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Cotto: I’m not Hatton

Published on: 12th September, 2009

Miguel Cotto will be the first one to line up to watch that sensational knockout punch Manny Pacquiao delivered to send Ricky Hatton to dreamland.
“The punch he hit Hatton with would have taken down Mike Tyson,” Cotto told the Los Angeles Times during the New York press launch of their megabuck bout on Nov. 14 [...]

Pacquiao: Clear vision, dirty diamond, murky legacy?

Published on: 10th September, 2009

As we all know, Manny Pacquiao now stands on the brink of doing something that has never been done in the history of the sport.
It took him 14 years to do it, but nonetheless, many careers have been started and have finished with no other man to ever walk the planet accomplishing this optimal feat [...]

Heavy Pacman in no hurry to train

Published on: 10th September, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao is walking around at 153 pounds and is in no hurry to kick off training for his Nov. 14 fight with Miguel Cotto.
Yesterday, during a break in the shooting of his latest movie, “Wapakman,” the best boxer in the world today said he doesn’t mind Cotto showing up at a [...]

Arum certifies it: Pacquiao-Cotto for WBO crown, 145 pound limit

Published on: 10th September, 2009

Paymaster Bob Arum is so concerned about the continuing brouhaha over the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto super bout that he is sunning himself in the South of France.
I spoke to Arum Sunday night as he was visiting South African business mogul Sol Kerzner,
Earlier this past week, Arum did some hiking in Aspen.
While much of Pacland and [...]

Manny shifts focus at last, flies to US

Published on: 10th September, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – It’s back to boxing at last for superstar Manny Pacquiao.
Having completed most of his show business and political commitments, the Filipino pound-for-pound king will leave Wednesday for New York City to promote his showdown with Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao [...]

The WBC’s Perverted Genius Will Seduce Pacquiao, Boxing Fans

Published on: 8th September, 2009

It’s the kind of thing that a comically over-the-top villain—like Cruella Deville, or William Hurt’s character from “A History of Violence”—might come up with…the WBC has invented ANOTHER belt.
And it’s not just any belt—the sanctioning organization encrusted it with diamonds, and declared it would be made available for catchweight fights between “elite” boxers.
Hmmm, wonder what [...]

Cotto/Pacquiao: Calling It As It Is

Published on: 6th September, 2009

By Christopher Cruz – Never say never, as they say. With the on—again off—again nature of negotiations of the Manny Pacquiao—Miguel Cotto war tentatively set on November 14, 2009 (MGM Grand in Las Vegas), nearly everyone must be reeling from all the contradicting headlines of major boxing and news websites in the past few weeks.
This [...]

If Pacquiao decides to train in RP, Roach wants Baguio

Published on: 6th September, 2009

If Manny Pacquiao decides to spend the first half of training camp in the Philippines, trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday he doesn’t have a choice but follow what the big boss wants.
But Roach said he would like to make a simple request.
“If we train in the Philippines, I’d tell Manny to train in Baguio,” Roach [...]

Manny Steward Says ‘Miguel Cotto will knock him out’

Published on: 5th September, 2009

He’s referring, of course, to Manny Pacquiao, who Cotto is scheduled to fight on November 14. Steward, a Hall-of-Fame trainer who is best known for training Tommy Hearns and Lennox Lewis, is aggressively angling for the job of training Cotto for the Pacquiao fight. Yesterday, in an interview with the Puerto Rican daily Primera Hora, [...]

Roach: We don’t need the fight if the title is not on the line

Published on: 5th September, 2009

“If Pacquiao wants the fight to be for the title, it will have to be at 147 pounds”. That was WBO welterweight titleholder Miguel Ángel Cotto’s vehement declaration when interviewed by Puerto Rican newspaper Primerahora last week. Cotto does not believe that a catch weight of 145 lbs. merit staking the title he valiantly defended [...]

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