Cotto vs. Pacquiao: How Can Anyone Be Picking Manny to Win?

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  • NakiFan
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    Cotto vs. Pacquiao: How Can Anyone Be Picking Manny to Win?

    By Manuel Perez: When I see all the boxing writers and fans that are picking Manny Pacquiao to beat Miguel Cotto on November 14th, I think these people have lost their minds entirely. Didn’t any of them go through the fight history of Pacquiao, and see whom he’s fought, and saw how vulnerable he was on defense and how sloppy he was on offense?

    It’s as if they’re thinking upside down and they see things backwards instead of the right way like me. These boxing writers and fans seem like a bunch of dummies that don’t have clue one about the sport. Maybe they all got together and got drunk when they decided to pick Pacquiao over Cotto, because I can’t see any reasoning behind their choice.

    Cotto is a superior fighter in every way than the primitive fighting Pacquiao. Manny has only one thing going for him – hand speed. But that’s not enough to beat quality fighter. Sure, it’s good enough to beat someone like Hatton, who insanely bum rushed Pacquiao in the opening round and paid for his mindless attack by getting dropped by Pacquiao.

    It would have happened against anyone with any talent on that night. Hatton got caught up in the moment and let his thinking process become disengaged. By the time he stared thinking clearly, it was too late, he had already been knocked down twice and was not going to be able to survive for long.

    Anyone who picks Pacquiao is going to be sorry afterwards and crying about it. They’ll only have themselves to blame for not listening to me. Get this, Cotto is the bigger fighter, has the better chin and is used to fighting much bigger opponents than Pacquiao.

    This, for Cotto, is going to be the equivalent of swatting an annoying fly. Pacquiao will be buzzing around on the outside, occasionally landing a pesky shot or two, but it’s not going to have any effect on Cotto. Why? Because Pacquiao doesn’t hit all that hard.

    He knocked out Hatton, who never saw the punch coming and was already hurt because of his ****** fighting strategy. De La Hoya already pointed out that Pacquiao can’t punch. I don’t know why no ones listening to De La Hoya, because he knows it himself that Pacquiao is being rated way too high on his power.

    Okay, so Pacquiao’s power will not have any effect on Cotto on November 14th, because Pacquiao is too little and doesn’t have the bone structure to punch like a normal welterweight. This leaves Pacquiao having to match Cotto punch for punch.

    With Cotto not going anywhere like De La Hoya and Hatton, Pacquiao will find himself getting hit a lot. And if Cotto hits Pacquiao as much as Juan Manuel Marquez did, and believe me, he will, then I highly doubt that Pacquiao will be able to hold up under that kind of punishment.

    Marquez had one of Pacquiao’s cut up in their fight last year in March, and he landed a lot of punches. Marquez isn’t a huge puncher by any stretch of the imagination. So with Cotto tagging Pacquiao as often as Marquez did, the natural outcome of this will be that the smaller fighter, Pacquiao, wills start breaking down physically and will end up getting knocked out before long. And I’ll be here gloating about it and saying “I told you so.”
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    #2
    What do you expect from a Puerto Rican sport journalist?

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    • ThunderWolf
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      Originally posted by Infern0
      Cotto vs. Pacquiao: How Can Anyone Be Picking Manny to Win?
      Probably a follow up on loyal Pac fans, combined with Barrera, Morales, dela Hoya and Hatton converted fans, noticing a winning trend on all impossibilities.

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      • nystate0fm1nd
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        #4
        I agree with a lot of what is said, but I don't think it will be as easy as this guy makes it sound. Speed is a difficult obstacle to overcome. Cotto has done it on more than one occasion so I think he'll be able to do it again. I see it playing out somewhat like Cotto-Judah.

        But then again boxing is boxing- you never really know what can happen!

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        • El Angel
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          #5
          He acts like Pac is a bum. He needs to watch a little more boxing before writing articles.

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          • PAC-BOY
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            #6
            written by a Bum writer. who gives a **** what he thinks.

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            • Dionyseus
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              #7
              Originally posted by nystate0fm1nd
              I agree with a lot of what is said, but I don't think it will be as easy as this guy makes it sound. Speed is a difficult obstacle to overcome. Cotto has done it on more than one occasion so I think he'll be able to do it again. I see it playing out somewhat like Cotto-Judah.

              But then again boxing is boxing- you never really know what can happen!
              Please don't compare a gatekeeper with an all-time great like Pacquiao. Judah gave Cotto some difficulties but his lack of discipline resulted in getting himself knocked out.

              Judah doesn't have knockout power, Pacquiao on the other hand is not only fast but he can knock you out with every single punch he throws.

              I don't see Cotto reaching the 12th round, he's way too slow for Pacquiao.

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              • tesla_power
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                #8
                He compared pac to a fly. hahahaha. funny writer. maybe he should watch more boxing matches.

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                • baracuda
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                  #9
                  its ok if he picks cotto but saying people who pick pac to win had lil reasons to is just plain arrogant......this guy's got a superiority complex.....

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                  • mathed
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                    [QUOTE=Infern0;6028049]By Manuel Perez:

                    Cotto is a superior fighter in every way than the primitive fighting Pacquiao.

                    I think it is more likely supposed to be: Cotto is a superior fighter in every way when compared to the primitive fighting Pacquiao

                    But that’s not enough to beat quality fighter.

                    More likely: But that's not enough to beat a quality fighter

                    It would have happened against anyone with any talent on that night.

                    More likely: It would not have happened against anyone with any talent on that night


                    By the time he stared thinking clearly, it was too late, he had already been knocked down twice and was not going to be able to survive for long.

                    More likely: By the time he started thinking clearly, it was too late as he had already been knocked down twice and likely would not survive long

                    because Pacquiao is too little and doesn’t have the bone structure to punch like a normal welterweight. This leaves Pacquiao having to match Cotto punch for punch.

                    So let me get this straight, he can't punch like a welterweight due to his bones so he'll be left to match Cotto with punches?

                    Marquez had one of Pacquiao’s cut up in their fight last year in March, and he landed a lot of punches.

                    More likely: Marquez had one of Pacquiao's eyes cut up in their fight last year in March and he landed a lot of punches.


                    How is this guy a writer with grammar that bad? This guy sounds like a tool

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