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Marquez fight gives Cotto idea how to attack Pacquiao

By Francis Thimsel J. Ochoa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:28:00 11/04/2009

Filed Under: Pacquiao, Boxing

HOLLYWOOD?Miguel Cotto is set to hit California on Tuesday for a media workout in a popular Los Angeles boxing gym, where he is expected to showcase the result of several weeks of training.

Team Cotto has already packed up its training camp in Tampa, Florida, and is now in Las Vegas, where he will defend his WBO welterweight crown against Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand.

The media workout will take place around noon at the Pound4Pound gym on La Cienega Boulevard.

And based on comments coming out of Team Cotto, the 29-year-old Puerto Rican may give sports journalists a peek into how he plans to attack Pacquiao?s weakness?one that was supposedly spotted during the Filipino?s fight against Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez.

?The same way that Freddie says he has seen weaknesses in Miguel, we know the weaknesses of Manny,? Cotto trainer Joe Santiago told Fightnews.com on Monday.

?If there?s any doubt, just review the eighth round of his second fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.?

Marquez opened up a cut over Pacquiao?s eye with a straight right and then rocked the reigning pound-for-pound king with a left hook, Cotto?s pet punch.

?Not that you can compare Marquez to Cotto,? Santiago added in the interview. ?There?s no comparison. Cotto has more tools. He?s a versatile fighter who knows boxing.?

Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) will have his own media workout the following day at the Wild Card gym. He is scheduled to spar on Tuesday with Ray Beltran, Rasheed Holloway and Shane Porter.

Pacquiao?s trainer, Freddie Roach, is expected to cut the number of sparring rounds for his ward as he tapers off going into the final 10 days of training.

The six-division champion, who has thus far logged 130 rounds of sparring, spent Tuesday doing 16 rounds with the mitts with Roach.

Wright picks Cotto

Meanwhile, WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, former champion and Cotto victim Carlos Quintana and former light middleweight titlist Winky Wright all told Boxingscene.com that the Puerto Rican should have no problem dealing with Pacquiao in the fight dubbed ?Firepower.?

However, Lopez, a rising star in the boxing ranks, said that if Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) performs the way he did against Joshua Clottey? who the Puerto Rican barely survived?Pacquiao may end up celebrating another big win.

?In his last fight, Cotto was a little tired at the end, and because Manny throws a lot of punches, that could make [Miguel] tired,? Lopez said. ?If that happens, he will have problems.?



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