Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto

Fight Results from Las Vegas

Nov 15, 2009 Bill Scherer

Manny Pacquiao stopped Miguel Cotto in round twelve of their WBO welterweight title fight.

Referee Kenny Bayless put an end to the massacre at :55 of round twelve, sparing Miguel Cotto another two minutes of punishment at the hands of Manny Pacquiao.

It was a tale of two fights with the first half being a brawl and the second half an exercise in frustration for Pacquiao 50-3-2 (38) as he chased Cotto 34-1 (27) around the ring for the last six rounds. Cotto began the fight using his jab and pounding Pacquiao's body. When Pacquiao tried bob to his right after punching, Cotto blocked him with his left, preventing his movement.

At times Pacquiao chose to stand against the ropes with his earmuffs on to test Cotto's power and Cotto obliged by digging hard shots to Pacquiao's body. Pacquiao waived Cotto in and let him do his work, but never let a hard punch go unanswered.

Pacquiao knocked Cotto down with a right hand in round three, though Cotto didn't seem hurt. Pacquiao knocked Cotto down again in round four. That one hurt.

By the sixth, Pacquiao was fighting like the bigger man and Cotto began fighting like a man who didn't really want to be there. He could have been backing up in order to suck Pacquiao into a hard shot, but the problem with sucking Pacquiao in is that Pacquiao comes in punching.

By the tenth round, Cotto was back-pedaling so much a frustrated Pacquiao stood still and waited for Cotto to stop running and come to him, a scenario that repeated itself in the eleventh round.

By round twelve Pacquiao was landing at will and Bayless could no longer, in good conscience, allow Cotto to receive punishment, leading to his stopping the fight. All three Judges had given Cotto the first round on their scorecards. Cotto didn't win another round on any judges card until the 11th, when two of the judges were so impressed with his dancing that they gave him the round.

Pacquiao dismissed the effusive praise heaped on him by his promoter,Bob Arum, and his trainer, Freddie Roach. "My goal is to bring happiness to the people to watch me," said Pacquiao afterward.

Troy Rowland vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: Middleweights

Chavez Jr. 41-0-1 (30) picked up another victory with scores of 99-91, 98-92, and 97-93. Rowland 25-2 (7) put up a game effort that was more than equal to the scores he recieved from the judges.

Yuri Foreman vs. Daniel Santos: Super Welterweights

An historically light punching Foreman 28-0 (8) managed to knock Santos 32-4-1 (23) down twice on his way to a unanimous decision win. One judge saw the fight 116-110, while the other two scored the bout 117-109.

Jesus Soto-Karass vs. Alfonso Gomez: Welterweights

The ring doctor stopped the fight in round six due to a cut that Gomez 21-4-2 (10) suffered in round two via head butt. Karass24-4-3 (16) was deducted two points for low blows, which, coupled with Gomez's superior boxing gave Gomez the win with scores of 58-54 and 57-55 twice.

Martin Vierra vs. Roddrigo Garcia: Super Welterweights

Garcia, 5-0 (4) worked his way to a unanimous decision victory over Vierra, 5-3-1 (2). All three judges scored the four round bout 40-36.

Eilon Kedem vs. Eden Sonsona: Bantamweights

Sonsona14-3 ((3) overwhelmed Kedeem 9-2-4 (6) forcing referee Joe Cortez to stop the action in the second round. Sonsona wins by TKO.

James Winchester vs. Matt Korobov: Middleweights

Korobov 8-0 (6), highly decorated as an amateur and undefeated as a professional, took a unanimous decision from Winchester with three scores of 60-54.

Ernie Marquez vs. Richie Mepranum: Junior Lightweights

Mepranum 15-2-1 (3) won a split decision with scores of 58-55 and 57-56 in his favor and a single score of 57-56 for Marquez9-6-2 (3).

Lupe Guzman vs. Abner Cotto: Lightweights

Abner Cotto won a unanimous decision with scores of 59-55, and 60-54 twice. Cotto's record improves to 5-0 (3) while Gauzman's falls to 3-5 (2)

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