Cotto vs. Pacquiao: How Can Anyone Be Picking Manny to Win?
September 4th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: When I see all the boxing writers and fans that are picking Manny Pacquiao to beat Miguel Cotto on November 14th, I think these people have lost their minds entirely. Didn’t any of them go through the fight history of Pacquiao, and see whom he’s fought, and saw how vulnerable he was on defense and how sloppy he was on offense?
I think Cotto is a superior fighter in every way compared to Pacquiao. Manny has only one thing going for him – hand speed. But that’s not enough to beat quality fighter. Sure, it’s good enough to beat someone like Hatton, who insanely bum rushed Pacquiao in the opening round and paid for his mindless attack by getting dropped by Pacquiao.
It would have happened against anyone with any talent on that night. Hatton got caught up in the moment and let his thinking process become disengaged. By the time he stared thinking clearly, it was too late, he had already been knocked down twice and was not going to be able to survive for long.
Anyone who picks Pacquiao I think is going to be sorry afterwards and crying about it. They’ll only have themselves to blame for not listening to me. Get this, Cotto is the bigger fighter, has the better chin and is used to fighting much bigger opponents than Pacquiao.
This, for Cotto, is going to be the equivalent of swatting an annoying fly. Pacquiao will be buzzing around on the outside, occasionally landing a pesky shot or two, but it’s not going to have any effect on Cotto. Why? Because Pacquiao doesn’t hit all that hard in my view.
He knocked out Hatton, who never saw the punch coming and was already hurt because of his stupid fighting strategy. De La Hoya already pointed out that Pacquiao can’t punch. I don’t know why no ones listening to De La Hoya, because he knows it himself that Pacquiao is being rated way too high on his power.
Okay, so Pacquiao’s power will probably not have any effect on Cotto on November 14th, because I see Pacquiao as too little and I think he doesn’t have the bone structure to punch like a normal welterweight. This leaves Pacquiao having to match Cotto punch for punch.
With Cotto not going anywhere like De La Hoya and Hatton, Pacquiao will find himself getting hit a lot. And if Cotto hits Pacquiao as much as Juan Manuel Marquez did, and believe me, he will, then I highly doubt that Pacquiao will be able to hold up under that kind of punishment.
Marquez had Pacquiao’s cut up in their fight last year in March, and he landed a lot of punches. Marquez isn’t a huge puncher by any stretch of the imagination. So with Cotto tagging Pacquiao as often as Marquez did, the natural outcome of this will be that the smaller fighter, Pacquiao, wills start breaking down physically and will end up getting knocked out before long. And I’ll be here gloating about it and saying “I told you so.”
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mr manuel perez ,instead of writing boxing article, better to write children’s story. maybe you can fool the kids. what is your next prediction, notradamus! Bwa hah ha ha
Oh man u are eating every single one of your words now Manuel. So what did ya think of the fight? Huh? Huh? Come on write another article I can’t wait to hear your explanation
My money is on cotto
…i think manny is the best fighter in the world than cotto,.. believed or not?. but manny is won on november 14……..
I truly believe pacman won’t stand a chance, Cotto Is stronger and has fought better opposition. Cotto is the natural welterweight in this fight and is nothing like a dehydrated Delahoya I think this writer knows what he is talking about. Cotto by ko after the 6 th round.
cotto weighs 146 when he fought clottey and clottey weighs 147..the catch weight of cotto and pacman’s fight is 145…145 if pacman wins this fight .what would the writer of this page say?..say! ahhh.. cotto was dehydrating to catch 145? or cotto was over trained and dehydrating to catch 145 is that soo..think twice ..cotto was 146 when he fought clottey is 1 pound can make difference? huh? Huh? 145 the best weight for the two fighters to be match up……
Did Manny slept with your wife? just asking bro?
Pacquiao is Rubbish Overrated Mayweather and Cotto will show him hoe to fight
Manuel Perez is Legend
manuela perez,
if you think manny doesn’t hit that hard, will you try his fist on your face?
if paquiao wins on Nov.14 will you promise to rest in peace and never write anything about boxing again.please
manuela perez, if paquiao doesn’t hit that hard will you try his fist on your face?
Now Perez writes the advantages of Cotto over Paquiao. Not consistent? Previously he wrote about weight drain issue that makes Cotto in disadvantage side.. which is which? Any excuses if Cotto loss?
cotto by knock out before 9 rounds.
Even if fast punches don’t have weight, it’s the volume that’ll smother a fighter.
Some moron says fast punches don’t have weight…. ask how ODLH feels when he’s sitting thinking about Pac’s punches in the past 8 rounds in his match with Pac! But then of course, he’s shot eh? Wonder what people will say if ODLH won that match? Excuses, excuses…..
Sure, bring it on….in the ring! One thing for sure fighters like Pac and Marquez are not afraid to lose, as long as they’ve given their best. So what’s a loss, two, or three? if you’re great, you ARE GREAT! What for being Great, if there’s no money in it? That sucks! So, know the difference of Pac’s great NOW!? If you’re still wonderin, find out his latest paycheck, for a Filipino or, even, as an Asian fighter! Now match that up in boxing’s history To-date!
margarito. doesnt look the same animal. if he is he beats pac. imho
i completely agree mr perez pacquiao is a fraud he will be exposed
well looks like everyone here its a pacquiao fan but i have a beting account on bodog.com and looks like pacquiao fans are cruzing the fence to team cotto,wich i dont like, cuz its less money for my account.. any way not everyone is beting all in to pacquiao… if u guys want open an account over there pretty easy just need a debt account, and star betting… i would love to bet against yall that dream about pacman winnig… c u nov 14… losers
link to pac vs cotto bet webpage–http://sports.bodog.com/sports-betting/boxing.jsp
the beting is at the bottom of the page
c the beting ur self…
I agree with the writer. I’m not saying Pac is a bad fighter, but a lot of people see Pac as a Boxing God and think this will be an easy fight. That won’t be the case, even Freddie Roach is concern and want’s PAC training as we speak. Cotto is no Bum, he is an Elite Fighter. Both are great fighters an each have their own advantage. But my money is on Cotto. He took a beating against bigger and stronger fighter (Margarito) and was able to outstand this punishment for 11 Rounds and possible with loaded gloves. Margarito was throwing more than 100 punches that night. I doubt Manny’s punches will even feel half the power of Margaritos. Cotto’s power and ring skills will be the factor of Victory Nov. 14.
You should be called Perez ain’t a legend and i don’t think Cotto’s other the hill and just lay off Pacman a bit he’s a great fighter and he deserves all the credit he gets
hATTON WHY DONT YOU USE YOUR REAL NAME???
Im just an average guy looking at these articles at work. My Opinion is REAL. Why dont you comment on it and give your REAL opinion and see how good it is. You probably wont though because your just like the rest of the PAC nut huggers; Hanging on to a dream. Well its about to be over !!
I agree with Perez, everybody likes the pacman too much. He’s a peasant for Christ’s sake, how can he bepoundor pound king. Thats an oxymoron. He only fights hasbeens, well overrated. Perez is the only writer man enough to tell te truth. God bless you Perez
Manny lets his promoters and trainers line up opponents for him, where, at what weight, etc. He is not his own boss in this regard. He is only the fighter. He is not in position to cherry pick anybody.
Cotto will smash pacqiauo. The writer is right on this one. There is no way Cotto will get hurt by Pac’s little slaps. He’s used to taking plastered punches from a guy that is twice the size as Pacman. Cotto may have had trouble with Clottey but lets face it Clottey is no joke.Clottey would give Pacman trouble and possible KO him. I personaly think Pacman is a GREAT boxer and i love to watch him fight; but all his fans are making him look like he is invincible and he isnt. Lets remember Marquez beat Pacman in there last fight the problems was the judges just like the judges were the problem in the Diaz V Malignagi fight. No one can say that Pacman has gotten better since the Marquez fight cause he hasnt proved that by fighting the very limited David Diaz (why didnt he fight Casamayor or Juan Diaz when he moved up to lightweight)or Oscar De La Hoya (I could have beat up Oscar that night) and Ricky hatton (who opened him self up and would have been knocked out by anybody) in my opinion this is Pacmans first real fight against Cotto since he fought Marquez. So if he is able to pull it off then he gets the respect he is looking for
el tarantado floyd mayweather, me se spiho mo nomero uno,no floyd. he moi numero dos,manny tres.,dela hoya quatro., la bobo mga salsalero.
This is nothing new. Anybody with brains, Pac fans alike, know that Cotto is one hell of a fighter and Manny’s pop at welterweight is nothing write home about. His power is that of an okay welter, not a powerful one. For someone like Cotto, Manny’s speed won’t be enough, since, Mosely had speed and power and Cotto solved that riddle, though Mosely wasn’t in his prime. Never the less, everyone around is drunk over Pac’s victories.
What ever… am still the money mayweather.,# 1 pound for pound, you should agree that, because thats the fact. PPV is mine and you know that.
look i think you are totally biased against manny but i agree with your point
i was simply shocked at how hatton just went to bull rush him. if hatton followed the game plan, i am very confidant he would have defeated pacman
i think cotto will win but you have made your point about this issue like 30 times. enough
Yeah, like many of the readers, once I find out the author is Manuel Perez, I stop reading and just scroll down and post a comment…because the story is always the same and it goes like this…
1. hate pacquiao (discredit his achievements).
2. cry with marquez (whine about juan’s 2 losses).
3. perez hypocracy (pacquiao will lose because his opponents are bigger, faster, stronger, and if pacquiao wins it’s because his opponents are weight drained and dehydrated).
Same story, just a different day, no need to read further…
Cotto is gone be way too much for pacquiao he won’t be dehydrated like de la hoya on his worst day is 10X better than hatton.. and if he tags him like marquez its going to be str8 abomination
Cotto wins 9th rd tko after 8 rds of dishin punishment to pacquiao
So if you don’t think Pac can win, how are you accusing him of cherry picking Cotto?
I agree 100% with this writer. The only way Cotto can loose is by decision and that a maybe or if he starts bleeding from his eye. Pac Man is one of my favorite fighters but he finally going to fight someone worthy of fighting. I know some will agree and some wont but i guess this is what these blogs are for but my money is on Cotto.
I do not usually agree with Manny but he is 100% correct here. Funny, I had a conversation a few days ago and said roughly the same thing. Cotto is motivated to the max. A fully motivated Cotto with all his tools will be impossible for Manny to beat.
Why shoot, I’ll go further. Manny should put in a request to have Cotto spot him 10 punches. Before the bell rings Manny can just unload 10 straight punches and Cotto has to stand there and take them before the 1st bell even rings. Even with this handicap Cotto will destroy Manny.