Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto Ready: "I'm Not Afraid of Manny Pacquiao"

[Rip Chudd]

oh really? if cotto wanted to come in at 147 he couldve if he wanted too? really? than why didnt he go into all of his welterweights fight at 147? i guess its because he didnt want too? and i guess he didnt want to official weigh-in at 154 against yuri as well huh?

haha, you're not a boxing fan, your a pac hater more it seems.

Wow the level you go for protecting your god Pac. I actually like Pac and have paid to watch him fight on several occasions. It's fans like you that make Pac look bad. Actually nevermind, you just make yourself look bad. You should take Koncz's job as Pac's personal rice fluffer, I think you'd be good at it. SMH

[the gent]

look at what happened to marquez having to fight as a welterweight...marquez looked overweight and slow. i dont think it had to do anything with what mayweather did because marquez is a freekeen warrior that will fight you and brawl you all nite long...but that extra weight just did marquez in. we did not see a warrior in marquez that nite...we saw a bloated and overweight marquez that was out of his elements,

i agree with you here. JMM came up in for this one fight, and did so too fast. Manny however was gradually coming up in weight before Cotto. 3 fights prior he was already moving up. JMM came up for this one fight unfortunately for a payday and that usually ends up in what we all witnessed.

JMM is a badass, and it ****** to see him struggle out there, but he chose to, so we can't really fault anyone. Floyd coming in overweight is a whole other issue.

People are always yelling about how they are "true Boxing fans" on here, yet they seem to have this issue with catch weights? Two fighters wanna meet for whatever reason, then they meet under agreed circumstances. i don't see the problem.

[the gent]

he better be afraid . or the next time he steps in the ring with mailla i ce he will be wheeled out on a stretcher

manilla ice...ur killing me dude..too funny.

[indystress]

i agree with you here. JMM came up in for this one fight, and did so too fast. Manny however was gradually coming up in weight before Cotto. 3 fights prior he was already moving up. JMM came up for this one fight unfortunately for a payday and that usually ends up in what we all witnessed.

JMM is a badass, and it ****** to see him struggle out there, but he chose to, so we can't really fault anyone. Floyd coming in overweight is a whole other issue.

People are always yelling about how they are "true Boxing fans" on here, yet they seem to have this issue with catch weights? Two fighters wanna meet for whatever reason, then they meet under agreed circumstances. i don't see the problem.

i agree with you on this one...if two boxers agree on a catchweight weight, then why should anyone else/boxing fans even over react about it? look at paul williams...he currently fighting at 160 and willing to go down to 147 to fight mayweather or pac...that in itself is a catchweight for him. anti pac fans will say why not fight paul williams since he is willing to come down two divisions down to 147...but yet had issue for cotto coming down 1 lb against first pac fight...and seem to have issue with a PAC/COTTO 2 that will require cotto to come down 1 or 2 lbs from his sub 154 official weigh-in against yuri.

if you anti pac fans cannot handle cotto having to come down 1 lb from his normal official weigh-ins...then dont contridict yourself by saying pac should fight paul williams just because paul williams is willing to come down 2 weight divisions...which is way more than what cotto had to lose in the first fight against pac, and a possible 2nd fight that would likely be 1 lb less than what cotto weighed in for yuri.

[the gent]

i agree with you on this one...if two boxers agree on a catchweight weight, then why should anyone else/boxing fans even over react about it? look at paul williams...he currently fighting at 160 and willing to go down to 147 to fight mayweather or pac...that in itself is a catchweight for him. anti pac fans will say why not fight paul williams since he is willing to come down two divisions down to 147...but yet had issue for cotto coming down 1 lb against first pac fight...and seem to have issue with a PAC/COTTO 2 that will require cotto to come down 1 or 2 lbs from his sub 154 official weigh-in against yuri.

No one has a problem with it until their fighter gets beat.

[GRUSTLER]

Miguel Cotto is about to get his career put on ice if he fights
Manny Pacquiao again at 151.

[Dick Buffman]

Cotto by k.o if it happens at 54.

At a catchweight, he'll be too shot and weightdrained to win.

[indystress]

Cotto by k.o if it happens at 54.

At a catchweight, he'll be too shot and weightdrained to win.

if it happens at 154? cotto didnt make 154 against yuri. and cotto consistantly officially weighed in at sub 147 for his welterweight fights.
besides, if you think that fighting 1 or 2 lbs below your normal weighin weight is a big disadvantage...dont you think that fighting 2 to 5 lbs above your normal weigh-in would be a disadvantage as well? people need to start looking at both sides of the fight, not just the guy needing to lose 1 or 2 lbs, but must also look at the guy that needs to gain those lbs as well.

[The Big Dunn]

if it happens at 154? cotto didnt make 154 against yuri. and cotto consistantly officially weighed in at sub 147 for his welterweight fights.
besides, if you think that fighting 1 or 2 lbs below your normal weighin weight is a big disadvantage...dont you think that fighting 2 to 5 lbs above your normal weigh-in would be a disadvantage as well? people need to start looking at both sides of the fight, not just the guy needing to lose 1 or 2 lbs, but must also look at the guy that needs to gain those lbs as well.

But losing weight has more of an adverse effect. Its not you or I losing 2 lbs of fat. Its a fighter, already 15-20 lbs less than normal walking around weight having to shed 2 more lbs. this is almost always water and muscle.The boxer can't eat or drink anything. It is a huge difference.

[ForemanGrill]

Cotto lost to Pac for a number of reasons (the catchweight being the least of them). The short of it is this - Cotto let himself get hit too much, and he wasn't busy enough. Cotto might have said he was at his best, but it's pretty clear that he wasn't. He has never been the same since his brutal loss to Margarito, and he was fighting with an inexperienced corner that didn't do anything to help him with the fight.

Now, having said that, I'm still not sure that Cotto could win the rematch. Steward's a great trainer, but he's not a miracle worker. Cotto has always made himself open to taking unneccessary punishment. It's going to be very difficult to overcome that. He's also still going to be slower than Manny; but Cotto hits very hard, so he'll always have a puncher's chance at beating Pac. And it's not like he would be the first fighter to avenge a loss - Pac's done it himself with Morales.