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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Mayweather Sr. picks Pacquiao over Cotto
By Josef T. Ramos, Correspondent (Manila Times)
In a surprise move, Floyd Mayweather Sr. has taken the side of boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, the pupil of his nemesis Freddie Roach, when he goes up against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 in Las Vegas.
But the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao’s rival for the pound-for-pound king title, has not really soften up on the Filipino champ, attributing his victory to the heavy thrashing Cotto has sustained from his previous opponents.
“He [Cotto] will lose that fight because he took a beating from Margarito and Clottey,” said Mayweather Sr., referring to welterweights Antonio Margarito and Joshua Clottey, who both engaged Cotto in bloody fights.
“Look for Pacquiao to open up that bad cut he [Cotto] got from Clottey. Cotto just moves straight ahead and that’s the only type of fighter that Pacquiao will fight,” he said to doghouseboxing.com.
Mayweather Sr. ranked his son and Juan Manuel Marquez as the top two fighters to contend for the P4P title and underestimated Pacquiao, the current holder of the mythical crown, placing him just “somewhere in the middle of the list.”
“He can’t fight someone with boxing skills. [Erik] Morales showed you how to beat him in their first fight; the right hand did the trick,” he said. “Marquez also showed this in their two encounters.”
Pacquiao, on the other hand, has proven the older Mayweather wrong when he destroyed Briton Ricky Hatton in just two rounds last May.
But Mayweather Sr, Hatton’s trainer for that megafight, refused to take the blame for the loss, saying Hatton did not follow his game plan to neutralize Pacquiao’s speed advantage.
“Speed is nothing if you can’t find something to hit. You counter that speed with constant movement, make him come to you and then turn him so he is always lunging when he throws the left,” he said.
“Ricky lost the fight because he went out in the second round and stood right in front of a fighter who had more speed not necessarily more power. He didn’t move and jab and have Pacquiao chase him around the ring.”
When are people going to realize that Cotto is not going to fight Pacquiao the same way he fought Margarito or Clottey. Both of these fighters were BIG, TRUE welterweights. Cotto is going to fight Pacquiao the way he fights fast boxers like Mosley, Judah, Malinaggi, in a total different style. Cotto does WAYYYYYYY better when fighting speedy fighters than fighters like Clottey or margarito, etc. Are people that blind when they see the difference?
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Mayweather Sr. picks Pacquiao over Cotto
By Josef T. Ramos, Correspondent (Manila Times)
In a surprise move, Floyd Mayweather Sr. has taken the side of boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, the pupil of his nemesis Freddie Roach, when he goes up against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 in Las Vegas.
But the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao’s rival for the pound-for-pound king title, has not really soften up on the Filipino champ, attributing his victory to the heavy thrashing Cotto has sustained from his previous opponents.
“He [Cotto] will lose that fight because he took a beating from Margarito and Clottey,” said Mayweather Sr., referring to welterweights Antonio Margarito and Joshua Clottey, who both engaged Cotto in bloody fights.
“Look for Pacquiao to open up that bad cut he [Cotto] got from Clottey. Cotto just moves straight ahead and that’s the only type of fighter that Pacquiao will fight,” he said to doghouseboxing.com.
Mayweather Sr. ranked his son and Juan Manuel Marquez as the top two fighters to contend for the P4P title and underestimated Pacquiao, the current holder of the mythical crown, placing him just “somewhere in the middle of the list.”
“He can’t fight someone with boxing skills. [Erik] Morales showed you how to beat him in their first fight; the right hand did the trick,” he said. “Marquez also showed this in their two encounters.”
Pacquiao, on the other hand, has proven the older Mayweather wrong when he destroyed Briton Ricky Hatton in just two rounds last May.
But Mayweather Sr, Hatton’s trainer for that megafight, refused to take the blame for the loss, saying Hatton did not follow his game plan to neutralize Pacquiao’s speed advantage.
“Speed is nothing if you can’t find something to hit. You counter that speed with constant movement, make him come to you and then turn him so he is always lunging when he throws the left,” he said.
“Ricky lost the fight because he went out in the second round and stood right in front of a fighter who had more speed not necessarily more power. He didn’t move and jab and have Pacquiao chase him around the ring.”
When are people going to realize that Cotto is not going to fight Pacquiao the same way he fought Margarito or Clottey. Both of these fighters were BIG, TRUE welterweights. Cotto is going to fight Pacquiao the way he fights fast boxers like Mosley, Judah, Malinaggi, in a total different style. Cotto does WAYYYYYYY better when fighting speedy fighters than fighters like Clottey or margarito, etc. Are people that blind when they see the difference?
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