Online voters’ pick: Pacquiao by stoppage

LAS VEGAS - In its popular poll, Yahoo! Sports posted the question “How will Saturday night’s fight (between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao) end?", with readers given four set of choices to select on. A big chunk of the 36,338 who had logged in so far or about 64 percent believes the Filipino boxing idol is going to win by either knockout or technical knockout. On the other hand, 17 percent is going for a KO/TKO win for Cotto. In the event the 12-round title fight goes the distance, Pacquiao still gets a double-digit batting average with 13 percent foreseeing a Pacman-via-decision outcome, and only seven percent favoring a Cotto win by the judges’ cards. Upon arriving here in the so-called “Entertainment Capital of the World," Pacquiao has been established as a 3-1 favorite to win over WBO welterweight champion Cotto in their anticipated “Firepower" showdown on Saturday at the MGM Grand (Sunday in Manila). The 30-year-old Pacquiao is targeting a historic seventh world title in a seventh weight division, a career milestone that champ Cotto is deadset to foil. - GMANews.TV