Many experts believe Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will be the toughest test for Manny Pacquiao in his incredible boxing career. Proven that not only he can beat naturally bigger guys, but he can also send them to retirement. We all know Oscar dela Hoya has announced his retirement a couple of months after he was demolished by Pacquiao. Ricky Hatton, after being destroyed by Manny in just two rounds, has been thinking of hanging up his gloves and focusing on promoting. Can Pacquiao do the same to Cotto?While many boxing writers, fans and experts think Manny will be too much, Cotto is not leaving boxing win or lose. He just signed a new contract with Top Rank for another two years. That means he will still have five to six fights with Bob Arum. Although he has expressed his plan of not staying in the boxing ring for long, Cotto will definitely be a big impact to boxing in the coming years.
Should Cotto lose to Pacquiao, I don't think that is a reason to hang up gloves. He is still young and is competitive. Losing to the best fighter in the world would mean less than losing to a regular fighter. He can still bounce back, possibly a match against Andre Berto, another big test against former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather, a rematch with Sugar Shane Mosley to put away doubts that he really won their fight or avenge his lone defeat to Antonio Margarito.
Should Cotto upset Manny, he will definitely be a hot target by many great fighters. Beating a guy who defeated Manny Pacquiao is something.
We will find out on November 14th where Cotto's career is headed.
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Sending Cotto to retairement is a bold statement and too far to be true. If ever cotto failed to defend his belt, there's still a whole life ahead of him, more interesting mach coming up for him in the WW world. It's just another phase in Cotto's up and downs.
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