By Rea Frey
Another momentous night in boxing kicked off Saturday, November 14, as two welterweights battled to the near finish for what proved to be an exciting night in boxing. In the opening rounds, Cotto's measured, heavier punches found their home on Pacquiao's chin. Testing Cotto's power, he surpassed it. …

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Seven-division world champion, No. 1 pound for pound kingpin, boxing's top attraction, the best fighter of his era…call him what you want, but one thing is certain, boxing has a bonafide superhero and his name is spelled:
M-A-N-N-Y  P-A-C-Q-U-I-A-O ! 
Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs) from Caguas, Puerto Rico, the …

By Lem Satterfield
LAS VEGAS — The superlatives ran rampant during the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao’s brilliantly violent beatdown of Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in an MGM Grand Garden Arena packed to its rafters with more than 16,200 fans.
Having witnessed the Filipino superstar’s array of speed, athleticism and durability used …

By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach had predicted an early knockout for Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Miguel Cotto wishes he was right.
For nearly 12 rounds Pacquiao battered the WBO welterweight champion the way the typhoon that had …

By Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao had a hat perched jauntily on his head, a bandage wrapped neatly around his right ear. His real work done for the night, he was heading down the Las Vegas Strip to sing a few songs with his band.
Everyone was …

By Ryan Burton
Leading up to Manny Pacquiao’s demolishing of Miguel Cotto, a lot was written about Miguel Cotto’s trainer Joe Santiago, and his lack of experience. An experienced corner and quick reflexes were thought to be Pacquiao’s biggest advantages. All of those advantages were proven to be true on …

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By Dennis “dSource” Guillermo
Las Vegas, NV - First name, Greatest; Last name, Ever. And just like that Drizzy track, he can do this for-EVER. A.K.A Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, and if there were skeptics coming in last night, he left people with no doubt.
For all the talk about Miguel Cotto’s …

By Eric Sloan
Last night boxing experienced a Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard moment–for five rounds. Forget what ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser said earlier in the week, you know that the fight doesn’t matter because boxing is not what it once was. Forget about Puerto Rico versus the Philippines. Forget about any title …

By Coach Tim Walker
It was an old fashioned whipping. The kind you got for taking a piece of candy out the store that wasn’t paid for or for making your mamma tell you something more than once. In just under 12 rounds Manny Pacquiao, the new WBO welterweight champion and …

By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS – The History Channel was among the many sponsors of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which, in an odd sort of way, was appropriate.
Pacquiao made history on Saturday when he battered Miguel Cotto over 11-plus brutal rounds, winning the …

By Jamie Hooper
Even though the fight pretty much went as I predicted in my last article, I was still surprised my some elements of the fight. I was always sure the fight would last beyond the middle stages, mainly due to mutual respect and a lack of risk taking by …

By Francis T.J. Ochoa
LAS VEGAS—Even with hubris presenting itself like an unguarded glass chin, Manny Pacquiao coyly refused to deliver the knockout punch.
Known for his post-fight humility, the new WBO welterweight champion deflected praises trumpeting him as the greatest fighter of all time Saturday, preferring to refer to himself as …

By Gabriel Montoya
In front of a packed house at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2 with 38 Kos) worked over Miguel Cotto (34-2 with 27 KOs) over twelve brutally exciting rounds to pick up a welterweight belt and further cement his status as the …

By Abac Cordero
LAS VEGAS – On a cold Saturday evening, Manny Pacquiao put on the hottest performance of his life, winning an unprecedented seventh world title in different weight classes, and this time making sure that he’ll be remembered forever as the greatest of them all.
It was nine degrees outside …

By Michael Rosenthal
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao might or might not be among the greatest fighters who ever lived. That judgment will be best made years after he retires.
One thing is certain, though: The roll he is on at the moment is as gripping as any in recent history. And …

By Lawrence Donegan
Manny Pacquiao was in extraordinary form last night, both inside the ring, where he dismantled Miguel Cotto to win a world title in a seventh different weight division (a record), and outside the ring, where he interrupted his jovial post-fight press conference to sing a love song. “I’m …

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
In a post-fight interview following his destruction of Miguel Cotto in which he grabbed the Puerto Rican’s WBO welterweight title and the organization’s super champion belt and also the coveted WBC “Diamond Belt” studded with hundreds of diamonds, rubies and other precious stones, Manny Pacquiao likened himself to …

By Nancy Gay
LAS VEGAS — There is no more debate. No one can question the boxing dominance of Manny Pacquaio, not after yet another devastating defeat of another of the sport’s greats. Pacquaio’s relentless speed, even at his heaviest weight ever, was absolutely too much for WBO welterweight champion Miguel …

By MARK WHICKER
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao continued his improbable cruise upstream Saturday night, sailing blithely against all known laws of weight and age.
He gets older, he gets better. He gets bigger, thrusting himself against accomplished boxers who live at those weights, he gets better.
No, not just …

By Chris Robinson
Moments ago at the post fight press conference for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto bout, Pacquiao himself and trainer Freddie Roach addressed the media following their big win. Just minutes earlier Pacquiao had emerged victorious against Cotto in a wild fight to claim the WBO Welterweight championship of the …