back.

• Adjustments. Pacquiao didn’t take long to make adjustments. He took away Cotto’s power left jab by drawing him close then as the Puerto Rican got comfortable inside, the Filipino whirled around to throw his bombs. Pacquiao fought intelligently. Cotto wasn’t smart enough to blunt Pacquiao’s edge.

• Two-fisted attack. Pacquiao rained punches from all angles. Cotto didn’t know where the blows came from. Pacquiao decked Cotto with a right in the third and a left in the fourth.

• Heart. Pacquiao took a big gamble by leaning against the ropes to invite Cotto to whale away. Only a gutsy and fearless fighter would do it. Pacquiao once more showed how big his heart is and when you come down to it, that was the margin of difference.


Commentary: Great analysis! Who is this guy anyway?


Source: Fight analysis: Mind over matter


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Emanuel Steward interview "Pacquiao is beyond the Hall of Fame"

8CountNews caught up with the legendary trainer/HBO commentator Emanuel Steward and got his thoughts on the spectacular performance put on by Manny Pacquiao. Steward leaves no question as to where he feels Pacquiao should be ranked amongst the all time greats, and that's at the top. Steward shares his thoughts on history in the making, and breaks down the big fight. Check out what one of the games brightest minds had to say in this exclusive one on one interview.

8CN - Manny it was an incredible performance put on by Manny Pacquiao, give me your thoughts on the fight.

ES - I thought Manny Pacquiao looked sensational last night. I saw him fight more seasoned and relaxed than I had ever seen him. He made Cotto look like an inferior type fighter. He showed punching power, boxing ability, combination's, ring intelligence, ability to take a punch, and angles.

8CN - You're very good at looking at a fight early on and being able to tell what the outcome will be. Did you have this fight figured out early?

ES - Yea, I had Pacquiao favored close before hand. I didn't think he would win by that kind of margin. The speed in the beginning, and the different strengths he showed changed the fight. All of the sudden Manny got into his rhythm and that's what threw Cotto off. Manny can punch, move, whatever and Cotto is a straight more forward fighter. He can't throw all of those punches and combination's. You see Manny can throw punches from all angles and twists, and turns, and his punches are coming from all angles. I said at the 3rd round that this was going to be a very good fight, and then all of the sudden Manny gets the knockdown, and Miguel never got his confidence back anymore.

8CN - Manny now has seven world titles in seven different weight classes. You have seen a lot of great fighters, so where do you see him now? He's got to be in the greatest of all time ranking now, no?

ES - You said it right there, he's the greatest of all time. He's the only modern fighter.... I mean Bernard Hopkins will go to the Hall of Fame, and De La Hoya will too, but none of them has accomplished what this man has. He's been in America for the last 8 or 9 years fighting the top in the business all the way up to the top welterweights, and been consistent in all of his fights. Even the one fight he lost, he still fought a great fight, and then came back and knocked him out in the next fight. Everybody that's been available to him, he's put forth great performances against. He's definitely an all time great. He's beyond Hall of Fame, he's an all time great with the Muhammad Ali's and the Ray Robinson's.

8CN - If a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao happens next, how do you see that fight playing out?

ES - I haven't had enough time to really think about it yet. Mayweather is a different animal, he's a lot more technical. But also, Manny will be difficult for him because Mayweather had a stationary target in front him in Marquez. Manny is a moving target and punches from all angles. I think it's going to be a very interesting fight, and I definitely think it's going to take place.

8CN - Describe the atmosphere last night in the MGM Grand.

ES - It was thick, the crowd became so big that the ring just became a little dot in the middle of it all. The Puerto Rican fans and the Filipino's were all there to support their guy. It was like two guys, two bad kids from the neighborhood that were going to fight and everyone was there to take bets on who's going to win. The atmostphere was like war, because of the mindset in both guys.

8CN - Thank you for doing such a good job giving the fans a great perspective of the fight from your angle. Thanks for doing this interview on short notice.

ES - Thank you, and I enjoy doing your show.


Commentary: Emmanuel Steward is a very objective analyist and in fact he doubted Pacquiao many times in the past. But it is nice to hear that he finally give Pacquiao the credit due to him. But whether Steward acknowledge it or not, after the performance Manny Pacquiao showed last night, in my mind, he is the greatest fighter of all time already, without a doubt.


Source: Emanuel Steward interview "Pacquiao is beyond the Hall of Fame"

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Peaking Manny Pacquiao can decimate Floyd Mayweather

LAS VEGAS--As ring immortal Joe Louis once said of slick Billy Conn, I now say to Floyd Mayweather Jr. concerning Manny Pacquiao: You can run but you can't hide.

Speaking of ring immortals, we can surely now crown Pacquiao as the greatest lighter weight fighter (welterweight and below) since Roberto Duran as a lightweight and Sugar Ray Leonard at welterweight.

But don't take it from me, listen to WBC President Don Jose Sulaiman, speaking to me over breakfast in the Studio Cafe seconds ago:

"Manny is an alltime great fighter. I was so amazed with his blinding speed. He is a great fighter and a great entertainer and a humble boy who does not forget that he came from a humble bed. His whole country can be proud and be amazed just as I am," Sulaiman said.

In what had to be Mayweather's's worst nightmare, the Pinoy Idol burnished his legendary status with a complete demolition of rugged Puerto Rican Joshua Miguel I'm No Angel Cotto Saturday night at the MGM Grand.

Compassionate referee Kenny Bayless rescued Cotto from needless punishment at the 55 second mark of the 12th and final round.

The prefight question, which was can Pacquiao possibly defeat the undefeated, supremely skilled Mayweather, is now altered.

The post fight questions are twofold.

One, will Mayweather, who claims to be his own boss, give a direct order to Al Haymon and to his Golden Boy minders, that he will accept no other next opponent than the little brown guy from General Santos City who destroyed Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton and now Cotto in succession?

And, two, I must now ask this pertinent question, would Mayweather have a real chance of beating the still peaking Pacman?

My updated List of Why Pacquiao Beats Mayweather follows:

1. Manny's speed and ring movement clearly matches that of Mayweather now.

2. Manny hits a helluva lot harder than Floyd does with his pittypat, flicking blows.

3. Those patented shoulder rolls won't stop the furious fists of Pacman. As Cotto rightly noted, it wasn't just the volume and the force of Manny's two-fisted attack which ran him over, it was that he could not see where the shots were coming from. Yes, Mayweather's a defensive genius but can he win only by running when Pacman's attack will be nonstop?

4. Superior trainer, strategist. Roger Mayweather may have another jail "staycation" coming up but, as a trainer, he can't compare in any way, shape or form to this generation's answer to Angelo Dundee, "Master" Freddie Roach.

5. Floyd is the older fighter by a year or two and Floyd has been the more inactive fighter.

6. As hard and diligently as Mayweather trains, nobody outworks Manny when he puts all else aside and focuses on getting ready for a fight.

7. There's a special aura about Manny that Mayweather never had and never will have even if he were to beat Pacman in this perceived battle of "Good" (Manny) versus "Evil."

8. Sparring partners: You can find Mayweather clones or at least guys who copy his style. Where in hell can the Mayweather camp find a Pacman style sparmate? Such a person does not exist.

9. Mayweather's greatest nights in the ring are behind him while Manny's are in the future.

10. Madam Auring, who I know many of you young guys do find damned alluring, will pick Mayweather to win, thus making a Pacquiao victory a certainty. Not to mention, though I must, that our esteemed president the always glowing GMA and her friend, Hillary Clinton, will both back Manny 1000 percent.


Commentary: Where on earth can they find a fighter who can fight like Manny Pacquiao to prepare for a fight? I don't know. There is only one Manny Pacquiao!


Source: Peaking Manny Pacquiao can decimate Floyd Mayweather

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If he doesn't fight Pacquiao, Mayweather is exposed

LAS VEGAS—Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in September was totally one-sided but left us with little to remember.

So I think it’s fair to say that, in handing full-fledged WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto a wicked beatdown from start to finish over 33 minutes and 55 seconds Saturday night at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Manny Pacquiao also made this remarkably clear: that he has an extremely good chance to beat the unbeaten Mayweather.

I would not have added the “extremely” part until I witnessed this completely surgical takedown of the redoubtable Boricua Banger.



Now the only fight that public truly demands is Money May versus Money Pacquaio.

No ifs, no buts, no candy and no nuts.


The world wants this miniature edition of Ali vs. Frazier and it wants it soon.


I mean, is there any possible way Mayweather or his minions can criticize this classic Pacman performance?


I don’t see how especially when this bout was 100 times more enteraining the Floyd-Juan Ma boreathon. I enjoy a boxing clinic but, let’s face it, most fans don’t care for same.


The Pound for Pound king is Megamanny.


The world’s best welterweight is Manny.


The most exciting fighter on the planet is Pacquiao.


Memo to Mayweather: Make a deal, sign the contract.


Because if you don’t, your secret will be out.


Then we’ll all know that you fear Pacquiao, that you also believe he can hand you your first loss, take away that precious “O” on your record.


It’s time to put up or shut up, Mayweather.


Man up and sign to fight Manny.


If not, you can only bow down and kneel in Pacman’s direction and say, “I am not worthy.”


If this super bout isn’t made in short order, your secret will be exposed.


Then Mayweather’s Mannyphobia will be out of the closet


Commentary: I think the biggest obstacle for this fight to materialize is whether Floyd Mayweather can summon enough courage to fight the beast in Pacquaio. If Floyd insists without backing down for an unreasonable price sharing then you can bet your house on it that he is simply to scared to fight Pacquiao.


Source: If he doesn't fight Pacquiao, Mayweather is exposed

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It Was Almost As If There Were Two Of Him In The Ring

LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach had predicted an early knockout for Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Miguel Cotto wishes he was right.

For nearly 12 rounds Pacquiao battered the WBO welterweight champion the way the typhoon that had driven Pacquiao out of his training camp and back to Roach’s gym in Hollywood had battered the Philippines last month. By the time referee Kenny Bayless stepped in at :55 of the 12th round and stopped what had become a mugging rounds earlier Cotto’s face was barely recognizable, his spirit was broken and his world title was gone.

His cheeks were bruised and so puffy his eyes were half closed. His lips were swollen to the point where it looked as if he’d overdosed on collagen injections between rounds. As he stood in his corner, broken and beaten, his mother came to his side and held his hand, kissing his fingers as if trying to comfort a small boy who had run into the town bully on his way home from school.

Cotto had spent much of the second half of the fight in almost constant retreat, circling on his toes and seldom throwing anything at Pacquiao with authority because he knew if he did the beating he was taking was only going to get worse. Yet not even retreat allowed him to avoid what became a constant onslaught from Pacquiao for which he had no answers and no defense.

“I couldn’t see where the punches were coming from,’’ Cotto admitted. “I couldn’t protect myself.’’

His corner should have but they didn’t, allowing him to go out for the final round when it was clear he had no chance to win and was absorbing almost constant punishment. When Pacquiao again drilled him with a stinging combination that drove him into the turnbuckle, Bayless stepped in and mercifully ended what had become a nightmarish affair for Cotto and a glorious one for Pacquiao.

Pacquiao had by then rearranged Cotto’s features, battering his face until it was all but unrecognizable. From the second round on, Pacquiao’s superior hand speed and movement had allowed him to control matters, catching him time after time with fierce combinations that quickly transformed a proud champion into a pacifist unwilling and unwanting to throw punches because he was spending much of his time using both hands to try and smother the assault he was under.

The fight started cautiously enough with both men measuring the other but taking few chances. Cotto flicked his jab and tried to land a left hook over Pacquiao’s right while scoring to the body on several occasions in the opening round but that quickly changed in Round 2 with both flurrying more and Pacquiao turning up the pressure and quickly changing angles to try and confuse Cotto.

Pacquiao dropped Cotto to his gloves with a short right hook with more than two minutes still left in Round 3 but that seemed only to enrage Cotto, who attacked, pushing Pacquiao back into the ropes. The two had several fiery exchanges and in Round 4 Cotto seemed to have Pacquiao trapped on the ropes for most of the round when suddenly Pacquiao reversed the situation, flurrying as he did. Cotto went to the ropes and was hit with a right hand and a following left hook that snapped his head around and sent him to the floor a second time. For all intents and purposes the fight was over at that point.

“Manny fought Cotto’s fight too much early,’’ Roach said, “but as the fight went on Manny’s speed was too much for him. It should have been stopped three rounds sooner when he began to run.

“Manny broke him down. His hand speed was too much. His in and out movement was too much. Once I saw him backing up I knew it was over.’’

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO) was calm in the early rounds even when Cotto was landing some snapping punches and pressuring him into retreat. All along he kept waiting for the moment that quickly came, the one where he could unleash his fury on Cotto and begin what would become a systematic demolition of the welterweight champion.

“I was looking for the knockout shot,’’ Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO) said. “That’s why I didn’t throw a lot of punches. Then I landed a good right hook.

“The key to the fight was to stay disciplined. We didn’t panic in the ring (early). I needed time to test his power. As the fight went on I was looking for a one-shot knockout.’’

He didn’t get that but when Cotto arose from the second knockdown round four was nearly done. As it turned out, so was he.

There was already a bruise under his right eye and as he sat on his stool he wore the blank expression of a man lost in the wilderness as his trainer, Joe Santiago, vigorously rubbed his scalp to revive him. Cotto survived the next round by staying in a defensive shell but Pacquiao continued to outquick him and change angles, always seeming to be a move – and two punches - ahead of him.

The champion’s last stand came in Round 6 when the two were at close quarters most of the round and engaged in several furious back-and-forth flurries. But once again Pacquiao got the final word in, a stinging left hand near the end of the round that rocked Cotto, sending him backwards once again. Cotto quickly spun off the ropes this time and pushed Pacquiao away before he could land another blow but by then the Filipino’s speed was taking a heavy toll on Cotto’s features.

“He hit harder than we expected,’’ said Cotto’s trainer, Joe Santiago. “He was a lot stronger than we expected.’’

For the rest of the night Cotto settled into a defensive shell, his hands held high, staying on his toes and circling away with the wary look of a beaten animal in his fast-closing eyes.

Round after round the story never changed. Pacquiao would blister Cotto with fast flurries that bent him over or sent him backwards and then Cotto would retreat only to soon enough be assaulted once again. He had no answer to any of this except to bravely try to hold on until the Filipino storm had blown over.

This, and little more, is what he did until Bayless finally said what Cotto’s father had been hollering for several rounds - “Enough!’’

But that was well after he was rocked again in the ninth round by another combination that sent him back to the ropes and although he briefly escaped it soon happened again and then a third time. With each crushing flurry, Cotto’s face continued to swell like an angry blowfish, his eyes now little more than slits.

“I didn’t protect myself,’’ Cotto said before leaving for a full head and body scan at University Trauma Center. “He threw from all angles.’’

Worse than that, he landed from all angles. No matter where Cotto turned there was no route of escape, no safe haven, nowhere to turn. Pacquiao seemed to be everywhere. It was almost as if there were two of him in the ring.

There was not however because there is only one Manny Pacquiao. Of that, Miguel Cotto, and all of boxing, can be quite sure.


Commentary: Cotto was half right when he said that there's only him and Manny Pacquiao on the ring, and that no one can help Manny or give him anything to hit him. It turned out to be correct except that it was him who needed help. The next blockbuster is the Pacquiao-Mayweather. The attacking genius vs. the defensive genius.


Source: It Was Almost As If There Were Two Of Him In The Ring

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Pacman's magnificent seventh

LAS VEGAS – On a cold Saturday evening, Manny Pacquiao put on the hottest performance of his life, winning an unprecedented seventh world title in different weight classes, and this time making sure that he’ll be remembered forever as the greatest of them all.

It was nine degrees outside when the 30-year-old Filipino superstar waged war against the bigger Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico at the MGM Grand. The fight looked one-sided even if it wasn’t, and in the end, after almost 12 rounds, Pacquiao was declared winner via technical knockout.

Referee Kenny Bayless stepped in and waved his hands to put an end to the fight, a bloody one for Cotto, when the 29-year-old underdog took a big left to the head and looked ready to fall for the third time, pinned on a neutral corner. The end came in the 55-second mark of the final round.

“Takbo siya ng takbo. Ako naman parang mabangis na tigre (He kept on running while I looked like a ferocious tiger,” said Pacquiao in the post-fight press conference, all dressed up, and ready to treat his fans to a mini-concert at Mandalay Bay.

Pacquiao wore a fedora hat because his head was bandaged to protect his right ear where blood was sucked and drained by experts to help ease the pressure. He had a swollen right hand after all the blows he landed on his opponent.

Cotto skipped the press conference because he was taken to the hospital for precautionary measures.

Bob Arum of Top Rank, the promoter of both fighters, welcomed Pacquiao to the packed press center, almost an hour after the fight, as the greatest boxer of all time. It was the same thing he said after Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton last May.

But this time, Arum felt he needed to say it once more.

“I am now going on record to say that Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer I’ve ever seen and that include Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard or Marvin Hagler. I have never, ever seen anyone like him,” said Arum of the new WBO welterweight champion.

“He is the greatest of all time,” Arum added, and not one from among those who packed the ballroom could disagree.

Except for Pacquiao, perhaps, winner of world titles in the flyweight, super-bantamweight, featherweight, super-featherweight, lightweight and junior welterweight. No other fighter in boxing history has won as many crowns in different weight classes.

“I don’t want to compare myself to anybody. I don’t want to compare my achievements to their achievements. All I do is fight, try to win my fights, and bring honor to my country or make the fans happy,” he said.

“I’m just an ordinary fighter,” he said, and his trainer, Freddie Roach, cut him short.

“You’re not ordinary,” said Roach, whose eyes lit up, and said, “You’re the greatest of our era.”

By the time the bout ended, Cotto’s blue corner had turned red with all the blood that flowed from cuts, or gashes, over and under his eyes, his nose, and lips. He was bleeding as early as the fourth round, and after the fight should have checked if Pacquiao had brass knuckles on.

In the ninth round, Cotto, who left the MGM stripped of his WBO welterweight title, started spitting blood to the canvas. You knew he was ready to go, but just wouldn’t yet.

Cotto did land heavy shots of his own, and from ringside, just 10 feet away from the action, Pacquiao looked hurt at times. But he tried not to show it, and succeeded, because each time Cotto connected, he also had something to trade, whether it was as strong or even stronger.

Pacquiao knocked Cotto down for the first time in the fight with a right hook to the head in the 2:10 mark of the third round. But he failed to finish off his opponent, and again in the next round, with only 12 seconds left, a left uppercut sent the Puerto Rican down on the center of the ring.

At some points of the match Pacquiao stood in front of Cotto or did a rope-a-dope, just covering up. But it was not a very good idea because Cotto managed to sneak in strong, powerful punches that made the fight look even or that he was getting hurt.

Cotto brought his bicycle into the ring in the seventh round and stayed away from Pacquiao. He must have felt that going toe-to-toe with the reigning pound-for-pound champion is no longer an option, and the best he could do was stay out of trouble and hope to land the lucky punch.

In the eighth he almost did. With another left jab that had landed early on, Cotto sent Pacquiao’s head tilting backwards that the Filipino must have seen the overhead lights of the grand arena that was filled with more than 16,000 screaming fans, Filipinos, Puerto Ricans and of any other race.

But Pacquiao, the fighter, countered with his own good shots, and connected with a good combination before the bell sounded just near Cotto’s corner. There seemed to taunt each other after the bell, and it looked like the Puerto Rican was to walk to the wrong corner but retreated to his own.

Pacquiao dribbled Cotto’s face with punches early in the ninth round and again the fight appeared to be headed toward the end. Cotto was in serious trouble, and it was just a matter of time, before he either falls down for good or the fight is stopped.

Cotto’s corner was a very busy one at the end of the ninth, and Pacquiao looked so tired punching he sat slouched on his stool. The next two rounds were all for Pacquiao, and Cotto’s handlers must be ready to throw the towels all the same time.

During breaks, the doctor and the referee were observing Cotto if he could still carry on with the fight. But as gallant as he is, the native of Caguas in Puerto Rico kept on, still looking for that one lucky punch that could turn it around. But it never came.

Once or twice, Pacquiao looked frustrated that Cotto kept on running away, bouncing around the ring, just to stay alive. And Pacquiao seemed to have motioned to the referee if there was anything Bayless could do to ask Cotto to engage.

Before the start of the final round, both fighters touched gloves at the center of the ring. In Cotto’s mind, perhaps, is that he’s do anything, and may even jump out of the ring, to avoid being knocked out. In a way he did, because he was up on his feet when the fight was stopped.

A little past seven, Cotto arrived at the fight arena, accompanied by his wife and kids and just a handful supporters. He hardly spoke to his companions and kept himself glued to whatever he was listening to on his Bose headphone.

Cotto was in smart casuals, wearing an embroidered long-sleeved shirt, and as tradition called for he went straight to the ringside section to watch the welterweight action between Alfonso Gomez and Jesus Sotto Karas.

It’s by tradition that Cotto, since he started his pro career in 2001, comes to the venue a little earlier to watch some of the action. It could be some sort of a psychological warm-up and only one other boxer shared that habit with him.

Larry Merchant, the ageless fight analyst, said that boxer is no less than Ali.

Pacquiao came in a few minutes later, with more family members and friends in tow. Still, there was his famous entourage which the fight commentators said make Pacquiao surroundings more like a circus the whole day.

On the giant screens inside the venue, as Yuri Foreman and Daniel Santos were trading heavy blows, Pacquiao was shown inside his dressing room, taking some instructions from his chief trainer.

Then the Filipino superstar was shown with his hands being wrapped by his cutman, Miguel Diaz, as someone who appeared to be a member of Team Cotto watched closely. He was smiling as usual.

By this time, Cotto’s hands were done, and the Puerto Rican was already in his fight uniform, shadow boxing inside his own hideout. He appeared to be in great shape. Later on, the hands of both boxers were checked and signed by the commission.

Richie Mepranum of Saranggani broke the ice for the Filipinos won a split decision over Ernie Marquez in their six-round, junior lightweight contest. Eden Sonsona followed suit, knocking out Eilon Kedem of New York in the second round of their bantamweight clash.


Commentary: I agree with coach Freddie Roach. Manny Pacquiao is the greatest in the history of boxing without disrespect to Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Hagler, etc.


Source: Pacman's magnificent seventh

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First name Manny, Last name Pacquiao A.K.A. All-Time Great

Las Vegas, NV - First name, Greatest; Last name, Ever. And just like that Drizzy track, he can stay there for-EVER. A.K.A Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, and if there were skeptics coming in last night, he left people with no doubt.

For all the talk about Miguel Cotto's strength, power, size and skill, against Pacquiao it was simply not enough. All-time great is what he will go down as if he chose to retire today. There simply is no other way.

A lot of people posed the question as to whether Pacquiao would be able to handle Cotto's power. They forgot to ask how Cotto was going to deal with not only Pacquiao's power but just as the fight's slogan suggested, Pacquiao's exceptional firepower.

In the third round against a legitimate welterweight whom a lot of people considered as the best in the division, that firepower was felt by the Boricua Bomber. Cotto was dropped by a right hook followed by a short left, along with it, questions as to whether Pacquiao can take his power at welterweight and hurt someone in Cotto's caliber.

Fourth round came. Cotto looked as if he had regrouped. He was winning the round and was establishing his body shots and hooks while pinning Pacquiao against the ropes. Cotto was starting to regain his confidence which got the extremely vocal Puerto Rican crowd back into the fight. HBO commentators Larry Merchant and Emmanuel Steward wondered whether Pacquiao was being affected by the amount of hits he was receiving from the strongest opponent he has ever faced. Jim Lampley called it right however when he made a comment that Pacquiao allowed himself to be on the ropes so he could counter. And with 20 seconds left in the round, "See you at the Karaoke Party" hit. Cotto went crashing down courtesy of Pacquiao's signature left. And just like that, Pacquiao again made his firm believers look like geniuses and his haters foolish. The crowd erupted as Cotto's momentarily lifeless body was re-acquainted with the canvass. Any lesser man would've stayed down. Heck, Ricky Hatton stayed down. A testament to Cotto's will and heart, he got back up on his feet as the round he was clearly winning in the beginning ended up becoming a humbling experience.

Pacquiao continued to pepper Cotto with his skin slicing hits, leaving Cotto's face as if it had a run-in with a blender. He cut Cotto's mug all throughout like a razor blade and relentlessly went after his bewildered foe treating the wounds he inflicted to an alcohol facial. It hurt just looking at Cotto's face and perhaps his fans felt his pain as well when they started to leave the arena as early as the seventh round. The fight was pretty much done with Cotto resorting to his skates after the two knockdowns, using the larger ring to his advantage (or as he would word it) for his benefit, and avoided Pacquiao by all means necessary. He was able to tag Pacquiao with some good counters here and there but the damage he was taking in return was simply too much. And in the final round, referee Kenny Bayless felt the same way as he stopped the fight saving the battered and beaten Cotto from a knockout.

How does he do it? How does Manny Pacquiao continue to surpass expectations and deliver sensational fights after another? Pacquiao has brought the excitement, luster and prestige back into boxing. As a fight fan, there simply is nothing else out there like it.


Commentary: Where is Tony Montgomery? Hahahahaha! Your're right Dennis, we are geniuses, and the Pachaters are fools! Floyd Mayweather Sr. is a multiple fool... And yes I have tremendous respect for Cotto. I hope he will come back again because not all fighters that he will face is a Manny Pacquiao. There is only one Manny Pacquiao. As for Floyd...I have ZERO respect for the guy or it is a boy?


Source: First name Manny, Last name Pacquiao A.K.A. All-Time Great

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Pacquiao vs. Cotto: 5 thoughts the day after the fight

You had to be mesmerized by the skill and power of Manny Pacquiao if you watched the fight. Miguel Cotto had lost well before it was stopped at 0.55 of the 12th round but was too proud to say enough was enough.

Before all the talk begins to fade about what happened in the ring at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas and moves to the endless calls for what we all want, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, let's reflect on a historic fight and two men that gave us our money's worth.

1) Muhammad Ali used a butterfly and a bee to describe his ring presence but Pacquiao looks like a missile, launched from a target. In fact, if you've ever watched fencing he resembles an athlete with a sword in his hand. Out of nowhere he seems to leave a spot in the ring and lunge at his opponent with speed and grace. He gives the impression of leaving his feet when in fact he doesn't. It's almost super hero stuff.

2) Cotto may have entered a gym more than a month prior to Pacquiao commenced training but he failed to do what he wanted. The HBO show "24/7 Pacquiao-Cotto" spent oodles of time making the point that the Cotto camp was no-nonsense and committed to a plan that would have their fighter ready for a man who was facing a young, strong true welterweight in his prime. Oops, that plan didn't work.

3) As he entered the ring on Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao was smiling. The HBO ring announcers mentioned it as odd and of course it was. Pacquiao has a Zen-like quality to him that puts the pressures and complexity of a situation into focus and reduces it to its simplest facts. He trained hard, he and his trainer had a plan, he was ready to execute it, he believed he knew his opponent and how to beat him and he did. How many of us could keep fear and anxiety at bay like that?

4) The unnatural calm of Pacquiao was the answer to the chaos that swirled around him during training camp. After watching "24-7" I wondered why the methodical nature of the Cotto camp wouldn't have an edge on Pacquiao's world tour-like atmosphere. And it was never made clear how much time was eaten up a day for the autograph-signing sessions, photos and celeb drop-ins. None of that mattered. It makes me want to go out and sign up for a meditation class, like right now!

5) While some have said that Freddie Roach is walking a thin line by having it seem that he is as critical to his fighter's success as Pacquiao's skill in the ring, I don't see it...yet. Roach is the other half of the wish bone in Pacquiao's success story. He is part of the cache surrounding Manny and his camp. Celebs are not just drawn to the fighter. It is the two-some that draws them in to worship at the shrine. If, as I said above Pacquiao operates on some kind of consciousness level that filters out the unnecessary noise, then he knows that and Roach will remain at his side.

Congratulations to a fighter worthy of being at least a 50/50 partner in any planned fight with Floyd Mayweather. Seven different weight-class belts is a stunning achievement. We saw the best fight in years on Saturday night. Here's hoping the business wrangling doesn't screw up the next one.


Commentary: Very true, girl!


Source: Pacquiao vs. Cotto: 5 thoughts the day after the fight

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Manny’s punches smother Cotto

LAS VEGAS—Miguel Cotto seemed to be landing more punches than Manny Pacquiao at the start.

By the time referee Kenny Bayless waved off the fight, however, the numbers had reversed itself totally with Pacquiao winning the punching game and scoring a 12th-round technical knockout over Cotto at the MGM Grand’s Garden Arena Saturday night.

The power punches statistics presented by CompuBox clearly showed how Cotto was thoroughly beaten by the new WBO welterweight champion.

Power-punch disparity

Pacquiao landed 276 power punches out of 560 thrown for a 49-percent accuracy, while Cotto—who actually got his pet left hooks going early in the bout—connected on 93 of 300 attempts for 31 percent.

Pacquiao threw a total of 780 punches and landed 336 (43 percent), most of them coming in flurries and from angles that left Cotto befuddled.

In fact, of the 93 power punches landed by Cotto, at least 83 came in the first four rounds. Cotto was estimated to have landed, at the most, just nine power punches from the fifth to the 12th rounds.

Battered and bruised

“I did not see where they were coming from,” Cotto admitted after the fight. The Puerto Rican, whose face was battered and bruised that he needed to be rushed to the hospital after the fight for a precautionary checkup, threw 597 and landed just 172 (29 percent).

Cotto, though was scoring with his jabs a lot, especially early in the fight where he seemed to be dominating Pacquiao.

He connected on 79 jabs out of 297 attempts while Pacquiao landed 60 out of 220 thrown. Both were at 27 percent.

And then there were the numbers from the judges that became moot when Bayless stopped the fight at the 55-second mark of the 12th round.

Judges all for Pacquiao

Judge Adelaide Byrd scored it 109-99, Duane Ford saw it 108-99 and Dave Moretti had it 108-100—all for the only boxer in history to win world titles in seven weight classes.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer had it 108-99 for Pacquiao through 11 rounds, giving Cotto just two rounds.


Commentary: Manny is blazingly fast, amazingly strong, and incredibly tough.


Source: Manny’s punches smother Cotto

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Rockstar Pacquiao Makes History with TKO over Cotto

Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was bigger than a Bon Jovi hit for now 7 time world title holder Manny Pacquiao.

The song remains the same for welterweight superstar Miguel Cotto.

It was Reminiscent of Cotto's July 2008 fight against Antonio Margarito in the very same ring. Once again Cotto's face had underwent some serious pugilistic re-construction after a fairly one sided 11 round operating session from Dr. Manny Pacquiao. No Plaster included.

The first three rounds lived up to the hype. It was constant give-and-take punching from both sides.
While Cotto clearly won the first round the world got a chance to notice that along with blazing speed, Pacquiao can also take a punch from a solid welterweight. Cotto landed a few of his trademark left hooks but they didn't seem to rock Pacquaio what so ever.

In round 3 Pacquiao caught Cotto with right that sent him slipping to the canvas. The knockdown didn't appear to hurt Cotto but in round 4 opportunity knocked in the form of a powerful left that sent Cotto down again. As Cotto beat the count the signs of damage were present as his knees showed a bit of rubber.

By the 9th round Cotto's face had swelled considerably and he was bleeding from the mouth and nose. There were talks of stopping the fight in the corner but Cotto wanted to continue. At this point the best he could hope for is to complete the fight.

Once again, in the 11th round, it appeared the fight might be stopped in the corner, however Cotto refused to allow trainer Joe Santiago to call it quits.

In round 12 Cotto danced for his life while the ever ready Pacquiao continued to swat him around. Referee Kenny Bayless finally popped in at 55 seconds to shut the lights off.

The show was over and Manny Pacquiao entered the record books. While the world once again shifted it's attention to Pacquiao vs Mayweather, Manny was talking rock-and-roll. Later in the night Pac-Man was gearing up to perform an 8-song concert at the Mandalay Bay.

Being from Boston I think it's safe to say. That's Manny just being Manny!


Commentary: Manny Pacquiao is the greatest boxer of all time...


Source: Rockstar Pacquiao Makes History with TKO over Cotto

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Bruised and battered, Cotto says he will fight again

Those in Miguel Cotto's corner on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena made the executive, majority decision to send their fighter in for a 12th and final round with Manny Pacquiao.

The fight was called 55 seconds into the frame and awarded to Pacquiao by TKO. But, in reality, the fight ended much earlier, as Cotto was gradually worn down after two solid rounds to start the fight.

Speaking in bigger picture terms, Cotto told his fans afterward that the fight goes on in regards to his career.

Despite having both eyes nearly swollen shut and blood coming out from both his nose and a nasty cut above his left eye, Cotto remained in the ring for several minutes following the bout.

"I will continue," he said defiantly in concluding an interview with HBO's Larry Merchant. "I will continue fighting."

Though Pacquiao stole the spotlight — as expected — Cotto certainly lived up to his billing throughout the main event. He proudly displayed the iron chin and the incredibly strong will which he'd long been known for in the welterweight division.

"He has always been a courageous fighter," Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said. "A great fighter, a courageous fighter.

"It wasn't one-sided until about the seventh round. That was the round where Miguel hurt Manny."

It was earlier than that, however, when it became apparent to all in attendance that Pacquiao had taken control of the fight.

Cotto was given a 10-9 decision across the board from the judges following a first round in which he engaged at will with Pacquiao and displayed quickness which was far better than advertised.

But Cotto was stung once significantly in the third round, going down to his hands, and then went to the canvas officially in the fourth.

From that point on, he became visibly worn and couldn't defend nearly as efficiently as he had at the onset.

"I didn't know from where the punch was coming," Cotto said of his trouble seeking out where Pacquiao's attacks were coming from. "I didn't protect myself from the punches.

"That really made the difference."

It appeared as if pride was keeping Cotto going in the later rounds, as he tried to avoid Pacquiao's flurries by simply moving away.

After the 11th round Miguel Cotto Sr. tried to stop the fight in his son's corner. Cotto even sounded a bit unsure of going any further.

Referee Kenny Bayless looked for the first sign of trouble in the 12th to call the action, with Cotto showing no resistance to the decision when it came.

"I've fought everybody," Cotto said immediately afterward. "Manny is one of the best boxer's we've had of all time."

His words over the arena's public address system were the last any members of the media heard from Cotto, as he was taken to University Medical Center afterward for body scans. His representatives said Cotto generally felt fine and was able to walk under his own power from the dressing room to his team bus after visiting with his family.

There's every reason to believe that Cotto will continue to fight, even though regaining his previous stature in the welterweight division might be impossible.

When all was said and done, he fared better against Pacquiao than both Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, plus his power can still be a draw, even though it didn't get him very far on Saturday night.

His warrior-like ability to stand toe-to-toe with Pacquiao for so long, too, may have quelled a bit of the controversy surrounding his split decision victory over Joshua Clottey back in June.

He also caused more damage to Pacquiao's face than most challengers have in recent memory, as he was quick to point at the puffiness surrounding his eyes and the wrap around his freshly-drained right ear during the post-fight press conference.

Pacquiao said that, despite trainer Freddie Roach's disapproval, he laid against the ropes a bit during the middle rounds just to test Cotto's power. He obviously paid a small price for it, though the outcome was never in serious danger.

Will the 29-year-old Cotto — now with a still-impressive record of 34-2 — fight again? It certainly appears that way.

It just might be a little while before that happens.

"Cotto, I think, against a normal, great welterweight, would do OK still," Arum said. "But he obviously has to take off a considerable amount of time because he did take a beating tonight, and he has to rest his body."



Commentary: Cotto is beaten but he earns my respect. He is a real man, far cry from the Lil' Floyd Mayweather who has a lot of growing up to do...


Source: Bruised and battered, Cotto says he will fight again

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao: The only fight fans want to see

Steve Marcus

Manny Pacquiao reacts following his WBO welterweight title fight against Miguel Cotto Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

As of Saturday night, can anyone think of a single reason why Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao shouldn’t fight?

It kind of seems silly at first. Of course, there has to be some minor, highly insignificant, but ultimately negative thing about the two fighting one another.

But then really think about it. Is there?

Floyd Mayweather Sr. says there is. But he’s not telling anybody.

“Lil Floyd would whoop (him), but to tell you the truth, I don’t think he should fight him,” Mayweather Sr. said. “That would be my advice to him.”

If he’d have no problem beating him though, then why not take the fight?

“I have my own reasons,” he said. “I’ll let you think about it for a second.”

Whatever Mayweather Sr.’s reasons are, chances are they’d have a hard time stacking up against the reasons for why the two should meet in the ring in early 2010.

As Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, described it, it’s a fight the world wants to see. Moments after Pacquiao’s historic win over Miguel Cotto for his world title in a seventh weight class, fans from inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena started chanting, "We want Floyd."

Roach says that he’ll take whatever fight is the best deal for Pacquiao, but his pick if Mayweather.

“We’ll fight whoever we negotiate with the best. If Floyd wants a 65/35 split, he’s not going to get that,” Roach said. “We’ll take the best deal that Bob negotiates for, but personally, I want Mayweather.”

Back in September, following Mayweather’s unanimous decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez, his manager and close friend Leonard Ellerbe said that Pacquiao was the next obvious choice from a marketing standpoint.

That much is especially obvious, as the Mayweather and Pacquiao fights — although Saturday’s numbers aren't official, it’s certainly a reasonable assumption — marked the first time since 1999 that a single calendar year sold two pay-per-view fights that reached more than 1 million viewers each.

As Vice President of HBO Sports Operations Mark Taffet will enthusiastically attest, they are obviously the two most marketable fighters in the world.

“The two fighters’ persona and performance in the ring separates them from the pack,” Taffet said. “From a media aspect, they compliment each other. Pacquiao receives a tremendous following from the West and Southwest markets, whereas in Mayweather we see a lot of Midwest and East Coast activity.

“They are two megastars but to very different target audiences, which is what makes it almost a perfect storm from a marketing perspective.”

Even their styles are tailor-made for one another.

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO) is the aggressor, who has shown a willingness to take a punch to give one, as well as a constant desire to finish fights even when he’s well ahead on a scorecard.

Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO) is the tactical defender, whose elusive ability is often referred to as poetry in motion; always the type of fighter that looks to score points and attend a post-fight press conference free of damage.

The trainer in Roach says he has the blueprint to defeat Mayweather — something the undefeated boxer is constantly asserting doesn’t exist.

“We’d break him down and beat him up,” Roach said. “Floyd can’t break an egg; he’s fragile. He hurts his hands all the time. He has speed, but if he lays on the ropes and rolls his shoulders, we’ll take everything he gives us.

“I have a great game plan for Mayweather, and I know how to beat the guy.”

Mayweather Sr., on the other hand, remains unimpressed by the Filipino and the wins he has over opponents that aren’t on the same level as his son.

“We ain’t worried about that fight. Tell me where you see a 5-foot-5 (expletive) hitting someone who’s just standing right in front of him,” said Mayweather Sr., referring to the Cotto fight. “That’s what we saw tonight.

“He hasn’t fought the greatest fighter yet. That might be his next task, but I don’t know.”

One person who doesn’t care about Mayweather Sr.’s withheld reasons for the two not to fight is HBO President of Sports Ross Greenburg, who was already in the media center arguing with Mayweather Sr. on the subject immediately following Saturday’s fight.

Before any of the fighters had arrived for questioning, Greenburg was heard saying to Mayweather Sr. that he knew the fight should happen and that it was time to make it happen.

“I don’t want to say it’s just a question of money,” Grennburg said. “When you have a situation where you’ve created two big events in the last three months, basically to set up a semifinals in the 147-pound weight class, and the American public demands to see the fight it has to happen.

“And the way it happens is to induce all sides by getting everyone to check their egos at the door, sit down at a table and hash out the terms. Each side has to look at the big picture, which is there is a boat-load of money and a fight too important for this sport not to happen.”

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who promoted Mayweather until the fighter bought out his contract in 2006 because of a falling out, confessed that even he was more than willing to put their differences aside to make the fight.

“I’m not going to put up with any kind of nonsense — no trash talk, I’m not going to negotiate a fight in newspapers,” Arum said. “If Floyd Mayweather wants to fight Manny Pacquiao, he knows who to call. Period.

“There will be none of this, ‘I hate him, he hates me,’ — that doesn’t matter. If he wants to fight, let him call me.”

According to Greenburg, that was news Mayweather didn’t need to hear.

Right before Pacquiao emerged from his final medical checks in his locker room, Greenburg walked to the microphone to deliver news.

“I just got off the phone with (Golden Boys Promotions CEO) Richard Schaeffer,” Greenburg said. “He told me point-blank that Bob Arum would be getting that call on Monday and plans to come in and meet with Bob next to week to make the Mayweather fight.

“I think we can all hope and pray that a fight of that magnitude and importance to the sport of boxing can truly be made, because it is time to capitalize on all the hard work that was done over the last three months. We can look forward to one of the biggest events in boxing history. Let’s see what happens, stay tuned.”

Monday can’t come soon enough.


Commentary: I know why Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn't want his son to fight Manny Pacquiao. He simply realizes that Manny is more special than his son and that there is a very big possibility Lil' Floyd Mayweather Jr's behind would whoop by the Pacman. Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn't come to the fight so as to give the impression that he is not interested with the fight. But to have someone from his camp check how Pacquiao does against a real welterweight, he sent his father instead. I seriously doubt that the fight would materialize because by now Lil' Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared of the Pacman.


Source: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao: The only fight fans want to see

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ARIZA: PACQUIAO SHOWED COTTO MERCY

In a post-fight interview following his destruction of Miguel Cotto in which he grabbed the Puerto Rican’s WBO welterweight title and the organization’s super champion belt and also the coveted WBC “Diamond Belt” studded with hundreds of diamonds, rubies and other precious stones, Manny Pacquiao likened himself to a tiger that stalked his wounded prey.

Pacquiao stopped Cotto at 55 seconds of the twelfth round in a brutal beating and said later “I was like a ferocious tiger.”

He said Cotto “kept running” but praised him nevertheless saying “he is still very tough.”

Pacquiao’s conditioning expert Alex Ariza who must be given a lot of credit for working together with celebrated trainer Freddie Roach to turn the Filipino southpaw into a menacing fighting machine told www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports that “what you saw tonight was mercy. I thought Manny could have finished him so many times but he just didn’t want to hit him anymore.”

Ariza also criticized Cotto’s corner saying “his father should have stopped that fight. Shame on him for letting his pride possibly injure his son.”

However, Ariza said Cotto “deserves a lot of credit. He showed up, he was in shape. No more excuses . I don’t think anybody can ever say anything about Manny . He fought the best 147 pounder out there and destroyed him.”

Asked what’s next for Pacquiao and where he would go from here, Ariza quipped “to the moon. I don’t know where this guy begins where is the end. I just don’t know anymore.” However, while fight fans and the media are pleading for a Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr fight, Ariza said “I don’t like that fight” saying there was no need to give Mayweather any importance.

The conditioning guru said he’d prefer one more fight with Juan Manuel Marquez who has been pleading for one more shot at Pacquiao following two close fights. Ariza said “we’d like to fight Marquez at a 140 pounds and shut his mouth so we don’t have to hear from him again.”

He said Marquez “can go to the mountains, break rocks, drink pee and then come here and get knocked out.”


Commentary: Manny is really a special person. Like Ariza, I do not know Manny anymore. He simply defies any limiting definition of him. He is the exception to all the rules. As to Marquez, I doubt that the venerable Beristain would allow his charge to fight Manny Pacquiao at Junior Welterweight. It is simple suicide.


Source: ARIZA: PACQUIAO SHOWED COTTO MERCY

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Pacquiao is the greatest boxer and I have seen them all, says Bob Arum

Manny Pacquiao celebrates after defeating Miguel Cotto in their WBO welterweight fight at the MGM Grand. Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Manny Pacquiao was in extraordinary form last night, both inside the ring, where he dismantled Miguel Cotto to win a world title in a seventh different weight division (a record), and outside the ring, where he interrupted his jovial post-fight press conference to sing a love song. "I'm just ordinary," the always humble Manny had said earlier in the proceedings. As a singer, perhaps. As a boxer, not a chance.

It is always hard to separate the reality from the fantasy in the world of professional boxing, especially when ageless circus barkers like Bob Arum are involved, but one of the many beauties about having Pacquiao around is that he makes everyone's life easier.

He is hyperbole made flesh, the man for whom no claim is too outlandish. So it is that when Arum, who promotes the Filipino's fights, steps up the microphone and says Pacquiao is the "Tiger Woods of boxing" those who are listening are inclined to give the suggestion a fair hearing. Likewise when Arum stood up and said, as he did in the aftermath of last night's display, that Pacquiao is the greatest boxer he had ever seen "and I've seen them all, including Ali, Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard", no one laughed, they simply started debating.

Is the Filipino that good? Well, the truth of it is we will never know. Cross-generational comparisons in sport are the every definition of futility– like trying to catch a deluge in a paper cup, as a wise songwriter once decreed.

Is he better than Ali? You might as well ask if Arkle was better than Sea The Stars. Same animal, different sport altogether.

Still, there are some things we can say about Pacquiao that are surely beyond debate, the first being that as a boxer he has exceeded all expectations, perhaps even his own. He certainly made fools of those, like Ricky Hatton, who suggested prior to last night's contest at the GM Grand in Las Vegas that he would have neither the stamina to go the distance with Cotto, far less beat him.

Not only did he beat the Puerto Rican, he humbled him, just as he had humbled the aforementioned Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya in his two previous appearances in the same arena. Those victories illustrated Pacquiao's ring mobility and hand-speed, securing his reputation as the most naturally gifted boxer of his generation. Last night's fight proved he is also one of the toughest and strongest. As for the unofficial title best pound-for-pound fighter in the world? Well, the jury has all but made its decision, although wise counsel suggests that one more piece of evidence in required.

The mercurial Floyd Mayweather Jr was nowhere to be seen around the MGM Grand last night, but his presence was felt everywhere and it will be demanded when the world of boxing gathers assembles once again for one of these occasions. Pending the usual behind-the-scenes horse-trading and front-of-house finger-pointing, it is unimaginable that the American and the Filipino will not meet in the ring sometime within the next year. The appetite is too great for it not to happen, and so are the financial rewards for the two protagonists.

Who would win? Both will have their supporters, but if Pacquiao emerges victorious yet again Arum could step up to the microphone and describe his man as the Second Coming and no one will argue.

Commentary: The Tiger Woods of boxing...hmmm. I think the best description is the greatest of the greatest boxer in the history of the sport. A phenomenon which we may never see again in our lifetime.


Source: Pacquiao is the greatest boxer and I have seen them all, says Bob Arum

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Live from Las Vegas: Bob Arum looking to make Pacquiao-Mayweather clash

Moments ago at the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto post fight pres conference it was revealed that promoter Bob Arum is planning to meet with GoldenBoy's Richard Schaefer this Mondayto discuss a potential showdown between newly crowned WBO Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The possibilities of a Pacquiao-Mayweather clash are absolutely intriguing, as some are calling it the biggest event that would have ever taken place in the sport.

While Pacquiao has looked sensational in his recent outings, Mayweather brings a completely different element to the sport. It is a fight that would certainly cause waives in the sport and we should hope that it all can be made.

After being away from the sport for 21 months, Mayweather returned this September 19th with a resounding unanimous decision victory over Juan Manuel Marquez. Despite the win being convincing, Pacquiao has now turned the attention over to his side and it looks like the ball is again in Floyd's court.

Commentary: For the Pacquiao-Mayweather to happen, both promoters must fork in some of their share because neither fighter would be willing to accept lesser share. Manny is reasonably the draw here but Lil' Floyd Mayweather is always the unreasonable one.


Source: Live from Las Vegas: Bob Arum looking to make Pacquiao-Mayweather clash

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Pacquiao-Cotto post fight presser: Roach and Manny speak on Cotto bout and Mayweather showdown

Moments ago at the post fight press conference for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto bout, Pacquiao himself and trainer Freddie Roach addressed the media following their big win. Just minutes earlier Pacquiao had emerged victorious against Cotto in a wild fight to claim the WBO Welterweight championship of the world.

Manny was first to speak and claimed that he simply wanted to thank everyone for being present.

"I'm very proud," Pacquiao continued. "I just want to enjoy this moment."

When asked how he would compare his success to that of such fighters as Muhammad Ali, Pacquiao was overly humble and modest.

"First off I don't want to compare my acheivement to any fighter," Pacquiao remarked. "We just did our best in boxing. I just want to thank my master in boxing, Freddie Roach."

While it is indeed true that Roach has become a master to the Filipino fighter, he wasn't nearly as shy when giving his thoughts on his fighter's greatness.

"He's as good as any of them," Roach said bluntly when comparing his charge to the great fighters in years past. "He's the greatest fighter of this era that's for sure."

When asked about the possibility of a potential clash between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Roach was definitely interested.

"That's the fight the world wants to see," the trainer continued. "But we'll fight whoever is out there.If Floyd wants a 65/35 split he's not getting it."

Pacquiao then regained control of the dais, giving respect to Cotto for the battle he had given him.

"It was one of the toughest fights in my boxing years," Pacquiao admitted. "I took a lot of punches from Cotto. He's strong and he hits hard. It was all about being smart in the ring and pretending not to be hurt when you really are."

Pacquiao went on to state that he is looking forward to a long vacation in the Philippines with his family. He went on to thank all of his supporters, especially those from the Philippines, and left the presser with a clear message.

"I owe all of this to God. If you believe in God and keep praying, nothing is impossible."

Commentary: If Manny Pacquiao keeps his humility in tact, and his faith in God stronger, no one can touch him in his prime...


Source: Pacquiao-Cotto post fight presser: Roach and Manny speak on Cotto bout and Mayweather showdown

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