Arguably the best boxing trainer ever produced by Mexico, Beristain said the Filipino is going to win by knockout and wrest the World Boxing Organization(WBO) welterweight belt currently being held by the champion from Caguas, Puerto, Rico.
"I believe Pacquiao should put him on the canvas in five or six rounds," said the veteran trainer.
Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach initially sees a dominant win by the Filipino ring icon on points, but after seeing his ward improve by the day in his training camp in Baguio, the Hall of Famer now also share the view of Beristain, although with a slight twist.
"We'll gonna this guy off in the later rounds," he said shortly after Pacquiao's workout last week at the Shape-Up gym inside the Cooyesan Hotel.
The pound-for-pound king resumed sparring Tuesday, going three rounds each junior middleweight Shawn Porter and lightweight Urbano Antillon.
A third sparmate in Jose Luis Castillo, the former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion from Mexico failed to show up yesterday in the City of Pines.
But Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz assured that Castillo would be coming to the country by Thursday and is ready to spar on Saturday.
Roach, however wants to see first how fit the 35-year-old Castillo is, after last climbing the ring a month ago with a second round technical knockout of Carlos Urias. "I wont' hesitate to send him back if he's not in shape," said Roach of Castillo, who has a known history of weight problem in his 19-year pro career.
Beristain didn't have the opportunity to train Castillo in the past, but two famous boxers he previously handled in Juan Manuel Marquez and legendary Oscar De La Hoya, both tasted defeated at the hands of the Pacman.
He sees Cotto following the same path, pointing out Pacquiao's speed will be too much to handle the way Marquez and De La Hoya learned the hard way. the Mexican trainer pointed out Cotto has not been the same since suffering an 11th round technical knockout againts Antonio Margarito.
And that was very obvious when he struggled to churn out a split decision win over Joshua Clottey, in his last fight June of this year at the Madison Square Garden.
In the fight against Clottey, you could see some of the aftermath of what happen to Margarito said Berstain. "Clottey is not a top-level fighter, but nevertheless, in some moments, Cotto was put in predicaments and the punches were affecting him." The deterioration in his skills, according to Berstain, could also be traced to Cotto's decision to dump former trainer and uncle
Evangelista Cotto following a physical altercation while the Puerto Rican was in training camp for the Clottey fight.
Joe Santiago, his former nutritionist, has since the taken the task as Cotto's trainer.
"Before he (Cotto) was a fighter with a good technique, fast and well cared for, but he doesn't seem like himself now. He changed his coach, changed some of his habits and now catches more punches," Beristain said."
SOURCE: PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
AUTHOR: GERRY RAMOS
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