Pacquiao KO's Cotto Sets Up Fight With Mayweather: Filipino welterweight sensation Manny Pacquiao cemented his status as one of the all-time great boxers of his era this past Saturday night with a 12th round TKO stoppage over Miguel Cotto. The fight was a war as anticipated from the opening bell as the two power-punchers wasted no time introducing each other with heated toe-to-toe exchanges. Cotto’s jabs and body shots gave him an early edge until Pacquiao scored a 10-8 round in the 3rd with flash knockdown courtesy of a right hook. The Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto odds had Pacquiao as a -300 boxing betting favorite at BetUS.com.

In the  4th round Pacquiao turned the tide with a jolting left uppercut to the jaw that dropped Cotto hard. From that point on Cotto’s confidence waned as Pacquiao began to find his rhythm. Pacquiao punched from all angles with speed, power and precision and Cotto had no answers. Cotto looked for the one-shot big shot that would turn things around and it never came as the Pacman peppered him with blitzing combinations. Cotto showed heart and tried to box from range late in the fight with his face leaking plasma but he was simply outgunned by the faster man. The Pacquiao vs Cotto boxing betting Total was at 9.5 Rounds with the OVER cashing in at +130.

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The end came at :55 seconds of the 12th round as a severely fatigued and battered Cotto retreated while Pacquiao teed off on his wounded foe. Pacquiao landed 276 punches to Cotto’s 142 and was ahead on the scorecards 109-99, 108-100 and 108-99 at the time of the stoppage. Pacquiao improves to 50-3-2 while Cotto drops to 34-2. The whole world now wants to see Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather in a battle that would determine who is the baddest man on the planet pound-4-pound. We have decided to open some early boxing betting odds on this fight and we are instilling Floyd Mayweather as a -160 favorite. Floyd Mayweather is bigger, slicker and just as fast as the Filipino Pacquiao. Pacquiao is truly a great fighter but he has never faced a boxer with supernatural ability like “Pretty Boy” Floyd.