I'm just going to follow suit and just start ranting like everyone else.
Whoever said that Joshua Clottey is slightly "better than your average fighter" or something like that is a fool. At the very least he'd give the top welterweights a run for their money (look at Cotto for example).
I think the OP said this gem, that Cotto has a far superior fight IQ than Pacquiao because he can change styles mid-fight. He probably does posses the great fight IQ, I'm not denying that. But when have you ever seen Cotto change tactics or make outcome changing decisions in a fight? This should not be a factor in this fight, especially when Pacquiao has Roach in his corner. That right there would nullify any advantage in fighter IQ that Cotto might have.
Some of the most ridiculous things that have been said are things like saying Pacquiao hasn't fought anyone except some small mexicans, Old DLH, and an overrated Hatton. Those small mexicans just happened to be the top lightweights at the time with combined records of 168-18. That 18 could very easily be cut down because most of the losses were taken on at the end of their careers. With regards to DLH and Hatton, the only thing that those two fights show is that Manny did it better than Mayweather, period.
I can't remember if someone tried to dismiss Cotto's opponents or not so I'll just assume that no one did. If someone did, you're retarded.
Other ridiculous things said in this thread are betting bigger on Pac because Cotto looked shitty against Clottey (same guy who said he's a bum). This would make perfect sense if Pacquiao and Clottey had ANYTHING in common. They are completely different fighters so using this as your template on how why Pacquiao is going to win is ludicrous.
I'm sure there's more in there but I'm tired and don't feel like reading everything over.
But here's my take on all this. First to answer the OP's question, I think the lines will continue to improve on Cotto all the way up to fight night. Pacquiao's a national sensation now and is know as the P4P King. Even though he's not, people believe the hype and spin. They remember the beating the "much smaller man" (at least wast suppose to be) put on DLH, the golden boy of boxing in the US. Then he DEVASTATED the UK's boxing god Ricky Hatton in two rounds. And then people remember that PBF fought these two and didn't look this good so Pac Man has to be better. Wonderful logic...
This fight should be a pick'em that's slightly leaning towards Pacquiao just because he has all this momentum going into the fight. Anyone who thinks that Pacquiao can score a KO/TKO must be praying for a doctor's stoppage or something. Cotto might get knocked down from a flurry of punches by Pacman but he'll never be down for the full count of 10. Pacquiao is definitely being overrated for this fight after his last two spectacular victories. Cotto is being vastly underrated after his loss to Margarito and a close win to Joshua Clottey.
I was originally leaning Cotto to take this fight but now am leaning back to Manny. There are some definite holes in Cotto's game that if Freddie Roach can exploit as well as he did with Hatton, this should be another Pac Man celebration.
Whoever said that Joshua Clottey is slightly "better than your average fighter" or something like that is a fool. At the very least he'd give the top welterweights a run for their money (look at Cotto for example).
I think the OP said this gem, that Cotto has a far superior fight IQ than Pacquiao because he can change styles mid-fight. He probably does posses the great fight IQ, I'm not denying that. But when have you ever seen Cotto change tactics or make outcome changing decisions in a fight? This should not be a factor in this fight, especially when Pacquiao has Roach in his corner. That right there would nullify any advantage in fighter IQ that Cotto might have.
Some of the most ridiculous things that have been said are things like saying Pacquiao hasn't fought anyone except some small mexicans, Old DLH, and an overrated Hatton. Those small mexicans just happened to be the top lightweights at the time with combined records of 168-18. That 18 could very easily be cut down because most of the losses were taken on at the end of their careers. With regards to DLH and Hatton, the only thing that those two fights show is that Manny did it better than Mayweather, period.
I can't remember if someone tried to dismiss Cotto's opponents or not so I'll just assume that no one did. If someone did, you're retarded.
Other ridiculous things said in this thread are betting bigger on Pac because Cotto looked shitty against Clottey (same guy who said he's a bum). This would make perfect sense if Pacquiao and Clottey had ANYTHING in common. They are completely different fighters so using this as your template on how why Pacquiao is going to win is ludicrous.
I'm sure there's more in there but I'm tired and don't feel like reading everything over.
But here's my take on all this. First to answer the OP's question, I think the lines will continue to improve on Cotto all the way up to fight night. Pacquiao's a national sensation now and is know as the P4P King. Even though he's not, people believe the hype and spin. They remember the beating the "much smaller man" (at least wast suppose to be) put on DLH, the golden boy of boxing in the US. Then he DEVASTATED the UK's boxing god Ricky Hatton in two rounds. And then people remember that PBF fought these two and didn't look this good so Pac Man has to be better. Wonderful logic...
This fight should be a pick'em that's slightly leaning towards Pacquiao just because he has all this momentum going into the fight. Anyone who thinks that Pacquiao can score a KO/TKO must be praying for a doctor's stoppage or something. Cotto might get knocked down from a flurry of punches by Pacman but he'll never be down for the full count of 10. Pacquiao is definitely being overrated for this fight after his last two spectacular victories. Cotto is being vastly underrated after his loss to Margarito and a close win to Joshua Clottey.
I was originally leaning Cotto to take this fight but now am leaning back to Manny. There are some definite holes in Cotto's game that if Freddie Roach can exploit as well as he did with Hatton, this should be another Pac Man celebration.
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Only way Cotto can win is to put Pac in the corner so Pac wont be able to use the ring to set up Manny's SHARPSHOOTERS PUNCHES. He also need to step up in the early rounds as the Pac is like a typhoon when he has the momentum on him with regards to Cotto really has the tendency to heat up later in fights.
