THE REALIST SPORTSTALK IN THE NORTHWEST
The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is all but set for March 13………Las Vegas, Dallas and New Orleans are the front-runners to host the bout, which is expected to become the highest-grossing boxing match in the sport’s history……..Pacquiao is the top pound-for-pound fighter in nearly every major ranking…… Mayweather is No. 2 in most rankings and was No. 1 in nearly all of the polls before he briefly retired in June 2008.
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Manny Pacquaio established himself as one of the greats Saturday night, he picked apart and destroyed Miguel Cotto in a 12th round TKO…..here are some qoutes from the fight…..”The best fighter I have ever seen,” said his promoter, Bob Arum. “And that includes Muhammad Ali, and Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler. The best fighter I have ever seen.”………..Manny is pound for pound the best fighter in the world…….(boxing fan with front row tickets)……..
Cotto landed 93 power punches, compared to 276 for Pacquiao……. Cotto had a terrible gash over his left eye…… his face had become grotesquely bloody….. his wife and son had left their ringside seats, unable to witness more…… Cotto’s father asked for a stoppage in the 11th….. finally, with Pacquiao still beating his @ss, Bayless granted his wish.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission ordered Cotto to skip the postfight press conference in favor of a body scan at the hospital. A publicist was left to convey his sentiments: “He wanted the media to know he fought the best fighter he ever fought.”
Floyd Mayweather destroyed Juan Marquez in a unanimous 12 round decison….it wasn’t even close, Floyd through the jab with precision and accuracy…. we might have to start calling him Doctor Mayweather….tune in Monday at 1:00 pst. and JB & KB will have the whole fight in review…….and what was up with Suga Shane and Bernard Hopkins trying to pull a Kayne West on Mayweather???
