PostHeaderIcon Pacquiao faces Cotto in MGM Grand Las Vegas match




In a few hours, on Saturday, November 14, 2009, pound for pound best prizefighter Manny Pacquiao faces welterweight champ Miguel Cotto in a boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fans have been waiting for this bout---the most exciting of the year (HBO, 9 PM, E.T.)

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao
49 (37) – 3 – 2
Height: 5′6″ Reach: 67″
Current Pound for Pound Champion
Last 5 fights: 5-0 with 3 knockouts against Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Marco Antonio Barrera, spanning four weight classes from super featherweight to welterweight

Miguel Cotto
34 (27) – 1
Height: 5′7″ Reach: 67″
Current WBO Welterweight Champion
Last 5 fights: 4-1 with 2 knockouts against Joshua Clottey, Michael Jennings Alfonso Gomez and Shane Mosley with the defeat coming against Antonio Margarito.

Who will prevail in this fight? Better known and popular Filipino Manny Pacquaio, 29, boasts of his speed. Miguel Cotto, 29. the pride of Puerto Rico is bigger than Manny on the boxing platform--- even if Miguel has to cut his weight down to 145 lbs.

The two professional fighters have the sports world in attention. They need to bring their best for the fans to know if their prediction of who will win is right. Source: lasvegasenews.com (Photo Credit: AFP/ Getty Images/ Miller, E.) =0=

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