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Manny in 5
By: Gerry N. Ramos, Journal Online
FOR the man who knows Manny Pacquiao from head to toe, there’s no doubt the boxing superstar considered the best
Filipino athlete ever is going to beat Miguel Cotto two weeks from now.
Veteran boxing expert Moy Lainez was vocal in saying it would be the Pacman who would emerge victorious on Nov. 14
(Nov. 15, Manila time) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – be it decision or by knockout.
Along with the late Rod Nazario and Lito Mondejar, Lainez was part of the original Team Pacquiao which help steer the 30-
year old ring icon into what he is today in the world of prizefighting.
“Ako tingin ko talaga mananalo si Manny,” said Lainez when contacted by People’s Journal Monday. “Kung ako ang
pupusta, within rounds 1 to 5, baka bumagsak diyan si Cotto.”
Trainer Freddie Roach, upon seeing Pacquiao get better by the day while holding training camp in Baguio City, had said in
passing that Cotto may even be gone by the first round.
Lainez wouldn’t dispute it.
“Naniniwala ako na may posibilidad pa yun,” he admitted. “Hindi malayong maging Hatton yan.”
Pacquiao’s former handler obviously, was referring to the vicious second round demolition suffered by Briton Ricky Hatton
at the hands of Pacquiao when they clashed for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light-welterweight title six
months ago.
Like Hatton, Lainez said Cotto does have the size and strength factor going his way.
But as past opponents of Pacquiao would later admit, including Hatton, former world lightweight champion David Diaz and
the legendary Oscar De La Hoya, it’s the speed of the current pound-for-pound king that blew them away.
Cotto would be no exception.
“Malaking factor `yung bilis ng kamay at suntok ni Pacquiao. Bibitaw yan, 1-2-3-4. Bago maka-react si Cotto, wala na agad
si Manny.
“At tsaka sa welterweight, sa tingin ko mabagal si Cotto,” he said of the 28-year-old warrior from Caguas, Puerto Rico,
whose World Boxing Organization (WBO) title will be at stake.
Lainez also pointed out what other boxing expert had been saying – Cotto has never been the same fighter he was before
shortly after suffering his first career loss against Mexican Antonio Margarito last year.
Margarito stopped Cotto in the 11th round of their action-packed welterweight clash, a result that later would be held under
suspicion after the Mexican was caught applying illegal hand-wraps during his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley.
“Sabihin na nating kargado si Margarito, pero si Cotto nag-deteriorate na after nung laban na yun. Parang takot ng
matamaan,” Lainez said, even pointing to the outcome of Cotto’s last fight against Joshua Clottey, which the Puerto Rican
won by split decision.
“Tingin ko nga panalo pa si Clottey doon. Binigay na lang kay Cotto dahil nga para maikasa itong laban kay Pacquiao,” he
added.
And should Pacquiao fail to score a knockout and the fight goes the full route, the Filipino has all the more chance of
winning.
“Pacquiao pa rin. Mas marami siyang sumuntok kaysa kay Cotto, e,” said Lainez.
Only one way would Cotto be able to pull off an upset, according to the man behind the weekly boxing show Rod Nazario’s
In This Corner.
“Sa boxing meron tayong lucky punch. Ang panalo lang ni Cotto knockout.”
By: Gerry N. Ramos, Journal Online
FOR the man who knows Manny Pacquiao from head to toe, there’s no doubt the boxing superstar considered the best
Filipino athlete ever is going to beat Miguel Cotto two weeks from now.
Veteran boxing expert Moy Lainez was vocal in saying it would be the Pacman who would emerge victorious on Nov. 14
(Nov. 15, Manila time) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – be it decision or by knockout.
Along with the late Rod Nazario and Lito Mondejar, Lainez was part of the original Team Pacquiao which help steer the 30-
year old ring icon into what he is today in the world of prizefighting.
“Ako tingin ko talaga mananalo si Manny,” said Lainez when contacted by People’s Journal Monday. “Kung ako ang
pupusta, within rounds 1 to 5, baka bumagsak diyan si Cotto.”
Trainer Freddie Roach, upon seeing Pacquiao get better by the day while holding training camp in Baguio City, had said in
passing that Cotto may even be gone by the first round.
Lainez wouldn’t dispute it.
“Naniniwala ako na may posibilidad pa yun,” he admitted. “Hindi malayong maging Hatton yan.”
Pacquiao’s former handler obviously, was referring to the vicious second round demolition suffered by Briton Ricky Hatton
at the hands of Pacquiao when they clashed for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light-welterweight title six
months ago.
Like Hatton, Lainez said Cotto does have the size and strength factor going his way.
But as past opponents of Pacquiao would later admit, including Hatton, former world lightweight champion David Diaz and
the legendary Oscar De La Hoya, it’s the speed of the current pound-for-pound king that blew them away.
Cotto would be no exception.
“Malaking factor `yung bilis ng kamay at suntok ni Pacquiao. Bibitaw yan, 1-2-3-4. Bago maka-react si Cotto, wala na agad
si Manny.
“At tsaka sa welterweight, sa tingin ko mabagal si Cotto,” he said of the 28-year-old warrior from Caguas, Puerto Rico,
whose World Boxing Organization (WBO) title will be at stake.
Lainez also pointed out what other boxing expert had been saying – Cotto has never been the same fighter he was before
shortly after suffering his first career loss against Mexican Antonio Margarito last year.
Margarito stopped Cotto in the 11th round of their action-packed welterweight clash, a result that later would be held under
suspicion after the Mexican was caught applying illegal hand-wraps during his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley.
“Sabihin na nating kargado si Margarito, pero si Cotto nag-deteriorate na after nung laban na yun. Parang takot ng
matamaan,” Lainez said, even pointing to the outcome of Cotto’s last fight against Joshua Clottey, which the Puerto Rican
won by split decision.
“Tingin ko nga panalo pa si Clottey doon. Binigay na lang kay Cotto dahil nga para maikasa itong laban kay Pacquiao,” he
added.
And should Pacquiao fail to score a knockout and the fight goes the full route, the Filipino has all the more chance of
winning.
“Pacquiao pa rin. Mas marami siyang sumuntok kaysa kay Cotto, e,” said Lainez.
Only one way would Cotto be able to pull off an upset, according to the man behind the weekly boxing show Rod Nazario’s
In This Corner.
“Sa boxing meron tayong lucky punch. Ang panalo lang ni Cotto knockout.”