Phillippine Star reports Pac nearly pulling out of the fight!

[Aracibo04]

if you like 50 cent, floyd is not boring to you....... lol

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[Jose Rizal]

I don't know why a lot of people are still WHINING about the 2-pound concession by Cotto and yet easily neglect the fact that Pacquiao is truly only a light welter being forced AGAIN out of his comfort zone just to give most of the fight fans one of the boxing events that they have been dying to see.

Pac was virtually a light welter when he fought DLH weighing in just a measly 2 pounds over the 140-pound limit. The same will be true when he fights Cotto. Cotto would be basically facing a bloated 140 Champ that he and the other true welterweight stars have originally called out. You all have to remember that it was Margarito, Mosley and Cotto who have first been making noise about fighting Pacquiao after his destruction of DLH.

Pac can only go as high as 148 on fight night to be truly effective. Cotto fights near the middleweight limit. Trying to make him make 145 sort of evens it out because at 147, Cotto will be having all the advantages to his benefit. They have to meet halfway on this to make it possible.

[baracuda]

Name some fights where he was just straight up boring, besides the ones I already pointed out?

Hatton was the one who stunk that fight up. And it still managed to be engaging.

Against Corrales he was great to watch. The Judah fight was a back and forth, good fight.

i could name 6 just on top of my head that i dont find ecxiting....hatton,baldomir,sosa,hoya,bruseles and even the first vs jlc wasnt that excitng imo...

[baracuda]

buddy all manny does is fight past prime fighters or weight drained fighters or non challenges OR... weight drained past prime non challenges lol...

pacquiao is a ***** plain and simple..we see it time after time after time with this prick..now he's bitching and crying cause he NEEDS cotto to be weight drained AND he wants his title even though HE'S TOO ***** to head up to 147..call taking an advantage [which it is] i call BEING A *****..

and boy..manny pacquiao IS A *****.

and youre just a racist *****....

[baracuda]

If Cotto is forced below the WW limit, the title should NOT be on the line.

better just accept the things you cannot change......

[Swoosh]

Manny is pretty much acting like a *****. I'm curious as to how many fighters he's fought where he outweighed them by 2 pounds or more come fight night. Somebody find that out.

[joe90210]

pacman and his team are cowards trying to find a way out, everything was going fine then suddenly they don't agree on anything anymore? my feeling is they want a shot at floyd instead after he broke his ribs.

how are they gonna demand the fight be at 145lbs, title on the line and 65-35 as WORST CASE?? they're ****ing pricks for trying to pull this ****.

[baracuda]

pacman and his team are cowards trying to find a way out, everything was going fine then suddenly they don't agree on anything anymore? my feeling is they want a shot at floyd instead after he broke his ribs.

how are they gonna demand the fight be at 145lbs, title on the line and 65-35 as WORST CASE?? they're ****ing pricks for trying to pull this ****.

its called being # 1...you get want you want when youre in that position....pac earned that the hard way.....

[No Ceiling]

pacman and his team are cowards trying to find a way out, everything was going fine then suddenly they don't agree on anything anymore? my feeling is they want a shot at floyd instead after he broke his ribs.

how are they gonna demand the fight be at 145lbs, title on the line and 65-35 as WORST CASE?? they're ****ing pricks for trying to pull this ****.

dont drink too much tim hortons coffee

[MaFu MoFo]

I don't know why a lot of people are still WHINING about the 2-pound concession by Cotto and yet easily neglect the fact that Pacquiao is truly only a light welter being forced AGAIN out of his comfort zone just to give most of the fight fans one of the boxing events that they have been dying to see.

Pac was virtually a light welter when he fought DLH weighing in just a measly 2 pounds over the 140-pound limit. The same will be true when he fights Cotto. Cotto would be basically facing a bloated 140 Champ that he and the other true welterweight stars have originally called out. You all have to remember that it was Margarito, Mosley and Cotto who have first been making noise about fighting Pacquiao after his destruction of DLH.

Pac can only go as high as 148 on fight night to be truly effective. Cotto fights near the middleweight limit. Trying to make him make 145 sort of evens it out because at 147, Cotto will be having all the advantages to his benefit. They have to meet halfway on this to make it possible.

Good post. The belt is ****. I would understand Cotto if he was an unified WW undisputed champ. But for a single belt, who cares? Let the Pac Team pay the fee and cary on with the fight.