The fight is over now and we know how Pacquiao crushed Miguel Cotto. Miguel started strong and gave Manny a good fight early but quickly declined still early in the fight. I think the Cotto of old could have beaten Manny (again I know he didn't!). Possible factors that could have weakened Cotto are discussed everywhere (as factors that strengthen Manny): First, his corner especially his rookie trainer with no fight plan whatsoever (and let's not even talk about the decision to retire) just motivating him to return and win, pretty much cheerleading him compared to Manny's Freddie Roach and their thorough fight plans. Second, Cotto's past wars. He has had some fierce fights where he was hurt and still not had not properly healed while Pacman came from easier win unscathed. Their is a lot of talk about what Margarito stole from him evident in all his following fights. Third, Cotto's training. Cotto is way slower than Pacman, and by the end he said "I couldn't see where the punches were coming from" but that's all he knew about Pacman. Everyone did. To which I think he simply got overconfident and didn't train his speed at all and planned to counter-punch instead while Manny had multiple fight plans. Also, there are comments that Cotto may have overtrained. Finally, some people claim Cotto had no chance whatsoever against an inhuman man in Manny. I disagree to this. I think the guy had a decent shot at fighting his best opponent so far but he got dismantled so badly that I can't yet decide if Manny was that good (and I know he's pretty good) or Cotto performed that bad despite his obsession not to get KO'ed.