So we have two fights at a higher weight class, DLH and Hatton. Neither were tough opponents. Pac has to beat Cotto to be legit at this weight. Cotto is a legit, A level fighter. Pac has essentially 3 - 4 great opponents in his career. He is nice, but he is destroying 140+ bums.
Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
So we have two fights at a higher weight class, DLH and Hatton. Neither were tough opponents. Pac has to beat Cotto to be legit at this weight. Cotto is a legit, A level fighter. Pac has essentially 3 - 4 great opponents in his career. He is nice, but he is destroying 140+ bums.Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/complex219 -
Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
So we have two fights at a higher weight class, DLH and Hatton. Neither were tough opponents. Pac has to beat Cotto to be legit at this weight. Cotto is a legit, A level fighter. Pac has essentially 3 - 4 great opponents in his career. He is nice, but he is destroying 140+ bums.
Every time he moves up, we hear that he's never fought anybody "legit" at that weight and then he destroys whoever it is he's fighting.Recovering slider addict...Fight Night Round 4 caused me to relapse...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Many of you really give Pacquiao too much credit for beating drained fighters. Freddie Roach even said, in a interview he tries to bring fighters down in weight. It gives Manny an edge. That's why Cotto refused the fight several times and Shane Mosley refused to lose the weight that Pacquiao people proposed. I like Pacquiao, but he doesn't get props for those tactics to win.Poe is an advocate for realistic boxing videogames.Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Many of you really give Pacquiao too much credit for beating drained fighters. Freddie Roach even said, in a interview he tries to bring fighters down in weight. It gives Manny an edge. That's why Cotto refused the fight several times and Shane Mosley refused to lose the weight that Pacquiao people proposed. I like Pacquiao, but he doesn't get props for those tactics to win.Recovering slider addict...Fight Night Round 4 caused me to relapse...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
so winner faces winner of JMM/PBF?Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
@ 145 Pacquiao is playing with fire.. Cotto is a true welterweight with power. Pacquiao is gonna get hit hard. Probably the hardest he's ever been hit.
Now if Pacquiao stays away from Cotto & fights an outside fight, then he's gonna win easily IMO, but if he chooses to stand there & try to show the world he can go toe 2 toe with the best of the them, he's gonna get knockout...
November can't get here sooner...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
no one is doubting manny. he has shown a great ability to adapt lately. in the lower weight class his power was unmatched most times. so once he connected flush, game over. but when matched with barerra, marquez...not so much.
this fight is mannys first fight above 130 against an A level fighter. cotto has survived wars too. some wins questionable just like manny. so this 'destroying' of fighters isn't true. I thought hatton would do better, but no one expected him to run in hands down into a punch. lets be honest here, manny has beed dropped by lesser talent.
right now I have no winner named. but if cotto shows any flashes of his fght with mosley, not sure manny survives.Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/complex219Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
no one is doubting manny. he has shown a great ability to adapt lately. in the lower weight class his power was unmatched most times. so once he connected flush, game over. but when matched with barerra, marquez...not so much.
this fight is mannys first fight above 130 against an A level fighter. cotto has survived wars too. some wins questionable just like manny. so this 'destroying' of fighters isn't true. I thought hatton would do better, but no one expected him to run in hands down into a punch. lets be honest here, manny has been dropped by lesser talent.
right now I have no winner named. but if cotto shows any flashes of his fght with mosley, not sure manny survives.Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
no one is doubting manny. he has shown a great ability to adapt lately. in the lower weight class his power was unmatched most times. so once he connected flush, game over. but when matched with barerra, marquez...not so much.
this fight is mannys first fight above 130 against an A level fighter. cotto has survived wars too. some wins questionable just like manny. so this 'destroying' of fighters isn't true. I thought hatton would do better, but no one expected him to run in hands down into a punch. lets be honest here, manny has beed dropped by lesser talent.
right now I have no winner named. but if cotto shows any flashes of his fght with mosley, not sure manny survives.
It's based solely on the fact that every time I doubt Manny, he gives me another reason not to doubt. Call it "gut", or call it "tired of being wrong". It's like the Patriots 2 years ago, every week they were "going to lose" and they never did. I'm just not betting against Manny again until he gives me a reason to.Recovering slider addict...Fight Night Round 4 caused me to relapse...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
I hear ya. I'm not basing my opinion on stats, styles, or anything of the like.
It's based solely on the fact that every time I doubt Manny, he gives me another reason not to doubt. Call it "gut", or call it "tired of being wrong". It's like the Patriots 2 years ago, every week they were "going to lose" and they never did. I'm just not betting against Manny again until he gives me a reason to.Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/complex219Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Yep, you're getting what I'm laying down. My head says Cotto has all the tools to make this a fight, but there's just that "something" about Manny.Recovering slider addict...Fight Night Round 4 caused me to relapse...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Manny is cold, no doubt, but cats are acting like he's never lost. He has 3 losses and 2 of em I believe were KOs. He's not unbeatable.Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Not saying he's not beatable, just saying that he used to be much more of a fighter and now he's got technique too.Recovering slider addict...Fight Night Round 4 caused me to relapse...Comment
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Re: Let the "HYPE" begin... Pacquiao V Cotto (Nov 14th) MGM Grand
Here's my question. If Pac or Money lose their fights (especially Money), what kind of blow does the sport take? I can see Cotto winning and still generating at least 2/3 of the Pac/Money fight, but if Money loses, the sport takes a pretty big hit. At least until the Super Middleweight Tournament (can't wait for that to start).Comment
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