Mayweather Sr. picks Pacquiao over Cotto

Didn't he say Hatton would beat Pac Man?? SO who cares...

Roger picked Cotto, i chose to follow the better trainer. Floyd Sr. got owned by Roach, he didn't do shit with Hatton. Cotto did beat Shane Mosley and i consider Mosley a pretty skilled fighter. Cotto didn't beat him with power, speed or wide punches. Mayweather Sr. is just tired to get owned he wants to redeem himself.

Of course Sr says Pac will win. It ain't in his best interest for him to get beat by Cotto. True that! Sr is :greddy2:

i'm getting sick of ppl referring to the Morales fight. Manny has become a much smarter and better fighter since then.

Of course Sr says Pac will win. It ain't in his best interest for him to get beat by Cotto.

Juat another idiot jumping on the Pac hype train. He's going for who he wants to win not who he actually thinks will win.

Most of the time I don't think these guys truly believe what they spout to the public they just say something standard as above. Although Manny sure will go after that cut.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Mayweather Sr. picks Pacquiao over Cotto By Josef T. Ramos, Correspondent (Manila Times) In a surprise move, Floyd Mayweather Sr. has taken the side of boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, the pupil of his nemesis Freddie Roach, when he goes up against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 in Las Vegas. But the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao’s rival for the pound-for-pound king title, has not really soften up on the Filipino champ, attributing his victory to the heavy thrashing Cotto has sustained from his previous opponents. “He will lose that fight because he took a beating from Margarito and Clottey,” said Mayweather Sr., referring to welterweights Antonio Margarito and Joshua Clottey, who both engaged Cotto in bloody fights. “Look for Pacquiao to open up that bad cut he got from Clottey. Cotto just moves straight ahead and that’s the only type of fighter that Pacquiao will fight,” he said to doghouseboxing.com. Mayweather Sr. ranked his son and Juan Manuel Marquez as the top two fighters to contend for the P4P title and underestimated Pacquiao, the current holder of the mythical crown, placing him just “somewhere in the middle of the list.” “He can’t fight someone with boxing skills. Morales showed you how to beat him in their first fight; the right hand did the trick,” he said. “Marquez also showed this in their two encounters.” Pacquiao, on the other hand, has proven the older Mayweather wrong when he destroyed Briton Ricky Hatton in just two rounds last May. But Mayweather Sr, Hatton’s trainer for that megafight, refused to take the blame for the loss, saying Hatton did not follow his game plan to neutralize Pacquiao’s speed advantage. “Speed is nothing if you can’t find something to hit. You counter that speed with constant movement, make him come to you and then turn him so he is always lunging when he throws the left,” he said. “Ricky lost the fight because he went out in the second round and stood right in front of a fighter who had more speed not necessarily more power. He didn’t move and jab and have Pacquiao chase him around the ring.” When are people going to realize that Cotto is not going to fight Pacquiao the same way he fought Margarito or Clottey. Both of these fighters were BIG, TRUE welterweights. Cotto is going to fight Pacquiao the way he fights fast boxers like Mosley, Judah, Malinaggi, in a total different style. Cotto does WAYYYYYYY better when fighting speedy fighters than fighters like Clottey or margarito, etc. Are people that blind when they see the difference? Sponsored Links did Mayweather SR watch the Mosley vs Cotto fight? cotto can box beautifully if he wants. Certainly he wont fight like Senseless "The Hitman Hatton".....

pac's not gonna get credit for beating cotto. they are gonna blame the loss on margarito.