In a series of video exclusives from Telegraph Sport this week with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym, in LA, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao has insisted that a first round stoppage is possible for Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto.
If Cotto is hurt in the first round, Pacquiao will go for the finish. Roach told me: “Cotto has been hurt six times in his career in the first round, and if we catch him right, we will be looking to capitalise on it. I know I said first round win for Manny a few weeks ago. It is not the most probable outcome, but there is a possibility of it.”
Roach also believes that Pacquiao has advantages in this contest against Cotto, for the WBO welterweight title, because he is a southpaw. “It’s a massive advantage, because the hook is so much closer.” Cotto is also left-handed, like Pacquiao, but tends to take the orthodox stance for most of his activity, though he does switch.
“Cotto will switch,” says Roach. “But we will catch him in the middle of switching.”
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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