News – Cotto vs. Pacquiao is a GO!!
July 20th, 2009
By Eric Torres: As reported on numerous web sites today, the proposed match Up between Miguel Cotto & Manny Pacquiao is going forward. According to multiple sources, Bob Abrum, who recently came back from a vacation, had a phone conversation with Manny Pacquiao over the terms of the fight and it took less than 15 minutes for Abrum to seal the deal. The fight is to take place in Las Vegas on Nov. 14th. The catch weight, which has been agreed upon by both parties, is going to be the 145lbs Cotto wanted and refused to budge on.
I can say this, Cotto will have his hands full with the speed of Pacquiao, as I see Pacquiao having as equal as a hard time with the Power, heart and ability that Cotto brings to the table. The question for me in this fight is going to see how Cotto reacts to the power of Pacquiao. Cotto has demonstrated that he can take a beating in the ring and has yet to be knocked out in a fight ( kneel downs do not count in a questionable fight with Margarito).
If Cotto handles the power shots from Pacquiao then that will bring Cotto in and he will look to press Manny. I believe that Cotto has fought as equally as quick fighters in the past such as Sugar Shane Mosley and Zab Judah, so if he can use his Jab to offset the speed of Pacquiao then in MY OPINION it will be a long night for Pacquiao.
Although if all of these intangibles are not handled well by Cotto It will be a long or short night depending on how you look at it. I believe that there are more question marks on Pacquiaos side then on Cotto’s and I believe that Cotto already has the psychological advantage on not budging from the 145 limit that he strongly refused to budge from.
Cotto came into his weigh in with Joshua Clottey at 146 that is one pound heavier than the 145 that was agreed upon, so it will be a relatively easy target weight for Cotto to Make. Pacquiao is as gifted as they come and in my eyes if he defeats Cotto at Miguel’s agreed weight, then one has to start to putting Manny Pacquiao in the same category as The great Muhammad Ali. Either way let the discussions begin.
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Wow, you Pacman bashers look stupid. From “Cotto is going to make that cross-eyed midget kiss the canvas” to what should have been “Mr. Pacquiao is going to make that cheesy tattooed dork look like he needs to hang the gloves up for good.”
Hows that taste.
ok ill give props to pac but his only aid in the fight is going to be his speed one punch from cotto and the ***** down. even if cotto loses im behind him all the way as a puerto rican.
The real fight should have been Clottey v pacman, I believe Clottey beat heartless Cotto;at times he looked as if he was going to cry against Clottey. Having said that, I am big pacman fan and I believe Clottey would be too dangerous for the Pacman, so bring on the heartless Cotto!
mombo dont comment if it does not have heat for you,you dont know nothing about boxing this two guys are the greatest in the boxing right now, what kind of sport you like cause is not this one, obviously nothing cause your here writing nonsense go play your wii.
i don’t like the shape of cotto’s head in this picture. it looks like a deformed raisin.
he’s taken a lot of shots in his last few fights. manny will get in his share. big question: can cotto hurt pacman? can he catch him, or will he get blitzed.
bigger question: why should we care? this fight has zero heat for me. zip.
rex put ur balls in your own mouth nov 14 will know
batangueno AKA manuel perez hahahhaha
this is going to be a great fight..finally its a go. manny has a hard fight ahead cotto will be a true test for manny.theres a reason why manny wanted this fight at 143 cuz he knows cottos stronger than him..but i think pacman will beat him but cotto has a really good chance to win..cottos body punching and his under-rated speed will give manny problems.i think speed wont determine this fight its going to be BOXIN$G match were cotto could have the advantage and if manny goes toe to toe with cotto he will get hit harder…dont expect cotto to go down like DLH,hatton hes in his prime and a better fighter!
201 with your cheap ass again please get a job so you can watch the fight cause you have room to talk if your not watching why comment, if cottos a c+ fighters what that makes you with no money. you dont know what the hell your talking about am getting tire of all this people who dont even watch boxing comment on this sites.you dont even know who pacquiao is let alone talk about cotto who only has one questionable lost for your info. dumb ass.
Get a clue guys, Manny has NEVER fought anthing resemblin a legitimate welter, Cotto is as legit as it gets. Manny’s been ko’ed cold twice in is career, BOTH times by body shots. Cotto is a devastating body puncher, with lots of heart and more boxing skill than Manny. Cotto isn’t an old man coming down 7 pounds in weight for the first time in a decade, nor is he a blown up 140 pounder from Britain with very limited skills. Pacman should not have taken this fight. If Mosley and Margarito who both hit harder than Pac, couldn’t put Cotto out……Many is going to taste some real welterweight power come fight night. This fight willend by stoppage in the late rounds. BOTH guys cut up in all their big fights, this will be a a bloody war with Cotto stopping Manny like he did to Quintana, a shot to the liver.
Manny P. for sure in the 8th. round!!! De La Hoya fight… Part II (with the speed) Hatton fight… Part II (with the power)!!! Pound for Pound at 145 or 147 lbs. the both will be at 149 lbs. on fight night for sure… Just eat some extra RICE. Manny will be second to ALI !!! YOU KNOW!!!
L.A. is Manny P.’s town!!!
Manny P. for sure in the 8th. round!!! De La Hoya fight… Part II (with the speed) Hatton fight… Part II (with the power)!!! Pound for Pound at 145 or 147 lbs. the both will be at 149 lbs. on fight night for sure… Just eat some extra RICE. Manny will be second to ALI !!! YOU KNOW!!!
Roach will have Manny ready to destroy Cotto on fight night another De La Hoya fight…
Cotto has a lot of weaknesses and I am very sure that Manny will exposed all of that come on November 15, and to all those none believers SUCK my Balls coz you will again feel the pain that will make you 3 years older than your usual age.hahahaha… hope you could all HANDLE STRESS coz if you cant it could kill yah.hahahahahaha
yessss finally its a done deal! i thout mosley was going 2 steal cottos thunder..lol. i see this as fight of the year!!i respect what pacman has done so far for the boxing game but!!!im going with my man cotto in this 1. cotto by k.o in the 9th!
Cotto’s power will be too much for pacman.Cotto in 9!
By agreeing to Cotto’s demand of 145 pounds, PacMan should silence his detractors who claim that Cotto will be weight-drained. Recall that PacMan’s camp wanted 143, but Cotto gets the nod at his preferred weight of 145.
Also, we should take note that the welterweight range is 140+ to 147. This fight is taking place at the upper end of the welterweight range.
No excuses. This is a real welterweight fight.
Here we go with all the Pacman doubters again. Good fight for fight fans. Dissect the fight all you want. It’s on in Nov.
Respect to both fighters in the ring, They both manned up to the plate to make this happen. Respect to pacman for actally going up on wait and fighting the toughest, and respect to Cotto for fighting who ever is put in front of him, i personally think cotto will knockdown pacman in the 6th round, cotto has a massive left hook to the body and is one of the best at countering, If you watch pacman throw power punches, it looks like a superman punch (All the time, the chin is WIDE OPEN) pacman has a questionable chin… Yes pacman is fast, but no different from shane mosly, and or zab judah, if Cotto can take a punch with LOADED GLOVES, he can take pacmans punches….
201 it looks like you live with mami an cant afford to buy it hitch a ride an catch it at hooters for free cheap ass, any way put this one in the history books cause is going to be fire from beginning to end respect to both fighters cause there fans respect them good fight to both an stop the hating all ready both fighters have the speed and power to laid each other out respect to that,
I know this fight will go into the late rounds because cotto will respect pac speed,power unlike hatton. However i see cotto winning this fight because of his power,size,heart,boxing skills, cotto is pretty fast with his hands also.
Why wait for Perez’s article? I’m here. LoL. Cotto will kill Pacquiao. The cross-eyed midget will kiss the canvas around the ninth or earlier.
cotto will win this fight because he’s fought better and tougher opponents than pacman in the past few years…i see pac get dropped the way he got dropped by rustic torrecampo. regardless if it was over 10 years ago..
Looking forward to this one! Mostly def a worthy PPV buy =)
This is for all of you riding the Pac bandwagon. First respect to Pac for what he’s accompolished but he’s not indistructable. The fight is at 145 by the night of the fight Cotto is going to weigh 152-55 easily Pac maybe lucky if he gets up to 147-8 again. If Cotto is a 100% on his game the night of the fight Pac is going to have problems believe that and remember styles make fights. What offsets speed, POWER. What offsets power, SPEED, this is why this a megafight.
chin you are the dumb one, where did it says the contracts for the fight has been sign by both side. its arum who verbally said its a go stupid. think about it idiot, pac and cotto took so long to agree on 2 lbs. then floyd’s injured his rib. now mosley says he is willing to go 140 for pacman. a few days after manny agrees on 145 for cotto. if you are so stupid to see the pattern here chin-b, then you are retarded.
cotto took a beating from mags with loaded gloves there is no way pac can hit harder than that.cotto will walk through his punches and pound on his body.if manny tries to exchange with him he better not get hit with the left hook.all cotto needs to do is counter him all night like marquez did cotto ko in 10.also did this guy khan read the article were it said the fight is on dumb!
Id rather Pacman just took him on at 147. Go and take on a legitimate Welterweight champion at the correct Welterweight weight.
But i guess not, 2 pounds under shouldnt make too much of a difference to Cotto.
I have to say Cotto looks slower than pre Margarito, he looked slower than usual against Jennings and Clottey definatly made him look slow at times. And Pacmans as fast as lightning.
But then im still convinced had Hatton stuck around a little longer against Pacquiao wed of seen Manny struggle with the power of Hatton when he did manage to land and Cotto is a much more powerful man than Hatton.
Im looking forward to it alot, should be a great and interesting fight, it could definatly be a quick fight or it could go all the way.
Have to say this is the opponent I had least interest in seeing Pacquaio fight, seems like Arum has sweet talked Manny into taking it so the fat money grabbing promoter can choke even more life out of boxing while linig his own pockets.
Props to Pacquiao for manning up.
Good article, Im just waiting for Perez to get his articles in now….
1lb should only have a tiny effect on Cotto as he weighed 146 against Clottey and there is nearly 4 months to go til the fight….
Im going with Manny to KO Cotto around the 9th round!