He is alot quicker, but i dont see pac having all this power like everyone else does, it is only because he streched hatton, he has'nt done it to anyone else has he as hes moved up. The power here lies with cotto.
Beating hatton does'nt elevate u to atg mate. For me its the cotto fight or it may take floyd to elevate him to the serious all time greats. Like the top 20 imo
i hear you...but to come from where he did {a flyweight world champ 11 years previous} and beat hatton..like that !!...well, i think it was remarkable.
amazing to look at him like this..albeit before his world title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXukDzBLuJg
Think Pacquiao will beat him most probably a stoppage Cotto looks like he lost loads of confidence since tha Margorito fight, Doesnt look the same fighter.
I havent seen that confidence in cotto since the gomez fight where he was almost arrogant in the ring, punishing his opponent instead of ending the fight. Margarito definately beat something out of him. Or it could just have been a bad style match up with clottey.
Pac will win easily. Little worried about the reports coming out of his training camp..or lack of a training camp. But seriously, too quick, too much movement, he'll hurt Cotto with his punches, he'll grind him down pretty quick.
People are taking too much from the Hatton win - Manny didn't do anything serious against Diaz till late on and he didn't have the power to beat a weight-drained, listless Oscar - the Hatton KO looks good until you consider that Hatton had been wobbled by moderate punchers like Collazo and Lazcano prior, as well as being beaten senseless by Mayweather. He was an accident waiting to happen, especially with his hands down at his waist. Equally, people read too much into Cotto having a tough fight against a guy that's a nightmare for everyone. has anyone had an easy time with Clottey? Do you think Mosley will? Cotto beat Clottey in a close fight, effectively with one eye from the 4th on, and showed he can box and slug. I think that tough fight has been the re-making of Cotto. Now he knows he can survive if he needs to. Manny is fast and I expect him to win the early rounds, but Cotto will use his under-rated defence and ability to switch stance to give some problems and soften Pac up. He'll land hard body shots, timing Manny on the way in, and by the middle rounds Cotto will start catching the filipino more and more. I expect a brutal, gruelling war at that point as Manny's reduced mobility forces him to trade - Cotto will land some hellacious bodyshots around 9 or 10 to win the fight. Manny has a great chance, but I think Cotto is just the wrong guy for him. He might be methodical, but he knows how to make his shots count when he does land.