Miguel Cotto wants revenge against Manny Pacquiao
.This was the statement made by Emanuel Steward, who has assumed the role of Cotto's trainer in a story that appeared in the Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero (The Voice).
Steward, whose Kronk Boxing Club in Detroit spawned Thomas Hearns, said Cotto wants another crack at Pacquiao, who won by 12th round knockout in their November 2009 welterweight (147 lbs) duel at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Steward and Cotto are now paired together in preparation for Cotto's June showdown with Yuri Foreman for the latter's world super-welterweight crown."He feels that his defeat to Pacquiao was humiliating and that he wants to face him again," said Steward, who believes that his ward still has what it takes to make waves in the big stage.
Considering the hardship of making a megabuck matchup between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Steward said promotional outfit Top Rank can easily pair Pacquiao against Cotto at 154 lbs, a weight class that Cotto has found comfortable.
Steward said the reason why Cotto lost to Pacquiao was the fact that Cotto had poor balance and that he knows how to remedy the flaw and also rekindle the fire in Cotto's belly.
Although Cotto is not among those being eyed to face Pacquiao when the Filipino returns to the ring in September or November, he could end up being on the same ring with the world's No. 1 fighter this year since they’re are both promoted by Top Rank.
Source: mb.com.ph
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