Miguel Cotto Confident of Knocking Manny Pacquiao Off

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is very confident as he begins the first phase of his training camp for the November 14 bout with Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach is predicting a knockout win for his side. He doesn't see Cotto being able to deal with Pacquiao's speed. Cotto is not paying attention to anything that Roach says. He continues to feel that Pacquiao's two biggest wins have been overhyped because Oscar De La Hoya was weight drained and Ricky Hatton was made to order.

"At the end of the day, Freddie Roach, all he can do is try to prepare Pacquiao to beat Miguel Cotto. I am not De La Hoya, who was caught at the end of his career, lost all of that weight and they took advantage of it. I am not Ricky Hatton who had an overrated career and had no defense. [Pacquiao's] entire team, especially Freddie Roach, knows what Miguel Cotto is capable of doing in the ring," Cotto told El Nuevo Dia.

Cotto says Roach likes to trash talk with the teams of Pacquiao's opponents but there will be no trash talking in this fight. Cotto plans to keep it civil and let his fists do the talking on fight night.

"That has always been Freddie Roach's problem. He likes to be in that kind of role but here he doesn't have to be. We have a lot of professionalism and plan to show it," Cotto said.

Source: boxingscene.com