Manny Needs To Focus On Miguel Cotto and Not Mayweather
IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion Manny โPac-Manโ Pacquiao is scheduled to fight WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Cotto (34-1, 27 KO), whose only โlossโ came at the illegal hand-wraps of a cheating Antonio Margarito in July 2008, is a gritty and powerful fighter and he will give Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) more than he can handle in two weeks time.
โI consider this one of the hardest fights in my boxing career,โ said Pacquiao, 30, who is rated by Ring Magazine as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
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Largely because of the manner in which Pacquiao brutalized Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KOs) and Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) in his two previous bouts, โPac-Manโ is a decided favorite to defeat Cotto, 29.
Nevertheless, Cotto is a naturally bigger man than Pacquiao and his ample speed and superior strength should prove to be very troublesome for the diminutive Filipino.
Despite Cottoโs noted advantages, last week Pacquiao curiously offered his premature opinion in regard to a potential matchup with undefeated former WBC welterweight champion Floyd โMoneyโ Mayweather, Jr. (40-0, 25 KOs).
โI donโt think itโs going to happen,โ Pacquiao said about a lucrative battle with the man www.espn.com ranked #48 on their โ50 Greatest Boxers of All-Timeโ list. โIโm sure he doesnโt want the fight.โ
Pacquiao is a spectacular talent and his blinding speed could actually neutralize Mayweatherโs elusiveness in the ring.
โBoxing for him is like a business,โ Pacquiao said. โ(Mayweather) doesnโt care about the people around him watching. He doesnโt care if the fight is boring, as long as the fight is finished and he gets plenty of money. I want people to be happy. You have a big responsibility as a boxer.โ
Pacquiao is everything that is right with the floundering sport of pugilism and there is zero dispute that he takes his โresponsibility as a boxerโ with the utmost seriousness.
Still, no matter what ultimately becomes of the proposed Pacquiao versus Mayweather matchup, it is unwise for โPac Manโ to overlook his fight with Cotto for even an instant.
Pacquiaoโs โpeopleโ will โbe happyโ because their fighter is a determined and valiant warrior.
However, for Cotto, boxing is not entirely โlike a business.โ
From Cottoโs vantage, boxing is essentially a fight and the native of Puerto Rico certainly has shown to date that he loves to scrap.
Therefore, Pacquiaoโs only โresponsibility as a boxerโ should be to focus all of his energy toward Cotto and not on anybody else.
The impending fight with Cotto will be โone of the hardest fightsโ in Pacquiaoโs career as a professional prizefighter.
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