Miguel Cotto - I gave Manny Pacquiao the key to victory

Stoic Puerto Rican warrior Miguel Cotto is a man of few words, usually short with answers and leaving his future to promotional firm Top Rank.

This weekend during a visit to ESPN Deportes' Golpe a Golpe, Cotto was more than happy to share thoughts on a November 2009 loss to Manny Pacquiao.

According to Cotto, a lapse in strategic fighting was his ultimate downfall against the dangerous Filipino.

"I was doing well the first few rounds by boxing," said Cotto. "But when he knocked me down in the third, I stopped doing what was working and went blow for blow with him."

In in that choice, he handed the fight to Pacquiao.

"I gave him the key to victory by exchanging blows," said Cotto.

Cotto eventually lost via a 12th round technical knock-out after being downed in the third, fourth, and and taking a beating through out the evening.

Maybe Cotto's uncharacteristic dialouge were the beginnings of a campaign to rematch with Pacquiao in late 2011, or 2012 - one that few believe the Puerto Rican could win.

Next for Miguel Cotto is a likely Summer rematch against Antonio Margarito at New Jersey's New Meadowlands Stadium.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/