It’s exactly two months before the much-awaited and expected blockbuster boxing title fight between world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
In the Philippines, crime rate is expected to hit ground zero percent.
The leftist, rightist, New People’s Army, Muslim insurgents and the military personnel will all be putting aside their arms and whatever they are fighting for to their eyes on the boob tube and watch Pacquiao try to reach his ambition for a record seventh world title.
At age 30, he’ll be turning 31 come December 17, Pacquiao still packs a strong punch, hand and foot speed to match up against a similarly aggressive Cotto, who is staking his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown.
Meeting at the 145-pound limit, a lot of observers are saying he would be hard pressed to repeat his lightning-quick second-round demolition of Briton Ricky Hatton against Cotto.
But whether he does dispose of Cotto in a flurry or not, to everyone’s mind, what’s important is Pacquiao comes out the victor once the smoke of the battle has cleared.
Cotto flaunts an impressive 34-1-0 (win-loss-draw) record come the November 14 fight time.
But Pacquiao, who fought and won his first professional fight at age 16, is bringing with him an even more fearsome record of 49 wins, 37 by knockout, three losses and two draws.
His victories over the last three fights included David Diaz via a ninth-round KO to bag the WBC lightweight crown before adding Macro Antonio Barrera to his already impressive resume following his eighth-round technical knockout. Pacquiao then destroying Hatton in his latest bout last May 2.
However, with exactly eight weeks to go before his upcoming world title bout, Pacquiao should definitely start his deep training and let go of any of his other commitments—be it commercial shooting, political preparations for the 2010 Elections or movie shoots.
Pacquiao only have to remember that the only boxer who can beat Pacquiao, is Pacquiao himself.
Anyway, who do you guess will win the Nov. 14 title fight? Pacquiao or Cotto?
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