Roach: Pacquiao must fight smart vs Cotto

This is going to be a great fight. I gotta be honest, I can't predict who's going to do what in any round, as others have said, anything can happen. Both fighters have gone through quite a few changes, both always coming through with more experience, evolving, working on their prospective weak points and turning them into strenghts. Let's take a quick look at Pac fight with Hatton. Yeah, it was a great ko for Pac, but i also think he got a little lucky (along with his good timing and skill) with that punch. I don't like hatton at all, but look at his prior fights. He's a dam good boxer, a well rounded fighter. You gotta give him his kudo's. Manny has gone through most of his evolution to what he is now, Cotto is still evolving, studying on his flaws and working on his weak points. And he also has an opportunity to study the "new Manny" whereas, Manny doesn't have the "new Cotto" to study. Plus the point was made here before, Cotto is a bigger, stronger natural ww, manny is not. Manny is coming into Cotto territory, not vice-versa. I am very confident that Cotto is going to win this fight. Manny ain't gonna make it easy for him, and yeah, this is the fight of Cotto's life, Cuz Manny is a bloodthirsty, lighting fast monster of a finisher, But Cotto is hard as nails now, with great determination, he's got his confidence back, he's a beast. His liver punch is deadly, and Manny has a smaller frame that cotto can harm fairly easy if he can get in a couple good left hooks. If he can accomplish that, that will weaken Manny substantially, and Manny doesn't have the greatest defense cuz he's always on the offense and can be countered by a good boxer. Cotto is a great counter and has a good defense which he's tightening up before the fight. We all know this. He admits he needs to work on his defense, "especially uppercuts which manny doesn't have but is probably working on, and so is Cotto", (defense) so when you put all this together, you have a Cotto win. But like i said, Manny ain't giving away any free belts this year and he's going to make Cotto pay for it, maybe dearly, but I say the "new, improved, evolved and polished" Cotto will come out of this with the "rose in his teeth."

Mosely doesn't want to fight Pac badly because he thinks he can win or lose. It's quite simple he want to fight Pac because he stands to make his highest pay day. I don't fault Mosely for that he himself deserves a big fight but so does Cotto who has put in his work against some of the toughest fighters in his weight divison. To me whoever gets the fight they deserve it. Pac does stand to make more against Cotto simply because Cotto has a much stronger following then Mosely. Mosley has never been a big draw for some reason even in his days when he was beating Oscar. Overrated? I would never say that about Shane he has fought a lot of though fighters and I do agree with him when he says he shouldn't have to take on the PW or the Clottey's. People have to understand he has put in his time. I would not agree with Oscar when he says that Mosley is the most feared fighter though. Mosley should fight Berto, then take either the winner or loser of Pac-Cotto or Money-Marquez.

cotto is deteriorated but pac has to fight smart, wtf pac shouldnt have to fight smart if cotto is done cosign roach dont make any sense. if pac fights intelligently than that means pac will be on the move all night. so this fight will go the distance unless cotto can catch up and hurt pac then cotto by tko.

American trainer Freddie Roach said Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao needs to engage world welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in an intelligent fight in order to win. “Cotto's very strong, we have to fight a very intelligent fight,” said Roach in an interview over dzSR’s Sports Chat with Dennis Principe. If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum succeeds in arranging the match between the pound-for-pound king and the Puerto Rican champion, the fight will take place on November 14 in Las Vegas. “The thing is, he's big and strong and he's young,” Roach said referring to Cotto. “I think it’s a hard fight for us, Cotto is a strong puncher.” Cotto, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion, is 28 years old while Pacquiao is already 30. However, Roach said Pacquiao’s current fighting level puts the odds in their favor. “It's a tough fight, but the way Manny is fighting right now, it's a very winnable fight for us,” he said. When asked about Shane Mosley’s insistence on securing a fight with the pound-for-pound champion, Roach said Pacquiao stands to gain more in fighting Cotto. “You had the Mosley-Cotto , who's the better fighter? You gotta say it’s Cotto because when they fought, Cotto won,” said the American trainer. In November 2007, Mosley tried to wrest the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title from Cotto but lost by a unanimous decision. “So, style-wise Shane is probably a little faster than Cotto. I think Mosley is just way overrated,” said Roach. Earlier, revered boxing trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain said Pacquiao needs only six rounds to beat Cotto. He said Cotto lost the edge after receiving a brutal beating from Antonio Margarito last July. "Cotto remained a little deteriorated after the fight that he had with Antonio Margarito. And to be up against Manny Pacquiao, with all due respect - since I respect and I admire Puerto Rican boxing, but believe that Pacquiao should put him on the canvas in five or six rounds," he said. Beristain, who crafted Pacquiao nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez into a technical fighter, said Cotto had a hard time beating Joshua Clottey. "In the fight against Clottey, you could see some of the aftermath of what happened with Margarito. Clotty is not a top-level fighter, and nevertheless, in some moments, Cotto was put in predicaments and the punches were affecting him," he said. as of 06/28/2009 12:58 AM deteriorated......lmao Clottey is not a top-level fighter? Is this writer seirous lol.

American trainer Freddie Roach said Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao needs to engage world welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in an intelligent fight in order to win. “Cotto's very strong, we have to fight a very intelligent fight,” said Roach in an interview over dzSR’s Sports Chat with Dennis Principe. If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum succeeds in arranging the match between the pound-for-pound king and the Puerto Rican champion, the fight will take place on November 14 in Las Vegas. “The thing is, he's big and strong and he's young,” Roach said referring to Cotto. “I think it’s a hard fight for us, Cotto is a strong puncher.” Cotto, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion, is 28 years old while Pacquiao is already 30. However, Roach said Pacquiao’s current fighting level puts the odds in their favor. “It's a tough fight, but the way Manny is fighting right now, it's a very winnable fight for us,” he said. When asked about Shane Mosley’s insistence on securing a fight with the pound-for-pound champion, Roach said Pacquiao stands to gain more in fighting Cotto. “You had the Mosley-Cotto , who's the better fighter? You gotta say it’s Cotto because when they fought, Cotto won,” said the American trainer. In November 2007, Mosley tried to wrest the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title from Cotto but lost by a unanimous decision. “So, style-wise Shane is probably a little faster than Cotto. I think Mosley is just way overrated,” said Roach. Earlier, revered boxing trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain said Pacquiao needs only six rounds to beat Cotto. He said Cotto lost the edge after receiving a brutal beating from Antonio Margarito last July. "Cotto remained a little deteriorated after the fight that he had with Antonio Margarito. And to be up against Manny Pacquiao, with all due respect - since I respect and I admire Puerto Rican boxing, but I believe that Pacquiao should put him on the canvas in five or six rounds," he said. Beristain, who crafted Pacquiao nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez into a technical fighter, said Cotto had a hard time beating Joshua Clottey. "In the fight against Clottey, you could see some of the aftermath of what happened with Margarito. Clotty is not a top-level fighter, and nevertheless, in some moments, Cotto was put in predicaments and the punches were affecting him," he said. as of 06/28/2009 12:58 AM deteriorated......lmao cotto is deteriorated but pac has to fight smart, wtf pac shouldnt have to fight smart if cotto is done