Pacquiao enhances his brilliant resume against Cotto

Last night Manny Pacquiao dissected Miguel Cotto in a display of precision aggression. Manny's speed and accuracy were too much for Cotto's size and power. Similar to Oscar De La Hoya, Cotto lost due to an accumulation of shots when the referee stopped the fight in the 12th round. The only difference was that Cotto landed more clean, crisp shots than Oscar did when he fought Pacquiao. Manny showed us something new - that he could take a punch at 145. In fact, his chin held up amazingly well against Cotto's hard shots. Manny is on the top of the boxing world even more solidly placed as the pound for pound king.

Next up for Manny certainly has to be former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather who, unlike Manny, prefers to fight smaller versus bigger top notch fighters. Well, Manny's a great smaller fighter so it really just boils down to money and how they split the purse. At this point, you have to think 50-50 is more than fair for Floyd if not too much.

Expect the Cotto fight to be far bigger for Pacquiao than the Marquez fight was for Mayweather when it comes to economics and sales numbers. The fight last night should easily surpass a million pay per view buys. Both Pacquiao and Mayweather should earn more than they have for any fight in the past as a match up between the two will be huge and the biggest in recent years if not ever.

Ultimately when Floyd and Manny square off in the ring, I think the weight of the fight will be the largest factor in who ultimately wins. Mayweather's defense is the best in the business while Pacquiao's attack is the best in boxing. Such a contrast always makes for a great promotional storyline as if the potential blockbuster needed more promotional advantages.