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Not seen a thread about this, and to be honest I can't see Pacquiao struggling at all in this one - but it's boxing and strange things happen.  Even if it goes as expected, it's always good to watch Pacquiao at work.

It's on Sky Sports 1 on Sunday @ 2am, so we get to see the best boxer in the world fight without having to pay extra.

Roach seems to fancy Pacquiao's chances of winning early - saying that a first-round knockout might be on. 

Seems odd to me that the Pacquiao fight is on normal sky sports,yet last weeks dance off was PPV!.

Come on the pacman.

Really hope they make the pacman v pbf fight once he beats cotto,could be a classic

Could be great, but I am expecting a methodical beating delivered by Pacman. Bring on mayweather.

Pacman would probably beat valuev

didn't manny himself say that PBF was a bit too much to take on given the weight difference? All well and good taking on inferior fighters with the weight disadvantage but fighting a true great who is still in his prime under those conditions seems a bit crazy.

Cotto is no mug and is again naturally heavier than Hatton for example. I expect pacman to win but if he gets tagged it really could be gg very quickly.

Pacman is the real deal i couldt believe his price against Hatton ship ship.

Coto is tough but sometimes his head is't in the game he's changed trainer and was't impressive in his last fight.

I serioursly lumped on Pacman at 1/2 a while ago best price now is 2/5.

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Yeah agree with this unfortunately.

Looking forward to this one.  Should be a good fight to clear that circus bout from last week out of the system.  I'm going against the grain.  Cotto for me.  Don't think Cotto is being given enough respect here.  Apart from anything else the weight difference is huge. Manny has stated in the past he would never fight Cotto at Welterweight as he'd be too strong for him.  His preparations have not been perfect either.  Some sort of tax issue meant he's had to train in the Philipines instead of the US.  The only loss on Cotto's card was to Antoino Margarito who may possibly have had a horse shoe in his glove and has subsequently been suspended for weighting his gloves after the Mosley fight.  Think it'll be a lot closer than the odds suggest anyhoo.  Certainly not a 21/10 shot.  Cotto is more than just a brawler.  Punt on Cotto KO in the later rounds - 9, 10, 11 and 12.

My only worry is Freddie Roach saying it could be a round 1 or round 2 knockout. He doesn't usually make predictions lightly.

anyone know roughly what time the main fight will air ??

Normall around 4 am

Looks a cracking fight this. Odds of me being awake at 2:30am, slim-none.
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Likely to be on fivelive?

Woteva, Cotto for the valooooooooooooooo. Pacman cos the guy is a boxing legend of our time and a lot more exciting than the true great of era, who is pretty boy floyd obv.

Pacquiao knockout 1-4 please. Will settle for first punch knockout.

Great first round from Cotto.  Goiong to be a cracker!

Pacquiao immense in the second.

Really good fight so far, well worth staying up for.

Ivey @ ringside

LOL Phil Ivey in the crowd

Pacquiao's footwork is amazing, but Cotto is landing his right.

But pacquiao hurts Cotto just before the end, and the bell saves him.

Wow Pacquiao is so quick it is unreal.

Pacquiao is amazing at dictating the range. His footwork is outstanding.

Pacquiao is now dominating, frightening speed.

Cotto needs snookers now.

The commentators acknowledging the influence of Freddie Roach. Incredible stuff.

Cotto is gone

Cotto's face is a mess.

Roach predicted the 1st, 9th or the 10th.

Let's see if he gets it right or not...

[ ] Ah well done me

Cotto might have won the 10th.

Cotto does well to keep away from Pacquiao that round. Bet he wishes he'd done that from the start.

Cotto now just running away to survive the full 12, who would have thought the heavier man would have to resort to this.

Wtf surely that wasn't worth stopping in the 12th, kind of academic though.

Pacman is such a brilliant fighter, deffo the best active fighter to watch, pure class.

Ref compassionately stops the fight in the final round.  Maybe a little premature as there were a few minutes left, but he was taking some shots and not giving anything back.

Bring on Mayweather.

The guy is unbelievable. So good to watch.

Mayweather has to happen.

Just awesome!

Gotta to be Mayweather now, in a super fight to end all super fights.

I will take Mayweather on points fwiw, even though I would love to see Manny destroy him.

I think it would be so close. Manny's speed is unreal. I think and hope Manny would edge it.

Fingers crossed Mayweather doesn't hold out for the money. Make it a 50-50 and get on with it imo.

Really hope Manny does PBF but last night's fight reinforced my belief that someone who is a great boxer will give him trouble, especially at Welter. Cotto looked good when he used his jab and his boxing and PBF is just a class above Cotto.

bah i fell asleep lol

none the less watched it this morning wen i got up and pacman just destroyed him, still think the ref should have tried to let it finish.

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I jagerbombed myself into a coma, last thing I remember is the ringwalk!

I sure remembered to put sky+ on too  ;grr;

Inside-out jaegerbomb ftw.

Mayweather will be value as Pacman would be favourite. I dont think Pacman will win though, Maywether is too strong, too big and just too good.

What's inside-out  Jagerbomb?

You think? I thought it'd be around 5/6 your pick if they fight.

I would be betting pacman.

If pacman is favourite for this fight, I will be having my biggest bet ever on Mayweather.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQpBUYIwV1g

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Depends on what weight they fight at.  That's the crucial part as to who'd be favourite in my book.

Glass full of Jaeger - shot of red bull. Kiss goodbye to the next 2 days.

Agree, but cannot see anything other than at Welterweight. For that reason I'd be on PBF too.

Sure will try that next time I'm out!

Mayweather all day long...

Some firms have priced it up... Mayweather 4to6- Pacman 6to4

That is about how I would have priced it.

hills o 1/2 PBF   6/4 pacman

laddies 4/6 PBF  11/10 pacman iirc

Pacman is the one to topple pbf imo,gogogo pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather says he is ready for a mega-money fight with Manny Pacquiao and believes the new WBO welterweight champion is "one-dimensional".

Pacquiao cemented his claim to be the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet when he stopped Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Immediately after the Pac Man's triumph at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, trainer Freddie Roach put Mayweather in the Filipino's sights.

But Mayweather has already upped the stakes ahead of any match-up, saying the Filipino lacks the variety to trouble him.

In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports' Adam Smith, the American said: "The thing is with Pacquiao I don't see any versatility as a fighter; he's a good puncher but just one-dimensional."

Mayweather also believes he is on a hiding to nothing in taking on the fight and would be expected to win easily.

"I'm in a no-win situation. If I beat Manny Pacquiaodo you know what they are going to say? 'You are supposed to beat him, you are Floyd Mayweather, you are the bigger man'. If I knock him out they'll say 'you're supposed to knock him out he's been knocked out before'.

"I'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he's been beaten before; whatever I do to Pacquiao has been done before - he's been beaten on three occasions. And if I knock him out I don't want the world shouting because he's been knocked out twice before.

Step up
"The world's going to go 'wow' if Floyd Mayweather gets beaten. That's what everyone is looking to see."

Pacquiao was reticent to talk about his plans for future fights in the immediate aftermath of his victory over Cotto, saying: "My job is to fight in the ring and I think that depends on (Top Rank's Bob) Arum my promoter to negotiate that fight. I'm just going to take a vacation first and spend time with my family and have fun."

Mayweather thinks the Filipino is running scared.

"When they asked Manny Pacquiao 'would you like to fight Floyd Mayweather' he said talk to my promoter; they didn't ask your promoter they asked you, what do you want to do?

"Manny Pacquiaowas asked the same question 'do you want to fight Floyd Mayweather' three times. This is something the world is trying to force on him. If he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather all he has to do is step up to the plate."

What is certain is should the fight go ahead, both men will enjoy a bumper pay-day although publicly Mayweather has said he would only fight Pacquiao if he got the lion's share of any purse.

And should the two men meet, the man who now calls himself 'Money' knows he will be in for another cash windfall.

"If I go out and make $60-75million in one night; come on - I'm not losing."


Sounds like Mayweather wants everything on his terms - the weight - the money. Wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't happen.

chop it down the middle and fight for the rest.

Bob Arum and Mayweather hate each other and Mayweather will not do 50 50.

Alot of talking to be done i just hope they make this fight.

PBF needs to recognise he is not the P4P king anymore.

Which brings me to another point. (I can hear nemesis getting ready to respond already)

Pacquiao is more of an all time great for me than Mayweather who did good beating up great little guys in his own weight class.

 ;popcorn;

I agree with this.

The Pacman's record is littered with very good and even great fighters.

PBF has never been beaten.

I think will this fight will go two ways for me either pacman to knock mayweather out, or  maywaether to win on points , very interesting fight for a change . not many good fights out there now a days . Last the haye fight was a joke  , IMO haye not a natural heavy weight and as a dodgy chin which will coem to light if he comes across  any big hitters , not that there is any out there at moment.

Pacquiao is a Filipino Andy Johnson imo.

23st 7" 2" not big enough?

What Pacman has going for him is his coach. He is the best in the business.

British UFC fighter Dan Hardy has been training with Roach too and his boxing is super tight now.

That and the fact he has mad skillz  ;)

Lol he should be knocking them out for fun at that size

Easily the best coach around at the moment.  Turned Pacquaio from a very, very good boxer to the P4P champ.

He's also taken the raw and flawed (and floored) Amir Khan, and is turning him into a world-class operator.

Well hope he can do something with khans chin, i think he as got every but  not got a good chin

Kahn weighed similarly for the Prescott and Barrera fights but was much leaner on the torso for the second. Hopefully that means he's been doing some leg work.

Heh!

Manny Pacquiao could fight Israel's Yuri Foreman ahead of his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr, trainer Freddie Roach has confirmed.

A much-anticipated fight between Filipino Pacquiao, the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, and undefeated Mayweather is on the cards after the American recently came out of retirement.

Talks between both camps are underway, but Roach has accused Mayweather's party of stalling on negotiations and is considering an earlier bout for the 'Pac Man' against WBA light-middleweight champion Foreman.

"We want to fight in March and we don't really want to wait," Roach said.

Commitment
"Mayweather doesn't want to fight in March, so we might fight for the 154lbs title in March and move up for that eighth world title.

"I'm thinking about that still and it's something that I'm kicking around in my head right now.

"Yuri Foreman might be the opponent. It is a possibility, and then Mayweather in September. If they guarantee me that, we'll do that, but I need more of a commitment from Mayweather because he's not negotiating too well.

"It has to happen, and with the money they are going to make out of it, I feel it will happen. Mayweather can't make that money with anybody else."

And while admitting Mayweather could cause a few problems against Pacquiao, Roach revealed he has a game-plan in place for the Michigan fighter.

Roach also believes Pacquiao's attacking qualities will prove too much for Mayweather.


Great fighter
"Offence wins fights. He (Mayweather) has a great defence, you don't score points with defence," Roach said.

"I have a good game-plan for Mayweather. I have studied him hard and I know him pretty well.

"He's very difficult and he gives us problems but I think we can get to him. We can match his speed and our footwork is a little better than his so I think we can excel in those spots.

"Obviously it's a tough fight but I think we can get to him and break him down.

"He (Mayweather) is a great fighter and the retirement was just to make his price go up. He's just playing games. He never left the gym - he trained the whole time. He's not going to retire for a long time."

Pacman would destroy Mayweather.


I hope.

By improving his defence he has done something with Khan's chin.  Khan, like many boxers, can take a punch.  But they have to see it coming.  The problem wasn't a glass-chin, it was that the way he fought meant he was tagged by punches he didn't see.  Barrera caught him a few times with decent punches, but they were seen and Khan took them comfortably.  I think this 'weakness' will be less of an issue going forward now, but I might be wrong.  If he fights Prescott again, I expect a completely different outcome.

Prescott is on the undercard against an unbeaten Brit who i don't think i've seen yet. I've heard his coach mention his defence can be a weakness sometimes and Prescott has obvious power but is still an even money shot. I heard in his fights since Khan he hasn't impressed but he won one and the one he lost was to a guy who isn't a mug.
Anyone tell me anything about the Brit because i quite fancy backing Prescott at that price but not sure how good his opponent is?

I know nothing about his opponent, but there's a little bit here:

http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/11/10/1124220/kevin-mitchell-breidis-prescott

I've seen a bit of Mitchell, he's very highly rated and of course undefeated. One point of note is that he is coming up to lightweight for this fight and Prescott is a fairly big lightweight iirc. I can't really advise on a potential winner though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8388919.stm

Pacquiao puts his name down as a contender...

Happy to hear Mayweather vs Pacquiao is "almost done" for March 13th 2010 at the amazing Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas! The $1bn stadium is phenomenal and seats over 100,000 people and has the biggest BIG screen in world! Amazing venue for an amazing fight...

Lol @ Roy Jones Jr who has now fecked up his Bernard Hopkins fight. Shame they didn't get it on about 8 years ago!

Sigh this fight isn't gonna be in vegas! Was going to use it as an excuse to go

GUTTED, ABSOLUTELY GUTTED, IF NOT IN VEGAS!