Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

The Neutral Corner

Join Robert Cassidy with ringside seats in the world of Boxing.

Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Predictions: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto

Miguel Cotto, right, of Puerto Rico, and Manny

Photo credit: AP Photo

Newsday staffers make their pick on the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto welterweight fight, Saturday night on HBO PPV.

Wallace Matthews: "This is a fight in which both fighters have benefited greatly by moving up in weight, although I can't remember a fighter in my lifetime, not even Roberto Duran, who has improved so much with each weight gain as Pacquiao has. More importantly, Pacquiao...

Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

Already
registered on
newsday.com?
Log in
Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Get access
Not a Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Click here

@casswriter44

Follow Newsday boxing blogger Robert Cassidy on Twitter.
@casswriter44 | Blog