Cotto Taking No Chances, Starts Training For Pacquiao

[Steve Jobs]

Cotto is going to have to train this early to be ready for Pacman.

[prsi]

Without the Welterweight belt at stake, Cotto fight is no use for Pacquiao and no better than Moseley fight. Moseley is offering better package and is less dangerous.

He will not make better money fighting Mosley than figting Cotto.

True that with Mosley he will get a shot at the belt and a weight drained fighter, but Arum will have to co-promote the fight and will not be able to offer Pacquiao what he willbe getting fighting Cotto, not to mention that Cotto has always sold more PPV than Mosley hands down.

[prsi]

lol, it's like everyone freaks out when they are facing Pacquiao. Morales had hired a special team of "experts" for his third fight with Manny that would focus on conditioning his body for speed. Oscar ate deer meet. Cotto begins training 4 months before a fight that hasn't been "signed".

He's not freaking out!!!

He is just trying to maintain the weight as low as possible because of the demands that Pacquiao's team for the catchweight on which Cotto agreed to. If the fight would be at 147 probably he would start later.

Not to mentione that he will be facing a fighter that will be moving more in the ring than the last fighters he has faced.
It's all about strategy.

[csko-2k1]

Now this is News to my ears....Getting ready to establish a goal far beyond his own......GO COTTO!!!

[rob6465]

Cotto is

No...Cotto is smart and is going to show up at his best ever and will cause his worse damage to any fighter he has faced. Losing to margarito the way he did was the best thing that ever happened to Cotto and the clottey fight showed that if he can be cut that bad and take all that a TRUE welterweight can dish out, then he'll be ok for pacman fight.

[blind4]

light training to get ready, Cotto got these fight in the Bag

[baya]

its so the focus is on the gameplan and not on those extra 2 pounds.

he's just staying away from the arroz and habichuelas.

manny's a dead man.

[Alem721]

Cotto will make 145 easy without extra training. MP couldnt knockout DLH dehydrated!! Don't say after the fight that MP loss due to fighting a bigger fighter but to a better boxer! I believe team PAC are afraid of this fight and need any emotional incentive to HYPE MP. COTTO will not chase MP around and will cut the ring and simple. MC will be a BEAST for this fight and dont be suprised while in VEGAS the crowd cheers will be for COTTO!

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

WTF is Cotto doing training this early?
The fight is 4 months away. lol

Staying in shape and probably trying to maintain his weight. Even when not in camp fighters should be training.

[fonska]

Hire Emmanuel

He won't, Dan Rafael said it'll be Joe Santiago, which means either no or a ****ty game plan.

I was hoping Cotto hire emmanuel Stewart, I don't like Joe Santiago. Cotto needs someone with championship experience and push him to another level.
But if they're aware that stamina is so important inthis fight, then Cottos gonna be fine. Im expecting a waaaaaar for several rounds!!!!!!!!!