Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto Tale of the Tape

Manny Pacquiao has happened to be the most popular boxer today. Having a record or 49-3-2, with 37 KO's, he has been knocking down well known boxers to become the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions. But the Pacman is not going to stop there as he aims to win over another belt against another great fighter in Miguel Cotto. For Pacquiao it was enough of a concern that his handlers originally insisted the Cotto fight be contested at 143 pounds. Wisely, Cotto’s side understood that would be an unnecessary weakening of their man and agreed only to come down to 145.

Miguel Cotto is not to be taken for granted with a record of 34-1 and 27 KO. This guy is the current WBO welterweight champion. Cotto began his professional career in 2001, and on September 11, 2004, he defeated Kelson Pinto for the WBO junior welterweight championship. He defended the title successfully a total of six times, before vacating it when he ascended to the welterweight division. On his first match on this division he defeated Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA welterweight championship. Cotto successfully defended this title against Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Alfonso Gómez, before losing it to Antonio Margarito. On February 21, 2009, he defeated Michael Jennings to win the vacant WBO welterweight championship.

Manny Pacquiao	VS	Miguel Cotto
5'6 1/2"	Height	5'8"
67"	Reach	67"
16"	Neck	16"
38"	Chest	39"
38"	Bicep	39"
13"	Bicep	13"
12"	ForeArm	11 1/2"
10"	Wrist	11"
28"	Waist	32"
20"	Thigh	22 1/2"
15"	Calf	12"
30"	Age	28"

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Pacquiao needs to engage world welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in an intelligent fight in order to win.Pacquiao is already 30 years old while Cotto, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion, is 28 years old.

Being the undisputed face of boxing, Pacquiao is a certified box-office and pay-per-view star and this is the main reason why Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez have been itching to be rewarded with a date with a Pacquiao fight, noted Arum, who inked Pacquiao to a lucrative contract in late-2006 following the Filipino’s twin demolition job on erstwhile Top Rank top talent Erik Morales.


Roach has started doing his homework in anticipation of a big match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao should concentrate on the body if he wants to chop down Cotto early. Nacho Beristain, the Mexican trainer, believes that Cotto may go down in six rounds.

Roach is fully aware that every victory that Manny have is always watered down by experts with many excuses. Once again, he pointed out that Miguel is big, strong and young.