October 31, 2009 · Filed Under Announcements, Featured, News, Pictures and Photos
PacquiaovsCottoHBO247
Watch episode 2 of HBO 24/7 Pacquiao/Cotto on Halloween Night Oct. 31, 8:00 pm PT/11:00 pm ET. HBO will continue to follow both fighters as they prepare for their upcoming bout on November 14th. Manny Pacquiao leaves the Philippines and begins training at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. Miguel Cotto will be wrapping up his training at the Fight Factory in Tampa, Florida as he heads out to Las Vegas, Nevada.
HBO Sports 24/7 has featured Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and now Miguel Cotto.
Showing posts with label match. Show all posts
Showing posts with label match. Show all posts
Monday, November 2, 2009
Latest Pound For Pound Ratings
-
1. Manny Pacquiao
Country: Philippines
Record: 49-3-2 (37 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #1 | Last Week: #1 | Weeks On List: 303
Titles: The Ring
-
2. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Country: USA (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Record: 40-0-0 (25 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #2 | Last Week: - | Weeks On List: 1
-
3. Shane Mosley
Country: USA (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Record: 46-5-0 (39 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #3 | Last Week: #4 | Weeks On List: 35
Titles: WBA
-
4. Bernard Hopkins
Country: USA (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Record: 49-5-1 (32 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #4 | Last Week: #3 | Weeks On List: 172
-
5. Juan Manuel Marquez
Country: Mexico
Record: 50-5-1 (37 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #5 | Last Week: #2 | Weeks On List: 132
Titles: WBA, WBO, The Ring
-
6. Israel Vazquez
Country: Mexico
Record: 43-4-0 (31 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #6 | Last Week: #5 | Weeks On List: 112
-
7. Rafael Marquez
Country: Mexico
Record: 38-5-0 (34 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #7 | Last Week: #6 | Weeks On List: 70
-
8. Nonito Donaire
Country: USA (San Leandro, Calif.)
Record: 22-1-0 (14 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #8 | Last Week: #7 | Weeks On List: 21
Titles: IBF
-
9. Miguel Cotto
Country: Puerto Rico
Record: 34-1-0 (27 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #9 | Last Week: #8 | Weeks On List: 21
Titles: WBO
-
10. Celestino Caballero
Country: Panama
Record: 33-2-0 (23 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #10 | Last Week: #9 | Weeks On List: 35
Titles: IBF, WBA
Roach Won't Allow Cotto To Use Mayweather Trick
“We will make sure that Cotto cannot use his weight to his advantage,” Roach told The Philippine Star.
Trainer Freddie Roach will not allow WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to use the weight tactic of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last Saturday in Las Vegas, Mayweather weighed 146-pounds for his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight was agreed upon for a catch-weight of 144-pounds. At the late hour, the Marquez camp was informed that Mayweather was unable to make 144 and a deal was reached for the fight to move forward.
Marquez weighed four pounds less at the weigh-in. Nobody knows what Mayweather weighed on the night of the fight. He refused to step on the official scales in the back and refused to answer any and all questions regarding his weight. Some speculate that he may have been in the mid-150s.
Roach's prize pupil Manny Pacquiao faces Cotto at the catch-weight of 145-pounds on November 14. He will not allow Cotto to jump on the scales at any weight above the contracted limit of 145. Cotto is in a different position than Marquez. Mayweather was brining all of the money to the table and did whatever he pleased. Pacquiao is the one bringing most of the money to the table in his fight; giving himself the advantage to impose his authority on Cotto.
Fight's off if Cotto weighs over 147 lb
“It means he has a lot more work to do than us in losing weight,” said Ariza.MANILA, Philippines - There’s just one thing that can keep the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight from happening, and that’s if the champion from Puerto Rico weighs in at over 147 lb.
“That’s the highest we could go (147 pounds),” Pacquiao’s chief trainer, Freddie Roach, was quoted as saying in an Internet report that came out yesterday.
Pacquiao and Cotto are fighting at a catchweight of 145 lb even if the 27-year-old Puerto Rican has agreed to stake his WBO welterweight (147 lb) crown.
At the start of the negotiations, Team Pacquiao tried to drag Cotto down to as low as 143 lb, but the latter said he can’t go lower than 145, and the fight was sealed.
“ I would call the fight off if he comes in weighing more than that,” Roach also said, meaning Cotto will have to make sure or even die trying to make the catchweight.
Or face the severe consequences, like losing all his purse, or even facing a legal battle.
Based on reports, Cotto will be fined $1 million for every pound in excess of 145. He can weigh in at 147, pay Pacquiao $2 million and go on and fight the Filipino pound-for-pound champion.
But if Cotto weighs just a fraction over 147, Roach said he’s pulling the plug on what could be or what should be the biggest fight of the year.
In the fight contract that either fighter who exceeds 145 lb will have to pay a fine, but it’s only today that the details had come out.
“We’re just protecting Manny,” Mike Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, had said.
Pacquiao is three days into training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood after spending more than 30 days training in three different gyms in the Philippines.
Before he boarded the plane to Los Angeles last Saturday, Pacquiao walked around 150 lb, and was happy to report in his regular column that he still gets to eat as much as he wants.
Cotto, on the other hand, must be bleeding to get down in weight. In New York, during the press tour last September, Cotto said he was at 160, and Pacquiao’s conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, liked what he heard.
“It means he has a lot more work to do than us in losing weight,” said Ariza.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
