Talked briefly w/ Cotto on Sunday and...

The earmuff routine by Pacquaio was after Cotto had taken some big shots and was in the process of getting beat down......early one through say the first 4+ rounds, Cotto was pulling the trigger very crisply......

.....what has to be done here however is to give Pacquiao credit for taking some tremendous shots from Cotto and coming back at him.....

.....it became a war of attrition from the 3rd round on, and Pacquiao was just too fast and the better conditioned fighter to wear Cotto down.

Lets get this straight, Pacquiao's stamina is so much better than Cotto's, it always has been.

Cotto got worn down in his biggest fights....he turned to running away down the late stretch in his fights with Mosley, Margarito, and Pacquiao.

 

Good posts, Divac

 

Floyd Mayweather Sr.

 

When Cotto sat on the stool at the end of the first he looked very in control etc but then his trainer said something like "all he has is the left" and sent him out for the 2nd

Terrible instructions from the corner..how naive and stupid can you get?

That was when I knew Cotto was in deep ****

 

:goodFully agree, there was a time in the 10th and 11th when he was doing the 'come get me' backwards skip as if to say 'that all you got' , i turned to my cousins and said whatever happens 'Cotto is a tough motha****a'

*I was a neutral in this fight and just looked forward to a good fight. I just saw the stoppage again and I swear Bayless is a cocksucker who had a bet running

 

I've always thought this. You learn a lot more losing to someone good than beating up a tomato can