Miguel Cotto is Too Strong For Pacquiao, Says Chavez

[pugay_kamay]

I think Pacquiao will go down as an ATG, but fighting a true welterweight in his prime and dangerous as cotto is a big mistake. Pacquiao has crazy speed and power but Cotto has fought mosley, clottey, margarito, boxers that can be called middleweights. After cotto vs pacquiao i will still respect pacquiao, just feel this decision is very wrong but right in the money that pacquiao will make. Pacquiao will show his great speed but miguel's power will be too much and pacquiao will be hurt. Get ready to see Roach wave the towel. If Roach waves the towel, will that mean pacquiao quit? Good question.

Both Mosley & Clottey are quite small for MW. Remember Mosley went up to 154 and got beaten up by Winky twice?

[pugay_kamay]

I'm not saying pacquiao's punches will not have an effect. I agree pacquiao is faster than cotto, not 5 or 10 times faster as some fans say, but faster. Pacquiao's fast punches will have an effect on cotto, same as cotto's punches will have an effect on pacquiao. What i dissagree is everyone putting too much on the hatton and oscar fight. We need to look at pacquiao's fights with marquez and that is a good barometer for this fight. Marquez connected on cotto but did not take advantage when he hurt pacquiao, cotto will. Also, cotto's chin is very, very good. He gets hit but hard to knockout.

People say that Cotto cannot catch pacquiao. HUH??? Marquez, barerra, morales, etc all caught pacquiao. Cotto can catch pacquiao, he just needs to catch him and follow up. Cotto won't be afraid, he has fought bigger, stronger fighters. All i'm saying is it will be a great fight and if pacquiao wins, more power to him. I'll say positive things. I'm not like some fans here who knock fighters. The winner deserves the praise as well as the one who does not win.

agree??

Dude why would a trainer will put more emphasis on 1 fight 2 yrs ago compare to the last 3 fights w/c has a tremendous difference in terms of style, performance and skill level. Would it be wise to consider all these fights with the same degree of interest w/o disregarding the performance with respect to each fights as well as the boxers involve in it?

And JMM is more a skilled boxer than Cotto. If JMM is a true WW, and JMM vs Cotto happens...

JMM >>> Cotto

[pugay_kamay]

Cotto is much bigger and has a longer reach which he can throw pac off with the jab as he trs to rush in. Cotto stll has a little left in him to take him out. you cant really see who is stronger unless you have felt their power on you so come Nov. 14 we'll see who is stronger. not a big fan of cotto hopefully he beats him so his fans will stop saying he is a God that is unstoppable.

Pac is NOT a God or Unstoppable, all boxers are hittable once you enter the ring,the difference is the occurrences whether is it few or more, plus the reaction of the boxer to every hit he receives.

[pugay_kamay]

K people I kno u r fans nd Shyt but a media hyped p4p boxer..meaning Pac if ur ***n ******....will never beat a true tested WW. I am a boxing fan and I like Pac but cmon..... as soon as he get dat sig pwr shot he's gna hav 2 improvise and a fightr like Pac cnt take a shot from Cotto!

Dude have you watched the 1st fight of SRL & Duran? Duran was LW champion and SRL was an undefeated WW champion plus the fact the SRL is far more skilled than Duran. Duran move 2 weight divisions to face SRL at WW and he handed SRL its 1st loss of his career, Duran won a UD. Of course SRL redeemed himself on the rematch that's why we have this NO MAS, NO MAS, Duran quit in the middle of the bout.

Anyhow, the point is, the true WW was defeated by a LW. Got my point?

[GRUSTLER]

its not even right to compare penalosa to pac.....jesus!!

I know that he is not equal to Pac and Lopez is not equal to Cotto.
THAT's WHY I said "MORE EXCITING" watch how those two are going
to look in the ring on November 14th. You guys are too emotional when
it comes to your favorite fighters.

[GRUSTLER]

WTF! What kind of an analogy is that? Penalosa was much older than Lopez and if he was any younger he would have given JuanMa a run for his money. And I can assure you Pacquaio is NO Penalosa and what does Cotto have aside from being bigger than Pacquiao? Cotto won against Clottey because Clottey played to lose not to win as he gave up a lot of precious won rounds to Cotto.

What I can tell you is Cotto is going to experience a helluva fight. If you think Cotto can just muscle his way to victory just because he is the bigger fighter you're terribly mistaken dude. And when all is said and done Cotto's ass will be whipped by Manny on Nov.14 and you can't do anything about it boy.

Prepare your damn excuses after fight: Cotto was drained at 145, Cotto is not the same fighter as he was before the Margacheato fight, Cotto did overtrain, etc etc

Give Manny enough credit please coz he definitely deserves all the accolade for being a great champion. Go Manny and kick Cotto's but so we can prove to those idiots that little man, big man thing is nothing but CRAP.

First off, you should have had my name on the post you replied to
and addressed me properly. Second, I am not a fan of Miguel Cotto
and I think Manny is a very good fighter but Cotto is in his prime and
hasn't been officially KO'd by anyone and all he has fought were huge
guys so Manny is going to have to bring something more to the ring
than just speed on November 14th. While Manny does display good
skills, Cotto is not a push over either. The way to beat Cotto is to
pressure, defense and counter him, Pacquiao has not shown any sign
of defensive strategy other than moving in and out and using his speed
to confuse his opponents BUT Cotto is very good at cutting the ring
off and pressuring guys smaller than him. I definitely believe Manny
can win and if he does I will give him props and credit like I do with
every fighter I chose or bet against BUT I just feel like Cotto should
have enough to goon Pac and win if not by KO. Will see soon if I'm
right or wrong, til then all is just speculation BUT honestly I think a lot
who say Pac is going to walk through Cotto comes more from a hype
perspective because Manny is the draw and most famous.

[JaNnO]

Yes, cotto gave up but he gave up to fight another day and he took on clottey with 1 eye and looks the best he has ever looked right now. What does it say about pacquiao if cotto(quitter?) beats pacman?

Look at what Floyd(true WW) did to Marquez, who actually beat pacman in 2nd fight. Now Cotto (true WW) will fight pacquiao....funny as hell.

Nothing that we don't already know. Cotto is still a quitter and Manny was beat by the bigger guy.

Are you saying that the people betting for Pacquiao are dumb? Why is then the odds in Las Vegas still favor Pacman? Smart men knows that size doesn't win fights but skills do and Pacman has more boxing skills than Cotto, not to mention the fact that speed kills that acman has in abundance.

[JaNnO]

First off, you should have had my name on the post you replied to
and addressed me properly. Second, I am not a fan of Miguel Cotto
and I think Manny is a very good fighter but Cotto is in his prime and
hasn't been officially KO'd by anyone and all he has fought were huge
guys so Manny is going to have to bring something more to the ring
than just speed on November 14th. While Manny does display good
skills, Cotto is not a push over either. The way to beat Cotto is to
pressure, defense and counter him, Pacquiao has not shown any sign
of defensive strategy other than moving in and out and using his speed
to confuse his opponents BUT Cotto is very good at cutting the ring
off and pressuring guys smaller than him. I definitely believe Manny
can win and if he does I will give him props and credit like I do with
every fighter I chose or bet against BUT I just feel like Cotto should
have enough to goon Pac and win if not by KO. Will see soon if I'm
right or wrong, til then all is just speculation BUT honestly I think a lot
who say Pac is going to walk through Cotto comes more from a hype
perspective because Manny is the draw and most famous.

Nicely put Grustler. I couldn't agree more. Good K coming your way.

[Sammy2g3]

Too Strong

I think a lot of people are overlooking Miguel Cotto. Lots of people think he is damaged goods. We will see Nov. 14th.

[v.cassiusali@ya]

and who is bob foster against the greatest muhammad ali?

c'mon joe!

i don't know what are your excuses after pacquiao toyed with cotto.