Boxing Classics: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (HBO)

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  1. jaythekinginthe323 says September 8, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    I just heard that carlos slim offered paquiao $65 MILLION DOLLARS to face..SAUL ALVAREZ CANELO....next year in mexico know that the winnie gayweather didn't take the $65 million to fight paquiao he defenetly doesn't have an excuse now hes always talking about money slim just offered him $65 million out of his pocket there has never been a fighter that got paid that much to fight and he turned it down what a puss..I have no respect for gayweather...

  2. slikvic560 says September 9, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    @brandeezy108 finally someone who respects mayweather and is a pac fan

  3. brandeezy108 says September 13, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    @brandeezy108 i as a pacquiao/ boxing fan wouldn't call mayweather a ducker. but sometimes it may look that way. but all in all i would still respect him for his boxing skills. anyway, i think pacquiao believes in himself more than his promoter, and sometimes even his own trainer. i think he personally would fight anybody. but sometimes his affiliates sometimes doubt his abilities as a boxer. pacquiao is great but imo is held back sometimes. sometimes he himself is convinced to pick a fight.

  4. hapyfacekila says September 14, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    who u think won? leave comments!! fights in my channel!!

  5. itsabird says September 16, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    @DJPassword manny was a star for several years in the philipines before he even came to the US which was way back in 2001. you think he wouldn't have gotten good food and nourishment for about 10 years before this fight?

  6. bimmer666 says September 18, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    @AndyWoods16 yeah, but not at the chin. So manny didnt got knocked out with headpunches what i diddnt know. So he maybe always had a good chin. But i really dont know why manny didnt take the test for the mayweather fight. They also had problems with the money. I just think they where both to proud to make the fight happen. It would be the most risky fight for both. It issnt easy to make such fight happen.

  7. AndyWoods16 says September 20, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    @bimmer666 your chin dosent get harder after putting on weight but you will be able to take heavier punches because you have more weight.

  8. Naruto1ownsSasuke says September 20, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    @bimmer666 i never said u where a pacman haters. and yes both loss is from a bodyshots.

  9. bimmer666 says September 21, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    @Naruto1ownsSasuke listen: I´m no Pacman hater. I´m no fanboy. Did you ever heard about relation? If you can get hurt by a flyweight at flyweight, does your chin grow more than your body, so you cant get hurt by much heavier, harder hitting fighters? Where both pacman knockouts bodypunches? If yes, forget my point.

  10. Naruto1ownsSasuke says September 23, 2011 at 3:11 AM

    @bimmer666 omg are u blinded because look at the first lost of manny pacquiao now tell me that he is so skinny and his opponent body is like 3times as big as pacquiao body. Also pacquaio did not get knockout in the chin he was knockout from the body. look at this fight. did cotto thrown any body shot that could of hurt pacman, no. all i see is manny pacquiao chin. for example take a look at the first bout with morales, and second bout with marquez u could see that its all chin.

  11. bimmer666 says September 25, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    @DJPassword Maybe ur right maybe u are not. I just tried to tell what other boxers can think and why. Its just unusual that a boxer who comes from flyweight got the power and the chin to defeat the best welterweights. Though he was knocked out by flyweights. James Toney for excample is a whole other story. His Chin was always great.

  12. bimmer666 says September 26, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    @Naruto1ownsSasuke you dont get it. Manny was skinny, thats right. What about his oponment? You think they where Heavyweights?

  13. Naruto1ownsSasuke says September 30, 2011 at 2:23 AM

    @bimmer666 yh but the thing is, is that everytime pacman fight after the fight his always tested and always come out positive!!. how do u explain that. and yes he did get knockout by flyweights but just as i said he was skinnny as fucked.

  14. DJPassword says September 30, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Steroid allegations against Pacman and the constant nagging of Mayweather fans, analysts, bitter boxers, etc, is absolutely equivalent to Birthers demanding that Obama show his full birth certificate to show that he was born in the States, and not, as they believed (and hoped desperately) born in Kenya. Obama didn't show it for a good 3 years because he wasn't going to do everything the opposition told him to do, same thing.

  15. DJPassword says October 3, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    @bimmer666

    Manny was broke and poor when he was in the Philippines, living on the streets with no food. When he got to the US he was surrounded by top trainers and, yes this is the most important part, TOP NUTRITIONISTS. Anyone who knows anything about muscle knows that in order to build it you need the proper nutrition: protein, carbs, etc. Manny is 140lbs for his height at 5'6, which, hey guess what, is the OPTIMUM WEIGHT for someone at that height. Your steroid allegation is invalid.

  16. juanbaliwang1 says October 5, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    @Naruto- Easy to explain, Manny was ko'ed by a 26 years old when he was just 16 on his 11th pro-fight. The second ko was when he was dehydrated. Officialy. Pacquiao lost during the weigh-in co'z he was not able to beat the weight. He had to lose 2 or 3 pounds the night before the fight, and because of greed, his handlers let him fought or there will be no purse for them as per stipulated in the contract.

  18. efreeze2006 says October 9, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    @bimmer666 I do agree!!!!! Plus Freddie got in trouble in the early 90's for James Toney his fighter taking steroids!! look it up. As you can see Floyd will eat manny ass up!!!! Watch the Marquez fight this would be a walk in the park!!! Take the test Manny!! WHo you know that turns down 25 to 30 million dollar Random blood test what a loser!!!! and a cheater. If he is not cheating why doesnt he take the test??? if hes clean he would shut me up and the Floyd fans but get his ass whooped!!

  19. efreeze2006 says October 12, 2011 at 3:12 AM

    @bimmer666 I do agree!!!!! Plus Freddie got in trouble in the early 90's for James Toney his fighter taking steroids!! look it up.

  20. jaythekinginthe323 says October 15, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    @doctorsizzle cotto tryies to be like a brawler but hes really a technical fighter thats how he use to fight before now that samuel L stuart has him hes fighting like he use 2 before..he does have speed and power but not as fast as pacman because if u see in the begining of the fight he was doing good but then pac comes in and out and throws a veriaty of punches so it looked like cotto didn't have the stamina to hang in there with pac cause after a while pac was just walking through hes punches

  21. bimmer666 says October 15, 2011 at 3:40 AM

    @Naruto1ownsSasuke i dont think youre able to, but explain how manny could get knocked out as a flyweight from flyweights and today he eats big welterweight punches for breakfast. And you also think Roach gave manny the muscles as a birthday gift? Everybody who knows something about muscles will probalby consider roid usage from manny. Thats problably why Mayweather is thinking that manny is using roids. Because of his accelerated growth and his chin.

  22. Naruto1ownsSasuke says October 17, 2011 at 2:14 AM

    i felt really sry for cotto. i nearly cried man. i give cotto alot of respect for being such a warrior like he is. also when he was on retreating ppl where BOOOOOOing Him. dude is truly a warrior

  23. Naruto1ownsSasuke says October 19, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    jeez imagen if u get cramps on ur both legs in a middle of a fight.

  24. Naruto1ownsSasuke says October 23, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    @bimmer666 yh that when pacquiao was skinny as fucked. until roach got him he started to evolve as a boxer. now look at him.

  25. doctorsizzle says October 24, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    @jaythekinginthe323 3cont. what skill set stands out for cotto? i can't really think of any, he's neither a strong puncher or fast puncher, he's neither the most skillful boxer or counterpuncher.

    i don't follow him much, but i've watched his early fights. i did enjoy one of his fighters with a taller dude and cotto put him down with a body punch.

    please help me understand cotto's strengths...i don't know.

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