Given the much anticipated war that is brewing for the November 14 clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, we profile Puerto Rican and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Undoubtedly, pages, scrolls, and YouTube videos will populate the internet flush with opinions and views in the build up for Cotto's welterweight fight with pound for pound king and Filipino phenom Manny Pacquiao.Only These Two Fighters Matter
(I can only count my blessings that I shall indeed have the opportunity to witness the fight of the year live at the MGM arena.) At the end of the day, the views of writers, analysts, and observers are no substitute for what actually transpires in the ring, and with that humble recognition, the vigorous preparation rests only with the ring warrior themselves - with the guide of Virgil-like characters in Freddie Roach and possibly Emanuel Steward on the side of Cotto. It is afterall Pacquiao's and Cotto's limbs and health on the line. Not ours.
To them - exclusively - belong the excruciating sacrifice and pain of thousands of sit-up crunches, and dozens of rounds of sparring, and the hundreds of blows to the cranium and ribcage which Mother Nature did not design for spectator entertainment shock or gladiator spectacle. It was Man who ordered the brutality on these two, and Pacquiao vs. Cotto shall be monetarily compensated accordingly.
Last Line of Defense
Speaking of brutality, Miguel Cotto stands as the last line of defense in Manny Pacquiao attempting to gain entrance in the almost ineffable, holy-like parthenon of boxing's all-time idolatry. Sure, Manny is already a future hall of famer, and has firmly planted his legend in the minds and hearts of boxing fans. History has carved out his permanent shining star in the dark night skies of prize fighting.
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