Return of the King: Manny Pacquiao dominates Miguel Cotto.

This was a great fight and we all know who we want to see this guy fight next.”FLOYD MONEY MAYWEATHER”.

Miguel Cotto goes down against Manny Pacquiao in the fourth round. Pacquiao won by 12th round referee stoppage in a dominant performance. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Miguel Cotto goes down against Manny Pacquiao in the fourth round.
Pacquiao won by 12th round referee stoppage in a dominant performance.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)


Manny
Pacquiao was sensational tonight in Las Vegas, knocking down Miguel
Cotto twice, battering him throughout the majority of the fight, and
forcing Kenny Bayless to stop the fight in the 12th round of a dominant
performance, giving Pacquiao his 50th career win and arguably his most
impressive.

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 JO) floored Cotto on timing shots in the third
and fourth rounds, but after Cotto looked sharp, strong and fast early,
he was dominated over the latter half of the fight. Pacquiao proved
that there is no questioning his power at this weight, and no
questioning his ability to take a good shot, either. He walked through
some strong punches from Cotto (34-2, 27 KO) and seemed to barely feel
them. Pacquiao, on the other hand, was able to hurt Cotto consistently.

He was faster, stronger, and better. Miguel Cotto isn’t old, wasn’t
drained, isn’t “overrated.” Cotto did all he could tonight, but he was
laid to waste by a superior fighter.

Pacquiao is now the WBO welterweight titleholder, the seventh weight
class in which he’s won a major title, the first man to ever do that.

Pacquiao’s return has been rumored to be March 13, 2010, but that
may move. Promoter Bob Arum had floated the idea of a Cotto-Pacquiao
rematch if it was a great fight. It was an entertaining fight, and a
masterful performance from Pacquiao, but it was not a great fight, and
a rematch would be useless. There was no doubt. Cotto was pulled out of
the fight by referee Kenny Bayless almost as soon as he was hit hard
one time by Pacquiao in the 12th.

Bayless, unlike Cotto’s corner, protected the fight. Cotto was on
his bike most of the latter rounds, straight-up running from Pacquiao.
He was demoralized and in some ways embarrassed. His pride took a hit
tonight. Cotto showed clear fear of Pacquiao in many rounds, and
there’s no disputing that.

Manny Pacquiao is a fighter unlike any other in the world.

There will be much more tomorrow, perhaps tonight, and in the coming
week. But is there any other fight besides Pacquiao-Mayweather now? As
Pacquiao avoided the question of having a preference for his next
opponent, the public will respond: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

There is no other fight for either man.