Manny Pacquiao produced another sublime performance in his destruction of Miguel Cotto on Saturday but it was not his fast hands and flashy combinations that grabbed me about his victory, instead it was the Filipino’s granite chin.
We all knew about the attacking ability that Pacquiao had but his ability to walk through the punches of Cotto, a natural welterweight who thought he would have too much power for the man who began at flyweight, was impressive.
Cotto couldn’t keep the 30-year-old southpaw away.
The Puerto Rican looked like a holiday maker desperately, and unsuccessfully, swatting at a fly. The combinations didn’t stop coming from Pacquiao and in truth the fight should have been stopped before the 12th such was the one-sided nature of this lopsided contest.
The poor state of Cotto’s face at the end of the fight said it all.
Pacquiao’s seventh title at an unprecedented seventh weight now leaves him as the sports pound-for-pound king. The Filipino’s promoter Bob Arum, who worked with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler, described him as the best fighter he had ever seen, however there is one more fight out there for him.
A bout with American Floyd Mayweather Jr is the fight the world wants to see before the Pac Man hangs up his gloves and takes up his career in politics, singing or whatever avenue he chooses. But how will that fight turn out?
I always believed Mayweather’s defensive skills would see him overcome Pacquiao if the two ever fought but after watching the Pac Man on Saturday I am not convinced.
Cotto is a fighter renowned for slowing down opponents and fighting them at his pace but Pacquiao was relentless for 12 rounds, didn’t let him dictate and just kept pressuring him.
Mayweather is of course a better fighter than Cotto but can he stop the Filipino? I’m not so sure.
Source: blogs.reuters.com
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Manny Pacquiao lands a left on Miguel Cotto
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