By Mark Vester
Undefeated WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez felt the bout between his countryman Miguel Cotto and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao should have been stopped in the seventh or eight round. Lopez was ringside at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and watched Cotto get busted up for nearly twelve rounds.
Lopez thought Cotto would win with his counterpunching style. He said Pacquiao's power shocked him. He doesn't think Cotto overtrained for the fight, which some have suggested.
"I thought that if Cotto fought him by counterpunching, he had a very good chance of winning and even had a chance to knock him out. But what happened was that Pacquiao was not only fast, he was a big puncher, and he was able to take a lot of as well," Juanma said to El Nuevo Dia.
"I'm not here to criticize, but I can humbly say that this fight should have been stopped in the seventh or eighth round. Overtraining is something that exists. But really, I don't think he overtrained. I think he looked good physically, and what happened was that Pacquiao's punch made the difference."
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