Pacquiao Will Beat Miguel Cotto Easy, Says Sugar

[Dave Rado]

i tell u bert's a good historian, but i've watched bert miss alot of predictions during the years...i would never put my money on anyone he predicts

Yes, being a great historian and being a good predictor of fights are two very different skills. Sugar was a great boxing historian, but not that good at predicting fights.

[Dave Rado]

This guy is one of the worst Boxing Historians ever. and he sucks at predictions.

He's one of the 2-3 most respected boxing historians of all time. That's a crazy thing to say.

[Steak]

Sugar may know his stuff, but hes still ridiculous. his bias is terrible at times.

he probably thinks that Firpo would KO the Klitschko brothers, so I wouldnt put much stock into what he has to say.

[Iceta]

Bert Sugar also picked Margarito to beat Cotto as well. And he said that Margarito's uppercuts would play a big part in the fight. I'll bet you Cotto fans want to rip his throat out don't you?

[fightingfigs]

Sugar may know his stuff, but hes still ridiculous. his bias is terrible at times.

he probably thinks that Firpo would KO the Klitschko brothers, so I wouldnt put much stock into what he has to say.

agreed hes making this seem easier than ricky hatton. The guy knows boxing history but needs to up his new age game. Cotto will give manny big problems.

The only guy that has had a really good prediction is Paulie malignaggi

[Beater_of_ass]

Bert apparently doesn't pay attention to fight night weigh ins. Manny was weighing in at 140 or so when he was fighting at 130... HE was the bigger man in most of his fights. He was also the shorter, but BIGGER man in the DLH fight and was only like 2 pounds lighter than Hatton. Let's be real here... Everyone is making it out to seem that Cotto is some mammoth at WW... He just fought two guys in Margarito whose almost 6 feet tall and Clottey who comes in at 165-170 pounds on fight night. Cotto's been the smaller man in his recent fights as well.

I got no problem with him thinking Manny will win, but to say because Manny has beaten up on bigger guys. Cotto's completely dismantled smaller AND faster guys than him... damn Bert, and I thought you were one of the few who still had common sense in boxing.

[Alem721]

Berto picked Margacheato based on fighting clean. EVERY FIGHTER KNOWS..... PERIOD! Cotto fought cheato w/ 8oz gloves and was landing brutal shots and looked fast! (8oz glvs on 9/14/09) COTTO doesnt expect a brutal fight w/ PAC like cheato, clottey. If Marquez landed against MP- Cotto will land much easier than what people are expecting and will expose MP. COTTO last experience in VEGAS was shameful for boxing and never asked the organization about his loss and took it like a man. To say (QUIT) knowing the facts is NOW probably the best idea for COTTO. Before CHEATO got caught - COTTO always sd Margarito was the better man. This will be a treat for COTTO for the HARD WORK for FIGHTING the best WW's - Loaded Gloves, CLOTTEY, JUDAH, MOSLEY and other boxing technicians! MP is a hell of a fighter at a lower weight and his wins against HATTON, DLH has no credit against COTTO. Judah (FOCUSED), T. BRADLEY,MAGIC MAN, can beat MP.
This fight could easily replicate (LOPEZ vs PENALOSA) and that's scary to know COTTO will be throwing brutal body shots when trapping MP!

[BERNIE'S CORNER]

Why is everybody getting all excited? Berts just suffering from OLD TIMERS DISEASE. I just hope he doesn't fall asleep with a lit cigar in his mouth!

[juneaki]

Wow, all the "experts" who overlook Cotto are in for a serious reality check.
Those of us who have our feet firmly planted on the ground will be saying "I told ya so"
at the end of the night on 11/14. What strikes me most is that the focus is on Pac, when Cotto beats Pacquiao the experts will cover their asses by saying that Pac wasn't at his best or some garbage like that. I now know for sure that this is a fight in which Cotto won't get credit for winning, but rather Manny will get credit for losing.

Yeah! I have also dreamed about this.

[Primal Instinx]

Hes right, I don't think Cotto has ever seen a fighter with footwork as good as Pacquiaos. Can Cottos timing really catch the legs of Pacquiao?

Good footwork??? WTF are you talking about? Manny's footwork is the least of his good qualities....dude is always off balance when he throws his punches hence the reason Marquez was able to counter soundly. I will accept speed, and throwing his hands in bunches but footwork...that **** crosses the line homie.