one major flaw that will hurt pacman with cotto

[ИATAS]

This fight hinges on Pac's feet versus Cotto's jab. Pac won't fight inside with Cotto, it's suicide. He's going to use his lightning fast feet to dart in and out and explode. He's got some of the best in and out movement I've ever seen.

Now a lot of people think that the longer the fight goes the better for Pac. I actually disagree. I understand the Cotto stamina concern, but I think by the 3rd or 4th round we'll know who will win the fight.

If Pac is moving in and out and Cotto can't time him with the jab, he'll eat too much leather and get stopped. Pac will come out to a fast start because it will take Cotto some time to time Pac. If eventually Pac is eating a stiff jab that will probably feel like a straight left to him, every time he comes in, it will discourage him. I aint no Roach or Pac, but if Pac can't move in and out and explode, than I have no idea what plan B will be for them. Because if Pac is eating that jab when he comes in on Cotto I can see him getting a little gunshy and thrown off the game plan.

If Pac is gun shy than that would give Cotto the opportunity to cut off the ring, and then it's curtains for Pac.

Pac's feet vs. Cotto's jab in the first 4 rounds....that's the fight right there.

Very good post

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

This fight hinges on Pac's feet versus Cotto's jab. Pac won't fight inside with Cotto, it's suicide. He's going to use his lightning fast feet to dart in and out and explode. He's got some of the best in and out movement I've ever seen.

Now a lot of people think that the longer the fight goes the better for Pac. I actually disagree. I understand the Cotto stamina concern, but I think by the 3rd or 4th round we'll know who will win the fight.

If Pac is moving in and out and Cotto can't time him with the jab, he'll eat too much leather and get stopped. Pac will come out to a fast start because it will take Cotto some time to time Pac. If eventually Pac is eating a stiff jab that will probably feel like a straight left to him, every time he comes in, it will discourage him. I aint no Roach or Pac, but if Pac can't move in and out and explode, than I have no idea what plan B will be for them. Because if Pac is eating that jab when he comes in on Cotto I can see him getting a little gunshy and thrown off the game plan.

If Pac is gun shy than that would give Cotto the opportunity to cut off the ring, and then it's curtains for Pac.

Pac's feet vs. Cotto's jab in the first 4 rounds....that's the fight right there.

Good stuff!!!!!!!!

[street bully]

Manny can fight alright on the inside.

[Bushbaby]

cotto looked great fighting backwards against margo to be honest

U really think so??I don't,to be honest,If Cotto grabbed and held a bit,he wouldn't back strait to the ropes and get caught with uppercuts and hooks that much!!I see Cotto as a pure pressure fighter!!Fighting bigger guys has always made Cotto seem human!!But putting the pressure on guys his size or smaller makes him look superhuman to me!!If Pacman isn't big and strong against Cotto,he aint winning,if he is then,oh boy!!!!

[ИATAS]

I respect pacman but are fans blind?? Have you seen the fighters that pacman has fought and the fighters that cotto has fought. Let me see..... i'll take clottey over Marquez, morales, hatton(lol),Solis, etc, etc.

LOL, so clottey is a better fighter than Marquez then now, huh?! lol

Man, all you think about is SIZE. That's not everything in boxing ok? Please understand that. It's not like Pacman is just going to sit right in front of cotto and not move his head or feet and allow cotto to pound on him. If that's what you think then you're going to be disappointed.

There is a lot of skill involved in this fight. This isn't going to be a brawl. Skill vs skill. Cotto will not be able to bulldoze over a guy like manny, he's too fast for that. Sure, cotto might win but it wont be a walk in the park, I mean pacquiao isn't pound 4 pound #1 for no reason.

All thoughout history, time and time again, there have been examples of little fast guys beating bigger stronger guys. Leonard (147) vs Hagler (160), Pacquiao vs Oscar, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

[VERDUGO]

I wouldn't say Manny doesn't know how to fight on the inside. A fighter of his level and experience can do it, I just think it suits him better to fight from the outside.

He won't attempt to fight Cotto on the inside, **** he didn't even do that with Marquez but don't think he can't stay on the outside on Cotto. Pac has the stamina to stay outside all night if need be and the speed to keep Cotto there.

I agree with that.
Cotto is gonna try what he did to Quintana or Judah but Pac has enough ring intelligence, speed, and stamina to keep him off.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i see Cotto being befuddled by PAC's movement and speed, losing rounds..


i see a desperate Cotto getting reckless in an attempt to connect



i see a war breaking out in the mid rounds



i see Cotto AND Manny getting cut


i see low blows from Miguel


i see the ref stopping the fight in the championship rounds


i see PAC thanking god and dedicating the fight to his countrymen and 'ol da pipol dat labs boxing'


i see me watching the fight 20 times again that night

[rob6465]

Manny can fight alright on the inside.

YES he can but look at the opponents. The opponents are good featherweights/lightweights. Floyd tore up hatton, pacman knocked out hatton. Hatton was ****** and went into ring with no game plan and got knocked out, plus hatton has no jab, can't box and no good wins....no battles/wars.

[madsweeney]

This fight hinges on Pac's feet versus Cotto's jab. Pac won't fight inside with Cotto, it's suicide. He's going to use his lightning fast feet to dart in and out and explode. He's got some of the best in and out movement I've ever seen.

Now a lot of people think that the longer the fight goes the better for Pac. I actually disagree. I understand the Cotto stamina concern, but I think by the 3rd or 4th round we'll know who will win the fight.

If Pac is moving in and out and Cotto can't time him with the jab, he'll eat too much leather and get stopped. Pac will come out to a fast start because it will take Cotto some time to time Pac. If eventually Pac is eating a stiff jab that will probably feel like a straight left to him, every time he comes in, it will discourage him. I aint no Roach or Pac, but if Pac can't move in and out and explode, than I have no idea what plan B will be for them. Because if Pac is eating that jab when he comes in on Cotto I can see him getting a little gunshy and thrown off the game plan.

If Pac is gun shy than that would give Cotto the opportunity to cut off the ring, and then it's curtains for Pac.

Pac's feet vs. Cotto's jab in the first 4 rounds....that's the fight right there.

I think Cotto's jab won't be as much of a factor in this mach as people think. Yes he has a great jab but he doesn't use it as much as he should and people seem to forget that Roach had Pac specifically training to counter DLH's jab. Just because DLH wasn't there for the fight doesn't mean the training didn't stick.

Definitely a close one but I'm sure Roach will pick the right tools for Manny to pick apart Cotto. Cotto's trainer...does he even have one yet?

[street bully]

The thing is , while Cotto is an excellent inside fighter, I have not seen him fight on the inside and bully and opponent for a long time. Of course that could have to do with the fact that he has been fighting some very physically strong men as of late such as Clottey, margarito, and Mosley.