Cotto to think about future; Mayweather Sr. thinks Floyd Jr. would beat Pacquiao
November 16th, 2009
By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is going to be considering his options and sitting down to think about his future after sustaining a 12th round TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to news from the New York Post.
Both of Cotto’s eyes were badly swollen up, his face was reddened and lumped up and his nose was swollen and looked slightly twisted from the shots he had absorbed in the fight. Although Cotto took an enormous amount of punishment in his 11th round TKO loss to Antonio Margarito last year, this fight seemed to almost equal it in many respects.
Cotto appeared to take more punishment in this fight because Pacquiao was able to land at will from the 1st round until the stoppage in the 12th by referee Kenny Bayless. Margarito, on the other hand, wasn’t able to connect with much until the 10th when he hurt Cotto with a series of uppercuts late in the round.
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Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. thinks that his son, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. could beat Manny Pacquiao, according to the New York Post. Mayweather Sr., who saw last Saturday night’s bout between Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, had this to say about the fight: “I think Little Floyd is going to whoop his [Pacquiao] (butt). My son [Floyd] is not no Cotto.”
Pacquiao is interested in fighting Mayweather Jr. next if possible. If the fight can be made, it would be a huge mega fight, one that would possibly break all pay per view records. Mayweather Sr. doesn’t give Pacquiao too much credit for his win over Cotto, because he thinks that Cotto isn’t the same fighter he was after his loss to Antonio Margarito last year.
Mayweather Sr. said, “Anytime you get hit with punches like that it takes a toll on your body. He [Cotto] took that fight and came back in another fight with Clottey and had a big gash over his eye. All that stuff plays a role. The kind of beat down he took (against Margarito) you can’t heal over that in that amount of time. You’re not going to heal of it because it’s in your head what happened.” Mayweather Sr. does have a point about all that. Cotto perhaps needed a couple of years away from taking on dangerous fighters like Clottey and Pacquiao so that his head and body could heal from his loss to Margarito.
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floyd will beat pacman its the same story all over again,every road leads to mayweather, then you get beat, pacman will swing and miss all fight then about 11th 12th round when he tires mayweather will finish the job, dont get me wrong pacman is a great fighter but floyd is on another level, you cant beat what you cant hit.
ang yabang mo..
“Cotto appeared to take more punishment in this fight because Pacquiao was able to land at will from the 1st round until the stoppage in the 12th by referee Kenny Bayless.”
Um, from the 1st round is a bit of an overstatement. I actually think Cotto was doing quite well until the end of the 3rd. He even landed some good shots in the 4th and was winning the round until the end when he got reckless and got knocked down again. Sad, although I do agree with MW Sr. in that he hasn’t been the same fighter since Margarito.
Sorry guys,Pacman vs Floyd will never happen because Floyd will ask everything,he will not accept Pacman’s term.besides it will be boring fight because Floyd will run,run,run.it will be better for Pacman to fight Yuri Foreman for his 8th titles or defend his 140lbs.belt against JMM on march or april to finish their business.On May 2010 Manny will become CONG.MANNY PACMAN PACQUIAO.
I agree 100% with you gerry…having a perfect record do not define greatness…it’s the fights that you fought that will make you great – win or lose…it is Mayweather’s fault why a lot of people can never like him…his style and his choice of opponents.
Dom, Pacquiao has absolutely 0 chance v Mayweather, – you’re right, he don’t want to suffer the same fate of those whom Manny has fought for the last 5 fights .
Have you seen the face of Miguel Cotto , not the battered flesh but the look of confusion and pain.
To Mayweather fight is about winning, but Pacman brings destruction.
Pacquiao has absolutely 0 chance v Mayweather.
Totally agree with Mayweather Sr, Floyd would kill Pacquiao. Freddie Roach picks opponents very cleverly for Manny. I really like Manny but Diaz was crap, Oscar was weight drained and past it, Hatton was never that good and very overrated and Cotto was damaged goods. Roach knew this, he’s said as much in various interviews. Floyd is in a different league to these guys and as Manny is pretty one dimensional Floyd would batter him.
Manny is a Welterweight Champion now, he has the WBO title now. So a fight between Clottey vs. Pacman would be great for the WBO title in March.
Pacman vs. Clottey at 147, everyone call’in each other out, whats up with that fight. Manny is open and Clottey is not fighting Carlos Qu. again so why not a Clottey vs. Pacman MegaPower match-up fight in March, Mr.Bob Arum Make this happen 2010.
The Mayweathers need to quit mouthing off on Manny and make the fight happen. Pacquiao has a more impressive fight record than Mayweather. Mayweathers keep coming up with excuses why Cotto lost to Pacquiao. Cotto started training earlier than Pacquiao and Manny had more distractions to deal with outside of boxing. The man who fought both Manny & Floyd (Jose Luis Castillo) said Manny is a better boxer than Floyd.
Pacquiao can never beat cotto or mayweather at 147 never, period. Roach and pacquiao like it the easy way and cotto was so stupid to take the fight at 145. at 147 cotto murder pacquiao. Did you guys saw the first round how cotto land on pacquiao and make him miss and dominated him the whole round, Well thats the real cotto but at 147, at 145 he didnt hurt pac so that give confidence to pac to go after cotto. at 147 those punches will hurt pac even the jab will hurt him and would have give the fight a 360 turn around. Mayweather wont make that mistake and if pac go to 147 then you will see him crying for help and if he never go 147 then what that tell you? He is great, But if he is really great enough to beat a welterweight fighter than why not go to 147 and do it.
what about Mayweather? nobody is bashing him when Shane called him out FIRST after that Marquez circus …. also his dad? what a work of art .. moves from one paycheck to another then if they lose, he bashes them … talk about loyalty. If Pacman beats Mayweather, will he bash is own son also?? hmmm …. Perez = Santiago = ROOTS = Sharpie = alan davenport (same person = same idea = LOSER)
THOSE PUNCHES HE CAUGHT COTTO WITH WILL NEVER TOUCH FLOYD.ANYWAY THE FIGHT WILL NEVER BE MADE,BECAUSE ROACH IS GOING TO DEMAND THAT PAC GETS 65% OF THE MONEY,AND THAT FLOYD COME IN AT 144. NONE OF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
If anything Clottey should of been fighting Andre Berto and then Mosley and after that the Pacman.
Fight with Mayweather?
One is for sure, win or lose for Pacman, PBF will stand for “Pretty Beat-up Face” for Mayweather.ha-ha-ha-ha.
I believe Manny is good, but how come u PacFans never comment when Perez or anyone else talks about how he would be defeated by Paul Williams or Shane Mosley? Because you know he would be defeated! Oh, and Mayweather won’t KO him, but should win on points.
Truth be told, Pacquiao has not beaten anybody with name that hasn’t been softened by somebody else or by Father Time. Like Dela Hoya, that was Cotto’s shell out there on Nov 14. No bulk, no confidence, no pop after three rounds. Margarito’s ghost thrives in his psyche. Pacquiao is good, but to call him ATG is stretching it too far. Reserve that lunacy for Arum.
“They said he’d get crushed against Oscar De La Hoya, he’d have his hands full with Ricky Hatton and he wouldn’t be able to hurt Cotto. Wrong, wrong and wrong. By now, we should stop thinking anything is beyond this living legend’s grasp. Many will opine that he can’t outbox Mayweather. I’ll believe that when I see it. For now, I leave open the possibility that he’ll not only outpunch the best defensive boxer on the planet, but that he’ll out-skill him also. With Pacquiao, anything is possible.”
So true.An excerpt from an article written by Eric Raskin of RingTV.com
This was a strange fight indeed. Just one questions, does the nevada athletic comission check for HGH when checking the fighter for illegal substances? It’s not natural that Pacquiao could hit that hard without taking some performance enhancing drug.
Don’t know why there are a lot of Pacman bashers … these people have no idea how to box, all talk … they think they are better than those who actually DO! They think they are experts but guess what? THEY ARE ALL LOSERS .. Pacman has remained the WINNER … so go ahead and keep bashing him … Pacman will continue to do his thing (WIN) and your boys will continue to do their thing (LOSE with excuses). Kudos to Cotto (he is the only one who did not whine or give any excuse). You should all be ashamed … it is not you who are in the ring losing .. and you have all these excuses … Just keep your thoughts to yourself or prove it in the ring .. oops I guess you can’t do it .. LOSERS!!!
Floyd you suck! Oh and Floyd Sr, you are as dumb as a toilet plunger, you’ve never been right about anything and I am amazed people still listen to you ( look at me–Im an idiot!). You can join Jr in the ring and the two of you will still get beaten by PACMAN.
Floyd Jr, stop yapping and being a cry baby…no one will say “Wow” when Manny KO’s you because the whole world KNOWS he will KO you. Then Daddy Floyd will have to wipe your Pretty Boy face off the canvas. Then after the beatdown, he’s going to say that he beat you because Manny was taking steroids etc etc. There IS NOWHERE TO HIDE…you will be judged by history as a COWARD!!! That is the real reason why no one gives you the respect because you DUCK every legitimate challenge. Bebar is right 45-45 with the winner taking10% home—if you’re so sure of a win that would give you a 55% split. Shut up, take off Mama’s panties and FIGHT!
The EXCUSES start coming in again. Floyd Sr said that COtto will whip Manny’s butt! Now he has an excuse. Mayweather Jr and Sr are both clowns—45-45 split with the winner taking the rest home. And for you Floyd Mayweather Sr, that means 10% for the winner (no need to take out your calculator– “cal.cu.la.tor” -that is that litlle machine that caculates…”cal.cu.late”, that is when you figure out… oh forget it.)
Cotto is a great fighter. no more arguements on that. Manny was just better.
to MBA,
i agree to your words on Master Roach’s plan. just like Roberto Duran. Hit the arms. if they got hurt they will surely open up.. defenseless in short. heheh!
Mayweather and his old geeza are the only ones who is saying that he is great, nobody else does. look at this site, who says that Pacquiao is among the greats? say HELL YEAH!!!
Funny stuff for FMW Sr. he doesn’t want his son to fight Pacquaio coz he knows what is going to happen. And if you people think FMW Jr can beat Cotto easily why the hell he didn’t fight Cotto before? They know that FMW can run his way through out the fight, but he can’t hide on Pacquaio’s punches that’s for sure. Don’t compare Pacquaio to Marquez coz if FMW fought Marquez in his true division, that’s is going to be a different story. To all the Pacman’s hater, if you think FMW will knock out Pac then you better wake up coz you’re in the Lala land.
mayweather is too skillful for paqman, paqman has beat a weight drained over the hill de la hoya, while floyd beat a de la hoya at light middleweight, mayweather beat an unbeaten hatton. paqman lost to one of those fights to marquez, beat an over thehill morales after gettin a boxing lesson off him in first fight, its easy to point out negative in someones record.
Manny vs Floyd will not happen,bec Manny will go for 8th titles in 8 division,he will fight Yuri Foreman,then Floyd
when floyd beats mp , yall will say “oh hes fighting another small man ” ..gmafb !! mayweather might not have the crowd pleasing style of pachuiao but give him respect for his skills too !! mp has been beat by washed up fighters like eric morales..most people that know boxing think mp got beat by jmm at least one of the fights if not both…
Mayweather has ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE against Pacquiao.
not another mayweather circus please,,,mayweather mega overweight, takin on litl pacmann..mayweather pays coupl a million fine..please retire pbf ..seen enuff of you now.. pacmann easily best p4p fighter in history
BOXING QUIZ:
mayweather knockdown marquez once in a fight
pacquiao knockdown marquez twice in a fight
mayweather cheated on weight(2lbs. heavier)
pacquiao was lighter
both of them beat marquez
Q: whose better win mayweather or pacquiao?
A: pacquiao
mayweather beat dela hoya (split decision)
pacquiao beat dela hoya (9th rd tko)
mayweather beat hatton (10th rd tko)
pacquiao beat hatton (2nd rd ko)
Q: whose better win mayweather or pacquiao?
A: pacquiao
mayweather beat zab judah (decision)
cotto beat zab judah (11th rd ko)
pacquiao beat cotto (12th rd ko)
Q: whose better win mayweather or pacquiao?
A: pacquiao
mayweather never loss
marvin sonsona never loss
me(my self) never loss
pacquiao got losses
Q: whose better record me or mayweather?
A: draw
I’m a huge Cotto fan, a huge Manny fan and a huge Mosley fan, if anything I’m not thrilled with watching Mayweather fights but he makes people look bad..
He made another boxing great Marquez look ordinary. Manny couldn’t do that. Cotto is a true warrior but fought the wrong fight, he had no respect for Manny’s power and speed and all you have to do is look at Hatton’s KO to realise Manny can hit fast and hard..
Mayweather doesn’t lose his cool, is focused and just knows how to read fighters. Manny will be forced to come forward and Mayweather will box on the back foot avoiding punches and countering all night long..
Just like Roach will study Floyd, Floyd will study Manny. I hope it happens, I hope to be there regardless of cost. May the best man win..
M
quit your job. no credibility at all. ur just making excuses
Sr. is 0-3 so far in his predictions against Manny since Oscar. What makes you think he’s right this time? He’s like his son. All talk and no action. Manny is a different featherweight Floyd, he can knock your son’s sock out.
pancho, you sucks..
jesus christ.. i really hate those two mayweathers. like father, like son. why cant they just try to make this match happen instead of predicting and make excuses? i mean team pacman is just waiting for their call right now!
Liam Santiago and Manuel Perez are using different Pen Names right now so dont expect these two guys will submit an article using the above-mentioned names.
A winner has no excuses. Cotto is a winner in a true sense of the word. If you get beat, it does not mean you are not a winner. If you face the best fighters, you are already a winner. Floyd is undefeated but so is Julio Cesar Chavez. Undefeated does not make you great. Ali is not undefeated but he is the greatest. And so is Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson and Roberto Duran. Manny should stay humble and true to himself and I only wish that he would follow in cotto’s footsteps and fight the best fighter, win or lose. That is how you measure greatness. Cotto will go down as a great welterweight. Mayweather will go down as an undefeated welterweight because he never fought the best fighters of his time. Floyd doesn’t get it. That is why everybody hates this guy. His claim to greatness is his undefeated record and time and time again, people say that that is not what makes you great. It’s the fights that you fight, the best fighters of your time, like Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and Duran. Like Cotto and like Pacquiao.
People need some perspective. Cotto is coming off 2 brutal beatings from Margs and Clottey. Hes not the same guy he was a couple of years ago. Thats plain to see.
I would like to make an input should Money and Manny meet at whatever weight both of them are comfortable…granting all things being equal.
MAYWEATHER’S style is simply defensive in nature i.e. relying on his shoulder roll so I guess The Master has that already figured out- take that away from him and he is hittable…and how? Destroy and aim for his shoulder then go to the side of his body and he will surely open up..the rest is Manny’s job to do..hit from all angles! Do you think his shoulder will hold Manny’s punches? I seriously doubt.
Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Roberto Duran and a few others are regarded as the best fighters of all time. One common element with these guys is that they are all not undefeated. It is because they fight the best fighters of their era. Mayweather will only be great if he fights Mosley, Pacquiao, Cotto. Win or lose, that’s is what will make him great and not his undefeated status of fighting fighters that he knows he can beat. Take Marquez the last time. He came in at 147 pounds to give him an edge. He was fighting a much smaller man and to come at 2 punds higher than the agreed eight just tells you about the personality of Mayweather. Mayweather will never be great because his measure of greatness is different than most of us. To him, undefeated is the measure even if he fights lesser opponents. Julio Cesar Chavez in undefeated. To floyd he is a great boxer in the same category as him. What can you do. Tha is what the guy thinks of himself. Pitty.
Peplava,
Mayweather’s been avoiding fights that actually pose a challenge to him, Mosley, Cotto , etc etc. Not trying to put down that guy, he’s an excellent fighter, but, we really don’t know what he’s truly capable of until he fights someone who can actually hurt him.
And I’m pretty sure Mayweather saw what Pacquiao did to DLH, Hatton and certainly Cotto, which he “dodged” the fight.
@Anonymous Zab also stepped on Floyd foot while throwing the punch causing the knockdown, and Zab won 3 of the first four rounds before gasing out like he always does. Ppl make too much of the Zab fight, the gameplan was to wait for Zab to tire which he did, and once he did Floyd took him apart.
All I know is that Pacquiao saw what Mayweather did to Marquez. And Pacquiao also knows what Marquez did to him. Whether he won or not. He remembers what Marquez did to him. So if anybody is afraid, its going to be Pacquiao. Mayweather saw what Marquez did to Pacquiao and he knows what he did to Marquez. Why on earth would he fear Pacquiao. It doesn’t make much sense to me. Make the fight happen. No one has any excuses. Neither side.
Red Rock Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada opening odds as of 11/16/2009 Floyd Mayweather Jr. +140, Manny Pacquiao -160.
the fight will never happen!!! 1st because of money.2nd because of weight. mayweather wants more money and so does pacman. i say split it 50/50(which we know its not gonna happen) then thers the weight issue. the fight im pretty sure will be at 147. pacman is not gonna agree to that weight pressing for “CATCH WEIGHT CLAUS”(which i think is a bunch of BS!!)and mayweather is not gonna go down in weight(which is a smart thing)to give th advantage to pacman. all im saying is that if your gonna fight @147 then fight @147 none of this meet in the middle S!@T!!
Mayweather vs. DeLa Hoya -decision
Mayweather vs. Hatton- TKO 10th rd
Mayweather vs. Zab Judah- decision
Pacquiao vs DeLa Hoya TKO 9th rd (did not answer bell)
Pacquaio vs. Hatton KO 2nd rd
Pacquiao vs. Cotto TKO 12th rd
Cotto vs. Zab Judah Judah KO’d at 11th rd
Mayweather vs. Cotto… never happened.
4 of 5 of Mayweather’s recent wins were by decision. Mayweather ought to fight a legitimate middleweight like Cotto before he legitimately deserves a shot against Pacquiao. Mayweather may win since Pacman has softened Cotto up. Then again he has not faced someone who throws punches as hard as Cotto and has remained unbeaten by avoiding heavy hitters.
oh and by the way…where manuel perez at? did he commit suicide
so are you telling me that pacman had no injuries himself in his career…i mean hes been knocked out twice and lost to erik morales and he came out ok…this is all excuses..floyd sr and jr are clowns…like father like son
FLOYD IS ALSO RUNNING FROM SUGAR SHANE MOSELY
FLOYD ALSO BOTTLED IT FROM PAUL WILLIAMS AND ANTONIO MARGARTO, AND INSTEAD TOOK ON THE EASIER OPTION BOLDOMOIR.
EXCUSES AGAIN WHEN IS PACMAN GONA GET THE CREDIT HE DESERVES. FLOYD IS THE ONE WHO WAS TO AFRAID TO FIGHT COTTO AND INSTEAD FOUGHT DALA HOYA AND THE SMALLER HATTON, HE NEEDS TO BE A MAN AND STEP UP TO THE MARK AND STOP TALKING ABOUT THE PAST IN HIS INTERVIEWS, HE HAS AN EXCUSE NOT TO FIGHT EVERY FIGHTER THATS CAPABLE OF BEATING HIM. HES PATHETIC.
i think on most people cant see manny beating floyd because of the size. but its one of them fights no one knows for sure if manny lands early will floyd even have the guts to throw punches judah gave floyd all sorts of problems for 5 rounds and knocked him down watch you tube glove touches floor from a punch. manny a southpaw who can work that pace for 12 rounds solid
Mayweather is not a figher….he’s a runner.
Mr. Manuel Perez,
Please join Liam Santiago in the reality show “The Biggest Loser”
Your lying tongue is “also” 2 lbs. heavy to win you that title – The Biggest Loser!
ahahahaha. Ahohohoho.
Christmas is so early in November I am having so much fun with the 2 of you.
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Wait, Mayweather Sr thinks Jr would win vs Manny??? I’m shocked! This is the clown who guaranteed a Hatton knockout of Manny just months ago. He’s a VERY reliable source of information.
Excuses, excuses…