Fight Plans: Cotto vs. Pac, (Intelligent posts only)

[EL_cano]

Pacmama tay na dahil s ayo!!!

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Pacmama tay na dahil s ayo!!!

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[Navyboxer1109]

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LOL, word.

[Hitman18]

El Angel: Yea ur right. Cotto looked fine at 146. He still looked strong and took some hard shots from a real welterweight clottey and didnt go down, so against pac i think he should be fine. I agree with you. And cotto will definitely be the strongest opponent pac has faced, at least recently.

Cuzfozzy: Ur definitely right. I think Roach will switch the game plan a little bit and make Pac box cotto instead of blitzing him like they did with Hatton cuz they knew hatton was tailor-made for pacs style.

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I wanna see if Pac is disciplined enough to box...he's gonna mix it up at times...its in his nature

I hope the weight doesn't affect Cotto...it shouldn't tho

[El Angel]

In all the lead up and press tours and commercials for 24/7, Cotto just looked so much bigger then Manny. Wider shoulders, short, stocky and uses his size in his fights. Manny will have someone close to 160 coming at him for 12 rounds. Not easy to cope with.

[Hitman18]

I think will be disciplined enough if Roach is really working on it with him. I can see Pac double jabbing and moving left and right and slipping and side-stepping to confuse Cotto. Well, even though he was destroying Hatton, Pac was boxing him. Only Cottos an excellent boxer and if Pac decides to box cotto it will balance out cuz Cotto would in that case go on the attack and slowly try to pressure and counter pac, so pac will have to be a mayweather in there if he plans on boxing. He will have to stand there and trade at one point or another to really hit cotto, and thats where cottos opportunities come in.

[biglou88]

Cotto- Jab is key he's good at timing and catching oponents off balance, if he can get to Manny's body thats a plus but i think he's gonna catch Manny up top all night. Cotto should be patient and wait until Manny comes in and counter.


Pacquiao- Manny has good foot movement which is something he's gonna have to use all night I don't think is smart for him to stand and trade he should move in and out and he should let Cotto wear himself out. He shouldn't underestimate Cotto at any time even if Cotto (runs).


Results I got Cotto by tko
but if Manny wins I got him by points.

[ßringer]

Cotto

The main key to victory for Miguel Cotto is to neutralize Manny Pacquiao's speed. Manny fights in a darting fashion, he comes in on angles, and he likes to get in, get his shots off, and get out of range without taking much return fire. Cotto's going to have to neutralize his speed from the opening bell to win this one.

How's he going to do that? Well he can do that in either one of two possible ways.

1.) Investing in the body. Cotto has the reputation of a notorious body puncher, but lately it's been just that ; a reputation. Against Clottey he went to the body in spurts but I really felt like he could've invested much more of his time and energy down there than he did. Against Margarito he completely ignored going to the body whatsoever, and instead he opted to be a strict head hunter under the false assumption that he could crack Margarito's chin ; bad idea.

Cotto needs to remember "what brought him to the dance" so to speak, and invest in the body early and often.

2.) Physical wear. Make no mistake about it, Miguel Cotto is the bigger, stronger man in this fight. By fight night he'll likely outweigh Pacquiao by at least 10lbs and he needs to use every bit of his strength and weight advantage to his benefit to wear Pacquiao down minute by minute, and round by round. How does he do this? Simple ; First off he needs to let Pacquiao taste his power early, so that Manny understands his role in this bout as the smaller man and plays along accordingly.

Secondly ; Clinches. If I were Cotto in this fight, when Manny comes in firing his shots, I would avoid what I could, counter when I could, and then clinch him. In the clinches I would get off what shots I could, all the while leaning on the smaller Pacquiao with my weight advantage. This, coupled with all of his movement, will really strain Pacquiao's legs over the course of the fight and it will ultimately pay dividends by slowing Pacquiao down in the late stages of the fight, therefore making him much more of an open target.

Pacquiao analysis coming soon.

[Hitman18]

Cotto

The main key to victory for Miguel Cotto is to neutralize Manny Pacquiao's speed. Manny fights in a darting fashion, he comes in on angles, and he likes to get in, get his shots off, and get out of range without taking much return fire. Cotto's going to have to neutralize his speed from the opening bell to win this one.

How's he going to do that? Well he can do that in either one of two possible ways.

1.) Investing in the body. Cotto has the reputation of a notorious body puncher, but lately it's been just that ; a reputation. Against Clottey he went to the body in spurts but I really felt like he could've invested much more of his time and energy down there than he did. Against Margarito he completely ignored going to the body whatsoever, and instead he opted to be a strict head hunter under the false assumption that he could crack Margarito's chin ; bad idea.

Cotto needs to remember "what brought him to the dance" so to speak, and invest in the body early and often.

2.) Physical wear. Make no mistake about it, Miguel Cotto is the bigger, stronger man in this fight. By fight night he'll likely outweigh Pacquiao by at least 10lbs and he needs to use every bit of his strength and weight advantage to his benefit to wear Pacquiao down minute by minute, and round by round. How does he do this? Simple ; First off he needs to let Pacquiao taste his power early, so that Manny understands his role in this bout as the smaller man and plays along accordingly.

Secondly ; Clinches. If I were Cotto in this fight, when Manny comes in firing his shots, I would avoid what I could, counter when I could, and then clinch him. In the clinches I would get off what shots I could, all the while leaning on the smaller Pacquiao with my weight advantage. This, coupled with all of his movement, will really strain Pacquiao's legs over the course of the fight and it will ultimately pay dividends by slowing Pacquiao down in the late stages of the fight, therefore making him much more of an open target.

Pacquiao analysis coming soon.

I agree with Investing in the body early on. If cotto can tag pac downstairs from early on, along with the clinches, pac will be significantly slowed down later on and cotto could at that point switch from boxer-puncher to just puncher and hammer pac with extra hard shots. I also agree and disagree with ur point on Cotto making pac feel his power early on, cuz if pac tastes the power of cotto, being a warrior it will make him want to brawl with cotto to prove he cant get hurt. It could go either way: pacs speed and carried power with tear cotto up or cotto will take advantage of pacs willingness to stay put in the pocket and not move as much.