By Brad Cooney

8CN - Give me your thoughts on Pacquiao vs Cotto. Did you think that Pacquiao was going to be THAT dominant over Cotto?

ZJ - No, personally I thought Cotto would have gotten him late. But I did say that if Cotto didn’t watch out for Pacquiao’s speed that Manny would be a problem for him. Cotto never adjusted to Manny’s speed. He didn’t know what the Hell was going on since round one. Manny was throwing punches from angles, and so fast, left hand leads, upper cuts, Cotto never seen that before. I mean I was surprised, I must say.

8CN - You have been around a long time, and you have fought the best fighters in the world. Have you ever seen anybody do what Manny is doing?

ZJ - He’s a very mentally focused person. I love what he’s doing mentally, he has his mind made up that he’s not going to get beat no matter what weight class he is in. The reason why I say that it’s not impossible for him to get beat is that anything is possible. But, not just anyone can beat him, he’s it right now. He is the legend of our time. They say that every 30 years or so someone comes along and does something like this.

8CN - How do you see Floyd doing against Pacquiao?

ZJ - It would be a good fight, but it won’t be a shutout like he got against De La Hoya and Cotto. Mayweather has good defense, it will throw Pacquiao off. I also feel that it would be a 12 round split decision for Manny Pacquiao. I just feel if Pacquiao puts up his normal effort and it goes 12 rounds, they won’t do that Mayweather nod shit, that’s not going to happen.

8CN - Do you think Manny wins fair and square, or are you saying that Manny would get the nod because he’s Manny Pacquiao?

ZJ - I think it will be close, but Floyd will go out with a bang. Floyd doesn’t have the power to keep Manny off of him. I fought Floyd, I haven’t fought Manny, but I watch him and he’s a little force. He backed Cotto up the whole fight, Cotto was in there doing those Salsa dances, I thought he was in there doing a tap dance or something (laughing) I didn’t know what the Hell he was doing.

8CN - How would you try to beat Manny Pacquiao?

ZJ - You can’t let him come forward. You have to back him up with good combinations. Another thing, you have to have power to back him up with. If you don’t have power, you are not going to back him up. He’s a strong little mother fer, and he’s fast, he’s sharp. Right now I just want to stay off of the radar screen. I don’t want nobody ducking me, I am the quiet storm that nobody see’s right now.

8CN - Give me some closing thoughts Zab.

ZJ - I am going to take Juan Urango’s title, believe that, let the world know that there will be a new IBF champion of the world. I need the belt in order to campaign back at 140 lbs. Juan, you’re the next guy in the way. I want to thank my fans for being there. Shout out to the New York Yankee’s, Brooklyn what up! read more