Looks like this fight will be at 145 pounds, which is an advantage to cotto of course. Little history, 140 pounder Julio Cesar Chavez fought 147 pounder Pernell Whitaker at a catchweight of 145 pounds. Whitaker obviously schooled the shit out of Chavez but was robbed in one of the worst decisions ever.
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Roach Budges, Says "145" is Good For Pacquiao
By Mark Vester
Freddie Roach, trainer of Manny Pacquiao, has budged on his demand of making Miguel Cotto drop down to 143-pounds for a fight with Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Several days ago, Roach told media members that 143 was the weight he wanted the fight to take place. Cotto's nutritionist told Top Rank's Bob Arum that Miguel could only get down, in safe fashion, to a weight of 144-145 at most.
Arum recently called Roach, the two spoke about the fight and 145 appears to be the target weight for the bout.
"Arum called me and I told him that I don't have any problems with the fight being at 145 pounds. In fact I don't care if Cotto wants to weigh 200 pounds," Roach told Primera Hora . "I trust my fighter, so I care very little about the weight issues. I have not talked to Manny, who will make the final decision. He is a big man who makes his own decisions. All I can do is give it my recommendation."
One recommendation is for Pacquiao to make more money than in his previous fight with Ricky Hatton in May. Pacquiao is said to have made around $12 million for that bout.
"Obviously we want to see Manny get paid higher than in the previous fight. There is no reason to step back in terms of money, so those details will be discussed," said Roach.
Gabriel Peñagarícano, the legal adviser to Cotto, told the paper that a lot of things need to be agreed upon before the deal is closed.
"I'm not surprised that [Roach] has accepted the weight of 145 pounds, but that is only one of several items that will be discussed and it's taken at least two weeks to complete. There are a list of issues are being discussed."
Cotto: Pacquiao does not impress me
Caguas .- The Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, Welter Champion of the World Boxing Council (OMB), said today that it is indifferent whether to fight at 145 pounds against Filipino Manny Pacquiao the next November 14.
Cotto with a mark of 34-1, has fought at 147 pounds since he won the Puerto Rican Carlos Quintana in December 2006 for the vacant title Welter of the World Boxing Association.
Previously it had in the Light Welter division, where he defended the crown five times the OMB.
Pacquiao, with a 49-3-2 record, has never done a contest in 147 pounds, though in his fight against Mexican-American Oscar De La Hoya on December 6, 2008, did so in the 145 lbs.
"No matter whether it is 145 pounds. That was the weight we said from the beginning and in the ring, climbing eight to ten pounds," Cotto said after completing a press conference for the presentation of a poster on Friday his company will Promotions Miguel Cotto in Caguas, a town near San Juan.
The Puerto Rican boxer said "we are awaiting confirmation of the fight", which said that "we very seriously and commitment."
It did not impress him "nothing" for the work he has done Pacquiao in his last fights, where he achieved victories over David Diaz, De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in three different divisions.
"I'm not impressed at all. He has two arms, and me too. The things in life arrive when they arrive," he said.
He said that back in the gym three weeks after a wound on his left eyebrow, which cost him 21 stitches, was completely healed after a header that was his last triumph in the June 13 before the Ghanaian Joshua Clottey.
"We wound healed and we are resting. Virtually scar. We will work for a good fight. People know how it works Miguel Cotto," said the boxer, who will return to Tampa (Florida, USA) to join their training, as it did against Clottey.
He stated that his working group, led by coach Joe Santiago, will remain intact even though they admitted that there were some errors in his fight against Clottey.
