Freddie Roach and the Wild Card Crew Ready for Cotto

[Pullcounter]

Is the Porter kid not around anymore? It seems he was all we heard about and for the last week or so there has been no mention of him. Is Manny done sparring?

sparring is pretty much done i think

[SceneSpectator!]

As ready as they can be.

Care to bet 700K straight up? I am for Pac to win over Cotto. Deal? PM me if you are interested.

[Dave Rado]

Is it me or is there more buzz for this fight than any Mayweather fight?

Mayweather-De La Hoya had even more buzz. Mayweather-Hatton was about the same as this one in terms of buzz, I think. And among hardcore boxing fans, Mayweather-Corrales and Mayweather-Castillo had a huge amount of buzz, although he didn't have much crossover appeal to casual fans back then (but nor did Pacquiao back then).

[Hotbox2]

The Roach hasn't groomed Manny P from the beginning either. He may be a good trainer, but it's Manny's success which has made him.

The fact that many of Manny's opponents have mostly been "cherry-picked" is another point which can be made.

You are absolutely right. And you are right about the success of Manny because he has cherry picked most of his fighter. That's why I say he is the most over rated fighter in boxing because he never once fought any of these fighters at there best. Boxing is so called struggling so that's why bob arum did what he did to market manny like he is elvis or something. To the filipinos he is though and that's cool. Remember top rank created butterbean, tye fields, and had people thinking these guys was for real. People dont see that when Roach had Vasquez, Marquez beat him and when he left Roach he came back and beat Marquez.

[boricuarn]

Being popular in California or Las Vegas won’t give any extra chance for Pacquiao to beat the WBO welterweight champion of the world, Miguel Cotto. Also being 3-1 ahead on the bets won’t make you the winner. Is very entertainment to read fans writing their opinion. Good thing about this fight is that the winner will be the fans, from a great fight and from real brave men. I go for Cotto to brake part of Pacquiao brain and bones, but at the same time I take my hat from a man that did not take anything easy, choosing the best welterweight. Pacquiao could choose an easy belt (that what Gayweather will do), instead took the hardest fight in his boxing career. That’s why Pacquiao is the real P4P champion of the world; Gayweather is an imitation of a man, trapped inside of a girl.

[leemoorcroft]

You honestly think Morales or Barrera could have beaten the top Welterweights?

And Morales beat Pacquiao in their first fight, and was shot by the third fight.

dont know about fight top welters they were little men but p4p better than cotto either ones career was better than cottos without doubt i like cotto great warrior but this aint the super fight everyones goin on about and am not a major pac fan but hes fighting the best and beating them he aint ducking and hand picking fights like mayweather seems to be pac makeing the standing point for others like mayweather to reach hes head and shoulders above all others till hes beat in my eyes

[boricuarn]

SceneSpectator, if I would have the 700K , I would bet against you. Good luck to you, sorry for you home town boy, will go down hard, do not get nervous, there are a lot of doctor, nurses and EMT to take care of Pacquiao, After losing Pacquiao will have my respect as a true champion.

[Laborer]

Funny how every1 seems to look past that first fight with Morales..You know the one...when Pac got his ass handed to him,leaving him crying in the ring..yeh that fight.

what about the morales rematch, remember that as well? or the 3rd fight? old fights don't men **** if a fighter has shown a lot of improvements, or regression. that's exactly the excuse you will use why Morales lost in their 2 subsequent fights. It's just 4 days away, forget what happened 4 years ago.

[Alibata]

Is the Porter kid not around anymore? It seems he was all we heard about and for the last week or so there has been no mention of him. Is Manny done sparring?

Actually Ellie Sechback had an interview with porter and some website had an interview with him. He basically denied being kd 2x by manny but has stated that cotto will be in for a big surprise. He said he was excited for the fight and wanted to walk manny to the ring. Also Rashad in his interviews has stated that Pac will ko cotto in the 2nd round. Look around you'll find it. I'm too lazy to dig it up for you.

[pugay_kamay]

This article is such bull****!! Roach talking this is the best camp they ever had. He is full of it. When Manny loses what other fighters do Wildcard have? Wildcard is a gym with a lot of bum fighters that train there and bum trainers. Pepper is a crackhead. Name me one other fighter that Roach has groomed from the beginning? Jesse Reid came from Las Vegas and replaced Moorer. Manny is not a star in the city, if you go around town and ask the average person they wouldnt know who you are talking about. Stop bull****ting everyone

Dude, chill-out don't take too much coffee. Keep it cool, all will be known come Nov. 14.

BTW, if Roach is bull****ting then don't ever listen to what he' saying or read article about him. That will make you more relax, isn't it?