As soon as Manny realized that Miguel couldn't hurt him, the fight, for all intents and purposes, was OVER. Miguel took a beating in there tonight, perhaps a worse beating than the Margarito beatdown. I will say this... Miguel fought his heart out, as usual. He's all man. Props to Cotto, what a fighter! Thanks to both fighters tonight for a Great Night of Boxing!!
Pac took them well......but pac did feel cottos power..............the strongest puncher he faced imo..............
Pac knew he can take cotto's power after he let cotto hit him in the mid section. A lot of boxers can't take those body punch from cotto and Pac acted like it was nothing. Great fight for both fighters and much respect to Cotto for not making any excuses.
pac felt cotto`s power, he is just a good actor in hiding it...
I agree with this. I believe cotto hurt him, however, it isn't that Manny is a good actor. He conditions his mind in training to accept pain from his getting beat with a stick routine. I think more fighters should starting doing this.
As soon as Manny realized that Miguel couldn't hurt him, the fight, for all intents and purposes, was OVER. Miguel took a beating in there tonight, perhaps a worse beating than the Margarito beatdown. I will say this... Miguel fought his heart out, as usual. He's all man. Props to Cotto, what a fighter! Thanks to both fighters tonight for a Great Night of Boxing!!
Well actually Manny said Cotto hurt him. He just didn't let Cotto know that. He said in the post fight interview that a boxer has to also not let the other fighter know when he's hurt.
Thats because a fighter might risk wasting his energy if he knows his opponent is hurt, becase if not than he can safe it for the counter attack.
As soon as Manny realized that Miguel couldn't hurt him, the fight, for all intents and purposes, was OVER. Miguel took a beating in there tonight, perhaps a worse beating than the Margarito beatdown. I will say this... Miguel fought his heart out, as usual. He's all man. Props to Cotto, what a fighter! Thanks to both fighters tonight for a Great Night of Boxing!!
Pac taking them shots was crazy. That ese is amazing. I was shocked.
Anyways it was a memorable night to say the least. Props to both fighters.
Pacquiao took flush face and body shots. He is a truely amazing fighter. He knocked him down, hurt, dominated and stopped an elite Welterweight moving up in weight himself and never looked in trouble at all.
Yep, at times manny stood there and allowed cotto to punch him, even like a modern day rope-a-dope, mayb to test if he cud take a full ww punch n he did!
Hats off to cotto for heart n bravery!
As soon as Manny realized that Miguel couldn't hurt him, the fight, for all intents and purposes, was OVER. Miguel took a beating in there tonight, perhaps a worse beating than the Margarito beatdown. I will say this... Miguel fought his heart out, as usual. He's all man. Props to Cotto, what a fighter! Thanks to both fighters tonight for a Great Night of Boxing!!
Well said Perro. Great fight.
Personally I was shocked with how well Manny took Cotto's shots. I knew Manny had a great chin, but that was ridiculous. Pacquiao is incredible.
As for Cotto, he did his best and showed what type of warrior he is. Even though he was dominated in the second half of the fight, he didn't quit and still hit Manny with good shots, he just couldn't hurt him.
than you must not have seen his press conference. he had a headwrap covering his ear and had marks under both eyes. he also had a swollen right hand. but maybe its best you didn't see it because manny also sang too. :lol1:
Manny got his licks in the fight, probably more than any previous fight IMO. Miguel put hands on Manny, they both are gonna need some major rest after tonight before they discuss future opponents. Miguel might need a little longer.
i did'nt, if it's true tho i guess he did take some punishment
look up pac's interview with brian kelly. pac's face swelled up just as bad as cotto. looks like they did the same amount of damage to eachother. cotto just did it with fewer punches.
I was really suprised Cotto couldnt hurt Pac.
Pac took those big body shots with ease. But maybe thats why he was so tired by the end.
Pac went up yet another level of greatness. I felt bad for Cotto not being allowed to finish.
Cotto couldn't Knockdown Shane, Margarito, or Floyd if they fought.
You can't deny Cotto's power...He'so one of the power hitters in the WW division....
than you must not have seen his press conference. he had a headwrap covering his ear and had marks under both eyes. he also had a swollen right hand. but maybe its best you didn't see it because manny also sang too. :lol1:
i did'nt, if it's true tho i guess he did take some punishment
nah, cotto got;em a few times but most of his shots did'nt really get through with much force, as you can see post-fight pacquiao did'nt have a scratch on 'em
than you must not have seen his press conference. he had a headwrap covering his ear and had marks under both eyes. he also had a swollen right hand. but maybe its best you didn't see it because manny also sang too. :lol1: