Will Cotto get torn apart again?
November 12th, 2009
By Jason Kim: On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao will be taking his power and speed and matching it against the size and equal power of WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many boxing fans are picking the slightly smaller Pacquiao to pull out the win, but a large segment of fans also think that Cotto will win the fight based on his size and experience against bigger welterweights. If this fight had taken place a little over a year ago, before Cotto was beaten badly by former IBF welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, perhaps most of the betting fans would be picking Cotto to win the fight.
Cotto didn’t help his case by looking vulnerable in his last fight against Joshua Clottey in June. Cotto was cut badly over his left eye in the fight and started taking a lot of punishment in rounds eight and nine. It was during this time that Cotto’s body language looked a lot like it did in his fight against Margarito late in the bout when Cotto took a couple of knees and quit in the 11th round.
To Cotto’s credit, he stayed on his feet and fought to the end of the fight and ended up winning a close 12 round decision. However, the bout was maybe a little too close for fans who saw Clottey as a flawed fighter and didn’t like seeing Cotto struggle so badly against him.
Cotto would say later that the cut over his eye hindered his performance and prevented him from fighting as hard and as well as he’d like to have. However, Cotto looked tired in the fight and appeared to be suffering from stamina problems. Fatigue issues aren’t new to Cotto, who wore down in fights against Margarito, Shane Mosley and to some extent in the 2nd half of his fight against Oktay Urkal.
Freddie Roach, the trainer for Pacquiao, has noticed that Cotto tends to cut in fights because of a large amount of scar tissue that Cotto has over both eyes. This scar tissue may open before long against Pacquiao, especially when Pacquiao starts hitting him with big power shots early in the fight. I don’t know that Cotto will be able to fight as well if he sustains two cuts. I think one cut would slow him down a lot, but if he gets two, I can’t see Cotto being effective at all. If Pacquiao is able to land his shots all night long, it’s only a matter of time before Cotto gets cut badly at least in one spot. That alone will be a problem for Cotto, but if he gets a second cut, it’s curtains for Cotto. I hate that part of the game but it’s a cold fact of the game. The same applies for Pacquiao. He was a lot less effective in his first fight with Erik Morales after sustaining a bad cut. If he gets cut badly in a couple of spots, he’ll be in serous danger to lose the fight.
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@Team J&J : Hey dude, where’s the team??? I am left all alone…Congrats PACMAN!!!
Team J&J: Your comments on the fight please?
Cotto gets torn apart… AGAIN!
Firthermore, I don’t think that Roach/Pacquiao are underestimating Cotto at all. Roach has said that if Pacquiao fights on the ropes, he’s gonna lose. It seems that they are fully aware of where the fight will be won, and where it will be lost. If anything, it’s Cotto’s team that is doing the underestimation. Sun Tzu’s first rule of combat…know yourself, know your enemy, one-thousand battles, one-thousande victories
THere is something seriously wrong with you if you can’t recognize that this fight is way more even than you think. DLH and Hatton were not as good as Cotto, sure, but that doesn’t mean that Manny still doesn’t have the tools to compete at this level. FOr all you who doubt Manny’s power, he doesn’t need it. Mike Tyson admits that Buster Douglas did the most damage to him, not because he hit hard, but because he hit him so many damn times. Cotto may be more skilled than Pacquiao, but almost every fighter that Pacquiao has faced was more skilled than him. Pacquiao’s downfall for this fight will be Cotto’s power, BUT he has to land. Pacquiao isn’t gonna stand in front of Cotto the way Judah and Mosley did, that’s why Pacquiao’s OVERALL speed will be a much different type of speed. It will come from hands and feet. Like Ali said, “hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” Can Cotto win, hell yeah. Can Pacquiao win, hell yeah. On sunday we’ll know which one becomes reality…
@Mr. Rich: You should have put your money on PacMan then…
poor cotto everybody is underestimating him cause he lost to margarito and was in a war with clottey. margarito and clottey were the two most dangerous boxers in the division when cotto fought them. nobody im nobody wanted to face them and there was a reason why.cause they were strong and big as hell.cotto hasnt been in a fight were he is the stronger fighter in a long time.well jennings and we know what happened. in fact every cotto fight that he feels he can walk through u he wins by ko or tko. i just want to see the first couple of rounds how hard does paquiao really hits on welter cause with oscar he surely didnt show much more of absolutely no power. it was just that oscar was cooked. right now im leaning more with cotto cause he has fought the best competition no doubt about that. who knows maybe when cotto gets hit with the first straight left he will be like “damn this is it? where is this supernatural power that paquiao is suppose to have?he knocked out hatton with a single shot? clottey,judah,mosley, and specially margarito hits harder than this guy” TALK ABOUT FALSE ADVERTISENT….
Personally I see Cotto winning this…but wont be surprised if Manny nicks it with his speed…
Im backing Cotto and good luck to both men!
Team J&J
I realy like your coment, and you know what you talk.. cotto will win.
If you see Pacagao priviews lossed figths you will how easy is to KO him (pac man). Pac got a KO by a body punch in one of those figth, and got a KO in the other one by a hard punch on the face. and now you telling me because cotto lossed with “mano de lleso margarito” you telling me that cotto will losse whit pac. Are you crazy? ones cotto start connect pac on the body or face he will get KO’..
look it up on you tube those figth and them say how is weeker.
Being humble doesnt win fights! What wins fight is boxing skills. Both fighters have them but Cotto is technically more sound.
Pacquiao has proved he was a great featherweight but going up in the weights he hasnt fought the best. . . erm… well Hatton was considered the best at light welterweight but his lack of defense made him an easy target for Pacquiao… even though that fight only lasted 2 rounds Hatton did hurt him with one shot.
Now Cotto is a bigger puncher than Hatton, has a better defense than Hatton, wont be drained like Oscar de la hoya and has much more skill than David Diaz so i predict a win for Cotto. If Pacquiao wins i will give him his credit and say he is arguably one of the greatest of all time.
However my money is on Cotto literally, so im praying for a Cotto win as im quite short of cash at the moment lol
Pacquiao will lose. Cotto is going into this fight with the mentality of an axe murderer. Look for a brutal KO in rounds 7-10. And Don’t ever compare Pacman to Mosley, we all know Mosley is 6 times the fighter Pacquiao is.
Please, let talk in peace.
1.Manny’s team have one big problem: overconfident. The man is a great fighter but they are underestimating Cotto’s abilities (include some Manny’s fans) I don’t know is this is part of Roach strategy, but that actitude don’t help them. (Cotto is far away to been a shot)
2. This thig about get over Cotto on the fist roud
is a very dangerous one and a very risky strategy also. It’s true Manny is fast and he can move but Cotto in an excelent (gifted) couterpuncher and that is mayor if you remember that he can stop Manny in any moment with a single punch.
3. Been confident and put all the future of this fight on “Manny”s power” is also an risk. Cotto prove and demonstrate many times tha he can be hit by a mule and keep fighting. (remenber Margarito, a real, big welterweight, need 11 round’s and finaly Cotto put his knee on the flour and then walk on his feet to the corner, and that’s a tko not a ko).
again, peace and Cotto by KO.
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joe zamora – I agree with what you say, it all depends who turns up on the night, not every top fighter has a good night on fight night. I also think there is a limit to who Pacman can fight. There comes a point where these welterweights will be too big and strong for him, Cotto could even prove this on Saturday night.
I expect Pacman to adopt a very different strategy compared to his last two fights. I’ve heard people saying he is going to go out there in the early rounds and dominate Cotto with his speed and power, resulting in a KO. I highly doubt this, Cotto is a very dangerous fighter who can easily adapt during a fight. No doubt he will have trouble coping with Pacman’s speed in the early rounds, but I expect him to adapt fairly quickly.
Can’t wait for this bout, should be good.
The cuts will for happen to Cotto I would say around the 3rd. And if Cotto can’t find Pacman, I don’t know how he can win this fight.
ps. cottos skills have been undervalued by the so called experts and saturday cotto will use his skillls and power to ko pacman. maybe rouch should have asked cotto to fight at 135 lbs then i would give pacman the edge of winning by ko.
a lot of words to say very little. a fight is a fight things happen fighters get cut and even the best fighters dont always blow away every fighter they fight, lets ask this question how would pacman fair against clottey or would he even take a fight with a clottey type fighter i dont think rouch would allow it. margarito, mossley, clottey, mayweather all welters would give hell to pacman dont get me wrong pacman is a hell of a fighter but he is human just like cotto is human lets not forget not to long ago he lost and almost was kod by a past his prime 130 lb eric morales, pacman is not undefeatable.
we will be seeing STRENGTH vs SPEED as Baker’s comments.
we will be seeing STRENGTH vs SPEED as Baker’s comments.
@Talo
Yeah. I saw those fights too — Cotto against Zab & Mosley. Both fast fighters. But Cotto overcame.
So did Manny. Overcame stronger boxers with speed — Hatton, dela Hoya, Diaz.
Well, what else can I say? Each fight is as UNIQUE as it is. Just hoping this coming fight will be one unique brawl we’d all love to watch over and over again.
@Talo
Yeah. I saw those fights too — Cotto against Zab & Mosley. Both fast fighter. But Cotto overcame.
Well, what can I say. Each fight is as UNIQUE
just for the
Margacheater, sorry, margarito is guy who dosn´t deserve to be in a ring again. What he did was the most coward act I have ever seen in boxing.
Margarito, shame on you.
@ baker
I agree with you, srength vs. speed.
I think cotto already took on mosley and juda, two fast boxers, so he can take on many too.
Look’s like we’re having a brawl (between Team J&J and Flash Elorde) too early before fight night. Hehe.
Cotto is said to be strong, and Manny is said to be fast. We have our own reasons why we picked on either guys (I pick Manny).
Come fight night, we will be seeing STRENGTH vs SPEED. Good luck to both fighters.
i have to admit the hype for the fight has gotten to me. i’m surprised. when the fight was announced -i didn’t like it. i thought -no way they put manny in there now, before he fights mayweather, with a guy who can beat him. they know cotto is shot; it’s a cakewalk. but i’m hedging a bit now. manny might think he can potshot cotto all night. but cotto still has skills to be leery of. hmmmm… i’m not sure. i guess i still see manny winning. late k.o. maybe.
to win, cotto will have to dominate or stop manny. i don’t see cotto get the nod in a close one -not with manny/mayweather to be made in 2010. manny will get a gift decision if there is one.
To Flash elorde:
Hey im human and i can be wrong, But let me tell you this. Pac is a great fighter but cotto is also great and in a higher level. So with that saying, No matter how good you are, how fast you are, how strong you are, You just cannot beat somebody who is superior than you. I dont see how can manny beat cotto, i just dont see it. Cotto is too talent for him, too much skill. If pac win i have to say he surprise me and with any doubt he is the best ever, But i think cotto is way better than him better fighter than him and will win easy, YES EASY. Let see what happend, See ya sunday morning.
Flash elorde: Listen, Margarito and clottey are something out, This guys are a concrete wall. Nobody can have an easy time in the ring with these guys. Thats why cotto look the way he did. But besides those fighters nobody out in the division are like that like a concrete wall. Pac is not a concrete wall. By the way dont say that clottey beat cotto, no way he beat him. Cotto dominated him all nite. Cotto even have the power to put him down with a short left jab that even margarito maybe with loaded glove could not do it. You get it? There is nobody out there right now that can make cotto look slow and get him tired, just nobody.
let’s not be calling name ok, so sound angry already team j&j.
Have you seen pacs last 2 fights? Have you seen Cotto’s. Cotto gets hit. Always has. And against much lesser opponents. he lost that last fight with Clottey. i can understand a draw but there’s no way he won that fight. even Cotto seemed surprised!
Cotto been beat up his last 2 fights, albeit the first guy cheated. Manny may be too fast and once he starts hitting Cotto he will have flashbacks. Only person I see beating Manny is Floyd. That will be a mega-fight and Pacman isnt gonna let Cotto stand in the way of that.
To Flash elorde:
Look it at you, How ignorant and blind are you? You just say that cotto were easily hits by lesser opponents, But whats wrong with you, How can you comment something like that When pac were easily hit by lesser opponents also, marquez even shake him a few times and that was just one year ago. and the lessers opponents that hit cotto are stronger than the lessers opponent that hit pac. Thats a fact. Come on dont come here with a comment like that.
cotto were easily hits by lesser opponents, once pac start tattoing cotto’s face. miguel will start having flashbacks. manny can thanks margarito for an easy win.
the only fight that is worth waiting for is the pacman vs moneymay. floyd is the only one that can challenge manny at this time.