Comments Thread For: Roach: Pacquiao and Cotto Will Not Spar in Camp

[turnedup]

This doesn't make any sense, both fighters are still going to spar whether with it each other or other boxers and they can both sustain injuries. Sorry but your theory doesn't really add up.

Agreed. In my opinion, them not sparring has nothing to do with health.

You both seem to ignore the fact most sparring partners are paid help and there to be hit on and rarely hit back...they are there to help you practice a gameplan not to practice their own....any number of things can go wrong in sparring...many fights have been delayed because of this and many boxers have gone into fights injured from sparring sessions and have lost fights they should've won. This ain't FNF the money people aren't going to put their guys in danger. It's as simple as that.

Not going to happen cotto is not coming down in weight so unless PAC grows some balls and fights a 154 cotto it's not happening plus PAC doesn't help cotto Sergio is 3 times bigger cotto needs big sparring partners with some hand speed

Now it's a weight issue..Cotto fought clottey at 146, came in weighing 145.8 and had to drop 8 ounces to fight Pacquaio next..at 154 the same result would take place. Cotto is too open to uppercuts and rights to fight a guy with speed and power unless they fix that he will have the same result against Martinez...oh btw i'm a cotto fan and the dude is too small to be at 154 much less 160.

[sugarsmosley]

lol people think a slower plodding 154 cotto has a shot at pac have sour g****s that pacman beat cotto the first time.

[chepboxingking]

You both seem to ignore the fact most sparring partners are paid help and there to be hit on and rarely hit back...they are there to help you practice a gameplan not to practice their own....any number of things can go wrong in sparring...many fights have been delayed because of this and many boxers have gone into fights injured from sparring sessions and have lost fights they should've won. This ain't FNF the money people aren't going to put their guys in danger. It's as simple as that.



Now it's a weight issue..Cotto fought clottey at 146, came in weighing 145.8 and had to drop 8 ounces to fight Pacquaio next..at 154 the same result would take place. Cotto is too open to uppercuts and rights to fight a guy with speed and power unless they fix that he will have the same result against Martinez...oh btw i'm a cotto fan and the dude is too small to be at 154 much less 160.

Excellent post. I will add I'm a huge cotto fan too and cotto starting going down hill once he parted with his uncle. He has jump many trainers since and none have been able to get the best out of him. In the Rodriguez fight, I saw cotto of old, not with his boxing skills but the killer Instinct was back. If Roach can Instil the killers instinct he had coming thru the ranks, I think he has a legit chance of beating a 40yr old Martinez

[Augustane]

Sergio isn't as fast as Manny and they move around the ring in totally different ways. Manny's in and out darting will not prepare Cotto for Sergio's polished ring generalship. Manny does not bring the size or the power to prepare anyone for Sergio. Especially a Sergio with no Knee problems lol.

Could you suggest any other southpaws that Cotto should spar against? Can you think of anyone else who could similarly imitate Martinez's style?

[El Angel]

lol people think a slower plodding 154 cotto has a shot at pac have sour g****s that pacman beat cotto the first time.

Odd that Manny wouldn't just take the rematch when it was on the table then.

[sugarsmosley]

Odd that Manny wouldn't just take the rematch when it was on the table then.

why would there need to be a rematch, pacquiao knocked cotto out.

[chepboxingking]

Odd that Manny wouldn't just take the rematch when it was on the table then.

PAC offered cotto a rematch at 147. Cotto turned it down and would only take a rematch at 154. Cotto has the perfect frame to fight at 147 just too lazy to do it. Hope after he whoops Martinez he comes back down and not get too brave and defend that title. Imagen of he gets ****y enough to fight GGG.

[Pacnot]

Nobody cares about this sparring anymore! I 'm sure that after the fight of this two,One will quit and the other one will sleep again!

[J The UnBiased]

So you're sayin a 40yr old Martinez HANDS DOWM WITHOUT A DOUBT is more powerful than Manny? Seriously? Boxingscense, can we please start drug testing

Yes, I should be drug tested for believing that a full fledged got damn Middle Weight is more powerful than a guy who really should be fighting at 140 pounds. I'm high.

[sugarsmosley]

Nobody cares about this sparring anymore! I 'm sure that after the fight of this two,One will quit and the other one will sleep again!

lol that sounds funny, how would that even happen though? why would miguel quit if manny is sleeping? and why would manny sleep if miguel quit? hahaha