Pacquiao vs Cotto: Miguel Less Than 20-Pounds Away

[Gabilan]

cotto is a big guy(weight) i always knew he was a big jr welter,he's a pretty big welter too...he weighs about 165 right now?..so when not training he walks around weighing 170+

Yeah. He's a bulldog and its no wonder he came in so drained for his last 4 fights at 140. Too bad he is just too short to eventually move up. I can see him eventually fighting at 154 but it would have to be against "selected" opposition.

[JM1]

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has stayed in shape since the June win over Joshua Clottey. Cotto recently revealed that he is less than 20-pounds away from the 145-pound catch-weight for his November 14 bout with Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas. [details]

miguel wants to fight for the wbc diamond belt??

[Osirus022]

Is just a one time fight belt. The winners will not defend it.

This is kind of a ****** belt then!!

[lcheezy]

So how come that ODLH quit when he was not hurt by Pac afterall? hahaha!!! ODLH owned you by his obselete dry joke!

he quit because he has no heart. he could'nt do anything that night anyway. but he was not hurt. he was to big for to hurt him.

[PAC-BOY]

I cant wait to see how dumb Cotto is going to look when he realizes what the hell he got in the ring with. Manny will keep him in quick sand....

[Gabilan]

miguel wants to fight for the wbc diamond belt??

That struck me as well. So I went to the actual article and it seems that Cotto is kind of sticking to his original argument that he will not put his belt while the limit is 145 while conceding that if Pac wants to fight for a title he has no problem with this new Diamond Belt or whatever. The headline is a bit misleading since he is actually talking about his training and in passing answers a question about this new belt. He also states that he has lawyers that deal with all that and that if the sanctioning fees are modest he wouldnt mind paying them.

Personally, I agree with everyone that this is a joke title, but if it makes Pac happy I'm all for it. Either way, I'm confident that the WBO belt (vacant) will be on the line for Pac come fight night. He's just not taking it home with him.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

I heard johnny Dang is gonna be making & presenting the belt to the winner;



That's when you know that this diamond belt is legitimate.

[Gabilan]

he quit because he has no heart. he could'nt do anything that night anyway. but he was not hurt. he was to big for to hurt him.

Co-sign. I mean, DLH could not pull the trigger and it was obvious that he couldnt do anything to Pac. He was roughed up big time but that is very different from actually getting hurt. In my mind that does not take anything away from Pac's victory over him.

[SOY-COMO-SOY]

This is rediculous...I cant believe these bastards created this built to justify there actions the catch weight..idiots

lol you joined in 06 and this is your first post. i hate alts

[peyk-peyk]

I can't wait to see the fight. Hope both fighters give their best and make it as the best fight of all time.