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cotto isnt a knockout puncher, pacquiao is

Cotto-hatton would go 12
I don't think either is a knockout puncher, they are both types who win with an accumulation of damage. Hatton showed the worst kinds of vulnerabilites I have seen in a megafight and it showed horribly. Cotto hits harder than Manny Pac.

manny pacquiao is your classic example of a knockout puncher

The guy fights in bursts and throws bombs. He can be inactive for 2-3rounds at a time but you can never take your eye of the ball because the punches he does throw are so accurate and powerful.

Cotto is the complete opposite. He uses a strategy to wear an opponent down just like hatton

Im gonna reserve my opinion on this till sunday morning. Cottos been on the slide ever since margarito and many are already under the suspiscion mannys about to beat up another shot fighter!
I don't think Pac knocks people out. Apart from Hatton he hasn't done that. Even Morales/Pac 3 was a case of Morales being a man starved of weight admitting that there was just no point getting up. Pacs speed was the problem and not the power.

DLH took a long time before eventually quitting on his bench
Diaz several rounds or so too before the end
Marquez, just wasn't staying down
Barrera no knockdowns in sight second time out

I don't think Pac is a knockout artist, it's his speed more than anything that just surprises people. Hatton was just so off his game that it made Manny look like a power punching monster.