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?


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