‘Manny Pacquiao to stop Miguel Cotto’

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Latest News from blogs.timeslive.co.za Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Manny Pacquiao will stop Miguel Cotto in their November 14 showdown in Las Vegas. That’s according to 51% of respondents on my poll so far (to vote, click here).

The next biggest block of voters, at 25%, believe the Pacman will win the fight on points; then 12% are backing Cotto to stop Pacquiao; 8% are going with a draw and then finally 4% see a Cotto victory on points.

Another way of interpreting the results is that 63% reckon the fight won’t go the distance.

Right now, I’m sitting on the fence. I want to see the photos (and hopefully some video footage too) from the weigh-in to check how drawn Cotto is. That’s when I’ll make make my final pick.

But if a gun were placed to my head and I were forced to choose, I’d have to go with Pacquiao … but only just.

The only certainty is that this bout will be far more competitive than Pacquiao v Ricky Hatton, and even Floyd Mayweather v Juan Manuel Marquez for that matter...

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