Steward: "Cotto's Body Collapsed On Him in The Pacquiao Fight Because Of The Weight"

[MindBat]

No one to blame but Cotto himself. He agreed to the weight and said he felt good and strong on numerous interviews. Of course, he couldn't say "I don't really feel all that great at this weight, but i think I can pull it off."

Only thing that matters is he keep winning and maybe some time down the road try and work out a rematch of sorts at his most comfortable weight. Let Manny move up to fight him next time.

[AddiX]

It wasn't the weight, it was the pace of the fight.

Pac forces opponents to fight at past there physical limit. That's why Floyd won't fight him. He knows if push comes to shove, pac will still be here and will be pushing the pace.

[BoZz]

but on the other hand these idiots who're willing to lose all the weight got to blame themself.

[ny123]

Steward is just trying to sell the rematch. I personally dont like the way he is doing it by making excuses. Steward should just say that Cotto is much stronger at 154 and that he has corrected some major flaws he saw from studying the 1st fight.

[FloydTBE]

should have been at full 147lbs

[BrotherDudeJack]

Steward is just trying to sell the rematch. I personally dont like the way he is doing it by making excuses. Steward should just say that Cotto is much stronger at 154 and that he has corrected some major flaws he saw from studying the 1st fight.

Exactly.. Also I don't think 1 lb from his previous fight with Clottey made a difference. Cotto didn't have to make 146, but he did.

I see a rematch going the same no matter what weight it's at. Cotto just simply doesn't have the speed or stamina to keep up with Pac.

Stoppage in 8 next time around.

[Pullcounter]

Steward is just trying to sell the rematch. I personally dont like the way he is doing it by making excuses. Steward should just say that Cotto is much stronger at 154 and that he has corrected some major flaws he saw from studying the 1st fight.

yep, making up excuses is wrong.

all cotto needs to do is destroy mayorga and margarito and cotto automatically gets a shot at pac.

[BrotherDudeJack]

should have been at full 147lbs

I agree with this also. But if he thought it would affect his performance, he shouldn't have agreed to that weight..

Chances are, if he would have stood firm, the fight woulda been at 147.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Yeah, ok, Manny.


A little more discipline and guidance would've helped Cotto, but, ultimately, I'd think he doesn't have what it takes to offset the level of ability Pacquiao exhibited in there over the long haul.


The weight certainly wasn't a factor, which only makes the catchweight more dumb of a demand.