Bradley’s trainer sees Cotto as a bad choice for Pacquiao
January 16th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Joel Diaz, the trainer for WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, feels that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is a terrible choice to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in his next fight.
Diaz told examiner.com “What’s the point of watching a fight [Cotto-Pacquiao] like that again? He put a beating on Cotto. Cotto’s not getting any younger. He’s slower than a couple of years ago. All we’re going to see is another beating from Manny Pacquiao.”
I totally agree with Diaz on that one. All Cotto is going to do is go out and get thrashed in four or five rounds if he tries to actually win the fight instead of running.
Diaz doesn’t think Cotto can handle Pacquiao’s pressure and intensity and feels he’ll break down quickly if he’s put under the kind of pressure that Pacquiao put on him in their previous fight.
Diaz goes on to say that the guys that Arum has put Cotto in with were fighters that made him look good because they weren’t in his class. Cotto fought Yuri Foreman, who couldn’t punch, a 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga and Antonio Margarito. Diaz thought Margarito wasn’t the same fighter after getting beaten by Pacquiao a year before he fought Cotto for the second time. Diaz didn’t like the timing of the Margarito stoppage in the Cotto rematch, which occurred right after Margarito’s best round after the 9th.
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every one in australia is over manny now he is a washed up over promoted fighter that got exposed so badly that he doesnt even deserve to be called number 5 pound for pound. so to the boxer who thinks manny is the best man you need to take a look around at the boxing landscape manny is finished every person in the bar i watched the marquez fight seen marquez hands down make manny look stupid and that is the truth !!!!!!!!
iF COTTO AND PAC MAN FOUGHT AT 150 LBS THERES NO DOUGHT IN MY MIND IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT FIGHT AND COTTO WILL COME OUT ON TOP.
True what Diaz said, but I don’t think bradley is as good as may jr. If bradley beat may jr, then I would agree with Diaz. But I think cotto is better than Bradley
@ Miguel Cotto Australia
Mentally he feels good but the win was aganst Margarito the cheater who doesnt have power is slooww and NOT a boxer. Cotto has poor footwork he backs up slowly and his feet get close together. Trust me i know what im talking about. Pacman KO 8
Pac running from black…. Floyd and Bradley.
Ofcourse, cause they want to make that money…. hahhah Bradley needs to fight some real fighters first to deserve a shot against Pac.
Bradley needs to fight sum1 thats not over 40 n a top ten contender before he can call out Pac man.
Bradley is bad choice for Pacquiao .Mannys head is in trouble.boring.
Bradley and his trainer Diaz blew their chance they should of took the golden boys offer to fight Khan but too bad Peterson is now a star and Bradley the Goat LOL
cotto has a good training program now , he has direction in his life and he is on the up now cotto is committed , first antonio and its done now , now pacman or whoever then floyds first loss.
Cotto cant beat elite fighters? He has two losses one of them someone cheated yes he lost to pacman bad but he fought the wrong fight a rematch with pac would be diffrent if he doesn’t fight at a catch weight that would handy cap him.. Cotto is a threat to all of 154 top ten except martinez, his new style gives him a chance to beat these guys,.bradley is a good fighter but I dnt see him selling that fight or winning that fight..
Dan, at 154 cotto will win the fight if pac-man do not came with his rules again like the first fihgt. So little Dan just S**K my boneless finger then put your wife to enjoy too.
I think if Cotto and Pacman fight at 154 things could get very difficult for Pacman. Cotto might have the advantage and enough to win the fight. But, boring Bradley has no chance of beating Pacman.
Other than give Cotto a pay-cheque, what other reason is there for this fight? Their last fight was not even a close one. There is no chance in hell for cotto to win aganst Pacquiao, especially that he pays the judges and drinks the concoction.
You’re an idiot…..its people like you that are making floyd’s fans look bad this site is for true boxing fans not immature idiotic floyd nuthuggers
@ Truthbetold
Just as Love for the sport said of Pac you goes double for you. You take it to the gutter.
@ Love for the sport
Ofcourse any fighter would jump at the chance of a Pacquiao fight, just as they would for a Mayweather fight $$$$$$ kerching.
@ Love for the sport
Who are you refering to as a washed up fighter?? Cotto?
Boy you have no love for any sport, Fighters lose fighters win but according to you after a defeat they are washed up LMAO you are a joke
What about Mayweather and Marquez, oh they r great boxers so they DONT get the fight.
Agree!!!
@ Pac You
Your an idiot its people like you that are making paquiao fans look bad this site is for true boxing fans not immature idiotic paquiao nuthuggers
Don’t you mean Bradley’s trainer sees Cotto as an obstacle to a large pay day?
manny the “catchweight” fraud, only reason he won against cotto is weight, regardless cotto havent beent he same since maragrito first loss. what u think floyd would do to pac? destroy em literally. arum roach and pac scared to death.,
did we forget the fact that when Cotto fought Pacquiao, it was a catchweight of 145 when Cotto was barely making 147. not to mention the fact that he trained himself for that fight,and had problems out the ring like a mother effer. let Pacquiao fight Cotto at 154 with no catchweight and see what happens. hell, let him fight anybody without a catchweight!!!!
@CELEB_ONE
All boxers are dreaming to fight Pacman no matter if they lost.They surely be proud of,if Pacman chooses them…meaning they also belong to one of the best boxers in the world.Aside from that, Pacman chooses those who are good,humble respectable,no trash talker and genuine professional boxers.Hey what about the scared and coward Floyd Jr who is a convicted criminal,what do you think?Bwahahahahaha!
Margaritos best round was the 4th and mayorga or margarito would KO Bradley he has no punching power and he comes in wide open if he fights paquiao that would be a real mismatch he be out of there within 7 rounds.
All you Paquiao nuthuggers explain to me why fakequiao wont give a hungry fighter someone who is gonna want to go in and actually try to win not a washed up fighter trying to get a good paycheck before he retires.
like any trainer hes gonna say that cause he wants a good pay day for bradley and him.what a joke
Margaritos best, round was the fourth he got battered in,da ninth he landed a couple of alright hits in the,9th but that’s it
Dream on Bradley, a fight with Pacman is every boxer’s dream today….just dream on.