Was Miguel Cotto At His Best When He Faced Manny Pacquiao?

Cotto was shot and weight drained. He's basically a 5 round fighter now. He was totally shot, or on the verge of being a shot fighter? He did land some hellacious punches on Pacquiao though.

His still in his prime and the 145lb doesn't affect him at all. He just couldn't deal with pac's speed and power + the angles that pacquiao was giving him that night. Even admitted that he just could not see where the punches are coming and he couldn't protect himself.

I don't think Margarito/Mosley fights affected him---it was his training. He was getting better after he beat that British fighter then the break up with this uncle happened.

As Cotto mentioned in the interview "Cotto did not know how to prepare againts pacquiao"

Manny's trainer called Cotto "damaged goods" That should answer your question. Oscar was coming off getting his eyesocket fractured by Steve Forbes. Roach said "Oscar can't pull the trigger at 147" On Hatton...Freddie said "Hatton wasn't that good to begin with" Roach is HONEST about Manny's last 3 opponents. Cmon Cotto is NOT damaged goods. Whether you decide to believe it or not Cotto also Gave Manny a good beating. I mean he could only sing two songs at his after party then had to go the hospital because he was bleeding out of his ear. he hung in 12 rounds I just felt the weight kinda weakened his performance. look at how beaten up he is

He was in the best SHAPE of his life, had a 2 month training camp, looked very cut and built. No excuses.

cotto was fine, he just ain't no match for pac

How do u guys know this??? cotto looked very sharp and fast in the early rounds but pac was just too much for him.. Ifeel he was in his prime but the weight effected him, I mean he looked pretty skinny on 24/7 talkin about draining himself without food for 48 hours and his cheek bones protruded pretty bad. 147 couldve changed the game but we will never know,

Yea, he looked just fine. He simply got murked.

maybe two things that were off as far as cotto was concerned. One the weight looked to me to be a slight bother to him and two the fact that what has been said about his lack of an experienced trainer really came back to haunt him. I first suspected this might be a problem when Santiago and Cotto sr seemed to be havin a think tank strategy on the couch in 24/7, you fight Manny you better have a pretty good strategy and the instruction of a good trainer to make that plan a reality. Course maybe Cotto at this stage will be unable to work under a new trainer. The big Problem was Manny P makin him eat Philipino flavored knuckle sandwiches all night.

a fight like cotto had with margarito will take something out of a boxer he took serious punishment in that fight .. like someone said the last time cotto was at his best was the 1st. six rounds of the fight with margarito... but pac did fight a still very good version of cotto i have seen this fight 3 times now and honestly cotto won the 1st. rnd. he was also winning the rounds he got knocked down in until he got knocked down which always seemed to come towards the end of the rounds ......after the 2nd. knocked down he was trying to go toe to toe which did not help him he was beating manny with the stiff jab and forcing manny to the ropes ....but i still think he can comeback and be great he needs a new trainer someone that can teach him better defense and it would not kill him to clinch once in a while either...

apparently you are automatically not on your best when you sign a fight with pacquiao

Cotto looked in great shape. He should of fought a smarter fight against Pac though, He should of tried sticking to his boxing instead of going fire with fire against Pacquiao.

No he was not at his best. Still an elite fighter but not at his best. He peaked during the first 6 rounds of the PlasterCheato fight IMO. His power, combinations and savy were amazing to behold then. it's easy to look amazing against an inferior opponent. look at how pacquiao looked against cotto. easy to look good against guys way beneath you in level.

there was and is no point in cotto's career where he could have changed the outcome of that fight...

he was about to take a knee.

Why'd you edit out the part about the pinoys?ummm...maybe because i felt like it? btw, i dont like pinoys.

You have to say he was. He simply just fought a better Manny Pacquiao than anyone had faced prior. It wasn't like Cotto didn't land shots either. Some of those blows he hit Pac with would've made whomever Cotto fought think twice about throwing again. Unfortunately for Cotto, Pac's got a high thresh hold for pain. I think we've seen the very best Cotto we'll ever see, and that's not a bad thing to say really.

Cotto looked ripped at 145, and he was quicker than he usually is. Against Clottey and Jennings he was slow. I'd say he was about 90% at his peak.

How do u guys know this??? cotto looked very sharp and fast in the early rounds but pac was just too much for him.. I'm giving Cotto the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the Margarito fight did take something out of him. That being said, Pac would've done the same to any version of Cotto. I don't even think Pac himself was at his best with his knee injury, camp distractions etc..