The answers to the above four questions will ultimately determine how the Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight plays out. The sports books, and the legion of Filipino fans laying down money on the bout, clearly feel that those questions will be answered in Pacquiaos favor. As of today he is a -260 favorite against Cotto, while Cotto is a +200 underdog. Is this a case of severely underestimating Miguel Cotto, or conversely, a case of extremely overrating Manny Pacquiao? Absolutely, on both counts. Miguel Cotto has faced diversity in the ring and has faced many top fighters, and he has emerged victorious all but once. That one exception, as brutal as it was, was against a fighter who may or may not have been cheating at the time; a fighter who also had the perfect style to match Cottos. Meanwhile, as Pacquiao has bounced around the weight classes adding big names to his resume, he has yet to face a fighter as dangerous as Cotto is. De La Hoya was long since removed from his prime, and was clearly running on fumes during the contest. Hatton was coming off a previous knockout loss to Floyd Mayweather and had been continually exposed as being one dimensional and somewhat chinny himself. With all of that said, am I bucking the trend and picking Cotto here in my Pacquiao vs. Cotto prediction? No. In honestly answering all four of the above questions I posed, I feel Pacquiao is going to win the day yet again. I think the contracted weight of 145 lbs will be a detriment to Cotto and his …
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