Pacquiao-Cotto fight has people talking boxing again
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Photo credit: Getty/Ethan Miller | LAS VEGAS - NOVEMBER 13: Manny Pacquiao (L) and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto stand next to each other during the weigh-in for their bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao and Cotto will meet in a WBO welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand on November 14. Pacquiao weighed in at 144 pounds and Cotto weighed in at 145 pounds. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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The best thing about last night's Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto blockbuster was all the talk leading up to it. By the time the fight went off -Pacquiao defeated Cotto in 12 rounds- the outcome really was secondary to the pure excitement the fight generated for the sport of boxing.
It's not hype when a fight sells itself on the merits of the matchup, and that was the case with Pacquiao-Cotto....
