Pac agrees to 145 lbs!!!

[Kev]

lol... no Bilbo... you know that's obviously not it at all... and I encourage people to read through my posts and see that for themselves.

keep twisting and turning mate.

Ok some quotes from you

I've been very vocal in criticising pac for what I feel is a blatant attempt to weight drain bigger fighters to take their edge off.

A few posters including myself have challenged those 'informed opinions' and the likes of Bilbo and other pac fans have tried to react as if disagreeing is crazy

When Mosley is saying it regarding himself and Nazeem Richardson is saying it regarding Cotto surely it must be pretty hard for all but the elite trainers who (aren't) posting here to disagree?

Great quote mate... not even ONCE are either of the words Cotto or 145 even mentioned!

Ok that all sounds to me like you were criticising my statement that a fight between Cotto and Manny at 145 lbs.
lol... do you honestly think you can drag me round in circles?

I've already made it abundantly clear both here and in that post itself that the only issue I addressed specfically was the importance of one pound of critical fluid and sugars to the human body's homeostasis
If you wern't I have to ask why you named me specifically as the person you were disagreeing with?
I named you specifically as somebody (out of lots of people!) who said that draining an extra pound couldn't have any effect on a fighters performance. Everybody can see that. Again, I've already said this... yet you try and drag it round in circles and twist and turn. Repeating something will not make it true.
But it's cool, we both agree now and that's all that matters.
lol... we clearly don't... I can see you're trying hard to convince me otherwise though, Mr Moore
I'm glad you came over to my way of thinking in the end
I clearly haven't... I like that you're trying to make it appear that way though.
and hopefully we can all sit down together in our virtual forms and enjoy this megafight tofether later in the year.
I was always going to enjoy the fight mate, just not the hysterical Pac minions who need to get what would still be a great win into perspective...

You're very persistant mate, but unfortunatly you're also very repatative.
You're punching above your weight... would you like me to come down to a catchweight for you?

You're about 6 ft 2 arn't you?

I'll fight you at a catchweight of 130 lbs, but only 30 second rounds my iron lung can't be unplugged for any longer than that.

[ICB]

lmao Taeth understands sarcasm worse than ICB.

Are you actually being serious about Amir Khan ? because lately i've been gobsmacked by some of your comments regarding Amir Khan

I think he's a very talented fighter. Do I think he's on the level of Marquez, Pacquaio, Mayweather right now? Absolutely not.

Do I think that by the end of 2010 that Marquez will have slipped enough and Khan improved to make it a real 50/50 fight? Absolutely!

In all honesty if I would have said just prior to Ricky Hatton facing Floyd Mayweather that I believed that Amir could beat him, I would have been laughed off the forum.

What about if Khan and Hatton were to fight next? Now people arn't going to be nearly so confident, in fact Khan might even start as the slight betting favourite.

Calzaghe according to you is not a fraction of the fighter that Hopkins and Roy Jones are yet he beat both of them, Steve Collins beat both Eubank and Benn twice each yet few will rate Collins as highly as either.

The fact is timing plays a large part, Khan is on the way up, Marquez is on the way down, how long it takes before the pendulum shifts in the favour of Khan I'm not sure but I'd imagine a fight 18 months from now would certainly be interesting.

I think he's talented aswell i've never said he isn't, but we still don't know how good he is. I give him credit for the Andriy Kotelnik win, and it was a good win over a solid opponent, but theres many more dangerous opponents at 140.

Devon Alexander
Junior Witter
Marcos Rene Maidana
Timothy Bradley
Kendall Holt
Ricardo Torres
Lamont Peterson
Mike Alvrado
Randall Bailey

As for JMM well i think the type of fighter he is, even if he shows that he is slowing down. His technical skills alone will get him through most fights, i think its all assumption on your part Bilbo, i think JMM has atleast 3 good ones left in him. And whats to say Amir Khan won't lose by then aswell ?

As for Ricky Hatton i've never really been a fan, and i've never thought as him as anything special to be honest. He was good in the Kostya Tszyu fight, but again the ref allowed him to hold constantly, which worked and was a good tactic. But i've never been overly impressed with him in any fight IMO. And even if Amir Khan were to fight the Ricky Hatton of old, i'd still give him a decent shot.

Well i don't think Bernard Hopkins, is alot better than Joe Calzaghe. But i think the Bernard Hopkins that beat Glen Johnson or Felix Trinidad, would of beaten him, RJJ is a different matter he was almost unbeatable at his best. IMO he would of masscared Joe Calzaghe.

RJJ was shot and everyone knew he was shot, it wasn't a suprise he lost. As many people were calling the fight a farce. Bernard Hopkins is still a very good fighter but he lacks the workrate he had in his youth, which lost him the fight although i thought it nicked it but whatever.

I think Steve Collins is underrated, he was only a novice. And he gave Mike McCallum a good argument. His other losses were too, two very good fighters like Reggie Johnson, Sumbu Kalambay.

I don't count his win over Nigel Benn, because Nigel Benn was clearly finished. After the loss to Thulani Malinga, and his brutal war with Gerald McClellan.

His win over Chris Eubank should be given credit though, Chris Eubank was 41-0. With a combined 19 title defenses at Middleweight/Super Middleweight.

Yes the Michael Watson win affected his killer instinct, but he still was good. As he showed in his brave effort's against Carl Thompson at Cruiserweight.

Lastly i just think its too early to say Amir Khan, has a shot against JMM. JMM is an excellent boxer and i've seen many of his fights, and i've been pretty much impressed with him in all his fights.

His counter-punching/technical fighting, are some of the best i've seen of this era, his heart is the size of Texas. And he isn't afraid of no one, and i don't see how he's on his way down, he fought the fight of his life against Juan Diaz.

Not long ago Amir Khan was getting dropped, by fighters like Michael Gomez. Yes Amir Khan has improved, but again Andriy Kotelnik is pretty ordinary IMO, he's a solid opponent but he doesn't hit hard, nor is he fast. He does nothing that stands out to me, and he was the right opponent for Amir Khan to look good against.

Thats not taking his win away either, i think it was a good performance. But again that performance says nothing about how he would do, against the likes of JMM.

Amir Khan was getting caught late on aswell, imagine if that would of been against a harder hitting opponent ?

Amir Khan has an improved defense and boxing brain, but i still can't see him beating the big boys. Especially with his chin no way IMO.

[AdamGB]

6 foot even mate... so we could go even lower than that.

[LEGION]

Ok some quotes from you

I've been very vocal in criticising pac for what I feel is a blatant attempt to weight drain bigger fighters to take their edge off.

A few posters including myself have challenged those 'informed opinions' and the likes of Bilbo and other pac fans have tried to react as if disagreeing is crazy

When Mosley is saying it regarding himself and Nazeem Richardson is saying it regarding Cotto surely it must be pretty hard for all but the elite trainers who (aren't) posting here to disagree?

Great quote mate... not even ONCE are either of the words Cotto or 145 even mentioned!

Ok that all sounds to me like you were criticising my statement that a fight between Cotto and Manny at 145 lbs.
lol... do you honestly think you can drag me round in circles?

I've already made it abundantly clear both here and in that post itself that the only issue I addressed specfically was the importance of one pound of critical fluid and sugars to the human body's homeostasis
If you wern't I have to ask why you named me specifically as the person you were disagreeing with?
I named you specifically as somebody (out of lots of people!) who said that draining an extra pound couldn't have any effect on a fighters performance. Everybody can see that. Again, I've already said this... yet you try and drag it round in circles and twist and turn. Repeating something will not make it true.
But it's cool, we both agree now and that's all that matters.
lol... we clearly don't... I can see you're trying hard to convince me otherwise though, Mr Moore
I'm glad you came over to my way of thinking in the end
I clearly haven't... I like that you're trying to make it appear that way though.
and hopefully we can all sit down together in our virtual forms and enjoy this megafight tofether later in the year.
I was always going to enjoy the fight mate, just not the hysterical Pac minions who need to get what would still be a great win into perspective...

You're very persistant mate, but unfortunatly you're also very repatative.
You're punching above your weight... would you like me to come down to a catchweight for you?

You're about 6 ft 2 arn't you?

I'll fight you at a catchweight of 130 lbs, but only 30 second rounds my iron lung can't be unplugged for any longer than that.

Self deprecation at its finest.

[yvonne]

this fight will be huge i cant wait for it to happen

dunno who i will be rooting for maybe pacman cos of giving away so much weight

I agree this fight will be AWESOME.It has the ingredients to be a cracker.Im like you i like both fighters!

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

i don't see Pac beating Cotto period

Cotto's not as slow as some are making him out to be, he has awesome timing to make up for the slight edge in speed that goes to Pac, IMO Cotto's the harder hitting stronger guy, he has no problems with southpaw, infact he fights very well in the southpaw stance himself, so his constant switching could actually cause Manny problems

He has problems with the left uppercut which Margo and judah landed multiple times and they rocked him...if ac lands one of those Cotto may go down for the count.

[LEGION]

this fight will be huge i cant wait for it to happen

dunno who i will be rooting for maybe pacman cos of giving away so much weight

I agree this fight will be AWESOME.It has the ingredients to be a cracker.Im like you i like both fighters!

I'll probably be rooting for Cotto; been a fan longer. But I like Pac alot; and watching him dispose of Diaz and Oscar was fun. The beating he gave Hatton was straight out of Benny Hill I swear. Best man win who cares is how I see it.

Anyone see Mayweather/Cotto if Cotto wins? Or will he retire again/keep trying for Pac?

[leftylee]

The more I think about this fight the more I can't pick a winner.

Bang on 50/50 IMO.

[markb018]

I think the only way Cotto wins this if he is effective with his jab. If he lands it I think it will make Pac think before coming in and may knock him down

As far as some people talking about Cotto's chin, I am just not buying that, he is durable. He took some bombs from Margarito and was not knocked down, took a knee but he took some punishment and who knows if the gloves were loaded which makes it more impressive.

I could stir the pot a bit and say if Pac frustrates him he could do what he did in the Judah fight and throw some low shots, that'd slow him down

My guess is Pac takes this by late stoppage due to cuts maybe 10th or 11th.

[ElTerribleMorales]

i don't see Pac beating Cotto period

Cotto's not as slow as some are making him out to be, he has awesome timing to make up for the slight edge in speed that goes to Pac, IMO Cotto's the harder hitting stronger guy, he has no problems with southpaw, infact he fights very well in the southpaw stance himself, so his constant switching could actually cause Manny problems

He has problems with the left uppercut which Margo and judah landed multiple times and they rocked him...if ac lands one of those Cotto may go down for the count.

since when is Pacquiao known for uppercuts? and a left uppercut at that? Clottey is a stronger man than Manny and even he wasn't able to seriously hurt a one eyed Cotto with the uppercut, a punch that he's pretty much known for, Pacquiao has improved leaps and bounds from what he once was, but he still basically uses, the pawing or quick jab without much power on it to set up the straight left, or the now dangerous right hook, IMO those are Manny's only real weapons, the reason he's so dangerous now though is cause of his accuracy WHEN he's calm and collected, the people that are actually thinking that Cotto is gonna share the same fate as Hatton of getting stopped so early or at all are pretty much taking this shit a bit far

[BULLDOGBOOGERS]

yes i just found out about the fight this afternoon...nov 14th M.G.M. Grand....my wife and i have been to mannys last two fights....da la hoya & hatton....i lost both times i bet... o-well we had two free tickets to the fights...."nosebleeds" but what the heck they were free..... i will call the slot host tomorrow and re-quest our two tickets for nov 14th... it should be a good fight..... but i will bet on mr. cotto

scott from california

[LEGION]

yes i just found out about the fight this afternoon...nov 14th M.G.M. Grand....my wife and i have been to mannys last two fights....da la hoya & hatton....i lost both times i bet... o-well we had two free tickets to the fights...."nosebleeds" but what the heck they were free..... i will call the slot host tomorrow and re-quest our two tickets for nov 14th... it should be a good fight..... but i will bet on mr. cotto

scott from california

That's alright there partnerWhen Hatton got hit did you here it way up high in the stands? Just curious

[markb018]

yes i just found out about the fight this afternoon...nov 14th M.G.M. Grand....my wife and i have been to mannys last two fights....da la hoya & hatton....i lost both times i bet... o-well we had two free tickets to the fights...."nosebleeds" but what the heck they were free..... i will call the slot host tomorrow and re-quest our two tickets for nov 14th... it should be a good fight..... but i will bet on mr. cotto

scott from california

Any relation to Teddy Atlas??

[Spicoli]

I think the only way Cotto wins this if he is effective with his jab. If he lands it I think it will make Pac think before coming in and may knock him down

As far as some people talking about Cotto's chin, I am just not buying that, he is durable. He took some bombs from Margarito and was not knocked down, took a knee but he took some punishment and who knows if the gloves were loaded which makes it more impressive.

I could stir the pot a bit and say if Pac frustrates him he could do what he did in the Judah fight and throw some low shots, that'd slow him down

My guess is Pac takes this by late stoppage due to cuts maybe 10th or 11th.

I'm thinking the handspeed and straight punching can do some damage,re-open that nasty gash?I don't see Cotto getting knocked out though.I really dont think the weight on these two will be a huge factor and feel confident in saying...with respect to Hatton and Oscar....Manny will face more adversity and a deeper gut check in 2 rounds with Cotto that he has faced over his last 18+ rounds combined.I just see to many patterns from Cotto over last few but should be an outstanding fight,no doubt about it!

[fan johnny]

I think the 143 weight was just a ploy by Pacquiao to get a little more money on the table and had nothing to do with what most people think.

I'm really excited about this fight! I ready Cotto wasn't impressed with Pacquiao. I just hope he doesn't get aggressively stupid like Hatton.

I thought Hatton would be able to muscle Pacquiao and get tired in the middle rounds. I guess he must have been weight drained, not enough water around his brain to absorb the blows .... hahaha...