Manny Pacquiao’s performance on November 14th, 2009 was one of the best ever.
Miguel Cotto defeated the Filipino boxing icon to become the first seven-weight champ.
Manny Pacquiao won the WBO welterweight championship with a TKO in the 12th round at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.
However, many people, including Cotto’s wife, thought the fight should’ve been stopped much earlier.
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The story of Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto started off strong and won the first 2 rounds of his fight against Manny Pacquiao.
In round three, however, things changed. Pacquiao accelerated the pace, and started mixing angles and volume in order to establish his dominance. Cotto fell to the ground after a right-hook. He got up but continued to be punished until the third round.
Pacquiao took full control of the…
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