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PACQUIAO WATCH: This could end quick
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
BOTH Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Angel Cotto tipped the scales well within the 145-lb contract limit Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cotto seemed physically unbothered by the weight regimen watch and looked like very ready to rumble. He was a picture of a man possessed throughout the weigh i Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is a bout that gets boxing off the ropes
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
From Las Vegas
Seldom has there been better proof that there is no accounting for taste.
Starting at 5:30 a.m. Friday, hundreds of people began lining up in the hallways leading to the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Barack Obama was not scheduled to appear, nor was Bruce Springsteen. Nobody would be Read Full Story >>> Capacity weigh-in portends great things for Saturday fight
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS – If there’s anything to be said for weigh-ins acting as preambles to super fights, “Firepower” promises to be like nothing boxing has seen for a long time. Then again, what could possibly be the fight-night corollary for a sold-out weigh-in?
That was what happ Read Full Story >>> Trainers scuffle at Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto weigh-in
By Brett Okamoto, Las Vegas Sun, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Freddie Roach had warned Miguel Cotto’s camp all week through the media that if Cotto weighed in even slightly over the agreed-upon 145-pound weight limit for the WBO welterweight title fight on Saturday, he would pull Manny Pacquiao from the event completely.
Pacquiao weighed in first at 1 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Cotto weigh in before match for packed house
By Greg Heakes, Associated Press, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Trainer Freddie Roach says fighting as a welterweight might become a regular thing for Manny Pacquiao because he is happier than he has ever seen him before a fight.
"If he couldn't eat the day before the weigh in he was mad at the world," said Roach. "He would be on edg Read Full Story >>> Team Pacquiao Sold the Philipino Legend Out
By Brent Matteo Alderson, FightFanNation.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
I’m excited about the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight this Saturday and out of all the possible matchups to be made between Pacquiao, Mayweather, and Mosley, this one has the greatest potential to produce the magical fireworks of a legendary prize fight and will be well worth your pay-per-vi Read Full Story >>> Cotto out to break Pacquiao
STV, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Miguel Cotto is confident he will prove his doubters wrong when he defends his WBO welterweight title against pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and is determined not become another scalp on the Filipino’s rise to boxing superstardom.
Puerto Rican Cotto, 34-1 (27 KOs), will have more t Read Full Story >>> The "Latin Snake" Predicts Pacquiao vs Cotto
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
8CountNews sat down with former Jr middleweight world champion, Sergio Mora and got his thoughts on the big Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto fight. Mora also gives us an update on his contractual negotiations with Golden Boy, Top Rank, and Goosen. Mora informed 8CN that he feels as if a deal will ge Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR.: "WHEN COTTO WINS, LIL' FLOYD GONNA..."
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
It was a hectic scene as Floyd Mayweather Sr. made his way through the crowd at today's weigh-in for this weekend's highly-anticipated clash between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. "He gonna get whooped! What you want me to say? What you want me to say," Mayweather could be heard as he answered his Read Full Story >>> Gorres beats Melendez by decision but collapses post fight
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Z Gorres W UD10 Luis Melendez
Round 1: Both fighters trading shots in the center of the ring. Gorres using excellent angles and popping his jab well. Melendez using his hight and reach well.
Round 2: Gorres back to jabbing. Lands a good combo that backs Melendez to the ropes. Gorres finds suc Read Full Story >>> GORRES WINS BY UD BUT COLLAPSED AFTER THE FIGHT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Reports coming from the arena of the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV indicate that Z 'The Dream' Gorres of the Philippines won his fight against Luis Melendez of Columbia by unanimous deci Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao can take final step towards clinching the most thrilling fight of all time
By James Lawton, The Independent, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
It's rarely a hardship watching Brazilians play, wherever they cast up in their relentless globe-trotting. However, there has to be the suspicion as the sun rises here this morning, that whatever the world's greatest football nation produces tonight against Fabio Capello's England in the Khalifa Sta Read Full Story >>> Weight Over: Cotto, Pacquiao Ready To Lock And Load
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
There was no need to pay by the pound, in the weigh-in to tomorrow night’s Vegas superfight between welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
Faced with the threat of having to pay a cool million for every pound over the 145 lb. catchweight limit, Cotto (34 Read Full Story >>> WEIGH-IN RESULTS FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Las Vegas, NV:- Top Rank held the weigh in for the gladiators fighting tomorrow at the MGM Grand Garden Arena moments ago.
Miguel Cotto, the Boricua from Puerto Rico came in right on the nose:- 145lbs. Pacquiao, the c Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Landed "The Punch" And Redefined His Career
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
If you've watched boxing for any length of time, you've seen it. Sometimes you sense it coming by the tempo and flow of the fight. And other times it strikes suddenly and explosively and without warning, the fight's over. I'm talking about the one-punch knockout that erases everything that had trans Read Full Story >>> Prediction: Pacquiao will stop Cotto!
By Geoffrey Ciani, The Mushroom Mag, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
I have underestimated Manny Pacquiao time and time again. I picked against him in his rematch with Eric Morales, I picked against him in his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, and I made myself look like a complete asshole Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto Must Survive Round One to Stay Safe in the Game
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will be relentless in his quest for his place in boxing history by knocking out his opponent in round one of his Firepower match with Miguel Cotto. The Puerto Rican boxer must survive round one to stay safe in the game.
Miguel Cotto must survive the first round Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao fighting for his nation
By Steve Bunce, The Independent, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Each time Manny Pacquiao fights, his beloved Philippines falls silent in anticipation and respect for the tiny man that is being groomed to one day become the President.
Pacquiao fights Puerto Rico's Miguel Angel Cotto for the World Boxing Organisation welterweight title in the early hours of tom Read Full Story >>> SIX TRUTHS FOR PACQUIAO-COTTO AND BEYOND
By Evan Korn, FightHype.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
1. Manny Pacquiao Will Knock Out Miguel Cotto: We saw Miguel Cotto's prime end July 26, 2008, the night Antonio Margarito's loaded/unloaded gloves turned Cotto's face into a Joseph Merrick AKA The Elephant Man recreation. Like the Fernando Vargas that fought on post-Trinidad, Cotto's best days are a Read Full Story >>> What Insiders Are Saying About Pacquiao Versus Cotto
By Nicholas Von Wettberg, New America Media, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS -- One of the world’s most gifted athletes is proving that, in some ways, he is not so unique after all.
Manny Pacquiao, the 31-year-old Filipino boxing champion from General Santos City, Philippines, joins a long list of accomplished athletes, who, for whatever reason, think that Read Full Story >>>
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