Cotto Incognito: Evaluating Cotto's training camp

by Indianapolis Fight Sports ExaminerDennis "dSource" Guillermo

 
While the media swirls around Manny Pacquiao's training camp, Miguel Cotto has almost vanished as if he has gone incognito with his own preparations.

Cotto is currently in Tampa, Florida fine tuning his strategy against Pacquiao after working on his conditioning in Puerto Rico for the past several weeks.

Word from inside sources from Cotto's camp have all been positive. Cotto is in shape and is said to be looking sharper than ever for the biggest fight of his life.

For the record, I like how Cotto has gone about his business with his training. He is leaving nothing to chance and taking his destiny in his hands by pulling no stops in his training camp. He started his camp early giving him more time to study and work on his strategy and technique against Pacquiao and enabling him to have more time to get acclimated with the lighter weight he needs to make which is 145 pounds which is the catch-weight for this bout.

The one thing I question with what I've seen with Cotto is his speed. He is looking awfully slow ala Ricky Hatton and if he does not address that by fight night, Pacquiao will definitely run circles around him and counter him all night. What Cotto has though that Hatton didn't is his crafty combinations. Cotto is definitely bigger and stronger than Pacquiao and will look to avoid coming in drained the way Oscar Dela Hoya did. It will be interesting to see how Pacquiao will handle the power of a true welterweight.

Cotto's team has been studying a lot of Pacquiao's old fights and have taken a closer look at his past losses. I don't know how much those tapes will help Cotto though because Pacquiao is a totally different fighter now compared to what he was just a couple of years ago. One of the best trainers in the business Nacho Beristain alluded to this fact and praised Pacquiao's trainer for his development. In an interview published by Philboxing.com from Beristain's interview with ESPN's Spanish TV program "Golpe Y Golpe", Beristain said,

    "I think Pacquiao is lucky to have him in his corner, Freddie Roach is one of the best trainers in the world and he has a lot of knowledge and he has made Pacquiao a better fighter who used to have a lot of flaws in his style. Pacquiao used to jump when throwing punches and now he is doing great from a technical point of view and that is Freddie's work."

Also, Cotto yields a significant mismatch in the corner as his head trainer will be Joe James, who will work his second bout as head coach after replacing Miguel's uncle Evangelista Cotto after an ugly falling out while Pacquiao will have Roach who is a Hall of Fame trainer and has been working with him for almost a decade now.

At the end of the day however, fighters fight inside the ring and with the caliber of Pacquiao and Cotto, anything can happen.

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COTTO & PACQUIAO BOTH HAS THUNDEROUS FIREPOWER PUNCH..WHATEVER THE OUTCOMES FROM THEIR TRAINING CAMPS - COME WATCH THE FIGHT ON NOV. 14, 2009.. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE WILL COME VICTORIOUS!



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World renowned boxing trainer Ronnie Shields predicting Cotto victory

byMississippi Fight Sports ExaminerBrad Cooney

Ronnie Shields

World renowned boxing trainer Ronnie Shields has quite an impressive list of fighters that he's worked with over the years.  His resume has impressive names such as Evander Holyfield, Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz, Kermit Cintron, Rocky Juarez, just to name a few.  Shields is another name that you can add to a growing list of people in the boxing world that are leaning toward a Miguel Cotto victory over Pacquiao.


There are some current fighters that also feel as is Cotto will have his arms raised at the end of the night, but this is the first time a top rated elite trainer has gone on the record with this writer predicting a Pacquiao defeat, " I am going with Cotto in this fight.  The only person that has stopped him was Margarito, and who knows if there was something going on with that."  Shields is referring to the illegal hand-wraps that Margarito was caught using, and subsequently suspended and fined for.

We have heard this before though.  We have heard about how Pacquiao's opponents have been bigger and stronger, yet at the end of the night, it's Pacquiao with his arms raised, and millions of Filipino's celebrating from Manila to California and back.  Will the same thing happen again against Cotto?  Will Manny's speed overwhelm the bigger and stronger Cotto? Or, will Cotto be different from past opponents? Will Cotto be able to stand the flurry of combinations and withstand the unusual power of the smaller Pacquiao?

Many people agree, (this writer being one of them), that the only way someone can beat Pacquiao is if they can hit hard enough to gain Manny's respect.  They have to be able to hit him hard enough as to where Manny thinks twice about jumping inside and unleashing his speedy attack.  If someone can make Manny pay for stealing that real estate, they might be able to get him out of his groove.  There is a problem with that theory though.  You would have to be able to land your leather, you can't hit what you can't catch.

With that said, Pacquiao fans should keep humble and not for one second underestimate the very dangerous Miguel Cotto.  If guys like Ronnie Shields are leaning toward Cotto, it's certainly worth taking a look at.

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COTTO WILL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT HOW TO CATCH MANNY PACMAN PACQUIAO FIRST & UNLEASHED HIS THUNDEROUS FIREPOWER PUNCH..

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