Manny Pacquiao apparently has Miguel Cotto all figured out.
Asked by his army of admirers during a heartwarming occasion on Friday, Pacquiao elicited laughter and jeers when he told them that Cotto is someone not to be messed with.
“Cotto is big, strong and dangerous,” said Pacquiao, who battles the Puerto Rican on November 14.
Then laughter broke out.
“That’s what you said when we asked you about Ricky Hatton,” said someone from the crowd inside the packed room of the Wild Card Gym in Parañaque.
“Did you enjoy that fight with Hatton?” asked Pacquiao, who flattened Hatton in less than two rounds.
“We were just warming our seats,” said former business manager Rod Nazario, who was on hand to welcome Pacquiao alongside longtime partners Moy Lainez, Lito Mondejar, and Gerry Garcia as part of the ninth anniversary of the weekly boxing show In This Corner.
Nazario also took the opportunity to give Pacquiao some advice concerning Cotto, who Nazario believes is tailor-made for the Filipino’s lethal left hand.
“Cotto tends to lower his right hand when he rushes in and Manny will surely catch him with the left,” said Nazario, who handled Pacquiao from 1995 until 2005.
Pacquiao spent 45 minutes seated beside the ailing Nazario, who even offered his place in Baguio as site of the initial phase of Pacquiao’s training.
Pacquiao said he will consider it, saying he is planning to initiate an eight-week camp after he arrives in the Philippines following a four-city press tour from September 10 to 14.
Asked by his army of admirers during a heartwarming occasion on Friday, Pacquiao elicited laughter and jeers when he told them that Cotto is someone not to be messed with.
“Cotto is big, strong and dangerous,” said Pacquiao, who battles the Puerto Rican on November 14.
Then laughter broke out.
“That’s what you said when we asked you about Ricky Hatton,” said someone from the crowd inside the packed room of the Wild Card Gym in Parañaque.
“Did you enjoy that fight with Hatton?” asked Pacquiao, who flattened Hatton in less than two rounds.
“We were just warming our seats,” said former business manager Rod Nazario, who was on hand to welcome Pacquiao alongside longtime partners Moy Lainez, Lito Mondejar, and Gerry Garcia as part of the ninth anniversary of the weekly boxing show In This Corner.
Nazario also took the opportunity to give Pacquiao some advice concerning Cotto, who Nazario believes is tailor-made for the Filipino’s lethal left hand.
“Cotto tends to lower his right hand when he rushes in and Manny will surely catch him with the left,” said Nazario, who handled Pacquiao from 1995 until 2005.
Pacquiao spent 45 minutes seated beside the ailing Nazario, who even offered his place in Baguio as site of the initial phase of Pacquiao’s training.
Pacquiao said he will consider it, saying he is planning to initiate an eight-week camp after he arrives in the Philippines following a four-city press tour from September 10 to 14.
Are this Pacquiao fans ******? Pacquiao is beliving his own hype and that will be the end of Pacquiao. Overconfidence will be their downfall nov 14.
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