[B]Is Pac affraid to fight to fight Cotto at 147?[/B]

By Manuel Perez: Well, Manny Pacquiao only has himself and his trainer Freddie Roach to blame for this latest fiasco with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto about the title not being on the line for the fight. If Pacquiao and Roach wanted the title to be up for grabs in the fight, they shouldn’t have forced Cotto to take the fight at a 145 pound catch weight rather than the 147 welterweight limit. That’s on them. Cotto has drawn a line in the sand and won’t be putting his WBO title on the line for this fight unless Pacquiao agrees to fight at 147. Pacquiao can solve all this if he just agrees to fight at the normal welterweight limit and forgets about all this catch weight nonsense. If he wants the title, then do what all fighters do when competing for a title in the welterweight division, agree to fight at 147. Unless, of course, Pacquiao is scared to fight Cotto at 147. Then, I can entirely understand why Pacquiao wouldn’t want to fight the bout at the normal 147 pound weight limit. But, dealing with fear is part of boxing and if Pacquiao can’t do it, then he needs to forget about fighting for the WBO title, because it isn’t happening. I wonder what Pacquiao is afraid of? First he, he was hesitant to give Juan Manuel Marquez a rematch after winning a controversial 12 round split decision over him last year in March, and now he’s unwilling to fight Cotto at the normal 147 weight limit of the welterweight division, yet he still wants Cotto’s title on the line. Why stop there? Why not make Cotto fight with a patch over one eye and still have his WBO title on the line? Pacquiao could then brag afterwards about winning his 7th world title without discussing the handicap that he was given that allowed him to win the bout. As it is, I couldn’t count a win over Cotto as being legitimate if Cotto is forced to put his title on the line at a catch weight. That’s not fighting for a title, to me. That’s more like some kind of circus like exhibition bout, a stay busy bout, rather than a true title fight. This is all show business stuff, like a side show event. It isn’t a world title fight if both fighters aren’t coming in at the normal weight for the division, as far as I’m concerned. Cotto is saying that he’ll vacate the WBO title if the World Boxing Organization tries to exert pressure for him to put his WBO title on the line for the fight. It looks as if that might actually happen because the WBO are on board with Miguel’s title being on the line for this fight, even though the bout won’t be held at the normal welterweight limit of 147. Pacquiao needs to man up grow a pair and take the fight at the normal weight or else shut his pie hole about the WBO title. Link:http://www.************.com/2009/07/boxing-is-pacquiao-afraid-to-fight-cotto-at-147/ And before somebody come with a smart ass post, i am just giving some info not instigating the article ok i.:afro:

Comments (3)

**** off.. Pac's a tiny JWW for ****s sake.. i wonder what the writer thinks of mayweather..

16y ago

rob6465

I stopped reading at "Manuel Perez" :rofl: http://i25.tinypic.com/ftiihf.jpg :owned: Manuela Perez needs to find himself a new profession. :rofl: I think in your 2ND SIG with hatton/pacman grabbing eachother I think hatton is whispering to him to KO him so they can head back to hotel...lol

16y ago

Maidana_vs_Rios

I stopped reading at "Manuel Perez" :rofl: By Manuel Perez: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cp88gz May 2, 2009 Well, Ricky Hatton has won the first part of tonight’s battle with Manny Pacquiao by beating him in yesterday’s weigh-in stare down, and causing Pacquiao to look away first. I can’t stress enough the importance of the winning the psychological part of boxing, because that plays a huge factor in the eventual outcome of a fight. Look at any big fight, and nine times out of ten, the ultimate winner of the fight had gained the upper hand mentally before the fight by psyching out his opponent. In yesterday’s weigh-in, Hatton and Pacquiao came together face to face and locked eyes on each other for about five seconds. Hatton looked like pure steel, almost as if he was going to shoot some laser beams through both his eyes into the head of Pacquiao, ala Bolt style. Pacquiao couldn’t handle the stare down, started smiling sheepishly and reached out to shake Hatton’s hands, as if surrendering to the more powerful fighter. Hatton was having none of it, and continued to look straight at Pacquiao, eyes not blinking and looking like a stone cold punching machine. Hatton was not smiling and looked like he wanted to tear Pacquiao’s head off with a punch. Pacquiao, cringing a little, put his hands up by his ribs as if were expect Hatton to lay into his body with a huge punch at any second. I felt sorry for Pacquiao at that moment because he looked like he was literally melting away in front of a large sun. It was bad, because Pacquiao couldn’t look into Hatton’s eyes and looked really submissive and not at all confident. I’ve seen a gillion weigh-ins before, but never have I seen a fighter get stared down as badly as Hatton did to Pacquiao. It seemed that Pacquiao couldn’t wait to get off the stage, and get away from Hatton as fast as possible.... http://i25.tinypic.com/ftiihf.jpg :owned: Manuela Perez needs to find himself a new profession. :rofl:

16y ago