Well, I called it. But credit to Cotto.

[Majesty]

Not to say I told you so, but I did

Ever since this fight has been signed i've been very open about what I felt was gonna happen and it seemed right on the money tonight.

Pacquiao is going to beat Cotto and it's going to be one sided. Sorry to say but it is I've said this many times. Pacquiao is not the fighter Cotto needs to fight right now. Cotto is mentally still broken from the Margarito fight and any confidence he may have gained in thinking he was only dented was because of the gloves was quickly taken out of him in the Clottey fight as he found himself getting busted up in the same way but with no glove excuse. Cotto did just enough in the last part of that fight and it was more Clottey taking his foot off the gas then Cotto getting him off of him. Pacquiao won't take his foot off the gas and Cotto's self doubt will creep back in his mind if Pacquiao isn't gone in 4 rounds. Cotto is done, once Pacquiao starts hurting him he will fall apart again and Pacquiao won't let up on the gas he will finish him. Cotto is a good fighter but he isn't what he needs to be to beat someone like Pacquiao anymore.

Pacquiao's gonna massacre Cotto. He mentally won't deal with what Pacquiao is going to be dishing out to him. it's not gonna be a good night for Miguel Cotto fans. If Cotto somehow beats Pacquiao I will be more then shocked. But Pacquiao is gonna stop him late. I've said why about 10 times already but I can't see how anyone can look at Cotto's recent performances and think he has a shot against Pacquiao, he mentally folds when under pressure nowadays, the faith that he could stay because he'd stop them late with his power and overcome was broken when he lost to Margarito, and even if it had been a little restored by a fake confidence because of the handwrap controversy it was shattered again when Clottey started pressuring and hurting him. Cotto had that look in his eyes like "not again" had clottey nto taken the gas off the peddle then he would have stopped Cotto as well. Cotto got time to regain some composure and do enough to win the late rounds, but the fiery Cotto that would go through any lengths to stop someone because he knew he could, was gone, Clottey just didn't pour it on late and Cotto got time to rest and get by.

Pacquiao won't give Cotto ANY chance to regain his confidence. Once Cotto is discouraged, it's over and he is done and will take punishment until its stopped. Boxing is more mental then physical, and Cotto mentally isn't the same fighter and at this point in his career he needs more then one tough fight back after what mentally scarred him in the Margarito fight. Pacquiao is gonna re-open that scar and implant a preferment memory in Cotto, and it's one he won't come back from. Not this fight.

That's why I didn't order the fight (I went to watch it at a neighbors house instead lol)

But I do give credit to Cotto that he didn't want the fight to be stopped, and I think this loss to Pacquiao may be the confidence boost he needed to get back to what he can get through. He even in taking a beating proved to himself that he can stay in there and take the punishment, the doubts about it in the Margarito fight he was afraid of happening again, well it happened but this time he didn't quit and didn't fold, he wanted to finish the fight on his feet and I give Cotto all the credit in the world for that. Cotto gained a fan in me tonight by his heart. As far as Pacquiao goes, he did what I thought he would, still a fan but I'm more of a Cotto fan after tonight.


So big big big credit to Cotto tonight, he lost in a one sided fashion that I thought he would but he never quit, and I think that is what he needed to know about himself.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

1. Bayliss is a cunt. Did I misshear any instructions at the start of round 12 by him saying to Cotto, take one more punch and I'm stopping the fight. No. He deserved to see out the round.

2. Cotto CAN adapt but he was his own worst enemy. We saw it in part last night and we've seen it before, Manny can be outboxed, he should have stuck to that and walked a decision, he tried to make it exciting and when two solid fighters start opening up anything can happen.

Cotto lacked the mental discipline to fight smart for 12.

Ali is held up as an icon for fighting the way he fought, anyone else do that and they're a runner or negative.

[Gandalf]

1. Bayliss is a cunt. Did I misshear any instructions at the start of round 12 by him saying to Cotto, take one more punch and I'm stopping the fight. No. He deserved to see out the round.

2. Cotto CAN adapt but he was his own worst enemy. We saw it in part last night and we've seen it before, Manny can be outboxed, he should have stuck to that and walked a decision, he tried to make it exciting and when two solid fighters start opening up anything can happen.

Cotto lacked the mental discipline to fight smart for 12.

Ali is held up as an icon for fighting the way he fought, anyone else do that and they're a runner or negative.

The thing with Manny is that he can be such a whirlwind that the gameplan just goes out of the window for the opponent. Cotto started well, but it all went out of the window in the second when Manny just became demonic. Then getting dropped in the third. To be fair Cotto seemed to be doing alright in the fourth but then another KD and the fight was over from that point on. Cotto was unable to keep it going for a whole 3 minutes a round like he did in the first. As soon as the combinations started coming at him, he seemed lost. From midway we saw the occasional decent jab and punches at the gloves of Manny, but there was nothing that seemed to be making any serious dent. I was impressed with Manny's chin more than anything, Cotto landed a couple of decent uppercuts and pounded at the body, but no response from Pac. It was strange.

Pac has moved up and not only kept his speed, but his chin and power has improved. It's a potent mixture of attributes. I actually think a Mayweather fight would be closer than I originally thought. Hatton gave Mayweather problems for the first 5 rounds. Hatton is slower than Manny, and lacks his punch variety, output and chin. Mayweather will counter him well, but I really don't know if Mayweather can keep him off anymore. Pacs work rate is so high and Mayweather really doesn't like to work all that hard. It's a fight that I just don't know about now.

[brucelee]

OKay Miles. Now you're beginning to love my boy PAc.


Whew, I was scared during the first three rounds. I thought Pac would be TKOed fighting toe to toe with Cotto.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

In terms of punch speed I thought they were equal, the difference was pacs better footwork in terms of getting outside Cottos lead leg. The second knockdown pretty much sealed it. Cotto knew he wouldn't be able to fully open up from that point on.

[mnmc10]

i think i saw a few people claiming that pac has bad footwork....


i was scared for pac when he let cotto punch him. i was asking myself why pac was eggin cotto to trap him on the ropes. cotto is a scary dude he punches hard, probably the strongest pac tasted so far.

in a way letting cotto punch him atleast proved that he can take the punch and maybe so haters will have one less excuse as to why pac won.

i cant ask for more from pac!


btw what does a boxer do after a fight? rest? go to the hospital? not for pac, an hour after the bout he went immediately to his concert! damn dude is full of energy!

[Intazzz]

Full credit for both guys but in the end pacman is the man standing. I couldn't ask for more. Hands down to Manny Pacquiao. Again he shut the f uck Up again his critics. Pacquiao your ATG no doubt.

[rjj tszyu]

Full credit for both guys but in the end pacman is the man standing. I couldn't ask for more. Hands down to Manny Pacquiao. Again he shut the f uck Up again his critics. Pacquiao your ATG no doubt.

For sure, he is an ATG but, he is fighting another next (i hope) and this time Pac will fall short of being able to drag Mayweather into a brawl and will be countered heavily throughout and stopped around rounds 8 or 9 IMO.

[halo1]

1. Bayliss is a cunt. Did I misshear any instructions at the start of round 12 by him saying to Cotto, take one more punch and I'm stopping the fight. No. He deserved to see out the round.

2. Cotto CAN adapt but he was his own worst enemy. We saw it in part last night and we've seen it before, Manny can be outboxed, he should have stuck to that and walked a decision, he tried to make it exciting and when two solid fighters start opening up anything can happen.

Cotto lacked the mental discipline to fight smart for 12.

Ali is held up as an icon for fighting the way he fought, anyone else do that and they're a runner or negative.

The thing with Manny is that he can be such a whirlwind that the gameplan just goes out of the window for the opponent. Cotto started well, but it all went out of the window in the second when Manny just became demonic. Then getting dropped in the third. To be fair Cotto seemed to be doing alright in the fourth but then another KD and the fight was over from that point on. Cotto was unable to keep it going for a whole 3 minutes a round like he did in the first. As soon as the combinations started coming at him, he seemed lost. From midway we saw the occasional decent jab and punches at the gloves of Manny, but there was nothing that seemed to be making any serious dent. I was impressed with Manny's chin more than anything, Cotto landed a couple of decent uppercuts and pounded at the body, but no response from Pac. It was strange.

Pac has moved up and not only kept his speed, but his chin and power has improved. It's a potent mixture of attributes. I actually think a Mayweather fight would be closer than I originally thought. Hatton gave Mayweather problems for the first 5 rounds. Hatton is slower than Manny, and lacks his punch variety, output and chin. Mayweather will counter him well, but I really don't know if Mayweather can keep him off anymore. Pacs work rate is so high and Mayweather really doesn't like to work all that hard. It's a fight that I just don't know about now.

Try to see the ESPN interview. He said Cotto shots were powerful but he tried not show him (Cotto) that he was hurt. The man's got balls...major. See Pacman's face? Hewas marked as well.

Props to Cotto...but Manny is an ATG no doubt...

[TheMacMagician]

In terms of punch speed I thought they were equal, the difference was pacs better footwork in terms of getting outside Cottos lead leg. The second knockdown pretty much sealed it. Cotto knew he wouldn't be able to fully open up from that point on.

Pac's footwork is absolutely incredible, and really that is what enables him to throw so many solid punches, undetected if you like. He's thrown three or four punches at your from three or four diff angles and then gets out before you have chances to get in position for a response. Uppercut, right, left, right hook, all from a different standing point, crazy.

[sumkalambay]

pacquiao's a phenom. he looked his technical-best in this fight.

[sumkalambay]

1. Bayliss is a cunt. Did I misshear any instructions at the start of round 12 by him saying to Cotto, take one more punch and I'm stopping the fight. No. He deserved to see out the round.

2. Cotto CAN adapt but he was his own worst enemy. We saw it in part last night and we've seen it before, Manny can be outboxed, he should have stuck to that and walked a decision, he tried to make it exciting and when two solid fighters start opening up anything can happen.

Cotto lacked the mental discipline to fight smart for 12.

Ali is held up as an icon for fighting the way he fought, anyone else do that and they're a runner or negative.

are u actually saying cotto could've won a decision here?? i don't know what fight u were watching but pacquiao was out-doing him at all distances in almost every round. cotto won two, possibly three, rounds max.

and that stoppage was fine, cotto was receiving a beating in those last few rounds.

[El Kabong]

Miguel Cotto is all heart, my only hope is that he can recover and that he learned something from this fight "You can't walk through everyone". Cotto is fearless and it hurts him sometimes, but it has also helped him, like in the Torres fight.

Manny Pacquiao is world class and I think titles in 7 different weight classes is one of the most impressive feats in boxing history. I am not sure if the 145 weight limit had any affect mental or physical on Cotto, but Pacquiao put on a hell of a show and just like Cotto had no excuses, I make no excuses for Pacquiao, that was very impressive considering the only other guy to beat Cotto probably had loaded gloves when he did it.

I am not sure HOW Floyd Mayweather Jr will beat Pacquiao but I figure he will...I would love nothing more than Floyd to get sparked out but he's so good and slick on defense.

[Nameless]

Pacquiao just outboxed Cotto and grinded him down methodically; Cotto did well in the first 3-4 rounds though but Pacquiao quick outburst and speed out speed in from all the angles were way too much for Cotto. Actually, Cotto won 2 rounds at most, which says a lot. Roach did an incredible job to work Pacman uppercuts and left hands which they knew Cotto would be vulnerable to. On the other hand, just as I thought, Santiago didn't do enough for Cotto and was mostly panicking in the corner rather than trying to quiet down Cotto and to get him back to the proper focus and to let him to carry the proper strategy.
Thus said, I will disagree that Cotto was still hurt from Margarito's defeat mentally; He was confident and was willing to last the full 12 rounds but he got very frustrated by Manny's speed and biggest number of punches landed and his focus went by the window a bit and Santiago was helpless for the task.

[salamandastaron]

pac indeed prepared for the body punches cotto was going to feed him. as he said to jimmy kimmel that using a stick [beating his abs, sides] as part of his training was a mind conditioning.. anticipating pain in any given chances..

congrats to both fighters..