whacking sticks on his body deadens the nerves so that manny can absorb body shots without feeling extreme pain evertime a hard shot to the ribs lands. both look to be in fantastic shape, cotto looks stronger and alot more focused. pac may have his moments in the first 2, after that its gonna be a war. Cotto TKO 8 with roach throwing in the towel.
**** I noticed that too. His mid section looks less defined. We shall see on fight night. Pac does look softer though.
YOU can't be serious here!!!! Manny & Cotto look about the same and I don't know how ppl CAN'T SEE THAT!!!
People always have the image of a 112 or 130 pounder Pac and they simply refuse to let him grow up. Pac - 144, Cotto - 145. That tells it all. Now after rehydration, Cotto will be probably around 155-158, while Pac will be at 148-150, then try posting their pictures. This content is protected , wtih an obvious difference that Cotto is top heavy while Pac has bigger lower extremity.
They practically look the same size , but come fight night they wont Cotto will be 155 - 58 !!!!! And Pac will be 144 - 148 tops ...............
Well here's an example for you - regardless of weight their frames are completely different. Cotto's upper body is naturally much broader and to anyone with working eyes he is obviously bigger around around the shoulder and bicep area whilst Manny's weight is distributed lower, especially around his calves. Remember Manny had to gain weight whilst Cotto had to lose weight for this fight. If nature does it's job Cotto will re-hydrate to a naturally much heavier build come fight night whilst Manny's weight won't shift upwards anywhere near as much.
Both fighters looked in great shape..Cotto´s sizeadvantage is s smaller than i thought. Manny looks very strong,IMO. I think Pac will stop Cotto,if Manny will be able to catch Cotto in the first couple of rounds..He´s strenght is underrated IMO...I think he got the power to knock cotto out!! But if cotto survives the first 5-6 rounds,and can land some bodybombs,then he will have a chance to wear Manny down.. But the closer we get,the more i belive that manny will KO Cotto before round 5... ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN... Just don´t think Cotto can stand the pressure,and he might get cut to.. Could be FOTY IMO.:bbb
I just looked @ the photo again, and guess what? They still look the same to me... Come fight time it might and should be a dif. story, but as of weigh-in, both look the same, there should be no denying it..... hate when ppl try to make-up and/or read between the lines when there's nothing in fact to substantiate it! Spanish saying: "gente tratando de buscarle 5 patas al gato"... trans: " ppl trying to find 5 legs on a cat"...