Quote Originally Posted by sanchez786 View Post
And it's making me sick to my stomach. Being an avid boxing fan, I'm quite amped up for the Cotto/Pac showdown. What's really irking me is how so many MORONS out there who claim to know anything about boxing, actually beleive that Pac will stop Cotto specifically in the early rounds!!!!

Are you kidding me!? It's bad enough for those who see Pac as a 3-1 favorite but to think he will stop Cotto?!!? Do these so called boxing fans and critics know anything at all about Cotto? Cotto has taken the best shots from Zab and Mosley and was never knocked down (I mention these 2 fighters specifically as they are in the same vicininty in terms of speed as Pac but hit much harder!). Cotto took a pounding from a huge 147lb'r in Marg and STILL wasn't knocked down...that too with possible plaster'd wraps.

How anyone thinks Pac who is coming up in weight to a prime Cotto at 145lb (still a bitch move on Pac's team to force Cotto to meet 145lb and fight a possibley weight drained Cotto ala ODH) is beyond me.
Unless the weight drain has effected Cotto (we'll know this in the first few rounds) there is no way IMO, that Pac stops Cotto...in fact, I'm calling Cotto to win a UD.

Too many people are getting carried with Pac's 2 previous wins over 'keeping my hands down Hatton' and a past his prime, severly weight drained ODH. People really need to wakeup and put things into perspective...

I will say this...It's a releif at least on this forum it's more evenly split in terms who posters feel will win...but others forums and articles I've read have Pac an 8-1 favorite!?!? Unbelievable

I was really shocked at how evenly divided the polls have been here. It's a true 50/50. I have never seen a fight so closely divided down the pike.

I myself am picking Cotto via 8

You can't blame people for picking Manny though. Even I have straddled the fence once or twice but I think the reason why I wavered in the beginning is only because Cotto was destroyed by Margarito and no one is really sure if Cotto is shot from it. Add Santiago to the equation, the 2 pounds catch weight and Cotto's last performance vs Clottey and you have a possible Manny win in your head.

The truth is, anything can happen in this sport. Fighters have been knocked out by a head butt and have gone on to lose a fight otherwise which they might not have. Holt/Torres for example