CHECK OUT THE HAND WRAPS BUT IT WON'T MATTER A BIT

By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com

LOS ANGELES -- Recent reports indicate that Miguel Cotto Sr., will leave nothing to chance and will send a team representative inside the Pacquiao locker room to ensure that the Pacman’s hand wraps are legal.

Nothing wrong with that move. After all, it's Team Cotto’s right to see to it that Pacquiao will not do what Margarito allegedly did.

So I say, go ahead Miguel so you will find out that Pacquiao is an honest fighter and will not resort to foul play to achieve an advantage over any opponent.

Why should he cheat when he knows that he can handle who ever is placed in front of him. Yes, Cotto is no Hatton or even a De la Hoya. But, just like the Brit and the Golden Boy, he will fall as well.

Perhaps Team Cotto should ask their cutman, Joe Chavez who worked the Pacquiao corner before and find out the real deal, that is -- Pacman relies on his speed, power and overall ring generalship to win fights. There is no need to “load his gloves” to achieve a resounding victory.

You know what?

With the high probability that Pacquiao will opt for the Cleto Reyes gloves, there will be no need to “plaster” his hands because with those “puncher’s gloves his powerful punches will cut up Cotto anyway, that is if he does not knock him out first.

Perhaps it would do Cotto good if his Team concentrates on what is important to win the fight rather that basically suspecting that Pacquiao could be another cheating Margarito.

Rather than being so distrustful, Miguel Sr., would have gathered more points and looked good to boot if he said the opposite, that is - Team Cotto will trust Team Pacquiao in so far as hand wraps are concerned rather than coming out saying “yeah, we will sent someone to keep an eye on them to make sure they do not cheat,” or something to that effect.

It is simply unfathomable to even think that Pacquiao will “do a Margarito”, not with the very reputable Freddie Roach doing the hand wraps and before the eagle eyes of the HBO cameras.

I am sure Pacquiao would rather lose the fight fair and square than attempt to cheat.

Perhaps people are forgetting that Pacquiao carries with him the whole Filipino nation each time he climbs the ring. The Cotto fight is no different.

Besides, he has a very good reason to keep honest. He will be running for a political office in May 2010 and one of the strong points he carries to the political ring is his integrity.

Do you think he will sacrifice that? Hell may freeze over before he will even think of that!

But just the same, you have the rights, so go ahead Miguel, check out the hand wraps but it won’t matter a bit!

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