if the Knock out is comming in favor of Pac, it will happen early, if it goes rounds the body shots by Cotto would have served him well, Cotto TKO round 8
I might change my mind cuz im actually surprise how lots of people arent picking Cotto. As of right know though im going with Pacman by 8th round Isee this being a war with Pacmans speed being the differance,I think Pacman gets dropped at some point though. Im about 60/40 Pac right now. Might change my mind after 24/7
The way I see it Cotto may need the first two or three rounds to adapt and adjust to what ever type of fight Manny is going to bring weather is a brawl come forward fight, or a darting in and out kind of fight or if its a counter punching type of fight... He will also need those early rounds to adjust to the speed and power of Manny pac..... So I say after the first two or three, Cotto steps it up gets his assualt going and breaks down Manny..... I really see Manny in reverse once Cotto solves the puzzle... for Manny to win, he just needs to step on the gas start fast get out of the way when he is done punching and do it all over again..... Cotto is most vunerable early in fights.... Manny has a good chance at winning it there..
It is shocking that so many people actually think Pac will KO Cotto. Pac has yet to hurt a WW fighter much less KO one. He barely left a mark on Hoya's face and at no point during their fight was Hoya ever in trouble, stunned, or hurt. People are buying too much into this Hatton KO. Hatton did half the work by jumping into Manny's glove. Cotto has only been knocked down once, aside from the knee's he took against Margo. Cotto has only had trouble with bigger pressure fighters, like Margo and Clottey, which Pac is not. I am anxious to see what Pac is going to do when he hits Cotto clean with a power shot and Cotto keeps coming forward throwing punches.
Cotto better be ready for those hooks on his chin and headhe needs to tuck his chin in i dont think he can take to punch like marquez did if pac lands as much as he did to marquez in their first fight it will be over b4 5 rounds which i believe pac will do.
He didnt even KO David Diaz after landing a million flush clean shots, yet he's going to KO someone who survived against Mosley and Margarito. Amazing.
I'm picking Pac. to stop Cotto before round 6. His speed and reflexes have been blinding since he's moved up. For Cotto to have a chance, he'll need to show fantastic reflexes or Pac willl be hitting Cotto with punches he won't see, and after a number of those Cotto will be stopped.
I beg to disagree on the highlighted above... PAC is one of the few boxers who left some considerable marks on Hoya's face (see pics below)... That welt below Hoya's left eye is so ripe already and a few punches more it bursts to a cut... Also if Hoya didn't QUIT on his stool, I think he will be knocked down on the very next round... Previous round was already scored 10-8 even without a KD due to the massive beatings Hoya received from PAC... This content is protected This content is protected
Pac by TKO. I'm leaning towards the mid rounds now (5-8 ). Depends on how long Cotto can withstand the punishment. I think he's gonna get beaten up bad though.
I rarely pick against pac Round 5 has some sort of a "ring" to it (need to confirm it with Derren Brown first)