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In one of the topics hit, Tyler asks Charles if he could look down the road and speculate on how Manny Pacquiao would do against "Money Floyd Mayweather Jr?
Charles tells DoghouseBoxing that he first needs to see Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto (they fight November 14), and added that he thinks Maywather Jr. is the best fighter on the planet : "I have to see how Pacquiao does against Cotto, it’s just too premature. I think Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, he just neutralizes a guy better than any other fighter and he puts you in a position to lose, even though you have always put yourself in a position to succeed. You face him and it will end up different."
DT – Nick, let’s go outside Showtime for a bit. We just watched Mayweather overwhelm Juan Manuel Marquez.
NC – I didn’t even order that fight, it’s exactly the way I thought the fight would go so there was no suspense or drama for that one.
DT – How about Pacquiao/ Cotto fight?
NC – I have talked about that fight in length and I might even do the international feed for the fight. I have always liked Cotto for a lot of reasons. I watched him against Margarito and I don’t care if he had a sledge hammer in his trunks, he took something out of Cotto. I watched him against Clottey and I believe that Clottey gave that fight away. He had Cotto cut and hurt and did not take advantage of this. I really give it to Bob Arum; he has two guys signed and has them fight each other. Yes they are going to make a lot of money but he could have had Cotto fight someone else, he could have had Pacquiao fight someone else. He would have made money for both and avoided a major loss for one of his fighters. I like Pacquiao in this fight, I picked Hatton to beat Pacquiao and boy was I wrong, I thought it had to end sometime for Pacquiao even though they were both the same height and build. I was so wrong on that I’m thinking that maybe he will beat Cotto. I believe that Cotto will be really dangerous early; he is a great body puncher and will try to work the body in the early rounds. Freddie Roach’s challenge will be to try and not take away Pacquiao’s aggressiveness but make him box and fight fast. Get in and get out, and hit Cotto from different angles. I think Freddie sees some weaknesses in Cotto and the big one is that he can be hit and how he gets hit. He stands in the pocket and can get hit easily. But Roach is amazing in the fact that he can spot these weak points in other fighters and take advantage of them. He certainly had a great plan for Hatton. So, I feel Freddie will not take away Pacquiao’s aggressiveness but box more in the early rounds and wait for Cotto to fade down the stretch. I pick Pacquiao by split decision.
DT – Can we look down the road and speculate on how Pacquiao would do against Mayweather?
NC – I have to see how Pacquiao does against Cotto, it’s just too premature. I think Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, he just neutralizes a guy better than any other fighter and he puts you in a position to lose, even though you have always put yourself in a position to succeed. You face him and it will end up different. If there is any question about Mayweather it would be his chin. We just don’t know but maybe if you nailed him cleanly he may go down. Then you have the question does Pacquiao have the power to make this happen? Mayweather is good at 147, in fact he is excellent. I don’t think it’s hard for him to make that weight. Maybe 147 is too much for Pacquiao who started at something like 106? I could be wrong but right now I would lean toward Mayweather. Of course my opinion could change depending on how Pacquiao looks against Cotto, a true 147 pound fighter.
DT – I agree and HBO does a good job promoting the PPV events.
NC – I think the 24/7’s leading into the event help the sport. I see them all the time where I go to work out and because it is on regular HBO it attracts fans from other sports. They are not going to get much information from the newspapers so the only other source of information would be the internet. I read the New York Times and I was very surprised that nothing was mentioned about the Vitaly Klitschko/ Chris Areolla fight. That deserved some attention in a national newspaper because the dynamics of the event. A heavyweight championship fight with ethnic background of Areolla as a Mexican American heavyweight, Klitschko’s age, it would have been great to see more pre-fight coverage. People don’t realize how good and how hard the older Klitschko hits. I was talking to Michael Buffer a couple of weeks ago and he said you could feel the impact of those blows at ringside. Those kinds of things deserve to be talked about more than they are and it really frustrates me as someone who loves boxing.
Charles tells DoghouseBoxing that he first needs to see Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto (they fight November 14), and added that he thinks Maywather Jr. is the best fighter on the planet : "I have to see how Pacquiao does against Cotto, it’s just too premature. I think Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, he just neutralizes a guy better than any other fighter and he puts you in a position to lose, even though you have always put yourself in a position to succeed. You face him and it will end up different."
DT – Nick, let’s go outside Showtime for a bit. We just watched Mayweather overwhelm Juan Manuel Marquez.
NC – I didn’t even order that fight, it’s exactly the way I thought the fight would go so there was no suspense or drama for that one.
DT – How about Pacquiao/ Cotto fight?
NC – I have talked about that fight in length and I might even do the international feed for the fight. I have always liked Cotto for a lot of reasons. I watched him against Margarito and I don’t care if he had a sledge hammer in his trunks, he took something out of Cotto. I watched him against Clottey and I believe that Clottey gave that fight away. He had Cotto cut and hurt and did not take advantage of this. I really give it to Bob Arum; he has two guys signed and has them fight each other. Yes they are going to make a lot of money but he could have had Cotto fight someone else, he could have had Pacquiao fight someone else. He would have made money for both and avoided a major loss for one of his fighters. I like Pacquiao in this fight, I picked Hatton to beat Pacquiao and boy was I wrong, I thought it had to end sometime for Pacquiao even though they were both the same height and build. I was so wrong on that I’m thinking that maybe he will beat Cotto. I believe that Cotto will be really dangerous early; he is a great body puncher and will try to work the body in the early rounds. Freddie Roach’s challenge will be to try and not take away Pacquiao’s aggressiveness but make him box and fight fast. Get in and get out, and hit Cotto from different angles. I think Freddie sees some weaknesses in Cotto and the big one is that he can be hit and how he gets hit. He stands in the pocket and can get hit easily. But Roach is amazing in the fact that he can spot these weak points in other fighters and take advantage of them. He certainly had a great plan for Hatton. So, I feel Freddie will not take away Pacquiao’s aggressiveness but box more in the early rounds and wait for Cotto to fade down the stretch. I pick Pacquiao by split decision.
DT – Can we look down the road and speculate on how Pacquiao would do against Mayweather?
NC – I have to see how Pacquiao does against Cotto, it’s just too premature. I think Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, he just neutralizes a guy better than any other fighter and he puts you in a position to lose, even though you have always put yourself in a position to succeed. You face him and it will end up different. If there is any question about Mayweather it would be his chin. We just don’t know but maybe if you nailed him cleanly he may go down. Then you have the question does Pacquiao have the power to make this happen? Mayweather is good at 147, in fact he is excellent. I don’t think it’s hard for him to make that weight. Maybe 147 is too much for Pacquiao who started at something like 106? I could be wrong but right now I would lean toward Mayweather. Of course my opinion could change depending on how Pacquiao looks against Cotto, a true 147 pound fighter.
DT – I agree and HBO does a good job promoting the PPV events.
NC – I think the 24/7’s leading into the event help the sport. I see them all the time where I go to work out and because it is on regular HBO it attracts fans from other sports. They are not going to get much information from the newspapers so the only other source of information would be the internet. I read the New York Times and I was very surprised that nothing was mentioned about the Vitaly Klitschko/ Chris Areolla fight. That deserved some attention in a national newspaper because the dynamics of the event. A heavyweight championship fight with ethnic background of Areolla as a Mexican American heavyweight, Klitschko’s age, it would have been great to see more pre-fight coverage. People don’t realize how good and how hard the older Klitschko hits. I was talking to Michael Buffer a couple of weeks ago and he said you could feel the impact of those blows at ringside. Those kinds of things deserve to be talked about more than they are and it really frustrates me as someone who loves boxing.
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