Ariza:"Cotto's A Little Soft;Pacquiao Best I've Ever Seen Him"

After his first day at the Wild Card Gym of celebrated trainer Freddie Roach, conditioning guru Alex Ariza says Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao looks better than ever.
In an overseas telephone conversation with inside sports, Standard Today and Viva Sports, Ariza said Pacquiao ran for 40 minutes at Griffith Park Monday morning( Tuesday in Manila) in Manila and then went twelve rounds on the punch-mitts with Roach at the gym.

When it was all over Ariza said “I am telling you Ronnie, I am not making it up. He is looking better than alright. This is the best I’ve ever seen him.”
He said Pacquiao woke up and weighed 150 pounds for the 145 pound catch-weight “Fire Power” showdown with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 14.

Pacquiao gets back into the sparring mode on Wednesday, Manila Time, but Roach hasn’t decided who he will spar with although former sparring Raymund Beltran is back at the Wild Card Gym and could possibly be one of the sparring partners.

Asked whether they had any word on Cotto’s training camp Ariza replied “you know I haven’t heard anything but I’ve got to be honest with you I wasn’t so impressed the way he looked after being in camp 30 days before Manny. He looks a little soft to me. Couldn’t let our guy look like that, that’s for sure.”


means there won't be any excuses if Cotto knocks Manny the f*** out in my eyes..

 

Likewise w/ Cotto.

 

Miguel just has a different body type.

 

I swear i can not wait until the day after the fight to hear all the excuses that will be coming out of the paquiao team. You know the drill everything looks "perfect", this is the "best he has been ever" crap! Then all of the sudden the excuses will start pilling up. Cotto is going to stop the Paquiao express on its track!

 

No one knows for certain what will happen. Ariza is Pac's trainer, remember? What do you expect him to say? Calm down, amigo.

 

It's a boxing match not a MR UNIVERSE contest.

 

I am a bit surprised at the amount of trash talk coming from the Pac camp. I understand they aren't going to come out saying Pac wil lose, or he doesn't look good, but it seems they take every opportunity to take a shot at Cotto.

 

Look what Bob Arum had to say;

"I think, in general, both guys looked very, very good,...Cotto looked strong. He's Cotto. He works hard for two hours. He does all his sparring. He's in tremendous shape. I know Cotto works hard, but in contrast to the other guy [Pacquiao], it looks like he's taking a vacation. Pacquiao goes for, like, four or five hours. It's amazing. They train differently. Pacquiao is so work-intensive. It's like nothing I've ever seen."

I think the less intense training along with all the pinchos Cotto has been scarfing down is probably why he looks soft compared to Pacquiao. Some people are just harder workers than others.

 

we will see if that "harder" work pays off or a maybe the "lazy" Puerto Rican will beat the **** out of him

 

that just shows how much they are worried about cotto! Cotto is very confident and doesnt need to over work! why would a naturally smaller guy have to work so much?!?!

 

So, do people think still think Manny's unfocused?

Come fight night, I'm sure both guys will be more than ready. And I don't think Pac training for 4-5 hours is over-working. Dude just likes to work hard.

 

Interesting. Good quote.

 

that's how pac works ever since he was a feather weight. atsch

while cotto had to train months ahead, probably the longest camp he had. what does it tell you?

 

it tells me that cotto will **** pacquiao up on the 14 *****

 

it tells me that roach and pac are scared bitches, and wanna drain cotto as much as they can wanting him to come in below the limit at 145! :hi: