Beristain, one of Oscar De La Hoya's workout coaches and tacticians when the popular boxer quit while sitting on his stool in his bout against Pacquiao, considers the pound-for-pound king as simply too fast and too powerful for Cotto to beat .
In a recent interview with ESPN's Spanish TV program 'Golpe a Golpe,' Beristain said Pacquiao has already evolved into a complete and impenetrable fighter with the speed and power that's hard to match.
"his left hand is like a missile, like a rocket," said Beristain, also the long-time trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez, the boxer who gave Pacquiao hell in the two fights they had. "It(left hand) has tremendous speed and his power is tremendous.
"I think Pacquiao will win this fight.
A Hall of Famer himself like Freddie Roach, Beristain has witnessed how Pacquiao grew as a boxer. Pacquiao started in the sport as a mere 106-pounder, bombarded his way up one division after another and now will be aiming to be the first fighter ever to win titles in seven weight classes.
Unlike before when the General Santos pride was fighting in the featherweight divisions, Pacquiao has now developed into a technical boxer with speed and power to match, according to Beristain. He said cotto will be a lot of trouble, even though the Puerto Rican has been very busy with his rigorous training.
"The key to the fight is not only Pacquiao's but is also the fact that he has been better with his technique," said Beristain. "He is a technical fighter now with speed and power, and that Pacquiao is very difficult to beat.
"If it was difficult before, imagine now, Cotto will be in world of trouble when he steps in the ring with Manny. Besides that, I don't think he (Cotto) has recovered from the beating (Antonio) Margarito gave him."
Cotto was once described by Roach as the better fighter than Pacquiao. Roach made that statement before the Filipino embarrassed De La Hoya, and before Cotto suffered his only defeat in his career- an 11th round technical knockout against Margarito in 2008 where the Puerto Rican's ended up swollen.
In Cotto's previous title defense against Joshua Clottey , he barely won the match and escaped with a split decisions victory.
Beristain has nice words for Pacquiao's famed trainer. He said Pacquiao wouldn't be the man he is now without Roach, who was moulded him into one of the finest boxers the world has ever seen .
"I think Pacquiao is lucky to have him (Roach) in his corner. Freddie Roach is one of the best trainers in the world and he has made Pacquiao a better fighter who used to have a lot of flawsin his style. Pacquiao who used to jump when throwing punches and now he is doing great from a technical point of view and that is Freddie's work" said Beristain.
Pacquiao who is set to enter to enter the punishing stage of his training for the fight dubbed 'Fire power' at the MGM Grand Arena, will receive a whopping guaranteed prize of $13 million, his biggest pay ever.
His total earnings could end up near the $20-million mark counting the share he will be receive in pay- per- view hits.
SOURCE: PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
AUTHOR: ZEAN MACAMAY
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