I never saw this as a pick 'em while it happened. I think I gave Cotto the 10th round, I never really felt he was a threat to Pac. Part of this may have been that I was drunk & had spent the whole night telling my friend that Pacquiao was going to have Cotto up (he was picking Cotto & conversely saw the opposite with the first 2 rounds to Cotto). Miguel is a hell of a fighter, but he's always been a sucker for the uppercut & always looked in danger against southpaws so I saw this as a nice victory for Pac.
That's not to take away from Manny, it still takes a hell of a lot to have the discipline to beat up a bigger man & a guy as good as Cotto like he did, but I just felt it was always going to happen. Plus Cotto really didn't show Manny the respect he deserved & just like Hatton I got the impression he thought he could walk through it.
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