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Cotto Does Not Agree With The WBO’s Weight Stance

Published on: 5th September, 2009

According to WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, and his father Miguel Cotto Sr, WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel has become too involved in the title controversy with the November 14 bout with Manny Pacquiao. Notwithstanding a recent published report by one careless hack who erroneously attributed the comments to Pacquiao in an effort to instigate [...]

Diaz: Pacquiao will beat Cotto

Published on: 5th September, 2009

The dismissal of Evangelista Cotto from training his nephew, welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, has been well documented. Renown cutman Miguel Diaz also was let go prior to Cotto’s unification fight with Joshua Clottey this past June. Diaz made some interesting comments to sports broadcaster Juan Larena of “Combate Space” (a network that broadcasts boxing in [...]

Manny Pacquiao – Miguel Cotto: The Breakdown

Published on: 5th September, 2009

The consensus is that the P4P entrant Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, 49-3-2, 37 KO’s, has no equal. The phenomenal Pinoy package from General Santos City, Philippines, has defied the odds from whereat he started as a budding super flyweight—until now—and there’s no telling how much he’ll want to reach and go. The latest anticipated war he’s [...]

How much are you willing to bet on Cotto?

Published on: 4th September, 2009

YOU CAN’T BLAME BOB ARUM FOR losing his cool after his sales pitch for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight failed to reach the man at bat. Last heard of, Mr. Arum was still aching to send his message. Sorry, but nobody appeared willing to listen a second time after Arum declared, with pontifical certainty, that Pacquiao’s [...]

Cotto looking for lefty sparmates

Published on: 4th September, 2009

Tapping and finding sparring partners who are mirror-images of Manny Pacquiao will be the key to victory for Miguel Cotto when he faces the Filipino icon on November 14 in Las Vegas. Cotto chief trainer Joe Santiago told the newspaper El Nuevo Dia that they are on the lookout for southpaw sparring partners who they [...]

Freddie Roach Talks Mayweather Jr, Pacquiao vs Cotto

Published on: 4th September, 2009

BoxingScene.com spoke with trainer Freddie Roach on a variety of subjects. Roach is still smarting over the fact that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. opted to fight Juan Manuel Marquez before Pacquiao. “I don’t get it, all he had to do was wait one more day [after the Hatton fight] and he could have had Manny,” says [...]

Steward sees tough Pacquiao-Cotto fight

Published on: 4th September, 2009

ONE of boxing’s legendary trainers sees a tough fight between pound-for-pound king Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. In an interview with eastsideboxing.com, Emmanuel “Manny” Steward said it’s unfair to give the Filipino boxing icon a clear edge over Cotto when they square off on November 14 in Las Vegas. [...]

First pics: Cotto opens camp!

Published on: 4th September, 2009

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto had his first day of training for his ‘Firepower’ super fight against Manny Pacquiao on November 14. Miguel began his training camp in the Abner “Pin” Cotto Boxing Gym in Aguas Buenas. He will be training three days a week to establish a pre-training condition until his physical trainer Phil [...]

Cotto trains ahead of Pacquiao

Published on: 4th September, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – His fight with Manny Pacquiao is still 11 weeks away and a handful of kinks have yet to be ironed out, but that has not stopped Miguel Cotto from plunging into training mode. The Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champ started sweating it out on Monday, running at the Freire de Cidra Stadium [...]

8 ounce gloves are Pacquiao’s weapon of choice

Published on: 4th September, 2009

Reports from Puerto Rican daily paper Primer Hora say that Team Manny Pacquiao has requested the use of 8 ounce gloves in their battle with Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto. Though the Nevada Athletic Commission mandates the use of 10 ounce gloves for fights about the 140 pound weight limit, this would not be the first [...]

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