Pacquiao vs Cotto: Fight Recap... PACQUIAO RULES

Pacquiao knocks out Cotto in 12th. Manny Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Saturday night, knocking down Miguel Cotto twice in the first four rounds and turning his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him 55 seconds into the 12th round.

Pacquiao used his blazing speed and power from both hands to win his seventh title in seven weight classes and cement his stature as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Cotto took such a beating that his face was a river of red from the fury of Pacquiao’s punches.

Pacquiao dropped Cotto with a right hand early in the third round, but he wasn’t badly hurt and came back to finish the round strong. But after Pacquiao put Cotto on the canvas with a big left hand as Cotto was advancing forward late in the fourth round, Cotto was never the same again.

Cotto fought gamely but in the later rounds he was just trying to survive as blood flowed down his face and Pacquiao kept coming after him relentlessly.

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Cotto is Pacquiao’s Mayweather

By Francisco Hernandez: When Manuel Pacquiao refused to fight Juan Manuel Marquez a third time, Marquez decided to chase Pacquiao into the lightweight and then the Welterweight divisions, hoping to either outshine the Pacman or shame him into a third fight.

Marquez didn’t waste time with small fights or has-been fighters, he wanted big fights that could make the most money and deliver the most prestige. In the lightweight division he challenged and knocked-out two great champions, dangerous fighters who had dominated the lightweight division: Joel Casamayor, and Juan Diaz. When MannyPacquiao moved up to the lightweight division he challenged a club fighter named David Diaz.

Again when Marquez moved up to challenge the Welterweights he called out Mayweather. Mayweather is a fighter who outmatched Marquez dramatically in both size and speed.Juan Manuel could have chosen easier opponents but he decided to go against a great risk in Mayweather. On the other hand Manny chose to go against the husk of Oscar de la Hoya. In his next fight Manny comatosed the over-rated brit Ricky Hatton.

All this is not to say that Manuel Pacquiao is not an excellent fighter. Despite the low level at which Oscar and Hatton had fallen, the way in which Pacquiao disposed of them was phenomenal. This is the characteristic that makes Manny Pacquiao so exciting, no one else in boxing today disposes of opponents the way Manny Pacquiao does. In his last three fights Manny has dished out severe one-way beatings.

Now Manny has chosen to fight a real risk, Miguel Cotto, just like Mayweather was a real risk for Juan Manuel Marquez. Cotto is a bigger and stronger man, who is at the top of his game. He is younger than Pacquiao and is in top physical shape. Cotto has the boxing technique needed to neutralize Manny’s speed, as he demonstrated against Judah and more emphatically against Shane Mosley. Cotto also has a granite chin. He took the punch of a Clotty who looks like a light-heavy weight. Cotto could not be knocked out by what were probably the plaster reinforced hands of Margarito.

The great Marquez took a high risk against Mayweather and although he failed to pull it off, he fought with great dignity, forcing Mayweather to fight out of a turtle shell; Mayweather was forced to rely on pot shots and was never able to mount a sustained offensive against Marquez. Marquez lost the fight because he didn’t have the power or the speed to mount an offensive himself to force Mayweather out of his turtle-shell. Now Manny is facing his own high risk in the form ofMiguel Cotto. This is truly the defining fight for Manny Pacquiao whether it is in defeat or victory. In Cotto, Manny is facing the first fighter who has all the advantages over Manny. By logic, Cotto simply cannot be overcome by Manny.

Manny has been tested in three tough fights, the first fight against Eric Morales (where he was defeated) and the two fights againstJuan Manuel Marquez (tie, split decision). In those fights Manny demonstrated a great heart and looked admirably even in defeat. But in those fights Manny was on level ground. Against Cotto Manny will be fighting uphill.

If Manual Pacquiao does the impossible which is to defeat Miguel Cotto, then he will have cemented his place amongst the great fighters. If Manny loses with dignity then he will not lose any of his hard won admiration. If Manny comes apart at the seams, is dismantled by Cotto, then he will have shown that he was not a fighter up for heroic tasks.

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Cotto to go in first or late rounds - Roach

By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star) Updated November 05, 2009 12:00 AM

HOLLYWOOD – Freddie Roach is putting a thousand bucks that Manny Pacquiao stops Miguel Cotto right in the opening round.

He thinks it could happen. He wants it to happen.

“I’m just saying it’s a possibility. And if we hurt him early we’ll finish him. He’s been hurt early many times,” said Roach at his Wild Card Gym Tuesday after steering Pacquiao to eight rounds of sparring on a surprisingly hot California afternoon.

Roach has been calling for a first-round knockout for Pacquiao on Nov. 14, and said in case it fails, he also put in a thousand bucks each on rounds nine and 10. A reporter said he’d take the cue so he’d make some money.

“Me, too,” was the quick answer from the hottest trainer in boxing today.
As Pacquiao took the backdoor out of the gym, after more than two hours of heavy workout, Roach talked to scribes from Manila. He was showed a photo of a shirt-less Cotto, a shot that was taken just hours earlier at the LB4LB Gym somewhere in LA.

“He likes tattoos and we’re going to put tattoos on his face, too,” said Roach, still at it in trying to throw the WBO welterweight champion from Puerto Rico off. Slowly but surely he’s been succeeding.

“He said it hasn’t (affected him) but he’s been talking about it. I’m just saying he has many fundamental mistakes,” added Roach of Cotto, a natural welterweight (147) but someone who might have difficulty making the catchweight of 145 lb.

“I tell you what I watched his fights when he still had hair and he’s a pretty good fighter. But in his fights with no hair he showed mistakes. His mistakes? He tells you when he’s coming in. This is going to be a Ricky Hatton fight all over again,” said Roach.

By this time, Pacquiao was stuck somewhere inside his favorite Thai restaurant downstairs, grabbing a bite and surrounded by friends and some pretenders too overzealous to keep the scribes from Manila from entering.

He sparred eight rounds against Ray Beltran and Urbano Antillon, and raised his total to 138 rounds. Roach said sparring continues with six rounds on Thursday, four on Saturday and probably three or four more on Monday, the day the team pushes to Las Vegas.

No media was allowed in as Pacquiao sparred.

Pacquiao looked spent coming out of the gym, but had time to have a picture taken with a fan, a little girl who had waited for more than three hours out front to get a glimpse of the Pinoy icon. He was smiling even if you knew he was tired.

Roach said he likes where they’re at right now.

“Eight rounds today then down to six and four. He’s ready and he’s back to normal after some distractions in Manila where everybody wants a piece of him of course. He’s been into some great sparring. He’s happy and he’s okay. And I’m happy, too. He’s where I want him to be,” said the trainer.

Roach repeated what he said a few days ago that if Cotto, who will be fined $1 million for every excess pound, goes in over 147 then he would call the fight off.

“He should be able to make it. But I really don’t care what he weighs. The contract is the contract. We’ll deal with it as it comes. If he’s too heavy there’ll be no fight,” he said, however, adding that Manny might go the opposite way.

“Manny doesn’t give a shit. Manny will fight him at any weight. Manny will fight King Kong,” said Roach, then asked how much he’s putting into the fight.

“I put a thousand in the first round then I put a thousand on rounds nine and 10,” said Roach.

He wasn’t joking.

Notes: Manny Pacquiao came out smiling, waving to his fans when he was called in by the host, Jimmy Kimmel. He was greeted with chants of “Manny! Manny!” from the Filipinos among the audience. Kimmel, a very popular talk show host here in LA, the program being aired live from Hollywood Boulevard, was quick to realize that Pacquiao had too many fans, and said, “I don’t want you to think this is a fight because I don’t want to get punched.” Then he asked the Filipino fighter if he preferred to be called “The Mexecutioner” or “Pacman,” and the 30-year-old ring icon answered, “Just Pacman.” That set the tone for his first and very successful appearance in a live program beamed nationwide. He was asked if he ever played the computer game, which he was named after, and he said he did when he was young, but that the only other Pacman he knows now is his three-year-old Jack Rusell Terrier. He did bring the house down, especially when he belted out Dan Hill’s “Sometimes When We Touch” live. The fans just went crazy, and Kimmel rose from his chair to give the boxer a hug. It surely won’t be the last of Pacquiao’s appearance on US television.

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Miguel Cotto: Can he be denied?

Boxing Examiner | Vivek Wallace

The career of Miguel Cotto has been a very storied one in such a short period of time.

For years, he was viewed as a heavily protected fighter, sheltered by the arms of a promoter who knew exactly how to map out his future, despite the rumblings of fans who felt he was little more than a manufactured Puerto Rican hype, anxious to grab what was left of the islands rich history in the sport.

In the 140lb jr. welterweight ranks, many saw Cotto struggle at times, partly due to a chin that the public perceived as more porcelin than powerful.

Silently, while they all sat back and formulated thoughts that now amount to very little, the Puerto Rican banger has somehow figured it all out.

Gone are the days of questioned stamina, present are the days of world class endurance. Gone are the remnants of questionable opposition, present is a resume that proves precisely why he now stands on the stage he now stands.

At 147lbs, bar none, there is no more legitimate fighter anywhere in the sport.

In his last 11 fights, Cotto has only fought 3 men who some would view as minimal test, (Branco, Urkal, and Jennings). That laundry list of dominant foes dominated includes the likes of powerful Colombian Ricardo Torres, speedy Zab Judah, Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey, and Shane Mosley.

He has developed what was once average boxing skills into what can now be viewed as a very thorough ability, as evidenced by his destruction of slick boxers like Malignaggi and Carlos Quintana, a man who owns the dubious distinction of being the only fighter to date to defeat the awkward Paul Williams.

As we take a trip down memory lane and bring things back full circle in the career of Miguel Cotto, we ask, does the lessons learned in years of the past help him at all against the man he'll be confronted with on November 14th?

Pacquiao has demonstrated more ability and fire than nearly all of those men, but what he hasn't demonstrated is the ability to accomplish such feats against a man that not only carries more power, but is also younger, and truly in his prime.

This defining moment in the career of Cotto may serve as a breeding ground to remove all the pain from the past; but it won't come easy.

Manny Pacquiao is determined to prove yet again why he is the sports pound-for-pound king. But Miguel Cotto is a man on a mission that won't be denied. Considering that someone has to lose, the operative question today is will he (be denied)? Or better yet, can he?

We'll find out in less than two weeks.

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No stopping Manny's jet-setters...

BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR

MALACAÑANG cannot restrain government officials if they decide to fly to Las Vegas for the match between Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto on Nov. 15 (Manila time).

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said all they could do is remind everyone, including those in charge of approving travel orders and leaves, to be strict and conscious that these leaves and travels "should not just be spent for the purpose of watching such an activity."

"There is a need for us to be considerate of our resources. In my case for example, being the one authorized to issue travel authority, I will assure the public that I will not be very liberal in giving authorization for those asking to go just to see the fight of Pacquiao," he said.

Reports said deputy national security adviser Luis Singson filed an official leave for a medical checkup abroad. He’ll still be in the US by the time the fight is held.

Ermita said he is not aware about Singson’s plans but stressed Cabinet members, including elected officials, are entitled to seek official leave.

"That is one of the reasons that they can submit, they can go on leave, they’re entitled, they already earned that. So that’s one reason or baka naman meron silang tinapat na lang nila, meron silang medical check up sa Amerika, kanila na lamang, kanilang itinapat. These are possibilities, pero it’s not something you can tie a rope around their waist and say hey you cannot leave," he said.

Speaker Prospero Nograles defended himself and some congressmen who are expected to watch the bout in Las Vegas, saying they would miss only one session day which is Monday, when sessions resume after the Halloween break.

"Well I think the ones who will go Vegas are the regulars and will not miss sessions because they leave Thursday afternoon and be back Tuesday morning so they may miss only one session day, Monday, which is privilege hour day," he said.

Nograles is leading a House contingent to Washington to meet with counterparts in the US Congress to discuss areas of legislative cooperation on issues that affects both the US and the Philippines, such as the economy, peace and order and human rights particularly in Mindanao.

Nograles said he has no reason not to watch the bout because he has "never missed his (Pacquiao’s) fights."

"I am part of the team (Pacquiao) especially because he comes from Mindanao and has residence in my district in Davao," he said.

Nograles said he does not know how many congressmen will fly to Las Vegas because they will be spending their own money. – With Wendell Vigilia

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Cotto: I'm still on the up

Miguel Cotto has brushed off suggestions that his defeat to Antonio Margarito last year has affected his confidence.

The 29-year-old was previously unbeaten but surprisingly lost his WBA welterweight title to the Mexican in a brutal encounter that was stopped in the 11th round.

Cotto returned with an easy victory against over-matched Briton Michael Jennings, before struggling to a narrow points victory over Joshua Clottey, despite putting the Ghanaian on the floor early in the fight.

However, the Puerto Rican fought much of the fight with a bad cut following a clash of heads and while he now approaches the biggest fight of his career against Manny Pacquiao on November 14, Margarito has since lost to veteran Shane Mosley.

Not only that, the Mexican was subsequently banned after being found to have 'loaded wraps' following the loss, something that, while never proved, could have affected the outcome of the Cotto fight.
Losses

"A loss is a loss," said Cotto. "Nobody knows for sure if he uses it (heavier wraps) with me or not, just Margarito and his team.

"But it makes me feel better about the loss. Boxing fans are knowledgeable. They are the judges."

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach has said that a fighter's first defeat is the toughest to recover from, but Cotto countered: "Why don't you ask Manny that question because he has had three losses - I have had just one.

"My commitment is with myself. In my last fight I could have stopped the fight (because of the cut) but I decided to stay in the ring because of my commitment to myself and my family.

"Sometimes when you lose, you win. Since Margarito great things have come to my career. Where is Margarito right now and where is Miguel Cotto.

"I'm preparing for 12 rounds and nobody is going to know what will happen until the night of the 14th.

"It is the most important fight of my career, but we'll have to see on the 14th if he is the toughest guy I have fought in my career.

"Manny looked good against Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, but I'm not Oscar or Hatton. Manny chose the right time to fight Oscar."

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Pacquiao Sings While Cotto Puts on a Show in L.A.

Published on November 4, 2009 by Ariel Avenasa in Boxing

As a sign of each one’s commercial viability at this juncture of their careers, the protagonists in the ‘Firepower’ pay-per-view event on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas spent their Tuesdays in L.A. doing separate and contrasting activities.

At around noontime, Puerto Rican pride Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) conducted a public workout for the media at the Pound-4-Pound Gym just south of Beverly Hills in L.A. Cotto showed his tremendous form which he achieved after more than ten weeks of training thus far. He also seemed right at home as he shadow boxed, hit the mitts, and talked to comedian Mario Lopez and several reporters on hand, as reported by David Avila of The Sweet Science.

After the media workout the WBO Welterweight champion is expected to immediately head back to Las Vegas
where he is now based after wrapping up his training camp in Tampa, Florida over the weekend. Pacquiao’s media workout is scheduled for Wednesday.

Meanwhile, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) who is also in L.A. for the penultimate stage of his training camp at the Wild Card Boxing Club of coach Freddie Roach engaged in eight rounds of sparring with sparmates Urbano Antillon and Shawn Porter, as reported by Michael Marley of Examiner.com.



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Published on November 4, 2009 by Ariel Avenasa in Boxing

"Firepower" pay-per-view event’s protagonists were in L.A. on Tuesday. While Puerto Rican bomber Miguel Cotto showed tremendous form in a media workout, Filipino spitfire Manny Pacquiao showed his vocal range as he guested in the popular Jimmy Kimmel Live late night talk show.

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As a sign of each one’s commercial viability at this juncture of their careers, the protagonists in the ‘Firepower’ pay-per-view event on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas spent their Tuesdays in L.A. doing separate and contrasting activities.

At around noontime, Puerto Rican pride Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) conducted a public workout for the media at the Pound-4-Pound Gym just south of Beverly Hills in L.A. Cotto showed his tremendous form which he achieved after more than ten weeks of training thus far. He also seemed right at home as he shadow boxed, hit the mitts, and talked to comedian Mario Lopez and several reporters on hand, as reported by David Avila of The Sweet Science.
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After the media workout the WBO Welterweight champion is expected to immediately head back to Las Vegas
where he is now based after wrapping up his training camp in Tampa, Florida over the weekend. Pacquiao’s media workout is scheduled for Wednesday.

Meanwhile, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) who is also in L.A. for the penultimate stage of his training camp at the Wild Card Boxing Club of coach Freddie Roach engaged in eight rounds of sparring with sparmates Urbano Antillon and Shawn Porter, as reported by Michael Marley of Examiner.com.

The Pacman also spent time watching the progress of his friend and former sparmate as well, WBA Light Welterweight champion Amir Khan who will be making his first title defense against Brooklyn-based Ukrainian Dmitry Salita on December 5 in Newcastle, UK.

Just par for the course for Pacquiao as far as the day’s training goes but what sets this particular day apart from the countless days in the Pacman’s career is that on this night he will be guesting on the raucous late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, a move which could officially place Pacquiao on the verge of popular mainstream consciousness as this is a nationally-syndicated show in the U.S.

Pacquiao was his usual fun-loving and unassuming self during the show where he was even seen punching pumpkins backstage in a mock training set-up and belting out Dan Hill’s ballad ‘Sometimes When We Touch’ during the show’s music segment. The Pacman proved to be too cute for host comedian Jimmy Kimmel that he gave him a hug after the performance. I’m sure a lot of uninitiated viewers were also taken by the Pacman’s charm as well.

Given that it’s another publicity stunt orchestrated by Top Rank but Pacquiao’s sincerity and charm just makes this supposedly routine promotional stop a little more special. More importantly, the show provided a platform for Pacquiao to convert those thousands who are not yet converted out there to hop on to the Pacman bandwagon.

This nifty move is sure to not only add a couple thousand of nice PPV buys on the 14th but also with Pacquiao’s future fights whoever the opponent may be, in a bid to make the Pacman not only Asia’s greatest fighter ever but also its biggest cross-over star if he is not one already.

As for the singing? Well, let’s just say… keep your day job Manny, we’ll love you anyway.

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