Boxing Video: Malignaggi: "Cotto Will Beat Pacquiao"

[ELPacman]

LoL @ the image of Paulie's face for the video. That pretty much sums up Paulie's look in every interview

[NAPO]

Paulie is a good guy and a skillfull boxer.

but he has had his shares of bad luck.

[leonthegee]

why is everybody gettin all butthurt about this? paulies 1 man and he made his pick. who cares if u dont agree it's not like he was clowning pacquiao or something. alot of people think cotto has a chance to win as for myself i cant get into this fight yet until the may v marquez fight is over. but both have a good chance of winning. neverless it should be a sick fight.

[Alibata]

Paulie looked to have an honest unbiased opinion. I can see Cotto's size being a big problem for Manny

[leonthegee]

Paulie looked to have an honest unbiased opinion. I can see Cotto's size being a big problem for Manny

agreed.....

[Pullcounter]

Here is the flaw in Paulie's analysis:

He has not had the exposure to other top quality fighters to really be able to gauge how badass (or not) Miguel is. Paulie is comparing to guys like N'Dou and Ngoudjo. If Paulie has sparred or fought the top 135ers or 140ers or even some really good 147ers, then he would have a deeper frame of reference.

I would trust Zab's opinion (if honest) because he has been with Clottey, Floyd, Cotto, Tszyu, Baldomir, Spinks, etc. That is a pretty deep pool of guys in different weight classes with different strengths, power, speed and skills.

Manny just isn't as small as everyone seems locked in to. For some reason, people can't get it out of their heads that the guy started at 106. But Pac was 16 years old. At 16, all of these guys were that size. At 16, Floyd won the national Golden Gloves at 106 lbs.

People MUST start looking at that phase of Manny's career as his "amateur bouts". Only, the PI doesn't have a deep amateur culture, so guys go pro mad young. Like Mexico.

Manny isn't tiny. At all. Pac was weighing 144 on fight night as far back as the Barrera fight. He is a fully -filled in JWW...and has been for a long time. He was just drying to make SFW. Roach admitted that they were having weight problems at SFW.

compared to cotto, pac is tiny. 10+ lbs.

[Ekscape]

I like ot hear Paulies analysis on fighters and boxing

[dondi330]

I always said Paulie was a knowledgeable boxer. I see Paulie as the next Max Kellerman. He will make a good boxing commentator/analyst.

[FloppyDiskz]

why is everybody gettin all butthurt about this? paulies 1 man and he made his pick. who cares if u dont agree it's not like he was clowning pacquiao or something. alot of people think cotto has a chance to win as for myself i cant get into this fight yet until the may v marquez fight is over. but both have a good chance of winning. neverless it should be a sick fight.

who's getting butt hurt over Paulie's comments? You can agree or disagree with them but everyone on this thread respects the man's opinion. Especially since he breaks it down on why he thinks Cotto will win and what Manny is up against.

[Akyra]

well, DUH, there's no doubt cotto is going to win. ^_<