I truly believe that Bob Arum is forcing Manny Pacquiao to fight Miguel Cotto which is also under Arum’s wing just to earn a very big payday. Arum is trying everything to make this fight happen despite the fact that Miguel Cotto is not yet ready for the fight after incurring a deep cut in his last match with Clottey while Manny Pacquiao is already able to fight as early as August.

Manny Pacquiao wants the fight at October 17 but because Cotto needs time to heal Arum is forcing a November 14 date which in the part of Cotto is too early and will definitely give him a disadvantage but because Manny Pacquiao is the money man, Cotto will risk it all just to be able to fight the pound for pound king.

I believe Arum is doing this for fear that Manny Pacquiao will not fight anymore after the Philippine elections in May of 2010, thats the reason why i think he’s trying to capitalize on his assets by making them face one another and collect all the money. Instead of finding Pacman a more reasonable opponent in Mosley or wait a little for Mayweather which i know Manny is looking forward to facing in the ring, but because these fighters are not under Arum Promotions,  Bob Arum is not interested.

Manny should not let himself be sweet-talked into taking this Cotto fight believing that this is the right fight for him. A fight with Cotto is more of a no-win situation for the pound for pound king. I’m not saying that Cotto is undeserving to have a shot at Manny, it’s just that Cotto’s last fight was very dismal and very controversial it was the second worst Cotto fight, a fight that i really think Miguel lost. Cotto was running away from Clottey on the later rounds of the fight and he can’t even get rid of the Clottey grin with his combination punches it simply was a fight that pulled Cotto’s name down so why will Manny fight him when Manny demolished Hatton in two rounds? 

Even if Manny will knockout Cotto in the first round it really will not be as big a deal because critics will just say that Cotto was not yet ready for the fight or because of what Cotto showed in his last fight people will say it was simply a mismatch despite Cotto being the bigger fighter. So aside from a potential upset loss to Cotto, Manny will not really gain that much if he beats Cotto. Another thing is the interest factor in boxing fans will not be that high because by basing it on Cotto’s last fight they would assume that it’s a Pacman win so why pay to watch when you think you already know the outcome.

This fight really ain’t giving any favor to Manny it’s all in favor of Bob Arum and a little to Miguel Cotto. I say Manny should face Sugar Shane Mosley, so then it will be an unpredictable fight and people will definitely pay to see it. Two fighters that had spectacular knockouts in their last fights and facing each other surely will be a match to see. Besides Mosley is even williing to go down 65-35 to Pacman just to let the fight happen so money won’t be a problem to Pacquiao besides the risk and gain ratio of fighting Mosley is much better than fighting Cotto.

I’m not totally crossing out Cotto its just that he needs to fight another impressive fighter like Andre Berto or Kermit Cintron and demolish them and then should they talk about a Pacquiao fight in 2009. Besides a loss to Pacquiao after a controversial win will spell doom to Cotto’s  career so i hope Miguel will not fall to Arum’s Money Making Plans.

 

by Sunday Zamuco