Why is Cotto talking about defense? He is suppose to be the bigger, and stronger guy between him and Manny Pacquiao. Couldn't he just bulldoze his way to the Pacman? Even at 145lbs he is still much bigger than Pacquiao by about 10lbs come fight night. Defense? We'll see what coach Freddie Roach has to say on that.
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FILIPINO Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s vaunted speed is the only thing that worries him, according to world welterweight champion Miguel Cotto when defends his title against the Filipino pound-for-pound king on November 14.
But Cotto said “good defense” would be his answer to Pacquiao’s speed, indicating he would use the ring and his boxing skills in his coming mega fight at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
“Pacquiao has to fight another welterweight, if he wants a seventh title,” Cotto said in an interview with Puerto Rican daily Primera Hora.
The Puerto Rican puncher-boxer declined to predict the outcome of the title fight, but his father-trainer Miguel Sr. confidently forecasted that Pacquiao would go down once his son connects “with the right punches.”
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