Roach has Cotto’s tactics figured out

By NICK GIONGCO

Manny Pacquiao attacks the mitts of Freddie Roach  as he entered the final phase of his training in the country.
Freddie Roach has a gut feeling that Miguel Cotto is not going to press the action against Manny Pacquiao but will resort to being a counter-puncher in a bid to mess up the Filipino’s all-out attacking style when they meet on November 14 in Las Vegas.

Cotto utilizing a 24x24 ring instead of the standard 18x18 that fighters normally use in preparing for fights.

“Cotto will try to be a counter-puncher and be like (Juan Manuel) Marquez,” said Roach at the Gerry Peñalosa Boxing Gym in Mandaluyong, putting sense into reports that Cotto is indeed using an oversized ring.

A slugger by nature, Cotto is said to be learning counter-punching moves in the hopes of emulating what Marquez did in his two fights with Pacquiao.

While Marquez battled Pacquiao to a draw in the first match and was narrowly beaten in the rematch, the crafty Mexican is the only fighter who has given Pacquiao so much pain and punishment as all the others — like the legendary Oscar De La Hoya and even the rock-hard Ricky Hatton — proved no match to the Filipino’s blinding speed and paralyzing power.

Pacquiao was expected to go between 10 to 15 rounds with the mitts on Wednesday as he enters the final phase of his training in the country.

Pacquiao and the rest of his team leave for the US on October 24 so they could resume training on Monday under more familiar conditions at the Wild Card in Hollywood.

 — behind closed doors — Pacquiao will go 10 rounds in sparring with Shawn Porter, Jose Luis Castillo, and Urbano Antillon.

"Indeed Manny is not under estimating his next opponent Miguel Cotto"

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Manny Pacquiao Number 24 on AskMen.com's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2009

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Who are the most influential men of 2009?

We generally aren’t intimidated by guys who are 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds, but Manny Pacquiao is a definite exception. This 30-year-old Filipino fighter, currently the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion, recently became the first Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions, leading many pundits to label him the greatest pound-for-pound pugilist in boxing history.

Pacquiao’s mastery was especially apparent on May 2, 2009, when he easily knocked out former WBA welterweight world champ Ricky Hatton at a heavily hyped match in Las Vegas. ESPN’s Dan Rafael was one of many journalists who sang Pac-Man’s praises following the fight. "It was almost laughable how easy it was for Pacquiao,” Rafael wrote. "It seems as though there is nothing he can't do."

The Associated Press' Tim Dahlberg was quick to agree. "He didn't just beat Hatton,” . “He didn't just knock him out. He demolished a world-class fighter, and he did it with such precision and ease that the talk afterward wasn't whether Pacquiao is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but whether he might be one of the best ever.”

Pacquiao’s next fight has already been scheduled this November, 2009, currently he is under strict training in baguio city.

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Manny Pacquiao Distributes Food to Flood Victims

Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took a break from training camp in the Philippines last weekend to distribute food and supplies to hundreds of people who have been affected by the country's worst flooding in 40 years.

The back-to-back storms Ondoy and Pepeng, which have triggered dozens of landslides and killed nearly 500 people, but the storm did not affect manny pacquiao's training against Miguel Cotto.

Manny, after he worked out, about 4 in the afternoon, in the middle of the rain, was driven down to Manila and on Sunday distributed food to the victims of the flood. Incredibly despite of manny's very strict training for the coming fight, he still managed to help his fellow filipinos to get through the flood.

Manny's team will fly to Los Angeles on October 24 so that the fighter can get acclimated to the time difference. Pacquiao will have logged about 150 rounds of sparring against Urbano Antillon, Jose Luis Castillo and Shawn Porter by the time he arrives in Las Vegas for the fight on Nov. 14.

Cotto, meanwhile, will continue to train in Tampa until two weeks before the fight, which has a catch weight of 145 pounds and will be for Cotto's WBO welterweight title.

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Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao "Manny Pacquiao"

Born December 17, 1978 in Kibawe Bukidnon, Mindanao and currently resides in his home town General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines. A Filipino professional boxer. He is the former WBC Lightweight world champion, WBC Super Featherweight world champion, IBF Super Bantamweight world champion, and WBC Flyweight world champion. He has also held the Ring Magazine titles for Featherweight, Super Featherweight, and Light Welterweight divisions. For his achievements, he became the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions. He is currently the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion and is rated by the Ring Magazine as the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world. He is also the first boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Aside from being a boxer, he has also participated in politics, acting and music recording.

 

 He is married to Jinkee Pacquiao and they have four children.He has finished only elementary education. Despite such educational attainment, he recently took high school equivalency test and he passed.

         Statistics
Real name               Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Nickname(s)           Pac-Man
Rated at                  Light Welterweight
Height                     5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[1]
Nationality              Philippines Filipino
Birth date               December 17, 1978 (1978-12-17) (age 30)
Birth place              Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
Stance                     Southpaw
        Boxing record
Total fights           54
Wins                   49
Wins by KO       37
Losses                3
Draws                2

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