
Originally Posted by
Taeth
I am not being literal when I say Pacquiao lands 20 to 1 on Cotto, but in terms of meaningful punches it could 5 to 1, and Pacquiao might not have the most power that Cotto has ever faced(I think Mosley hit harder), but he will land the cleanest punches with the most power Cotto has ever faced. Also he is the only guy that has ever really used movement against Cotto with blazing speed. Most of what Hatton landed were glancing blows, and Hatton has way better footspeed than Cotto.
That footspeed differential would only increase because Cotto is so much heavier. Cotto does have a great jab and he has excellent timing and adaptive skills, but so does Pacquiao, I would have assumed by now people would understand that size isn't as big of a factor as some wouild have you believe. Styles make fights moreso than size in 90% of the situations. If Pacquiao wants to go shot for shot with Cotto I would concur with Cotto being too big, but we all know Pacquiao would fight him the same way he did De La Hoya, he would stay out of Cotto's range, come in quickly with the cross then be out before Cotto can react. Cotto might catch him briefly on the ropes a few times, but one or two punches even from the hard punching Cotto aren't enough to stop Pacman.
You also talk about the comparison of PBF and Pacman, but statistically Oscar landed way more on Mayweather htan he did on Pacquiao. Its different fighting a guy who can hurt you, and while PBF stays on the ropes and fights relatively flat footed, Manny is always moving, because he doesn't have the same technical defensive skills lately he has been making up for it with constant movement, great head movement, and staying off the ropes.
Manny wasn't caught by a whole bunch of clean punches, but he was hit enough for me to know that Cotto isn't going to one punch him. Oscar hit him a few times cleanly and Manny handled it fine. Same with when Hatton hit him.
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