Ariza: "Cotto's Shots Ruptured Pacquiao's Ear Badly"

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Of all the boxers Pac has faced or may be fighting later on, i can definitely say Cotto's got the meanest punch. Even before i placed my bet i was doubting already if Pac can absorb it i was hoping/praying doesn't get hit he might not take it but he did.

That Pac's exhibition of taking Cotto's punches was really ****** too as one poster said.

Really? Because Pac looked much worse after fighting JMM. He even was rocked and hurt vs JMM, he was never hurt or stunned once vs Cotto.

He was also cut in the JMM fights...

[Phatfarm1980]

I was amazed by pacquiaos chin. I never thought he would be able to handle the cotto power, but he proved me wrong. Theres not many harder hitting welterweights than cotto.

[fdotorres]

Clottey looked pretty clean to me. You are forgeting that Cotto looked like japanese woman who had just been beaten with a baseball bat, and then run over by a truck, only to be dropped from a stretcher.

yeah, but he lost

[fdotorres]

Pacquiao chose to get hurt, he just stood there telling Cotto to hit him. Cotto wouldn't have landed anything if Pacquiao chose not to.

of course, pacquiao risked getting hurt because he chose to, not because miguel was good enough to get some shots in

[fdotorres]

I was amazed by pacquiaos chin. I never thought he would be able to handle the cotto power, but he proved me wrong. Theres not many harder hitting welterweights than cotto.

not only by his chin, but by his mental strength. he ate those punches and punched back immediately, just like margo did (minus the plaster)

that lil guy is something else. he destroyed cotto both physically AND mentally

[$partacus]

of course, pacquiao risked getting hurt because he chose to, not because miguel was good enough to get some shots in

Yes he did in the early rounds he stood there ****ing his gloves together telling Cotto to hit him and didn't even try to move away.

[fdotorres]

Yes he did in the early rounds he stood their ****ing his gloves together telling Cotto to hit him and didn't even try to move away.

yeah, he did that when he got cornered and got his body ******, not when cotto hit his face and ear

that was part of his strategy to break cotto's spirit and it worked, but cotto hit him in the face a couple of times during exchanges, hence pac's light bruises in the face and ****ed up ear

[rommel357]

That's what happens when you take punches like that especially from someone like Cotto. I was ****ing pisst when Manny was taking Cotto's punches and doing that rope a dope ****, not only is that dangerous but ******.

[Iceta]

Really? Because Pac looked much worse after fighting JMM. He even was rocked and hurt vs JMM, he was never hurt or stunned once vs Cotto.

He was also cut in the JMM fights...

One thing that Cotto did more than JMM, especially early in the fight though was land a lot more body punches. As big of a Cotto detractor as I am, the dude is a sick body puncher when he decides to apply it. Body punching is something that JMM should've kept doing when he had Pacquiao cut in the eight round and trying to re-gain all of his marbles. JMM had success to Pacquiao's body, but then he stopped using it.

[fdotorres]

That's what happens when you take punches like that especially from someone like Cotto. I was ****ing pisst when Manny was taking Cotto's punches and doing that rope a dope ****, not only is that dangerous but ******.

dangerous indeed, but brilliant. that **** broke down cotto mentally. he had pac cornered and tried to **** him, just to see himself down on the floor for the 2nd time, and hurt badly

from that point on, he was on survival mode until the fight's stopagge