This 12 round TKO was in a way better than a early round KO/TKO

for Pacquiao. In this fight he had to take all Cotto had and even in bad spots during the fight. He took them all and then some and then did what he did. Many excuses came after such dominating performances over OLDH and Hatton because those fights were so one sided causing loyal fans of those fighters to find any excuse they could. But this Cotto was physically as good as he ever was. Cotto looked good in the early rounds until that 2nd knock down. You can't argue that Cotto was a shot fighter he just lost to a better fighter tonight. PS Freddie Roach really doesn't believe Cotto is a completely shot fighter. He's just saying that his mental game was affected by the beating from Margarito and perhaps to get into Cotto's head.