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pac will bounce side to side, stick and move, look for openings while cotto will stalk and preserve energy, guard up chin down, trying to tag manny with the jab
manny will sneak through with counters and leads, but as he moves out cotto will tag him back, he is sharp enough and fast enough to do so , but he wont be able to follow up because unless manny is hurt he will be well out of harms way after cotto tags him...so manny probably edges the first few rounds
as the fight goes on cotto continues to catch manny as he moves out, so manny is more cautious and leads less and counters more, he lands doing this but gets backed up and cut off a lot and finds himself on the ropes a few times, where his body is pulverized by cotto
manny slows down a tad due to the body shots and is on the ropes more and more, his fast hands are still landing but with less frequency and it is clear cotto is coming on stronger, cotto started out conservative and it has paid off, he hasnt faded much at all
manny is hurt several times, he gets on his bike but cotto has him where he wants him and cuts him off, putting him in the corners and belting him. Manny is trying to rally and fire back, and he is landing but apart from occasionally giving cotto something to think about, he isnt really hurting him and cotto is coming on way too strong to be stopped by a pacquiao that has taken some bad punishment to the body
manny is hurt some more and finally goes down around round 9/10/11, i see freddie probably stepping in to stop it around here. Other trainers might give their guys another chance but manny has taken some bad punishment and freddie as a former fighter with parkinsons is not going to take a chance and see manny permanently injured
however i can also see manny lasting and surviving the distance, if he can go into survival mode effectively. But my brain tells me manny would try and move for a while but be too slowed down by the body attack to get away, he gets put into the corner and tries to shoot it out with the result of:
a Cotto TKO victory
this is just my take. Manny is an incredible fighter and hell he might shock us all again....and no doubt freddie will come up with something to beat cotto, but i just see cotto starting out smart and breaking manny down
manny will sneak through with counters and leads, but as he moves out cotto will tag him back, he is sharp enough and fast enough to do so , but he wont be able to follow up because unless manny is hurt he will be well out of harms way after cotto tags him...so manny probably edges the first few rounds
as the fight goes on cotto continues to catch manny as he moves out, so manny is more cautious and leads less and counters more, he lands doing this but gets backed up and cut off a lot and finds himself on the ropes a few times, where his body is pulverized by cotto
manny slows down a tad due to the body shots and is on the ropes more and more, his fast hands are still landing but with less frequency and it is clear cotto is coming on stronger, cotto started out conservative and it has paid off, he hasnt faded much at all
manny is hurt several times, he gets on his bike but cotto has him where he wants him and cuts him off, putting him in the corners and belting him. Manny is trying to rally and fire back, and he is landing but apart from occasionally giving cotto something to think about, he isnt really hurting him and cotto is coming on way too strong to be stopped by a pacquiao that has taken some bad punishment to the body
manny is hurt some more and finally goes down around round 9/10/11, i see freddie probably stepping in to stop it around here. Other trainers might give their guys another chance but manny has taken some bad punishment and freddie as a former fighter with parkinsons is not going to take a chance and see manny permanently injured
however i can also see manny lasting and surviving the distance, if he can go into survival mode effectively. But my brain tells me manny would try and move for a while but be too slowed down by the body attack to get away, he gets put into the corner and tries to shoot it out with the result of:
a Cotto TKO victory
this is just my take. Manny is an incredible fighter and hell he might shock us all again....and no doubt freddie will come up with something to beat cotto, but i just see cotto starting out smart and breaking manny down
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