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Cotto May Have to Bleed to Succeed
If his past is any indication, Cotto will do so or die trying. "Miguel Cotto was wobbled against DeMarcus Corley (February, 2005) with a right hand over the top. Cotto was wobbled twice and down once against Ricardo Torres, and I think that he was stunned a couple of times against Shane Mosley" said Lampley. "He was cut badly against Zab Judah. Full Article at AOL SportsMiguel Cotto was wobbled against DeMarcus Corley (February, 2005) with a right hand over the top. Cotto was wobbled twice and down once against Ricardo Torres, and I think that he was stunned a couple of times against Shane Mosley
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Cotto May Have to Bleed to Succeed
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That was a very sad night for me. Miguel wasn't crying tears. The tears coming out of Miguel's eyes that night weren't normal. They were tears of blood. You had to see it
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Now, I've been in good fights with Judah, Mosley, Clottey. If people saw Miguel Cotto in all of those years, and they didn't believe in me, then what else do I have to do?
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A lot of people wondered why I didn't allow the fight to be stopped ... But I spent more than nine weeks preparing for the Clottey fight to make a great fight and a great show for the fans all over the world.
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The single biggest coefficient to cuts is fast hands, and that's where Manny Pacquiao has an advantage in this fight ... You don't see the punch coming, that's when you get cut.
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He was cut badly against Zab Judah. He was cut badly against Joshua Clottey -- of those times in matches that he won ... He was cut badly and beat up, obviously, in the Antonio Margarito fight, when he was knocked out.
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And I would specify that the cut is going to be above his left eye, which has been damaged in the past, and it's going to come from a Pacquiao right hook. It's a punch he won't see coming because Manny is so fast and so quick inside with that punch
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No matter what the situation, no matter what the vision in my eye was, I always told the referee, 'I'm good,'
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Of course, [Cotto's] going to bleed in this fight. Unless it's only going to go a minute. Otherwise, if we're in round three, he's cut
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There is a lot of pride on the line for me, but for those people not to believe in me, I can't do anything else ... I'm here mostly to prove to myself that I'm better than Manny Pacquiao. I'm doing this for the pride of my family, my kids and my country.
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As a result, in the 10th, 11th and 12th rounds, Clottey has a dead man in front of him ... But he won't go after him because Cotto already has mentally stared him down. That's how he wins fights.
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