It was a good fight and match up but I was getting aggravated by the HBO commentators.
I swear everything that Cotto did wasn't acknowledged after the 6th round. Yes he started running towards the end because he knew Pacquiao was taking all of hits and coming back to return it in flurries. Even so at one point Cotto threw a couple of nice punch and landed. The commentators were like all like "Look at that great chin of Pacquiao or look at that Cotto isn't even hurting him" instread of what should of been said "Nice hook/jab by Cotto". They were being Manny's Cheerleaders or something lol. Pretty much decided the fight was over before Cotto started to change his fighting style to avoid any more punishing blows. I was rooting for Pacquiao but towards the end I felt bad for Cotto. I think Cotto should of been acknowledged more for his effort and strategy.
Much respect for Cotto for trying to finish the fight. He still kept on asking for another round just to prove that he can finish to the end. Im for pacman all the way but i do believe that the commentator were biased on the fight. Phenominal job on the legendary pacman who unleashed VTEC on cotto. :biggrin:
Manny did great against Cotto except when he was letting Cotto hit him with the body shots for no reason. That's just not smart...
Looking forward to seeing him fight Mayweather. I think the hype machine has been working better for Pacquiao but I don't see him being able to beat little Floyd.
On another note. Julio Caesar Chavez Junior. IMO was/is a flop. Record says 40 fights. He is 23, who exactly has he fought for those 40 fights, and what was the gap between each fight? The guy he fought that night trained for 3 whole weeks and JC Junior couldn't take him out. I gave the guy the benefit of the doubt because of his dad. So far, I am not impressed.
I believe that's Manny's strategy to tire the opponent out. He consistently done that for every fight I've seen him in. He just takes the punches and when the guy is tired he unleashes flurries on his opponent. So far it's been working lol.
I know the rope-a-dope strategy but the shots were hitting the body and that has to hurt, I don't care if you are ready for the punch or not. Better to block than be hit.
He will not have to worry about that with Floyd ....... Floyd is a great fighter ....very technical and very very good with defense....but Floyd has fragile hands. Do a search, Floyd has hurt his hands many times during fights. One time he fought with broken bones in his hand. He hurt his hand against De La Hoya in like the 6th round and basically became a one arm fighter...but still won.
That's why Floyd fights the way that he does.
Yep, I've been watching Floyd Jr fight for years, his dad even says he has glass hands. Bad hands or not, he's more dominant, bigger, faster, better technically, etc. Hard to see how he would lose to Manny short of some lucky punches.