The lights are ready and the stage is set for the showdown between the pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas, Nev.
Pacquiao said it is a big honor for him and the people of his country, the Philippines, to fight for another world championship, said Pacquiao.
“I am 100 percent conditioned for the fight and I can’t wait for Nov. 14.”
Pacquiao, who began his boxing career at 106 pounds and will fight Cotto at 145 pounds, is on the verge of becoming the first boxer in history to win titles in seven different weight divisions.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, said that fighting Cotto for a seventh world title is going to be unbelievable because Pacquiao is a throwback to the golden boxing era of the 1800s.
“He is a Henry Armstrong type,” Roach said. “You don’t have fighters like that today that move up in weight like this to win championships in all of these different weight divisions. He is carrying his punch and his power with him along with his speed.”
Cotto is fighting the most important fight of his career. He is coming off a big win against Joshua Clottey and looks to silence all the critics that say that he hasn’t been the same fighter after he lost to Antonio Margarito.
“This is a big fight because the public likes when the best fighters get into the ring,” said Cotto. “This is what Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Wilfredo Ben?tez did for years. They each fought against the best, the way I am doing against Pacquiao.”
Cotto is a dangerous fighter with a wicked left hook. He will be the bigger fighter in the fight, but that doesn’t scare Roach. Pacquiao has fought great fighters like [Erik] Morales, [Juan Manuel] M?rquez and ?scar de la Hoya.
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