isnt it a lil crazy to think cotto will be brutally ko'd?

[MaD RoBoT]

Right. Yet they still insisted on 1 pound.

If its no big deal, why the catchweight. Cotto didn't ask for it, Pac did.

Don't forget that.

wrong, mate

team pac's term is 142-43

145 is cotto's term

[Dan...]

But you wouldn't be saying that if ODLH didn't quit, we'd be talking about how Pac knocked DLH out and how Cotto could get knocked out too. ODLH quitting denied him that feat.

Perhaps, but you understand my point right? Oscar was a stationary object with no defence and Manny was pretty much teeing off on him the entire fight.

IMO if Manny has the kind of power at 147 that is going to blow Cotto out of there in the same fashion as he was able to do with Hatton then he would have at least dropped Oscar in that fight.

[Glamour Puss]

wrong, mate

team pac's term is 142-43

145 is cotto's term

LOL.

They were so nice to let Cotto come in at 45.



We can split hairs, but the catchweight was Packys idea, not Cotto's.

[tocayito1]

Uh who HAS dropped him besides a middleweight? Seriously that's one of the best chins in boxing!

quartey dropped him

[tocayito1]

thats for sure or didn't watch pacquaios last two fights.....

cotto took mosleys best for 12 rounds manny is not a bigger puncher than mosley he has no chance in hell of knocking out cotto

[tocayito1]

He would've if ODLH didn't quit.

laughable your crazy for thinking that

[tocayito1]

Regardless he landed about 1 million clean power shots on a weight-drained and past it Welter and couldn't drop him.


I'm not going to say a word against Manny as he is an ATG fighter and I love watching him in action, but his power at 147 isn't confirmed yet. Knocking out a shot Hatton who had lost all his punch resistance doesn't prove that Manny has the power to blow out a guy like Cotto.

exactly thats what i been saying


and hatton wasnt shot he just was never that good

never had great punch resistance hes been hurt numerous times by light hitters

[tocayito1]

But you wouldn't be saying that if ODLH didn't quit, we'd be talking about how Pac knocked DLH out and how Cotto could get knocked out too. ODLH quitting denied him that feat.

that was such a ****** thing to say its all speculation

[Dan...]

exactly thats what i been saying


and hatton wasnt shot he just was never that good

never had great punch resistance hes been hurt numerous times by light hitters

This is not correct. Hatton did once have very good punch resistance. He was a brawler with very little defence and therefore relied on his ability to take a punch. If Hatton didn't have good punch resistance he would never have won a world title.

[Beater_of_ass]

wrong, mate

team pac's term is 142-43

145 is cotto's term

Um... actually no. Cotto never wanted a catchweight, but realized there had to be one so he said no less than 145. When the belt issue came up Cotto said 147 as that's the weight I won the belt at and the division is 141-147. Also someone mentioned Cotto looked drained... this person obviously doesn't know his ass from his elbow because its still 2 weeks from the fight and Cotto is at the weight he usually fights at. IDK whose worse, Manny or Mayweather fans... I'm going to have to go with Pac fans though, at least most Mayweather fans know SOMETHING about boxing.

As far as the topic goes... Manny can certainly land the type of punch he did on Hatton, and that could put him to sleep. However, the odds of that happening are pretty slim and Cotto's been able to take shots from Marg and Clottey (guys weighing near 170 on fight night) Judah and Mosley, both guys with speed AND power. To expect a KO from Pac I think is pretty insane, at least a Hatton/Diaz type KO, but a TKO from a cut or abundance of punches isn't out of the question. I have Cotto winning by KO very late round 11 or 12 with a body shot, but this fight is 50/50, I just think its more likely Cotto would decapitate Manny before Manny Hattons Cotto.