Pacquiao stops Cotto
November 15th, 2009
Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda – By Eric Hernandez: Like the fighters last night there were a few different ways, I could have went with this boxing article. I replayed the fight in my head and I was instantly flooded with the image of a very broken Miguel Cotto sitting in his stool as he was planning to go one last round with the mighty Manny Pacquiao. I will not shy away from my prediction which called for a late fight stoppage of Pacman but I have to be honest, seeing Pacquiao in the dressing room all smiles and with that look of a cat that just ate the canary sent a chill of concern down my spine.
What the world was about to find out is that right now no one anywhere near Pacquiao weight class should be favored and that’s including Mayweather. More on that if the fight ever materializes. I read article after article on how Miguel Cotto was going to destroy Pacquiao. The more I read the more concerned I became on whether that could truly happen.
It didn’t take long into the fight to find out that this would be Pacquiao night. He floored Cotto in the second and while Cotto wasn’t hurt too badly, you could just tell that he looked weak and drained. Cotto could have hit Pacquiao with Margarito’s loaded gloves and I don’t think he could have hurt the mighty Pacquiao last night.
After the second knock down this one more emphatic than the first it was painfully obvious that it was a matter of time before Pacquiao disposed of Cotto. I watched in disbelief as time after time Pacman beat Cotto to the punch with Cotto offering little more than symbolic resistance.
By the end of round 7th, Cotto was starting to show the same wear and tear as in the Margarito fight except there would be no piece of plaster in Pacquiao gloves but sticks of dynamite that would explode in Cotto face time after time and Pacquiao saved one last stick of Dynamite for round 12th. And where after the stoppage, he threw the stick at the Mount Rushmore of Puerto Rican boxers where I predicted Cotto would go if he destroyed Pacquiao. There will be no bust on Mount Rushmore for Cotto, only the disappointment that comes in knowing that he was dominated by a smaller but yet better fighter. Today we hail the great Pacquiao. Bring on Floyd Mayweather Jr.!
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pacman vs mayweather or marquez 3. cotto vs mosley2 or margarito 2.
Cotto did what he could, no shame in that!!! And to hear by his own words that he was ready to give up at the end of the 11 round but change his mind and came out for the 12, speaks volumes about his character, He would go out on he’s feet rather than siting on a stool…..Bravo for the warrior.
There is no doubt we are in the presence of the greatest fighter in Pacquiao in the last 50 years if not more!.
Mayweather at this point most be prepairing for another “Flash” retiremente!!!
PACMAN IS A HISTORY MAKER!!!
Manny has the philippines and God behind him. He believe and trust God above all. “If God is with me, then who is against me”
I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In this trade, it’s the managers that make the money and last the longest. With that said, congratulations to Pacquiao.
manny perez, give us your thoughts bout this fight! hehehehe! hijo de puta ka!
Cotto trained to beat a speedster for 2 months roach knew this. So Roach made a boulder instead through kick-boxing body hardening technique popular in asia and cotto has no more game plan because he found out his body punches dont work anymore.
When you have no more game plan i dont care if the margarito fight never happened you will lose.
Manny had chin because he prepared for Cotto’s punches thats why his conditioning coach used mau-thai body hardening training. His body in weight in looks more solid than usual. If you analyze the fight the pac camp knew cotto was preparting for a fighter that will be elusive but roach’s game plan was great because they threw everything cotto prepared for out the window by using technique cotto never prepared for. They broke cotto’s confidence when manny stood infront of cotto letting him punch him with no effect. Cotto’s confidence is in his punch and when he realized that dont affect pacquiao his game plan is lost. If you lose your game plan u work for 2 months i dont care if you never fought margarito, you will probably still loose. The trainers are the key to the fight.
Cotto trained to beat a speedster for 2 months roach knew this. So Roach made a boulder instead through kick-boxing body hardening technique and cotto has no more game plan.
Great article mehn! I can’t believe myself what Pacqtuiao did last night. He fought like a true welterweight. I believe Cotto is in alot of trouble if Pacman really fight like in Hatton fight, instead he face Cotto head on and make Cotto run like a little girl. Now tell me whos the real welterweight now.
Cotto hasn’t been the same fighter since the margarito fight. Its sad to see someone do that to someone. If manny would of fought the older cotto manny would of not had a chance i don’t care what anyone says. Manny Is not a great fighter his just anothe mayweather that knows how to pick his fights. fighting a beat down miguel cotto is not very copetitive. First a burnt out oscar then a c average hatton and now a mental and physical hurt cotto due to a cheater margarito. Its sad to see a great fighter go through so much pain only he knows how he truly feels.
I am a big Cotto’s Fan.
Wow, I thought Cotto was going to beat Pac with his skills and strenghts, but I was really wrong. Cotto didnt make any mistake the only mistake he made was not seen where all those punches were coming from. Now I am sold with Pac being not just a Super start but been a monster. I felt that I had to post a comment and give Pac some props. I dont see anybody beating Pac only Paul Williams can give him some trouble.
A quote from Mark kriegel of FOXSports.com
Cotto said: “I couldn’t see from where the punch came,”
Cotto just proved that a boxer cannot win against invisible blows.
To Andrew Evans: I believe that having Shawn Porter as Manny’s sparmate helped. Porter, an undefeated junior middleweight, is a boxer that is faster and stronger than cotto and hits like a mule. Kinda reminds me of a lighter version of Mike Tyson.
good article. honest. thanks for manning up unlike the two ladies in this site, Liam and Manuela.
Cotto started losing the fight when Manny taunted Cotto to hit him harder while leaning at the ropes. The legendary left hook didn’t do a thing.
manuela is li’l floyd’s clerk.
energy and southpaw punching speed from manny pac,mayweather will talk himself out of it.pacman is at his best rite now so if mayweather thinks is p4p then he should sort it out rite now.pac can make 135 140 147lb so there should not be any trouble there.all i can think of mayweather will want the lions share which i cannot see the fight happening.that will be is excuse
mosley needs pacman to retire him for good.
Manny was brilliant, fast, strong and so elusive..
My criticism is about Cotto’s game plan.. If I were going into the ring against Manny I would see that devastating KO of Hatton playing in my head..
The KO against Hatton was probably the best and most disturbing KO I have seen in a while. Cotto didn’t seem to respect Manny’s power until the damage had been done..
If Cotto refused to get into a slug fest with Manny he would have had more of a chance but once he was hurt, Manny knew it was over and in some ways so did Cotto..
I still think Maywether is too clever for that. Hatton charged in with his chin in the air as did Cotto.. Maywether wouldn’t do that.
Regardless Manny is brilliant as was Cotto who showed unbelievable heart and the courage of a true warrior. Yesterday night was boxing at it’s best..
M
sparring with amir con lol manny was sparring with shawn porter would have helped him more im certain
Balances articles like this is the only reason I still go to this site. Thanks.
To all Pacfans or boxing fans in general,
If you all want Perez and Santiago to go away.
Just stop reading their articles, full stop. Sooner or later the site admin will realise this and stop publishing their articles because they’ll just be a waste of space by then.
EH-We all miss a pick every now and then , this will not be the last time that you miss a pick. I’ve been in and around this sport for a lot of years and I pick the wrong guy sometimes. It is good that you said you got this one wrong and gave credit to MP. Boxing is a sport where the unexpected can happen and often does, this is part of what makes it so much fun.
Where is Perez? had he hanged himself yet?
manuelperez suck some d*cK. wrong prediction again.hahahaha
the only place cotto can go now is a rematch with margarito.
Although I wasn’t born yet when Ali was considered the best fighter and I was really young to remember when Tyson was the beast, I’m happy that I have lived through the Pacquiao era and witnessed history in a making.
and liam santiago, how the hell did you have cotto wining rounds by the time of the stoppage. the ref should have stop the fight in round nine. and in my book the fight was over after the second flooring of cotto in round 4
manny has the best left in the buisness
calling out muppet perez to get on his knees and beg every fan for forgiveness or stop writing forever
amen to you sir… all the doubts was proved wrong by pacquiao . hale to the new welterweight king. long live the king..
it was a great article, 2 pounds is nothing in boxing cotto wasnt weight drained, cotto started great. if he had continued to box and cover up rather than see red and fight back and make mistakes he would have given manny more problems. when manny is throwing those fast pwoerful combos hes like a wasp he throws from all angles i honestly cant see how even floyd can live with him. bring on mayweather and lets see who is the greatest.
I think it was the sparring with Amir Khan that gave Manny the edge.
great article!! i’m still waiting for manuela perez to finally admit how much of a dumb@ss he is.