Pacquiao-Cotto: Why Cotto is NOT the same fighter and WILL lose
November 2nd, 2009
By Ibrar Arshaid: Miguel Cotto, the once upcoming force in the welterweight division is preparing for the toughest fight of his career against the exceptionally skilled and strong Filipino Manny Pacquiao. The biggest question in boxing today is who will come out victorious between these two great fighters. When comparing the two fighters it is sensible not to just identify the weaknesses of just the one fighter, but one must critically compare the weaknesses and strengths of both fighters to gain a sense of direction in which way the fight will go.
Now I’m not going to say that I know the outcome or anyone knows the outcome because that would just be rubbish. But what I am going to say is that I can PREDICT the outcome based on both fighter qualities.
Miguel Cotto carried a cloak of invincibility for many years and was seen as the force to be reckoned with. The man who would dethrone Floyd Mayweather. The new Messiah of Puerto Rico. The future would prove no truth in any of these claims. Miguel Cotto a skilled fighter? Hell yes he is and was. but he was good only against class B fighters. The first time he stepped into the ring against a class A fighter in the ferocious Antonio Margarito he was brutally stopped. I know I’m going to get criticism by many people for bringing up his loss to margarita because of the ‘plaster’ excuse. Let me explain something to those fans who think in a one dimension.
Miguel Cotto was made out to be the terminator in the welterweight division and he wasn’t because he was terminated by Margarito. So all those people who jumped on the Cotto hype wagon were proven wrong. This is what happens when people buy into hype. Amir khan was hyped in the U.K to be the next best thing and he was knocked out in 54 second, once again telling people don’t buy into the hype. So now there a big hype in how Margarito used some sort of illegal substance that changed his knuckles into steel (the hype). If you really read about the issue it becomes apparent that it wasn’t a substance that’s in question but rather the way Margarito’s hands were taped.
If it was as simple as margacheato, then the boxing commission would not take over a year to decide on the boxers fate. I can promise you that he will retain his license and will be cleared. Cotto got pummeled by Margarito into taking a knee. He will and has not been the same fighter. Get punched in the face so many times till you’re a bloody swollen mess then you will realize how this changes you. He was dragged to hell and back in that fight and it’s something he won come back from.
Against Pacman, Erik Morales’ wars caught up with him. It happens to all fighters. let’s not act like Cotto has never been in trouble in his career before his punch resistance has been good but could be better he has always been troubled by fighters who hit hard and land cleanly. And just for the skeptics out there…Mosley is a whole new fighter with Nazim Richards (Bernard Hopkins trainer) so his win over Mosley is explained by Margarito’s destruction by Mosley.
Pacman will be quicker than Cotto he will hit harder than Cotto and Pacquiao has the form of 3 knockout stoppages coming into the ring. The main factor one has to consider is the corner men, Pacquiao has on his side probably the best trainer and tactician in the world in Freddie Roach, who has produced many world champions. Miguel Cotto is trained and surrounded by family member. We seen the problems he had with his trainer during the Cotto-Margarito 24/7 series, but he has continued with the same team which is undeniably far less superior to Freddie Roach.
Freddie took apart Ricky Hatton in two rounds and almost dethroned Floyd Mayweather in the DeLaHoya-Mayweather super fight. Such are this man’s credentials and his knowledge of the game speaks for itself. One other thing is that Bob Arum’s best fighter is Manny Pacquiao, why has he made a fight with two of his best fighters? the reason I suspect is that even he knows that Cotto is there for the taking, NO PROMOTOR would jeopardize prospects of his best fighter and on paper this is a risky fight for Pacquiao.
But truth is Arum suspects the end of Cotto which would boost his best fighter Manny Pacquiao into a mega super fight against Floyd Mayweather and due to the impact of Pacman’s win over Cotto, Arum could demand a higher purse for the Mayweather-Pacman Fight which he would rightly Achieve if Pacman gets through Cotto. So what happens to Cotto next well once again played clever by Arum, Cotto gets Mosley and the highly anticipated rematch versus Margarito. That leaves Arum with win win situation.
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To the one’s who left negative comment about pacman:
HOW DO YOU LIKE MANNY NOW? DID YOU SEE COTTO RUN ALL OVER THE RING HOPING HE WILL STILL BE STANDING UNTIL THE LAST SECONDS OF THE 12Th ROUND?
MAYWEATHER your NEXT !!!
Puerto Rico has been conquered. Angie, wanna come up to my room for some action?
Puerto Rico can’t wait for this fight. We all know what a cheater Margarito was. Cotto was beating him but it’s hard to win when are hit with a brick. So you know, we all love Miguel and the whole island will be cheering for him .God blees him.
after the fight i hope u guys are still writing on this article. joe zamora evry1 is entitled 2 a opinion, like i said read my next article its for ppl like you.
let see wat happen……………….
i will try my best to avoid your next article
cotto will win by tko pacman’s defence is his ofence and against cotto he will have no defence.
As long they check pacman hand wrap before the fight. they dont want 2 make that mistake twice
as for your point about cotto being worn out after margarito, a fighter that is worn out does not win a fight like the clotey fight.
U making excuses 4 mosley. not at his best means wat. it means he loss a loss is a loss. dont believe the hype
totaly wrong and please you dont know the first thing on how to critique a matchup and your logic is totally off, example mosely was not at his best win he lost to cotto but was a better fighter when he won agaunst margarito so if he was so bad before how did he beat de la hoya two times whene oscar was at his best or defend his lightweight title so many times before your so called transition, your logic is totaly baseless
Dont agree with u.Margacheato please u know he cant fight with out plaster in his glove. the one buying into the hype is u keep real.cotto by 9th rd ko. let see how many punches pacman can take to the face
bad analogy Ibrar.
i wrote this article… this is my first article obviouslt it must have been a good article for me to recieve so much comments, thank you people. boxing is boxing opinions will always be different. to all the critics i have another article for you all to read comming soon…hope u enjoy
Negative efets meaning, thier career wasn’t over. Clown!!
Well Reptile,
If I remember correctly M. Ali got stopped came back and beat Ken Norton.
Geroge Foreman got beasted against ali and had a wonderful career.
Lennox Lewis has been knocked out several times and came back and avenged all of those losses.
Go learn some history kid.
Sugar ray robinson and sugar ray leonard have been stopped and came back the next fight and there after to show thier true championship form.
Danny Washington says:-
“Many fighters have come back from brutal stoppages and carried on their careers without any negative effects”.
Oh yeah, like WHO Danny??!!
Yours in sport, Reptile.
It only take a healthy thinking brain and a little follow of the Puerto Rican pride to see Cotto is not longer the same.
The mileage counts and wear and tear is not fiction but fact.
I dont need to wait till Nov. 14th to acknowledge that.
The only reason Cotto lost to margarito was because he went in to the ring against a steel chinned relentless high punching machine. Cotto in his mind prepared to go the distance therefore not commiting for a ko. Mosley exposed Margarito sending a message to cotto that he too could’ve kod him if he would have sit down on his punches and gone for the ko. So in a rematch Cotto by ko.
The secret to Freddie Roache’s prediction that Manny will KO Miguel in the first round…….Here it goes…The bell rings…The fighters meet at ring center, touches gloves…Manny says to Miguel “Look Your Shoe Laces Are Undone”…Miguel Looks…Manny throws a blinding right hook to Miguels left chin…Bang, Down & Out goes Miguel like Hatton, KO…10 seconds into round 1……
THE NEW WBO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD & STILL THE BEST EVER POUND 4 POUND KING…Aloha
And that’s not just hyperbole. It would literally feel like something hard and solid hitting your head because as the rounds go on, the plaster hardens slowly until it becomes hard as a brick.
“If you really read about the issue it becomes apparent that it wasn’t a substance that’s in question but rather the way Margarito’s hands were taped.”
You really don’t know what you’re talking about don’t you? You know what a boxer’s fists with hardened plaster feels like?
Go get a piece of brick and try smashing it into your face as hard as you can.
Then do it 100 times more. That’s how bad Margarito’s criminality is.
You sir for being a boxing writer dont know jack. The same Shane Mosley sounda familiar? He is right now the number one welterweight and Cotto won against him. So that crap about Margarito being the only A fighter Cotto has fought is utter crap.
I hope you read my comment and that you can read it in spanish: TU SI ESCRIBES MIERDA!! BABOSO!!!
No late rounds on this one. Cotto winning by KO in 6.
It will be a tough fight for both of them but I pick Paquiao since I don’t see Cotto reaching the later rounds with the same energy output and resistance of the Pacman.
Boy I Tell you this guy is a hell of an analyzer.
BRRRRAinless.
what?! Torres, Quintana, Judah, Malignagi, Mosley and Clotey are B level oponents?! Where do you come from mister no name. You are an idiot! Margarita ciment gloves is a b level oponent. That he was for Mosley.
At last Mr. perez write an article in favor of Pacman. He tride his best to hide his identity and try not to put his name, Lol you can not hide Mr. Manuel Perez. the reason you did not put your name cause you are ashamed of Pacman fans.
The writer of this article is hiding his identity. lol you can not hide your identity you are Mr. Manuel perez you are a doulble sided writer.Lol to all pacman fans this is Mr. Peres Article.
cotto will be victorious on nov 14th jus because of the fact that he is so focused am manny pacquio is not
Pac hitting harder than Cotto????????? WTF?!
when Pacman hits Cottor with everything he got and Cotto still coming forward is when we’ll see what Plan B Freddy Roach is coming with, Cuz So far all they feel is going to happen is Cotto is coming in with his hand behind his back to get knocked out!
@DMV
People like you don’t use brains but blind faith to support Cotto. You give the impression that there’s nothing positive to say about Cotto. There are! So say them. No talk crappy!
COTTO (W) pac(l)
Whether or not Cotto is a shot fighter is pure conjecture. In the Clotty fight he displayed tremendous heart. Even hampered with the cut on his eye and seemingly beaten, he finshed the fight very strong. He may even be a better fighter now because of Pacquiao. However, the other points you brought up cannot be denied. Pacquiao beat great fighters in Morales, Barrera, Diaz, Dela Hoya, and Hatton with tremendous ease. These are actualities bordering on the unreal. We all witnessed them in disbelief. To all who say Pacquiao is a fluke, I say caution where you put your money. Make no mistake about Pacquiao’s explosiveness, stamina, speed, and power.
come on man….. you know that cotto beat top of their game fighters… he never turned down any fighter regardless of how feared they where in boxing(clottey, margarito) so pacquiao was woblled by juan manuel marquez who by the way doesnt have not even close to thje power of cotto……. manny hasnt fought anyone but 2 skilled boxers(ring technitians) which are morales and marquez who bth outboxed pacquiao maruqez beat him twice and morales beat him once….but cotto is as good a as any eilite boxer technically speaking and is bigger naturally than pacquiao//////// hiii to everyone all the way from ensenada mexico.
i am pridicting that articles will say “cotto isn’t the same fight since a cheating margarito beat him” everything is an excuse in these boxing articles….pacman will win will it be easy no way cotto is one of the best but pac will win
Is very simple, what Doubters have to do is mention any fighter that Manny have fought that is as Big,Strong, with the boxing skills and ring experience Cotto got and if someone says De La hoya is a moron
John Dumas —Freddy Roach said Manny he’ll win huh?
I’m sure Manny’s cousins and Brothers are also saying that!
The author may have a point, but I don’t agree! Pacquiao will win, but not an easy win!!!
Your entitled to your opinion but I’d have to disagree. Mayweather would be tested by Cotto what A level opponent has Manny or Mayweather beaten over Cotto. Mosley isn’t that much different bro. He stood toe to toe with Cotto getting out boxed & out worked. Look at Cotto’s face after the Mosley fight & the Margarito fight. Your telling AM’s stronger than Mosley or more skilled… NOPE! Cotto has more skill than AM by far. All AM has is great conditioning, size which he doesn’t use, & a great chin. If Cotto needed to work the body & didn’t. IMO Cotto softened AM for Mosley. Did you see AM’s face all swollen. Even Freddie Roach agreed he’d used plastic Paris. The evidence is there for all to see it goes hand & hand with AM’s lack of skill. I love Pacman & Cotto, these two are top fighters but Cotto’s fearless taking on all opponents with no excuses now Manny’s joining him fighting the best for the sake of boxing & the fans.
You need to study boxing a lot more..Your article (much like Pacquiao) is full of many flaws.. You have no clue what you are writing. You philosophy stinks worse than your prediction. No one wants to see a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight..that would be some boring $hit..and would never happen since Cotto will knock out Manny in 5 rounds. He is bigger, more skilled, stronger and has taken punches from guys that are literally huge compared to a Lightweight Manny Pacquiao… Use reasoning for god sakes…
lol…When Manny find himself fighting a guy who’s going to fight back then we’ll find out what’s he’s made of, Let’s not forget Cotto is pretty comfortable getting hit and he can take tons of punishment and found his way to win, Pacquiao wasn’t touch by Hatton or De la hoya and whoever think He’ll get thru this fight without a scratch is an idiot!
Manny will find himself digging in a deeper place where he’s never been before, Cotto have been in hell and back
Cotto was almost stopped by two oponnents in the past, Judah and Torres round 1 and round 2. the only difference between Pacquiao and these two guys is that Pacquiao is sharp shooter and punches hard. That is why when this happens i suspect Cotto will be in big trouble between round 1 and round 2. When Pacman sees the opportunity he will never stop..
I am betting on between round 1 and round 3 via KO.
Pacquiao will win because Cotto is no longer the same fighter he was before… if Cotto wins then Pacquaio is really a no good boxer. He lost to an already shot boxwer.
Marquez is still the best boxer ever.
This fight is no doubt will be the most talked fight in 2009. Well known and famous people are giving their predictions everywhere. Only 12 days and 14 hours more to go to watch this exciting fight. Both of them are good, respected boxers and beloved by their countries. We are lucky to have these kind of fighters, we need more boxers like them to boost boxing overall. May the best man win.
So who is the author of this article? Sounds like Manuel Perez doing a flip flop.
If Cotto wins and Cotto-Mayweather fight happens, is it not going to be a mega fight?…sure it will.
the worlds best fighters all have a loss or more on there records the loss is whats makes them better the loss is also a disputed one due to the hand wrapping issue with margarito, dont forget pacquiao got ko. twice when he was younger lost to morales barely won marquez in the re-match regardless this one is gonna be a scrap to good fighters.. who are both down to exchange a sluggers buffet!!!! either way the fans win..
“NO PROMOTOR would jeopardize prospects of his best fighter and on paper this is a risky fight for Pacquiao.”
PROMOTOR?
This is going to be a great fight between 2 great fighters. The fans are really gonna enjoy this fight. But in my opinion Cotto will prove he is too strong for Manny. Manny is an all time great in the lightweight division but coming up to fight a true welterweight might prove costly for the Pacman. Manny has a lot of weakenesses. I was watching the Marquez-Pacquiao II (Rd
and Manny was getting a beating. And he’s a lot quicker than Marquez. For all of you that think Manny is such a great fighter, just look at that round 8th and you will definately have some concerns.
you sir are a retard..he will hit harder than Cotto ??? cotto is the strongest fighter ever to step in a ring with pacman and one bone crushing left hook to the body and pacquiao dies in the rinq SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!
Why do people keep saying that Cotto is damaged goods? that he’s not the top of the welterweights and by that saying Pacquiao is cherry picking?
Miguel Cotto is a dangerous Welterweight who can box and brawl. Look at what he did to Margerito the first half of the fight. He landed some dangerous shots by boxing.
Anyone who say that Cotto has NO chance against Pacquiao should be ashamed.
1 year ago people would laugh when hinting Manny Pacquiao could end up fight Cotto.
Cotto win win win all the way.
I agree with the new princes comments. I love the pacman but i wouldn’t say cotto is “far less superior”. He is a quality fighter at the top of his game, which is why I send you this link for you to view and enjoy.
I think the fact that you are insinuating that Cotto is “shot” after the margarito fight shows a lack of knowledge. Many fighters have come back from brutal stoppages and carried on their careers without any negative effects. You make it sound like pacman is a dead cert to win this fight, i dont think he is. I’m sure it will be a great fight, and i think its genuinely 50-50, may the best man win!
I agree with this article. He had the chance to get away from Arum by this december and he could have started with anothere promoter. He forced him self to fight 3 fights the first year of his comeback! If hes damaged goods its his fault and by his own making.
“far less superior” – You sir, are an idiot.