I was rewatching Cotto-Pacquiao for the first time since fight night last night on TV & I realized that Cotto really didn't respect Pacquiao's power till the 4th round. Even then he tried to war it again in the 7th I think, at which point he got buzzed again. He then tried to stick & move his way to finishing the fight & his best round was probably the 10th where he boxed his way to the round solidly, by at no point trying to trade with him. But, by then he was in no condition to deal with him.

I always thought Pacquiao would destroy him, both because I think he's a superior fighter & because I thought Cotto took too much punishment in his fights particularly Margarito. But looking at it last night, I just wonder if Cotto had boxed more early, whether he might have been able to frustrate Pacquiao into making mistakes. I'm not sure he's disciplined enough to, as he only seems to box when he really has to, but it just made me wonder.

Clottey might well be able to frustrate him, but ultimately I think he'd take his foot off the gas enough that Pacquiao takes a decision.