Why Does Pacquiao Gets All This Credit For Facing Bigger Mans and Cotto does not?

**Doctor_Tenma** · 07-30-2009, 08:50 PM

Pacquiao rarely faces bigger opponents. Most of the time, Pacquiao has been the bigger guy.

**ThunderWolf** · 07-30-2009, 08:53 PM

Originally posted by Hard Knocks

Why? Cotto been facing bigger dudes since the jump to 147 and I don't see people praising him for taking on this challenges. Pacquiao on the other hand gets all the credit because he jumped division after division but what people don't understand is that until he got to face De La Hoya he was always the bigger dude in the smaller division or the other dude was not that much bigger than him.

Maybe more people view it as what weight boxers started in with.

**AnimalisticMeth** · 07-30-2009, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by KENSHIRO

Pacquiao rarely faces bigger opponents. Most of the time, Pacquiao has been the bigger guy.

That is what I am saying, but it seems the media and fans overrate this "Pacquiao is the small dude all the time" Cotto on the other hands since he got to 147 been facing bigger dudes almost if not all the fights and gets no credit.

**AnimalisticMeth** · 07-30-2009, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by ThunderWolf

Maybe more people view it as what weight boxers started in with.

But is it really that hard to go from 106-135 when you outweight and out power most of the dudes in that divisions? Pacquiao was still the bigger guy in most of his fights from that time is not like he is Ivan Calderon short. Pacquiao is a 5'6 or so.

**Haglerwins** · 07-30-2009, 09:18 PM

Originally posted by Hard Knocks

Why? Cotto been facing bigger dudes since the jump to 147 and I don't see people praising him for taking on this challenges. Pacquiao on the other hand gets all the credit because he jumped division after division but what people don't understand is that until he got to face De La Hoya he was always the bigger dude in the smaller division or the other dude was not that much bigger than him.

It's arguable that the fighters he's faced are bigger. He's as strong as an ox at welter. It's clearly his natural weight. He looked more vulnerable at 140. He's taken shots from 147 fighters that would've concussed him at jr w.

**MANGLER** · 07-30-2009, 11:02 PM

Cotto is a WW and Pac ain't.

**[ILLMatic]** · 07-30-2009, 11:06 PM

height Is As Big A factor As Wieght And Speed, And When Pac is At That Disadvantage Hes Givin Alot Of Praise When he Comes Threw Witt The Win, And The Division Change Just Adds To the Praise.

**No Ceiling** · 07-30-2009, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by Hard Knocks

But is it really that hard to go from 106-135 when you outweight and out power most of the dudes in that divisions? Pacquiao was still the bigger guy in most of his fights from that time is not like he is Ivan Calderon short. Pacquiao is a 5'6 or so.

cotto should move up to 168 lbs

**Manny Duckman** · 07-30-2009, 11:08 PM

The only boxer that outweighed Cotto is Clottey. No one else.

Margarito's fight night weight is 160 and Cotto is also 160 as well.

Pacman also outweighs most of his opponents

Why Does Pacquiao Gets All This Credit For Facing Bigger Mans and Cotto does not?