Pacquiao getting new sparring partner Castillo
October 6th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks like Manny Pacquiao’s loyal boxing fans spoke too soon when they started opening their yaps about Pacquiao dominating his sparring partners. In an article today from Abs-Cbs News, Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, said this: “He [Pacquiao] took some real hard shots,” during the sparring sessions with Shawn Porter and Urbano Antillon.
Roach didn’t mention which sparring partner did the most damage, but it was probably the bigger, stronger Porter. Boy, it doesn’t sound too good for Pacquiao. Sounds like he’s having problems with his defense. I’d hate to think what would be happening if this Miguel Cotto in their throwing heat at Pacquiao instead of just some sparring partners.
Roach would probably need a giant spatula to peel Pacquiao off the canvas every time that Cotto would flatten him. It looks like Roach is bringing in former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo to spar with Pacquiao next week. That’s an odd choice of a sparring partner if I ever heard one. Castillo is 35 now, and hasn’t done much in the past four years since losing his WBC lightweight title to Diego Corrales in 2005.
For kicks, Roach is offering $1000 bucks to any one of the sparring partners that can knock Pacquiao to the canvas. I’d like to get a piece of that action, but Roach would have to quit being a tightwad and loosen his purse a lot more and make it $5000 to put Pacquiao on the canvas. What’s with the $1000 thing? That hardly buys you anything nowadays. Roach needs to sweeten the pot and make a lot more for the partners, so they’ll come and try to take Pacquiao’s head off. Antillon and Porter are good fighters. They more incentive than that to knock Pacquiao on his backside.
So, I’m really worried about Pacquiao taking these big shots from his sparring partners. I thought he was so great that he didn’t get hit. What’s happening with the man?
Here Pacquiao is facing his best opponent by far since his ‘victory” over Juan Manuel Marquez last year. Going from fight against Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton to a bout against Cotto on November 14th is going to be huge leap up in completion. That’s like going from addition to calculus in one semester without the intermediate courses like Algebra and trig in between. I see Pacquiao floundering against Cotto and end up looking hopelessly lost and not sure what to do.
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This is a very one-sided article. Especially when Pacman has been steadily improving in all of his recent fights and Cotto has had a hard time of it recently. Pacquiao’s hand speed and the right hook that was so effective against hatton will cause Cotto problems. I do beleive that Cotto is a dangerous opponent but in his last fight against Clottey he merely scraped through on a split decision. I see a Pacman win by KO in 8 or 9.
Besa me, besa mi kulo…como se fuera esta noche la ultima vez. besa me! besa mi kulo….que tengo miedo perder te despues.
Me gustas. Te gusto?
I love you Manuel Perez. te quiero muchissima.
Nobody Knows what will happen to this fight. just watch the nov.14 fight, it will be a fantastic mega fight.
Hey Brother, come home now, your psychologist is here to help you. Please come back home now. Were so sorry that your head got banged and your brain damaged so badly when we were a child. I love you brother manuel. Stop all the craziness youre doing just come home and lets get you cured.
Hey Liam, I’ll suck yourz if you suck mine?
I’m such a loser. I write these kinds of things because I envy Pacquiao and his people.
BTW, Cotto in in bisaya means – head lice, dog flee, a bug…
Hey Manuel, I’ll suck yourz if you’ll suck mine?
Mr.Perez be fair enough to comment,if you hate manny just smile,,,,kolokoy jud kang dako!!!!!
plz say it put ur career on the line hehe LOL
i think ur so damn confident of a cotto win….plz put ur wrting career on the line…..
manuel put ur career on the line….plzzz LOL
Pac Man in 10th. via KO.
but I’m a fan of both fighters. Good luck on both of them.
Cotto could not even knock out paulie malignaggi! Hatton fought Malignaggi and destroyed him! and then, Pacquiao demolished Hatton like he is really nothing!! Cotto really looks strong but is he really that strong? Most of the opponents that Pacquaio fought before was actually hitting stronger than Pacquaio himself..but did they win? only 3 of them got lucky i should say. This is for sure a Pacquaio win
has anyone thought it might be possible that freddie roach is lying about pacquiao getting smacked around in sparring? i think roach is one of the smartest trainers in the sport, and to tell the public your prized pupil is getting his head knocked off in sparring is not an intelligent move. but lying about it in hopes that the bigger stronger cotto may train a little “lighter”, that would actually be pretty clever. oh and hey jhon foreman, didnt robinson win 7 titles? i could be wrong but i thought he did which would make pacquiao the second fighter to do that. – cotto wins by tko -
Perez,you old bore,are you going to keep churning out this same old crap every day for the next 6 weeks?
Perez,you’re deleting so many people’s postings today.Do you seriously expect to receive no criticism with the articles you write?
If you don’t like criticism FFS stop writing all this pacman hating crap on here and write some unbiased articles that true boxing fans can enjoy.
Censoring people’s postings is pathetic.If you’re too sensitive to handle negative comments maybe you should think of doing something else and leave the writing of articles to those who know bit more about boxing than you obviously do!!
I agree with you Manuel it the best technique out there hit-and-destroy..
Here we go again…
I think you need to bring credibility to yourself and your job by doing what Liam Santiago promised in writing…
He said, “I will quit my job as a boxing writer if Cotto beats Pacquaio!”. Now, that’s credibility. Walk to walk and not just talk the talk…blah blah blah…
Question is…are you Man enough to do it like Liam does??
Looking forward to this fight so much, Dont think anyone can give a true prediction on how this fights gonna end due to them both being outstanding warriors,I Think theres alot of outcomes how this fight will end. Pac no doubt will be in and out with is punches leaving himself open to some nasty hooks from Miguel if he gets caught. The thing that concerns me for Cotto is if pac smuthers him with combo’s and constant pressure just like margarito did which proved tough for him (But then again did margarito have plaster in is gloves) However the fight turns out i hope to see Cotto on the winning end and hopefully he will get the respect he deserves.
All of you are looking at a different direction.When Pacman got the belt to Hector Velasquez he emidiately goes to after WBC super featherweight title. When he get the WBC super featherweight title, he became the first pilipino who had four belt in different division which make him a hero in the philippines.So he emidiately goes for WBC world lightweight title, which he won.So he need to go after World light weight title to be the next boxer that could have six title in different division. the first is Oscar De Lahoya. But he need to test his strenghs and stamina so roach chalenge Oscar with in their favor, but oscar has no idea, in his mind is only money.Now Roach is going after for Welterweight, this is a risk that he would take, but if Pacman win, Packman will be the first, who have seven belt in different division in history, and Roach will be the greatest trainer of all thime, this i Roach dream.But if u look at Packman record every time he get a belt in higher division, he never depend this belt even once.If he succesful win in this fight, he will retired, becouse he has an alibi that he want to be a governor in the philippines. To be considered a good fighter u must defend your title ones, but in Pacman and Roach case is go after as many belt in different division as they could, picking the right opponent, with regards to hight, reach and speed. Once Roach accquire his dream true Pacman, he will be the greatest trainer of all time in the history, while Pacman will be the greatest boxer of all time in the history of boxing.Just remember after Pacman won a belt he did not defend this belt even once.
Perez you really contradict yourself, you are a self confessed pac hater, in fact you make your thinly veiled excuse of being a “writer” to pac hate constantly on here!
Do you not remember reports that Peterson got the better of Mayweather before Mayweather dominated marquez!?
Cotto is very beatable and very open, I pick Pac to win by a late stoppage.
Dareyouni –
If Pacquiao fought Morales at 135 instead of 130, will he still win? Pac has fought at 142, Morales as high as 135, so who do you think was more weight drained that fight? Besides, Morales fought David Diaz next at 135 and still lost and you know what happened with Pac fought David Diaz.
Had Pacquiao fought Barrera when Barrera was younger, will he still win? MAB was only 29 when they fought the first time and he gave JMM a hell of a fight before fighting Manny again, so MAB was definitely not shot in 07, and he wasn’t shot in 03.
Had Pacquiao fought Juan Diaz or Nate Campbell instead of David Diaz, will he get a belt at 135? Juan “feather puncher” Diaz or Nate “give up on a cut” Campbell? Seriously?
Had Pacquiao not gotten the knockdown on Marquez, would he have won? No, but there’s a reason fighters get deducted a point for getting knocked down…isn’t that the point of boxing?
Had Pacquiao fought Oscar at a more natural weight, will he still win?
Oscar was shot…Would Pac have beaten him at 154 in his prime? Doubtful, but if weight was the only problem…why didnt’ ODLH retire instead of fighting again at 154?
Had Pacquiao fought Hatton before the Mayweather loss, will he still win?
Hatton was getting caught with right hooks ALL night…and the shot he got caught with would have knocked out a donkey. YES, he would have still won.
Had Pacquiao agreed to fight Cotto in 147, will he win? 145 is ONE less pound than the 146 Cotto weighed in against Clottey…don’t make BS excuses already when even Cotto’s trainer said he could go down to 144….
Anymore questions to answer?
“If Pac ever wins that, it’ll probably be because of a cut stoppage or Cotto is shot.” – Dareyouni – you just showed that you’re not going to give Pacquiao credit if he wins this fight…he Cotto is either shot, or Pacquiao loses? No matter what, then Pac will get no credit from you.
If you are a really boxing expert and have the balls to back up what you say. Bet everything you have against Pacquiao (house, 401K, savings, etc.). Otherwise, you’re just a donkey with a big mouth.
..Can’t do it huh? Yeah I understand, just trying to make some coins writing this article.
kill urselfffffffff.
One of the most amateurish articles I’ve ever read on any topic.
Of course Freddy said that stuff.You want your opponent to think that it’s going to be an easy night,then Maybe Cotto thinks he can take it a little easy in training.Sorry. not gonna work. Cotto in ten.
typo Can’t writers Can’t edit comments
Steven
im afraid to say that Pac-man is out oud his depth hear and i expect cotto victory maybe by a late round TKO
P.s You guys do know that the writers can edit/delete comments don’t you? so any comments deleted would have been by the webmaster as they would of been offensive
Steven
TKO Your so right! He deleted my post the other day about Froch and Hopkins (Basically an attack on the British) Your articles are so biased, Its disgusting to think you get the privilege to write on a site like this when there are other people who write respectable content and there are probably alot more people who are comment who could do a bteer fair job. Your views are unfair. Manny disposed of Hatton in 2 rounds! Hatton is not past it no matter what people are saying, Manny just made him look stupid! Cotto is a great fighter but Manny has shown he can bang and how elusive he is. It will be close but i would back Manny anyday.
People are hounding Perez, but they’re not really contending his points, are they? At any rate, here are the questions that Pacquiao’s career has raised in the past decade or less: If Pacquiao fought Morales at 135 instead of 130, will he still win? Had Pacquiao fought Barrera when Barrera was younger, will he still win? Had Pacquiao fought Juan Diaz or Nate Campbell instead of David Diaz, will he get a belt at 135? Had Pacquiao not gotten the knockdown on Marquez, would he have won? Had Pacquiao fought Oscar at a more natural weight, will he still win? Had Pacquiao fought Hatton before the Mayweather loss, will he still win? Had Pacquiao agreed to fight Cotto in 147, will he win?
These are the reasons why I doubt Pacquiao will win even after he managed to get Cotto at a weight draining 145. If Pac ever wins that, it’ll probably be because of a cut stoppage or Cotto is shot. Aside from that, Cotto will steamroll Pac. I said the same about JMM before: If JMM gets old overnight, he loses against Pac, otherwise he outboxes him (got it half-right, at least).
My son, come home now, your psychologist is here to help you. Please come to your mama now. Im so sorry that your head got banged and your brain damaged so badly when you were a child. I love you my son manuel. Stop all the craziness youre doing just come home and lets get you cured
Hey what’s with the colored folk at the top? This ain’t no White Power website?
Pacman by knockout, under 8 rounds. Anybody who says otherwise doesn’t know boxing.
If Pac is being blasted by sparring partners, how come no one has collected the $1,000 that Roach offered to any one who knocked Pac down?
I sincerely hope Miguel Cotto is reading your articles seriously and believe what your saying. Seriously, if it is to easy to bang Pacquiao why do you need to raise the incentive to 5 grands. You can earn it by knocking him down 5 times. Anyway, it is way too easy as you say.
Pacquiao knows what to do and do it he will….it’s goodnite for chinless Coto.
Who cares, it’s the fight that counts!!
Mr Bathroom, liked your article, very insightful!
Guys this article is total BS.
Manny banging like a middleweight.
Ignore this chump!!
After I win the super six, I want Pacquiao!
Sparring means nothing. Ali used to often look bad in sparring, you use it to tweak your weaknesses, not blast sparring partners away in a round.
Allo, it is I, Mr Bathroom. Many on here probably have been wondering where I’ve been the past month. Well…
I’m back with a new groove and goin to share my view…ve
I think that Pac just getting a few ideas sorted. Roach says he’s punching like a middle weight and he should know. He’ll need to though as Cotto will be hitting hard, harder than lead, right on yo head!! Ya get me!!
Pac-man is taking big shots in training, so what this means nothing unless we know the context that Roach was using, he might be saying this is a good thing and that he is prepared for Cotto’s punches.
Also if the middleweight that Pacquiao is training with is being encouraged to knock him down why hasn’t he? Is it because not even a middleweight can floor him.
Perez just write one decent unbiased article please!!
this fight will be so intence!!!i cant wait for it, i think it will be close but!, give cotto 4 to 6 rounds to softin pacman up then look for the finish.cotto by k.o..
sparring partners love to make a name for thmeselves against someone who’s working on tac tics and not going at it.
COTTO WILL WIN THOUGH!!
who cares if he is being blasted by his sparring partners? is he God that he is invincible? at least Pacman is a way better man than you are!
Whenever I see a new article on this site about Manny – I always check to see the author. It is mainly Mr Perez, and his articles are always so blatantly biased against Manny.
Personally I quite like the lack of noise coming out of Cotto’s camp and Im sure the info that is leaked from Manny’s camp is there just to keep interest high.
Both men are training hard no doubt, personally I have Miguel to win this. I can see him edging out a points win. Miguel is a warrior and Manny is all about offense. Cant see this being an early KO for anyone.
Still it would be nice to get some more balanced articles on this site – most of them are not even news articles – just peronal rants!
Put your crayons away now, Perez!
Hey, Manuela! I still have the article that you wrote about not writing any articles if PAcman wins this fight. Time to man up and keep your word.
I don’t want to hear anymore of your excuses.
Cotto will blast Pacman outta there!! Ya’ll hear me now!!
Think Cotto will fight MONEY Mayweather (True P4P No.1) next and Pacman will probably go after biggest money fights out there, either Marquez 3rd fight or rematch with Hatton as there was clearly something wrong with Hatton that night and I do believe he’d beat Pacman if he connected with body shots and remebered defence and didn’t peak too soon in training!!
Mayweather would beat Cotto by UD though!!
Mayweather then finishes career fighting a rejuvenated Hatton after his victory over Pacman and suffers his first defeat!!
Theese guys are so bias its unbeliveble…
“He [Pacquiao] took some real hard shots,”
That’s the basis for this article???
I dont even think that justifies the title of the article. I cant believe they actually post this crap for you. Yes I do, they know it’s going to keep bringing people to the site, so they can get irritated & post replies just like this one.
So um…nevermind.
mga kababayan, huwag na po kayong mag-comment at pinasisikat lang po niyo itong sira ulong-kutong lupang ito. ‘wag niyo na lang pong pansinin at titigil din ito. Salamat po. Be wise.
provocative? not even a little.
it’s provoking anger. not thought provoking.
some people abuse there rights to freedom of speech
Manny got hit but never went down…he can take punches…now he needs to stick and move in & out…aloha
That’s what they all said before pacquiao fight Dela Hoya. As pacquiao said…We dont know what will happen in the ring, only God knows..let all see if Cotto knocks pacquiao or the other way around..
Yet another article to make Manuel Perez happy.
Lol, all I can say is that I cannot wait to see your reaction after Nov 14. Make sure you start rephrasing about Miguel Cotto being shot or washed-up or whatever excuse you can find.
P.S. You should get a life. Expressing your demise on the internet does you what? Jeez how old are u anyway Manuel Perez?
very provocative indeed..hmmm, i wonder if pacman wins how are you going to write that article.
i’m going for pacman by decission
geez manuel perez…go die…seriously
This article shows the true state of Pac’s affairs. Pac is just a quick offense guy who has no emphasis on defense. This guy was KOed 3 times in his career and battered by Marquez 2 times.
Cotto will surely destroy the distracted Pac on 14 Nov.
Very provocative article.
Cotto will destroy paquiao in 3