Pacquiao TKOs Cotto, makes history

[Brownman]

INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 13:34:00 11/15/2009

MANILA, Philippines â€" (UPDATE 3) Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made history Sunday (Manila time) when he bagged the welterweight title, his seventh in as many divisions, via technical knockout of Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, the reigning champion in that division.



Kenny Bayless, the referee of the match, stopped the fight at 2:04-minute mark of the 12th round declaring Pacquiao the winner in the fight held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pacquiao bucked a size disadvantage against Cotto on his way to becoming the first fighter to win world titles in seven divisions.

Pacquiao has won the world championships in the flyweight (112 pounds), super bantamweight (122 lb), featherweight (126 lb), super featherweight (130 lb), lightweight (135 lb), and light welterweight (140 lb).

No man has won seven world titles in seven weight divisions and only five boxers have won six â€" Pacquiao, Oscar de la Hoya, Thomas Hearns, Hector Camacho, and James Toney.

Pacquiao looked unstoppable for the third consecutive fight, knocking Cotto down twice in the early rounds before putting the finishing touches on in the 12th round to claim Cotto's World Boxing Organization title.

The Filipino dominated from the second round on, putting on a stunning display of boxing skills and laying a savage beating on the champion.

"I tried my best to knock him out," Pacquiao said. "I thought in 11th round they would stop the fight. I am surprise he continued to fight."

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) solidified his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

He also looked unstoppable in his two previous victories, dominating Oscar De La Hoya in December 2008 before destroying Ricky Hatton in just two rounds in May.

This was only his second fight as a welterweight as he is now being lined up for a blockbuster fight against American Floyd Mayweather.

"Everybody was saying he was bigger and stronger than me so I wanted to try and test his power," Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao opened slowly in the opening round before switching to his up tempo style in the second and then knocking Cotto down for the first time in the third.

In the next round Pacquiao scored another knockdown, this time sending Cotto sprawling across the center of the ring by landing a left hook.

"I fought everybody and Manny is one of the best all time," said Cotto, who suffered just the second loss of his brilliant career.

"He jabs and throws. I didn't know from where the punches were coming and I didn't protect myself from the punches." Cedelf Tupas, Inquirer; AFP

[Lorenzo]

Go Pacman!

Fighting Champ of the Philippines!

[vhinz08]

congratulation Pacman you deserved it.   

[Vito Andoline]

daghan na sad hubog ani ron.

[mistyeyed]

Daghan pod ug nakadaug.Ni pusta baka Vits. Ni daug ako uncle mag tagay jud daw sila unja.

[Vito Andoline]

Daghan pod ug nakadaug.Ni pusta baka Vits. Ni daug ako uncle mag tagay jud daw sila unja.

wa kay way musokol puro pakyaw tanan.

[mistyeyed]

Hahaha.

[Vito Andoline]

Hahaha.

mangil man ka  bisan  cotto ka noh

[mistyeyed]

Hahaha.Na tagna-an na naku na sauna pa nga di modaug si Cotto kay sa apelyido pa lang gi Cotto,unya ka pakyaw,apelyido pa lang mamakyaw pod,meanig ang Cotto pakyawon ug tiros ni Pacquiao.

[jorgeanna]

hala ka! grabeha naman ni cya oi.. fame and fortune all in one

[bugsay]

The Rev. Michael Sinnott, the 79-year-old Irish missionary priest who was recently released from a month of jungle captivity in the south by suspected Muslim rebels, said his kidnappers had been eager to set him free because they wanted to also watch the Pacquio-Cotto match.

"'Your freedom is our freedom. We don't want to be here for a long time, too, and we want to watch Pacquiao's fight,'" Sinnott told the CBCPNews, the news service of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), quoting his kidnappers.

[mistyeyed]

The Rev. Michael Sinnott, the 79-year-old Irish missionary priest who was recently released from a month of jungle captivity in the south by suspected Muslim rebels, said his kidnappers had been eager to set him free because they wanted to also watch the Pacquio-Cotto match.

"'Your freedom is our freedom. We don't want to be here for a long time, too, and we want to watch Pacquiao's fight,'" Sinnott told the CBCPNews, the news service of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), quoting his kidnappers.

Mao ba,dili dili ni binuang nimo Bugs.Ing-ani jud diay ka sikat si Pacman.

[bugsay]

Mao ba,dili dili ni binuang nimo Bugs.Ing-ani jud diay ka sikat si Pacman.

extracted it from yahoo sports news..

[mistyeyed]

Ah, ok.

[efbsister]

bai bugs, mag andam na lang diay ko ani ug hapin sa akong yagbols kay diha mi pustahan,,, pastilan waman gud moatbang kang pakyaw didto na hinoon ko sa kang kotto,,, paita ini oi.. abi nako ang koto mo pakyaw.... aguy morag napulo ra ba ka pitik...

Proud na mi kaayo kang Pacquiao, dili na jud sila mo halahala ug binuang sa mga pinoy kay basin maknockout na sila, way labot tong tiglantaw sa nagpasoso ha...

[bugsay]

bai bugs, mag andam na lang diay ko ani ug hapin sa akong yagbols kay diha mi pustahan,,, pastilan waman gud moatbang kang pakyaw didto na hinoon ko sa kang kotto,,, paita ini oi.. abi nako ang koto mo pakyaw.... aguy morag napulo ra ba ka pitik...

Proud na mi kaayo kang Pacquiao, dili na jud sila mo halahala ug binuang sa mga pinoy kay basin maknockout na sila, way labot tong tiglantaw sa nagpasoso ha...

ngano man sab gud tawon nga nibalintong man kag pusta uy?

hahaha....wa man seguroy magpabantang ug pasoso diha bai efb...

[efbsister]

ngano man sab gud tawon nga nibalintong man kag pusta uy?

hahaha....wa man seguroy magpabantang ug pasoso diha bai efb...

Morag waman hinoon deri bai... mao lagi way mosukol kang pakman deri ako na lang basin diay ug ako ang makapitik... ako diay ang mapitikan ani dah..

[bugsay]

swerte kaayo kay gi view diri's China bai, live pa gyud sa TV....basin gi hacked ang cable....aw di ikapangutana diri.

[bugsay]

Morag waman hinoon deri bai... mao lagi way mosukol kang pakman deri ako na lang basin diay ug ako ang makapitik... ako diay ang mapitikan ani dah..

aw sa basa nako sa imong pad bai efb, murag di man ka makabuak ug baso.....

mamospos nuon ug botelya...bwahahahaha

[vhinz08]

kuyawa jud sa pmbansang kama-o, nganong naa naman poy mga hubog vits?