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By Manuel Perez: It was pretty funny reading how Manny Pacquiao is favored 2-1 over WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto by gamblers. Obviously, the bettors don’t have clue one about boxing and are just throwing their money away by putting it on the Filipino fighter.
They’re looking at Pacquiao’s wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, and figure that those are the biggest stars of the sport and falsely think that Pacquiao can do the same thing against a talented fighter in his prime. What a bunch of imbeciles. I’m not a betting man, but if I was, I’d a make mint on this fight by putting the deeds of my house on the line and betting it all on Cotto.
What we have here is people not focusing on the whole picture when they look at Pacquiao. Instead of seeing his selective matchmaking against shot fighters or ones with little talent, they that Pacquiao is the real deal because he beat Hatton and De La Hoya. They must been on vacation or asleep when Pacquiao fought Juan Manuel Marquez and got a handful of problems.
That’s alright. If those gamblers are dumb enough to throw their money away betting on Pacquiao, then they deserve to lose their money. I’ll be here knowing I’m right and won’t lose a penny. Pacquiao only has one thing going for him in this fight and that’s his hand speed.
That’s nothing though. Cotto is going to squash him like a bug with his better power, timing, accuracy and defense. Pacquiao is still pretty much the primitive fighter that he was when his trainer Freddie Roach started training him years ago. Pacquiao makes all the same mistakes on offense and just a crude fighter in terms of boxing skills.
The only reason Pacquiao has succeeded in recent years is because his trainer has been like an old fox in selecting his opponents. The one thing that ole Nostradamus Roach is good at is hand picking beatable opponents for Pacquiao. But he’s overshot his mark with the Cotto fight. In fact, I think Roach is starting to lose his magic touch for picking softies for Pacquiao.
This is going to be like Custer’s last stand for Pacquiao. Roach must have had delusions of grandeur or something because Cotto is way off the map better than Pacquiao in my expert opinion. I suppose this will be a good thing because it will knock Roach down a peg when Pacquiao gets destroyed on November 14th. Pacquiao’s speed won’t help him in this fight because Cotto is going to swarm him, encircle him, and pick Pacquiao off with jabs and power shots.
Basically, Pacquiao will never have a chance in this fight and will be decimated by Cotto. And all those people that bet big money on Pacquiao will be sorry that they didn’t listen to me and heed my advice. You got to look at the whole picture when you look at Pacquiao. He’s beaten a bunch a shot fighters and a slew of others that are nowhere near the class of Cotto.
They’re looking at Pacquiao’s wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, and figure that those are the biggest stars of the sport and falsely think that Pacquiao can do the same thing against a talented fighter in his prime. What a bunch of imbeciles. I’m not a betting man, but if I was, I’d a make mint on this fight by putting the deeds of my house on the line and betting it all on Cotto.
What we have here is people not focusing on the whole picture when they look at Pacquiao. Instead of seeing his selective matchmaking against shot fighters or ones with little talent, they that Pacquiao is the real deal because he beat Hatton and De La Hoya. They must been on vacation or asleep when Pacquiao fought Juan Manuel Marquez and got a handful of problems.
That’s alright. If those gamblers are dumb enough to throw their money away betting on Pacquiao, then they deserve to lose their money. I’ll be here knowing I’m right and won’t lose a penny. Pacquiao only has one thing going for him in this fight and that’s his hand speed.
That’s nothing though. Cotto is going to squash him like a bug with his better power, timing, accuracy and defense. Pacquiao is still pretty much the primitive fighter that he was when his trainer Freddie Roach started training him years ago. Pacquiao makes all the same mistakes on offense and just a crude fighter in terms of boxing skills.
The only reason Pacquiao has succeeded in recent years is because his trainer has been like an old fox in selecting his opponents. The one thing that ole Nostradamus Roach is good at is hand picking beatable opponents for Pacquiao. But he’s overshot his mark with the Cotto fight. In fact, I think Roach is starting to lose his magic touch for picking softies for Pacquiao.
This is going to be like Custer’s last stand for Pacquiao. Roach must have had delusions of grandeur or something because Cotto is way off the map better than Pacquiao in my expert opinion. I suppose this will be a good thing because it will knock Roach down a peg when Pacquiao gets destroyed on November 14th. Pacquiao’s speed won’t help him in this fight because Cotto is going to swarm him, encircle him, and pick Pacquiao off with jabs and power shots.
Basically, Pacquiao will never have a chance in this fight and will be decimated by Cotto. And all those people that bet big money on Pacquiao will be sorry that they didn’t listen to me and heed my advice. You got to look at the whole picture when you look at Pacquiao. He’s beaten a bunch a shot fighters and a slew of others that are nowhere near the class of Cotto.
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