Cotto vs Pac: Predict the Fight!

[Akinapepemo]

bumping this thread

[rob6465]

Wait 1 minute....before it was 3-1 or 4-1 odds and now it's 2 1/2-1 odds and the separation is getting closer. Are people finally waking up?

[Akinapepemo]

nah, it maybe the ones betting on Pac placed theirs first, hence the initial swelling of the odds in his favor. i guess the one rooting for Cotto placed theirs only now.

[Syf]

Actually we do. how do you see it before being stopped in the 6th? would it be competitive before that, or would he be elusive?

Would it be an accumulation, like the DLH fight or bombs everytime he connects like the Hatton fight?

nah it won't be exactly like the Hatton fight..Cotto is too clever and cagey to be caught right away like Hatton was. At the same time, I don't believe it will be like the DLH fight either.

I think the foot and handspeed will be devastatingly apparent from jump, throwing a serious wrench in anything Cotto or his fans, were planning for him to do.. Manny will try to land a big left, and it will not knock Cotto out outright, but it will send him back on his heels and gain his respect. Then Manny will settle into a more cat and mouse type of strategy, where the roles are interchangeable. He will use his explosive foot movement to score hits and dart away, and not allow Cotto to land anything too flush. And surprisingly, when Cotto does land to the body on occasion, Pac can take it. Cotto will attempt to establish the jab to set up some of his bigger shots, but Manny will showcase his lateral movement here and sidestep the jab and throw one of his own, and then roll of it with with a left uppercut . As Manny continues to fight a smart fast, stinging fight, eventually Cotto will lose his composure a bit from frustration and try to really open up on Manny or play rough/dirty tactics on him a la Judah.. But as he opens up to do so... BAM. Straight left. Cotto will genuinely be stunned, because his own momentum carried him into the punch. Backpedaling now, but manny is on him, throwing and throwing. Cotto can't get away or cover up fast enough, but he doesn't want to quit because that is on his mind from Marg, so he stays on his feet valiantly attempting to stave off the storm. But his power is reduced now from getting hit so much, he's flustered and not thinking clearly. Pac hits him with more straight lefts and the sometime uppercut. Cotto is in trouble now. Pac throws all his weight, like only he can, behind another shot after clearing cotto's guard with a swiping jab.. Bam before Cotto knows it he's on the canvas.

Angry and dissapointed with himself, he tries to stand up too quickly, and a rush of dizziness hits him as he does so... and he stumbles and does a bit of a drunken two step. The ref sees this and waves off the fight.. In the 6th. 1:45'ish