Manny gives Cotto two solid punches but Cotto gets back with a punch of his own that doesn't quite connect. The round ends with Manny smiling to his corner.

The seventh round starts with Manny giving a right to Cotto and then a combination. Seven punches in all and Cotto is on the defensive. The two then exchange blows but things quickly escalate with Manny giving a punch to Cotto's chin. Manny continues the offensive by giving Cotto a flurry of blows. A right cross from Manny penetrates Cotto's defenses. After a while, Cotto gets back with a clean jab to Manny's face.

Manny continues to attack with Cotto just defending. Before the bell, Cotto manages to give Manny a jab.

The eighth round commences with Cotto getting a left jab from Manny. The right part of Cotto's face is now swollen and Manny won't stop with his combinations to Cotto's defenses. Cotto jumps up but backs away after Manny releases another combination. Manny connects but to little effect. Cotto right now is just weaving out of the way and Manny connects once again and makes the Puerto Rican dizzy. Cotto keeps his distance until the end of the round.

Cotto can't get too close to Manny at the start of the ninth round,   knowing that Manny can counterpunch quickly and heavily. Cotto risks by advancing and attacking Manny but this has no effect. Manny corners Cotto and gives four punches. Manny continues the offensive but Cotto manages to survive the storm of punches. Cotto gets a hard left from Manny which makes him groggy. Manny surges forward to follow it up but Cotto immediately defends. Cotto gets away from Manny and Manny taunts him to come closer and fight. The round ends with Cotto breathing hard.

The tenth round starts with the bloodied Cotto once again keeping his distance and Manny advancing with jabs. Cotto combines punches which are easily evaded by Manny. The two now go to the center and Manny gets two jabs in the face from Cotto. Right now Cotto is in control but only just, as Manny immediately recovers with jabs to Cotto's face. Cotto answers back with body punches but goes back quickly to defensive mode.

Manny moves forward and gets close to Cotto, giving him a combination of jabs and a one-two-three combination but doesn't connect.

LAST TWO ROUNDS. The eleventh round starts with Cotto attacking Manny with left jabs. After that he retreats, but Manny gives Cotto a right jab. Manny's pumped up and has cornered Cotto with jab-punch combinations to the face and body. Cotto is now bloodied in the left eyelid and Manny continues to jab and jab until Cotto can take no more and retreats.

Cotto keeps moving away from Manny and remains far from him until the end of the round.

The last round starts with a sweaty but not bloodied Manny while the cut-up Cotto raises up a left cross which Manny evades. After that, Manny gives a left and Cotto retreats.

Noticing that Cotto is no longer fighting and simply evading Manny's punches, referee Kenny Bayless puts a stop to the fight and awards the win to Manny Pacquiao!

The Filipino fighter is the new WBO Welterweight champion!

ZETA GORRES NOW STABLE. Meanwhile, bantamweight contender Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres, who won a unanimous decision against American Juan Melendez in a 10-round bout at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay last November 13, collapsed moments after his victory. He was wheeled out and sent to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas to relieve swelling on the left side of his head which was, according to a report from philboxing.com, a subdural hematoma.

The Filipino prospect, whose ring moniker is Z "The Dream" Gorres, is currently stable and conscious as of November 14, 2009. Once recovered, Gorres will have to stay in the United States for about six months for his rehabilitation.