MANNY Pacquiao has only Floyd Mayweather Jnr in his sights after dismantling Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas yesterday with a performance of near perfection.
Filipino legend Pacquiao destroyed Cotto for round after round and mercifully referee Kenny Bayless pulled the bloodied and battered Puerto Rican out of the fight in the final round.
Pacquiao has now stopped Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Cotto in his last three bouts to become a seven-weight world champion and now all that remains is for him to take on Mayweather, widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer.
‘Pacman’, who took Cotto’s WBO welterweight crown, said: “I’ll rest up and then think about the next fight, but obviously everyone is talking about Mayweather.
“I think we have to fight, there is no doubt about that. It is the fight the whole world wants to see, the best against the best. It needs to take place next year and I am sure he will want to fight me as much as I want to fight him.” Pacquiao delivered arguably the most awesome display of his stellar career in dethroning Cotto, who came into the ring clearly the bigger man but with nothing like Pacquiao’s stunning accuracy and speed.
Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach was furious that Cotto’s corner did not pull him out of the fight several rounds before the stoppage as the battle increasingly became a one-sided affair.
Roach said: “What I saw out there was a disgrace and Cotto should have been taken out of the fight three rounds earlier than the referee did it. It was one-way traffic and getting worse by the minute.
“They should not have let him take that beating because it will be worse for him in the future.”
Roach had a point as Cotto was a beaten man well before the end, even though he battled throughout the one-sided encounter and caught Pacquiao on numerous occasions. The difference was that Pacquiao’s detonating punches had an impact, but he walked through anything and everything Cotto could throw back.
Cotto started strongly, using his extra weight to gain a slight advantage, but a flash knockdown early on was a warning that this was not going to be his night.
As the bout wore on Cotto’s face started to lacerate and Pacquiao, who was strong at the end of every round, took control.
Pacquiao said: “It was the hardest night of my career. I hit Cotto with everything but he would not go down. It was a great performance from him but I think the referee was right to stop it.”
Source: express.co.uk
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Miguel Cotto bloodied after fighting boxing's best Manny Pacquiao
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