Manny Pacquiao beats Miguel Cotto and bad.
I thought Cotto would of won the fight, not easily but win. That thought turned into a belief in the first few rounds of the fight. But Pacquiao's punches were landing to powerfully and accurate for Cotto.
I think that if Cotto had gotten better training specifically to fight as how Antonio Margarito fought against him in his previous fight, he could have won. Margarito won the fight against Cotto because he continued to pressure Cotto by throwing hard and heavy punches. Now I know that of the two fighters Cotto in that match, had the more power of the two, but Margarito through more power shots. In that fight like this fight, it was speed vs power. But Margarito won that fight because he pressured Cotto. Each time Margarito let up on the pressure Cotto made him pay as did Pacquiao to Cotto.
One thing Margarito had that Cotto did not, was a strong chin. I was amazed at how badly Cotto kept beating Margarito yet Margarito did not show any signs of feeling hurt, he just kept at him.
In Margarito fight Cotto showed his amazing defense. He swayed, dodge, ducked, blocked and countered a lot of Margarito punches but Margarito threw to many power punches, pricing his defense till it became weak. that should have been the tactics Cotto walked into the ring with. Cotto approaching the end of the fight around round 6 or 7 showed the same defense he did with the Margarito fight but as soon as he planted his feet so that he can throw a powerful enough punch to hurt Pacquiao, Pacquiao came with his flurry of punches stopping him.
Pacquiao has more than speed, he has power as well and is as dangerous with one hand as he is with the other one. That is a dangerous combination against Cotto's left hook.
Pacquiao walked out of the ring champion. But he has no chance in winning his next fight. His next fight is against Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao has speed but he will bear witness first hand to the fastest hands in boxing ever, Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather argues that he is pound for pound, the best boxer and not Pacquiao. When Mayweather beats Pacquiao he will prove that that is fact and not just his arguing statement. I cannot wait for that match. That match can easily turn out to be the greatest boxing match ever, do not miss it.

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