A DAY WITH KATTY

Bob Arum, Top Rank Promoter

Bob Arum reckoned that Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter that he have ever seen and that includes Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Marvin Hagler. He is in with the bigger guy and one of the top welterweights of the world but nothing Miguel could do to stop him.

"Oscar De la Hoya may not have been as good as he was on his prime but he was still a damn fine fighter and you can see how difficult for these fighters to keep up with Manny Pacquiao... the speed and the explosive power"

Bob Arum wants to be cleared to everybody. He told the press that Manny is open to fight anybody. He didn't want anymore rumors against Manny. He said that he and Manny is just there waiting for the next match. He do remember that Shane Mosley always says that nobody wanted to fight him. And then Shane said that he wants to fight the winner of Pacquiao-Cotto fight but what he did is he signed a contract to fight Andre Berto on September 13, 2009, one day before the Pacquiao-Cotto fight. He said that Shane Mosley would have been a great opponent but he was not really convinced that Shane is brave enough to face Manny. The same thing applies to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He said that Mayweather always wanted to face the winner of Pacquiao-Cotto fight as well but he didn't get any call from him. He said that Mayweather knows whom to talk about this.

Manny Pacquiao was very thankful to God for all the blessings that he have right now. A reporter then asked regarding Bob Arum's statement that he was being considered as the greatest fighter compared to Ali and Sugar Ray. Manny then said that he doesn't want to compare his achievement with any fighter. He always think that he is just an ordinary fighter.

Another reporter asked for any comment from Coach Freddie Roach about Mayweather being a logical next opponent of Manny. Freddie then said that Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is the request of everybody but it still depends on the negotiation deals, if Mayweather agreed with 65-35 deal, then they'll go on with the fight.

One of the press asked Manny if Cotto is the toughest guy he have ever fight with. Manny said that this is the toughest fight he had on his career. He pointed a swollen part of his eye and his ear and he said that he took a lot of punches from Cotto but he said that he can still managed to sing 8 songs on his concert in Mandalay.

Manny said that in early rounds, he is trying to measure Cotto's power that's why he didn't run and threw series of punches.

Manny was again asked if Mayweather will be his next opponent but he said that he's going for a vacation with his family in the Philippines and he will just let Bob Arum negotiate with his next fight.

One of the last two questions for Manny is, if he really put back to the ropes on purpose. Coach Freddie said that he asked Manny about that during the fight but Manny said that he can handle it and he showed and proved it to him. Manny said that he is trying to control the fight and pretended that he is not hurt but the truth is the solid punches from Cotto really hurts. He said that he is just being smart in the ring.

One reporter wanted Manny to talk about the two knockdowns in the fight but Manny didn't narrate it well and he just said that the best knockdown he made was way back 2008 but he still consider this fight as one of the greatest fight he had. He then told everybody to buy tickets on his concert which will took place in Mandalay after the post fight conference. He said that it's not free because he's going to sing 8 songs. He then sang a few lines of "Sometimes When We Touch."