HBO: Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto: Slideshow

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

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Celebrities on hand included Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven, among others.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Celebrities on hand included Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven, among others.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Behind the scenes in the Pacquiao/Cotto dressing room, spirits were high in both fighters' camp.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Behind the scenes in the Pacquiao/Cotto dressing room, spirits were high in both fighters' camp.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

The commission checking and signing off on Manny Pacquiao’s hand wraps.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Miguel Cotto, warming up prior to the walkout.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Miguel Cotto, warming up prior to the walkout, getting checked by his father prior to the fight.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

In the lead-up to their fight, many wondered whether Manny Pacquiao could handle the power of a hard-punching welterweight like Miguel Cotto.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

In the lead-up to their fight, many wondered whether Manny Pacquiao could handle the power of a hard-punching welterweight like Miguel Cotto.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Cotto came out strong in the opening rounds, leading with strong jabs and bringing the action to Pacquiao.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Pacquiao took Cotto's best shots, breaking down the Puerto Rican with speed and precision.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Cotto's well-timed jab seemed to neutralize Pacquiao's hand speed in the first frame.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

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Despite Cotto's landing head-snapping jabs and hooks, the speed differential started to show in Pacquiao's favor in the second round.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

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In the third round, Pacquiao drew first blood with a sneaky-fast right hand that sent Cotto stumbling and then bracing himself with a glove on the canvas - the first knockdown of the fight.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

One of the most compelling themes of the evening had to be how well Pacquiao took shots.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

By the ninth round, bloodied and swollen, Cotto was in survival mode.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

By the ninth round, bloodied and swollen, Cotto was in survival mode.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

By the ninth round, bloodied and swollen, Cotto was in survival mode.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

At times toward the end of the fight, Cotto’s heart was all that kept him standing in the ring against Pacquaio’s onslaught.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

At times toward the end of the fight, Cotto’s heart was all that kept him standing in the ring against Pacquaio’s onslaught.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Referee Kenny Bayless stepped in to stop the carnage at 55 seconds of the final round.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

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Now a seven-time champion, all that seems left for Pacquiao to accomplish in boxing is to solidify his claim on being the world's top pound-for-pound fighter by facing the other current aspirant to the pound-for-pound throne, Floyd Mayweather.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Now a seven-time champion, all that seems left for Pacquiao to accomplish in boxing is to solidify his claim on being the world's top pound-for-pound fighter by facing the other current aspirant to the pound-for-pound throne, Floyd Mayweather.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Now a seven-time champion, all that seems left for Pacquiao to accomplish in boxing is to solidify his claim on being the world's top pound-for-pound fighter by facing the other current aspirant to the pound-for-pound throne, Floyd Mayweather.

Simply Phenomenal - Pacquiao Dominates Cotto

Photos by Will Hart & Ed Mulholland

Now a seven-time champion, all that seems left for Pacquiao to accomplish in boxing is to solidify his claim on being the world's top pound-for-pound fighter by facing the other current aspirant to the pound-for-pound throne, Floyd Mayweather.