Pacquiao to finish Cotto within 6-7 rds.

[machotime]

The more I watch, the more I feel that Cotto will beat Pacman. Cotto will hit you, even the most elusive fighters have been hit (and often) by Cotto and Pacman has never EVER been hit by a fighter as strong and precise as Cotto. This alone is one aspect of the adversity that Pacman hasnt dealt with, and we won't know how he will deal with it until he gets in there with Cotto.

[ZINZANG]

If Cotto just had better stamina i'd give him a good shot at beating Manny

but he always gets tired and begins to back peddle in his fights this will utimately be his downfall he simply just cannot afford to get tierd against a guy like Pac.....

If mayweather back peddles the whole fight it is called Boxing, Cotto does it and it is he is running awaya and tired... WOW

[ericsantos]

After completing hours and hours watching all Cotto and Pacquiao fights as I could get, I have arrived to this conclution.

Pacquiao will get his job done on Cotto by 6 or 7 rounds. Cotto lasted to rd 11 and and 12 with Margarito and Clottey respectively because they both started the damage late, around the middle of the fight.

That wont be the case with the Pacman because the punching volume, pressition and accuracy will start right at the bell and will never stop. By the middle round Cotto face will look like the end rounds of his previous fights and tireness will show up also prematurely.

Under those circustances, if you are someone that really has followed not just boxing but Manny Pacquiao then you should know the rest of the story.

yeap you are an expert (you watched two fights)

[trank]

cotto gets knocked out early in the fight.. cotto doesnt have a great defense matter of fact he always seems to have taken alot of punishment after every fight.. manny's speed and accuracy would be to much for cotto... then marquez will beat pacquiao AGAIN

[Webber676]

Well only time will tell in what round Cotto will KO'd but for now we only can specutale. Cotto can prepare as he wish so can Pacquiao, at the end all will be the same, dont buy the better shape and focus of my life remarks. Come fight night and Cotto will be punished simply because Pacquio is on another level of his own in this particular era.

[Young Mike]

If Cotto just had better stamina i'd give him a good shot at beating Manny

but he always gets tired and begins to back peddle in his fights this will utimately be his downfall he simply just cannot afford to get tierd against a guy like Pac.....

Exactly, but I dont think he works out good enough and thats why he gains so much weight during fight time.

Cotto should also stop back peddling too much like you mention, especially in the beginning rounds. If he does this he gets more fatigue. He should grabble a little more inside. That's what older fighters like Hopkins and Mosley do a bit instead of running. The more cotto moves his legs the more he will get tired.

[Webber676]

what fights did you watch?

i think for cotto you gotta watch the mosley, judah, and corley fights to see how cotto handles speed and southpaws... then watch the margo and clottey fights for how cotto's style looks recently... I'd even throw in the jennings fight because cotto had to deal with jenning's mobility until he landed the KO punch.

None of those guys you mention possess the skill set, power and quickness that Pacquiao has. Quick hands for a couple of combinations here and there and far in between yes.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

The problem with that theory is Pacquiao is not going to sit there and slug it out with Cotto, or he gets murked. Even if he goes in and out, Cotto's jab is gonna be there to throw his rhythm off. I mean, look at the jabs he landed on Mosley and even on Clottey which brought him down (...a JAB). Cotto's ring generalship and overall consistency with his punches are going to disrupt Pac's set.

What people are looking at is Pac's KO's of Oscar and Hatton and looking at Cotto's performance against Clottey. But again...STYLES MAKE FIGHTS. I think Pacquiao will have his moments, but throughout the course of the fight Cotto's going to land bombs that's going to make Manny think twice about moving in on Cotto, which is going to be Cotto's moment to take Pac to the limit.

I'm tellin you, like my man RL said...it's BHop vs Trinidad all over again (not meaning style wise). Everyone is riding high on Pacquiao vs Mayweather (i.e. Roy Jones vs Tito that was supposed to happen in '02) before this fight actually happens...people are gonna be in for a rude awakening.

Well said!!!!!

[Chunk..]

Well said!!!!!

Are you taking bets on this fight?

[Stoppage]

I don't care what anyone says. Pacquiao will beat Cotto and that's that. I think he'll win by decision, though. Pacquiao will be too fast for Cotto and once he lands his flurry he'll be outta there.

And for the people saying don't look at the Clottey fight. What else can we look at? That's his most recent fight. If Cotto fights like he did that night, I'm sure Pacquiao has the win.