Arum Looking to Set Up Cotto-Pacquiao Bout
June 14th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks as if Manny Pacquiao and his promoter are sniffing out a fight with Miguel Cotto, according to boxing news from Setanta Sports. How come I’m not surprised? Cotto looked absolutely horrible on Saturday night winning a controversial 12-round split decision against Joshua Clottey. Cotto looked ready to be knocked out from the 9th round on, taking big right hands, and moving constantly.
I don’t think he’s exactly shot as a fighter, but he’s close, very close in my estimation. Forget about the cut Cotto sustained over his left eye in the third, that’s not why he was running so much. Cotto was moving because he was feeling the heat from Clottey and was having problems taking his big right hands.
Cotto couldn’t just stand and trade with Clottey without getting knocked out, because Miguel was getting drilled with uppercuts and had no defense against Clottey’s right hands to the head. That’s what got Cotto off and running in the fight.
And, yeah, I think Pacquiao would beat him now as bad as Cotto looked the other night. Heck, I’d pick at least six to eight welterweights in the top 10 that would have beaten Cotto on Saturday night. Unfortunately, Clottey didn’t have the stamina needed to get the job done, although he was real close for few rounds there. I still think Clottey beat Cotto.
Pacquiao was supposed to be waiting on the outcome of the Marquez-Mayweather fight, but that thing went belly up today when Floyd ended up with some kind of injury to one of his ribs. Now, Pacquiao has no other choice but to stay busy fighting someone.
Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, has made no secret to his desire to get Pacquiao in the ring with Cotto, another fighter that Arum just happens to promote. No way do I think Pacquiao would even have given Cotto a second glance had he not looked so crappy the other night.
But the way that Cotto looked the other night, it wouldn’t a fair fight between Pacquiao and Cotto. He doesn’t look like the same fighter anymore now that Margarito has done a number on him. Beating Cotto would be too easy, especially with Cotto having to agree to one of Pacquiao’s silly catch weight stipulations.
I can just see it. Cotto having to boil down to 142 or 143, and gets in the ring looking emaciated and instantly gets knocked out in his weakened condition. Cotto would probably be running like he was against Clottey, but it probably would only forestall the inevitable by a couple of rounds.
Personally, I think Cotto should tell Pacquiao to take a walk and find some other fighter that wants to fight him at his catch weights. What Cotto needs is a good long rest to try and clear his head from his beatings by Margarito and Clottey.
He’s taken too much punishment in both of those fights and doesn’t need another hard fight in the next six months. I don’t really know how Pacquiao is going to fight Cotto. If you saw the big rip in Cotto’s eyebrow, that thing is going to take ages to heal and I can’t see him being fit to fight in four months. Oh, he can fight alright but the scar tissue will probably pop open again as soon as Pacquiao hits him with anything hard and we’ll end up with a likely early stoppage due to the cut.
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Cotto vs. Mosley 2 would be something to see because both are champion with belts and Mosley wasn’t 100% at the time. make this happen Big time Bob.
Amazing how much this Perez character hates Cotto. Dude for the record it is Margacheato that is shot. Don’t believe me? Wait til he has to fight without bricks in his hands and fighters that go against him feel no firepower. The Shane beating is only the tip of the iceberg for the cheat. If I were Mexican I would be ashamed to even mention his name but every chance Perez gets he mentions his idol, Margacheato, and he does it with pride. Go figure? Perez, dude, get your face out of Margos jock strap.
Pac Man will be exposed against Cotto. Pac Man fought a corpse in De La Hoya and Hatton was looking to get knocked out by sticking his chin up in the air. This was really not a great feat by Pac Man. Mark my words Pac will get eaten alive by Cotto.
this is a joke if this fight is made…Cotto looked terrible saturday, cut or no cut, he looked slow and he looked very easy to hit… if clottey was busy he would have won, but he didnt throw… its another scheem by the old Chew man Bob Arum to get pacman more notority… i hate pacman as a fighter, he is a great human being and does great things with his money and other rich people admire him for doing what he does but i work with a bunch of philipinos and i love them, but pac is so annoying… i want him to fight someone like mayweather and get his blocked knocked off but arum knows that if pac loses, theres no second chance for him… and thats why he will be fighting cherry picked oppenents… its not pac its all bob arum pac is just a dog on a leash…
OLI – your spot on, people saying Cotto is shot is ridiculous.
Lets deal with the facts shall we.
Cotto had one eye for 9 rounds and still clearly won the fight by 3 rounds!
Clottey is a very tough man! He would walk thru all but the top Welters!
I hope Pac takes the fight @ 147, only to shut Perez up.
And guys, have you noticed how Perez is getting his excuses in early now, saying Cotto is nearly shot, so when Pac beats him, he will STILL not accept.
I am a big Cotto fan tho.
if pacquiao wants to call out the top welterweights he needs t do it at WELTERWEIGHT then! Cotto cannot and should not go lower than 147 it would be a huge mistake to even attempt it. As for cotto it annoys me when ppl call him shot now. josh cottey is a top notch fighter who is big trouble for anyone at 147 so ppl should appreciate that fact.
I guess it’s the same old theme again for you Mr. Perez. I strongly suggest you join the real writers in the the BWAA (http://www.bwaa.org/) if they will accept you or at least learn from them. By the way, did you notice how Pacquiao was welcomed in the Madison Square Garden last Saturday. Is he the same fighter you are constantly writing about? And further more, did you get the chance to find out how the Pacman was regarded when he accepted the “Oscar Awards” for boxers in the Boxers Writers Association Awards night? It sure does not resemble who you are referring to in all of your articles about him.
Cotto was less than stellar against Clottey, but let’s not forget that he was also fighting with only one eye for 9 rounds. I think things will be different against Pac as Cotto knows that if he beats Pac, then the cash will follow. I think it’s going to be a great fight that could go both ways.
REALBOX – I’m a Pac Fan, but your last comment was pretty funny.
Arum:
“OH a cherry!”
Hand on heart i do reckon had Cotto blown Clottey away big time in imressive fashion Bob Arum would not even be putting those two people any where near each other.
Cotto looked beatable on Saturday and still not what he used to be even if im unwillin to knock him for beating a proper top quality tough opponant.
I would love to see this fight, i dont know what to make of Pacman anymore, he keeps proving me wrong, i still want to say hes too small to face Cotto but i keep sayin hes too small to face other people and he keeps knockin them out.
CLOTTEY WANTS A REMATCH AT THE GARDENS AGAIN. COTTO DON’T WIN THE FIGHT PEOPLE. COTTO SHOULD GOT PENALIZE BY THE REFEE BUT HE DIDN’T. CLOTTEY WON BY POINTS AND CLEARLY BEAT COTTO FOR 8 ROUNDS HANDS DOWN. ARUM A REMATCH IS BEING CALL OUT BEFORE A FIGHT BETWEEN COTTO AND MANNY HAPPENS.
I think Cotto should just take an easy fight next tho, unless Manny is prepared to go up to 147, in which case, go for it, Pacquaio has been knocked out twice remember and I think Cotto has a chance of beating him, if it’s at anything below 145, Manny wins all day long..
Perez – stop deleting my comments because you know I’m right.
Please name the 6-10 Welters that would beat Cotto? I am dying to know!
You know that Cotto would have come forward may more if he had not sustained that cut, and Clottey is a very tough opponent, he was in amazing shape.
Why don’t you just come out and amit you don’t like Cotto because he is Puerta Rican and you are Mexican!
Does it hurt also that Juanma would tear a new ass hole to any Mexican in his divison!?
You will never accept that Manny has come from 108 pounds up to this weight, Roach knows he would not beat Mayweather/Mosley & 147, that is fair enough.
Probably the only thing I have ever agreed with you on is that Manny should just fight the top guys @ 140 instead of insisting the 147 guys come down to 143
Who on earth gives the scumbag Perez a chance to even write articles??. He clearly does not have the qualifications or d insight to write articles. Miguel Cotto was GREATLY affected by the cut over his left eye. THe only reason he was being hit so much is because he couldn’t see the right hand coming due to the cut. Cotto would kill MP anytime anywhere at 147. If MP wants to fight then he has to go up at 147. He did it with DLH so why not for Cotto
Cotto won so stop crying. he won by 1 point. bottom line. Manuel Perez get the facts right, if you had your I cut open like Cotto did you would not be saying what your saying. blood was going in to his eye, and Clottey knew that. So Clottey was able to hit him a lot for that reason. If Cotto’s eye was not cut the fight would have not been close. sorry to tell eveyone that. Zab judah have a cut in his fight with Clottey so we know that Clottey like to use his head. If people are going to say that Clottey won it’s cuz u don’t like Cotto. Cotto can and will beat Manny Pac. if you saying that Manny can beat Cotto cuz of his last 2 fight then you are wrong. De la hoya is old and Ricky Hatton is over rated and Manny Pac can’t win a fight on just speed. Cotto has power, speed and he is a better boxer. Cotto will not just beat Manny Pac he would knock him out.
Just because Cotto had a tought time with Clottey does not mean he’s shot. Come on man, the guy needed 24 stitches over his eye with blood dripping into his eye for 9 rounds. Try fighting for 9 rounds with that type of disadvantage. He’s showed a lot more courage than any fighter recently. With that said, I DO feel that Clottey won the fight by a close margin. If Cotto is man enought to fight with a huge cut over his eye, then he’s accepting full responsibility for what transpires in the fight if Clottey is teeing off on him because he can’t see. Fans can’t say Cotto won because he showed more heart and was fighting with a disadvantage. Cotto continued to fight with his bad eye and Clottey took advantge of it. However, to say that Cotto would get crushed by Pac, I think people are underestimating Cotto. He may still be mentally reeling from his beatdown from Margo-Cheato, but this guy has the heart of a lion. Don’t forget, this guy went toe to toe with SSM and won. I don’t even recall him being hurt by SSM. So, it’ll be a tough fight for the Pac. However, I think if he gets in there, throws 3-5 punch combinations, then gets out before Cotto has a chance to get shots off, then it’ll be a good win for him. Don’t count out Cotto though because you never want to underestimate a guy with the heart of a champion.
Clottey beat Cotto. Whether he threw alot of punches in the end or not, from roun 7 to 11 it was all Clottey, ALL CLOTTEY, no way was these a draw, yes Cotto has heart and ran very good and fast, but nobody can tell me Cotto beat up Clottey!
Manny Pacquiao
Notable wins—Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Ricky Hatton.
Highlights—If you really think about this, it is a no-brainer. This man won titles all the way from flyweight—112 pounds to 140 pounds. That is simply incredible. He came along in the Featherweight golden age, and he established himself as the best of the great lot. Now there is talk of him fighting Shane Mosley and or Floyd Mayweather. If he were to fight and defeat them, think Muhummad Ali, think Sugar Ray Robinson, sorry old timers. But if he were to go up and beat either of those guys it would put him alongside anybody who has ever laced up the gloves.
Drawbacks—He lost twice as flyweight, and the 1st Morales fight. But that is being nitpicky. He is the best of this generation.
Whats all this shit about Cotto lookin awful? look at his opponent, a tough puncher with a good record plus he comes from Ghana, Any one who knows boxing will know that all Ghananian fighters are a handful with high workrates, good chins and punch hard. Look at Ben Tackie, no fighter ever had it easy against him when he was in his prime.
i thought clottey could have got the decision but not because cotto is shot or anything, just a matter of styles. a come forward guy who can take a shot will always give cotto trouble he tends to hit and run when he faces these type of guys. the cut may have helped him in a weird way cos started to box more and didint stay close to clottey for to long. i think clottey deserves a rematch but i also dont think cotto will give him 1 since he lookin for pacamn
Mosley is the one roach will duck…Best fight for boxing fans as mosley has a great chance of winning.
im starting to wonder about Mr Perez. He clearl loves mexican fighters and hates anyone who isnt from mexico. Its the reason he follows manny whenever he writes, he simple cant get over how many mexicans manny has disposed of. I havnt yet seen the Cotto-Clottey fight but i guessed Perez was going to say something against Cotto as he is Puerto Rican. We all know the rivalry there. Use your rationality for christs sake and stop passing off nationalism for boxing knowledge
what a load of dross u speak!the reason Cotto was getting hit was due to not being able to see punches coming cause of blood pouring into eye. i had him 8 rounds to 4 the victor.Clottey started well and would have won first round until knockdown then it was Cotto who impressed.Clottey had 3 good rounds in which Cotto looked in trouble but then Cotto used his boxing brain and boxed and moved.Cotto would be far to big for pacman.pacmans power can move up weights but Cotto would be a step too far.
Cotto needs to have more of a killer instinct if he faces Pac. He had Clottey on the ropes a couple of times yesterday and then gave him space. As much as people say Pac will beat Cotto, the point is he probably puts on 20 pounds after the weigh in. He looks massive. I think he could take some punishment from Pac to be honest, he isn’t shot at all just a bit more cautious. He wasnt ready to be knocked out either Perez, he never looked in trouble. Clottey was a big girl, crying and falling over. Good boxer, but i didn’t like his attitude.
Your analysis of Cotto is an excellent one. First, while the Cotto- Clottey fight was a very good one, it revealed two things about each fighter. It has revealed that Clottey is a fighter with very good skills… skills that are superior to those of Cotto, at this time. However, he seems to lack the burning desire and courage to win a big fight. He boxed impressively for about two thirds of the fight, and then suddenly, he stopped throwing punches. He could have easily stopped Cotto, if he had the desire and courage. What’s the hell, was his corner telling him? He, to me, was the better fighter, but I too, would have given Cotto the decision, because he showed tremendous courage. In regards to Cotto, I think that his skills have eroded, and he could be getting to be a shot fighter. On the positive side, he is still a proud and courageous fighter, who has the desire to win. I love and respect him for that. He is a true professional!
There is one thing that I consider significant, that you did not mention in your article. It is this… I do not think that Bob Arum cares vey much about Cotto. His interest seems to lie in building up Pacquiao for more lucrative financial rewards. Based on how Cotto looked last Saturday night, he would be slaughtered by Pacquiao, if he decides to drop down to 143, to fight the Pacman.Apparently, Arum wants the easiest way out for Pacquiao. Manny has fought at 147, comfortably, and if his handlers are really convinced that he is the best boxer today, let them put him in there with Mosley, at that weight. If Manny truly believes that he is the best, I urge him to prove it by fighting Marquez at 140; or Mosley or Mayweather at 147.Let boxing be about professionalism, courage and integrity, instead of just money. I call upon Bob and Freddie, to let their man face Mosley or Mayweather, next, instead of a dehydrated, and skill-eroding Cotto.
Finally, let me say that I have a tremendous amount of admiration and respect for Pacquiao. The guy is very humble, talented, and exciting.
man this writter is stupit, did he even watch the fight, cotto was effected by the cut and everyone could see that, he kept wipeing his eye becuase he could not see, clottey is a dirty fighter, how many more head butts is he goona get away with, the amount of times i have seen him head butt other fighters, maybe its becuase his head so big he cant handle the weight, i think there should be a rematch becuause i guranty you cotto will dominate unless clottey gets another head butt in there. cotto is world class and clottey is not, if clottey had that big cut above his eye, cotto would have taken him out, that just shows two things, 1, cotto has a lion heart and 2, clottey is not world class becuase if he was he would of finished cotto.
another one of Manuela’s sado-masochistic Pacman article…she hates his guts yet she loooves to write almost exclusively about the man…i bet you really get a lood off this “write-ups”, dont’ya girl?
Perez how much of crush do you have on manny? You stalk him too much its creepy. Maybe you should burn ur plaster hands and jmm shrine and put up a manny one. Oh and learn how to write jeez your awful ok love youuu.
Negotiations have yet to start and already Pac hater Manuel Perez is already saying that Cotto will lose because he is already very close to being a shot fighter after the punishment he took from Margarito and Clottey. Perez will never accept the decision of the P4P panel voting Pacman as the No. 1 P4P and the BWAA voting Pacman as the boxer of the year. So sad that there are a–holes like him.
I cant see Cotto boiling down to anything, he looks like somebody who would really feel the strain of losing more than he already does for his fights.
I also think people read too much into his win the other night. Clottey was a top level opponant and uite a few people were tippin him to beat Cotto.
So Cotto doesnt win by KO or landslide victory and everybody starts callin him shot and mentally broken.
Lets go fight night! I don’t care about your bullshitting and stuff. As a true boxing fan, I can see another exciting fight.
To me looks like cotto doesnt have his full confidence back yet. Of course Roach wants it and also make cotto go down to 142 or 43 common man. If Roach wants to challenge Cotto go up all the way to 147. If it was the cotto before he fought Tony I would say Manny will lose, but since Cotto is still working on his confidence thats why he will lose. Manny should just go to 147, if he keeps eyeing the true welter fighters. There is witter, lopez, bradley, campbell, holt, judah in the 140
u finally make sense! true pacman will destroy cotto especially now he does look close to being a shot fighter, but pacman could destroy cotto even at 147, but i dont care i would love to see pacquio ko cotto and send him into an earlier riterement!