Friday 23 October 2009

If Cotto beat adversity, he can upset Pacquiao

by Norm Frauenheim, 22 October 2009, 15rounds.com

Adversity’s face, bloodied and often beaten, provides the best look at fighters who are great, those who are trying to be and those who never will be. Unbeaten only means untested. Miguel Cotto is staring straight into that scarred face as he prepares for Manny Pacquiao in this year’s most intriguing fight, also the biggest in his career.

The 145-pound fight is easy to like for all the advertised reasons, the biggest of which is Pacquiao’s rocket-like emergence into the crossover kind of stardom that once belonged to Oscar De La Hoya. But the real drama, at least from this seat in the audience, rests with Cotto, whose deep well of poise and dignity bubbles beneath a quiet exterior. READ MORE

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