By Bob Velin, USA TODAY
LAS VEGAS — In Manny Pacquiao’s eyes, Freddie Roach has transcended the title of trainer.
“Freddie is my master, my master in boxing,” says Pacquiao.
Roach will have to be master and commander of Pacquiao’s corner when the Filipino superstar (49-3-2, 37 KOs) meets Miguel Cotto for …

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POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao insists he is feeling stronger than ever ahead of his mega-fight with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Sunday morning. Pacquiao moves up to welterweight to take on the WBO king in a bout both claim to be the most important of their careers. Both have shown a mutual respect for another but Pacquiao said: “I feel stronger than I ever have. My punches are harder, my speed is in tact.” read more

(CNN) — Manny Pacquiao believes his lightning hand speed will help him triumph over Miguel Cotto’s raw power as he bids to take his World Boxing Organization welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The 30-year-old Filipino former flyweight world title-holder is hoping to become a five-weight world champion when he takes on Puerto Rican champion Cotto at the MGM Grand Hotel.

By Leo Reyes
Miguel Cotto risks his chances of winning three successive fights after his devastating loss to Antonio Margarito when he faces Manny Pacquiao on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
If the Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto insists on using his old boxing style when …

LAS VEGAS — The image likely is seared into the minds of those who saw it: Miguel Cotto, his face a swollen mask, with blood pouring from cuts around his eye, his mouth and his nose, as if he had been beaten by a baseball bat.

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InThisCornerTV.com stopped by Manny Pacquiao’s training camp and spoke with Manny and his trainer Freddie Roach as they prepare to take on Miguel Cotto this Saturday Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight can be seen Live on HBO PPV in the U.S. and on Sky Sports in the U.K. Smitty also delivered Manny a beautiful Limited Edition Photograph of Muhammad Ali courtesy of the San Fransisco Art Exchange in recognition of being chosen as In This Corner’s Fighter of the Year. See more

By Abac Cordero
LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach wants Miguel Cotto to feel what Oscar dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton felt in the opening rounds.
He wants Manny Pacquiao to dictate the pace and even go for the kill if and when the opportunity arises.
“I really hope he comes out and shows …

By Abac Cordero
LAS VEGAS
– Give this round to Joe Santiago.
After taking big hits from his counterpart, Freddie Roach, the 32-year-old trainer of Miguel Cotto landed a good one during Wednesday’s final press conference at the Hollywood Theater of the MGM Grand.
“Good luck to Manny. He’s gonna need it,” said …

By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS – There may come a day, not too long from now, when boxing fans speak of Pacquiao-Cotto in the same reverential terms that they speak of Hagler-Hearns.
The fight matches a pair of elite fighters in the prime of their careers with styles that mesh perfectly with …

By Michael Rosenthal
LAS VEGAS — The United States has its superstars, athletes who capture the imagination with their unusual achievements and bigger-than-life personas, athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
Not even they could ascend to the level of Manny Pacquiao among Filipinos, though. Pacquiao has dominated his sport as Jordan …

By Steve Kim
After the IRS imposed exile to Baguio, followed by the malaise of Manila, trainer Freddie Roach was satisfied with where his charge, Manny Pacquiao, was- physically and mentally- as they headed down the home stretch of their training camp at their familiar haunts of the Wild Card Boxing …

By Jake Donovan
There are a lot of issues that will remain open to debate regardless of who is the last man standing in this weekend’s superfight between defending welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto and consensus pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
What won’t necessarily be decided this weekend at the MGM Grand …

By David A. Avila
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So why not combine the two?
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By Eric Samson
“I'm sure all of you guys have seen that I'm predicting Pacquiao to go down in the 6th round. Here is my round-by-round breakdown of the fight as I see it happening,” stated Ecko MMA Brand Manager Eric Samson as he replied to recent comments made by fans …

By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – It was a news conference, which only means not a whole lot happened. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto talked Wednesday like diplomats after accepting keys to the city from the only politician with a title, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman.
If Goodman’s gift included any keys …

By Krista Angela M. Montealegre
Filipino fans, boxing experts and even superstar Manny Pacquiao are urging Gerry Peñalosa to retire, but the boxer nicknamed “Fearless” will not hang his gloves just yet.
After the younger Juan Manuel Lopez handed him what could be the worst beating of his 20-year career for …

After the fight, I feel satisfied with Penalosa. And it’s not for the beating he took. It is for his being in 2009 an aging fighter testing his skills against the best there is not in his division as most boxers do, not in a division below his as Hopkins, De La Hoya and Mayweather do — but in the division above his – perhaps the deepest division in boxing today. He didn’t go for a soft touch like the fighters mentioned above; he didn’t drop at the first sign of power as Jameel McCline did against Chris Arreola; and he didn’t lose hope that he could win the fight: between rounds, Penalosa insisted Lopez was tiring while his seconds insisted he was through and stopped the fight – which they were right to do.

Penalosa didn’t fold, he didn’t fall – he just brought out the best in himself and the best in his opponent, and for that, this future Hall of Famer is –in a way that other credit worthy fighters like De La Hoya, Hopkins, and Mayweather will never be — a credit to the game.