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Manny Pacquiao wins because Miguel Cotto can't cook with cold grease
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Hey, look, Pacquiao is actually "bigger" than his formidable
foe Cotto at least on fight poster.
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NOW FOR MICHAEL MARLEY'S PERSONAL FIGHT PREDICTION
LAS VEGAS--It's a frightening thought Manny Pacquiao is still going up the hill and not descending.
Miguel Cotto, by contrast, is hardly washed up or what Sugar Ray Leonard liked to call "a punched ticket." I am not saying Cotto is like sour milk, that his expiration date has come and gone.
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It's not beating Oscar and Hatton, it's how he methodically demolished them both. This is not the same Manny Pacquiao I saw stumbling around a ring in San Antonio against Jorge Solis.
That Pacquiao had potential but his footwork was terrible. His offense was
nowhere near as fine tuned as it is now.
I see a mismatch here also. Not between Miguel and Manny. But this bout is a Super Bowl game in terms of magnitude.
The veteran jockey is Roach, the novice rider is Jose Santiago. He may be good, bad or indifferent as Cotto's chief second.
We don't know. But do we do know how Roach performs and gets his boxer to perform under such intense pressure.
Welcome to the Big Dance, Mr. Santiago, but I remind you that all contents are under pressure.
Larry Holmes liked to say "you can't cook with cold grease."
With that in mind, I'm sticking with Megamanny and Chef Freddie because they not only serve up a sizzling steak, they slather it with comeback sauce that leaves you wanting more.
Mixed metaphors aplenty, I realize. But I'm a mixed-up guy.
Pacquiao by decision and there will no big drama when the scores are ready by Michael Buffer.
I figure Pacman to win seven, maybe eight rounds in a bruising battle where both will be hurt but not knocked down.
Notice I said Buffer and not buffet, lol.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
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