Pacman Makes History

Once again, The People's Champ demonstrated his prowess in the boxing ring. At a quick glance, Miguel Cotto seemed to be the more dominant fighter but looking at the measurements, Manny Pacquiao is surprisingly taller by 2 centimeters and they have the same reach. His coach, Freddie Roach, was very confident before the fight and the reason was clear. They had a game plan and it worked. The first two rounds were all for Cotto, boxing aggressively while Pacquiao looked hesitant and just accepted his advances. When the third round came, Pacquiao already made a good assessment of Cotto's style and power and started his attack. Cotto fell in that round and again in the next with a straight hit to the chin. It was already clear in the succeeding rounds that this fight is Pacquiao's. The question now is how long will Cotto last? Cotto's aggressiveness is gone and he's now the one backing up and avoiding the ropes. There was a funny part in the tenth round when Manny suddenly stopped following Cotto, shrugged, and breathed deeply like he was saying, "I'm tired of walking around. Can we box now?" After the tenth round, Cotto's coach, Joe Santiago, said to give it one more round before they throw in the towel. Cotto was successful in avoiding Pacquiao's power punches and staying on his feet in the eleventh round so Santiago let him continue to the next round. This time, Cotto was not so lucky. At 55 seconds in the twelfth round, referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight when Cotto can no longer answer to Pacquiao's barrage of punches. At this point, Pacquiao became the first boxer to hold seven world titles. An honor achieved by a Filipino. Bisaya pa gyud.

What's next? Will Money Mayweather answer to Pacquiao's fan's taunts and prove his claim that he's still the best Pound-for-Pound fighter? Let's wait and see.