Fire Quinito rounds up all the best links for Manny Pacquiao’s sensational victory over Miguel Cotto, so you’ll have more time for bidding in Angel Locsin and Anne Curtis’ online auction.

Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules: “There should be no controversy about this, and no question: Manny Pacquiao fought the best version of Miguel Cotto Saturday night, as Cotto showed by fighting on equal terms with Pacquiao for five rounds, even with a pair of knockdowns. But Pacquiao, as I expected, was the truly transcendent fighter to Cotto’s ultra-elite, and that, in the end was the difference. Pacquiao delivered a frightening beating on Cotto from the 6th round on, before the referee belatedly stepped in Pacquiao’s way in the 12th to save Cotto from nastier punishment.”

SC, Bad Left Hook: “(Pacquiao) was faster, stronger, and better. Miguel Cotto isn't old, wasn't drained, isn't ‘overrated.’ Cotto did all he could tonight, but he was laid to waste by a superior fighter. Pacquiao is now the WBO welterweight titleholder, the seventh weight class in which he's won a major title, the first man to ever do that.”

Doug Fischer, The Ring: “Cotto had a brilliant first round, one of accurate jabs and body-head combinations that kept Pacquiao honest. The second round is arguably the round of the year. The two welterweights traded hard, pin-point combinations for three blistering minutes. Round three was another thrilling round. Cotto was dropped but two of the official judges scored it 10-9 for Pacquiao because the proud Puerto Rican dominated the rest of the round. Three rounds into the fight, members of the ringside press wondered if they were witnessing a ‘great’ fight.”

Ron Borges, Boston Herald: “Cotto had Pacquiao trapped on the ropes for much of the fourth round and seemed to be unable to free himself when he suddenly stepped to the side and reversed the situation, flurrying as he did. Cotto went to the ropes and got hit with a soft right hand and a follow-up left hook that sent him to the floor for the second time, tumbling sideways as he fell. For all intents and purposes the fight was over at that point. The beating commenced.”

Greg Bishop, New York Times: “As the fight wore on, Cotto’s left eye kept swelling, until it looked as if a golf ball was attached. Pacquiao landed punches with both hands: jabs, hooks, upper cuts, a punishing variety. Cotto never quit, but he made a habit of dancing backward. In the ninth round, Pacquiao backed his opponent into the ropes, again and again, until he had rendered Cotto’s face a bloody mess.”

Bill Dwyre, LA Times: “Pacquiao's speed is much discussed, but it remains startling each time it is viewed in person. His offense consists of quick attacks from all angles. He is there, then he is gone. And in that time, four or five shots have been landed that quickly result in swollen cheeks and cut eyes and deflated expectations. About Pacquiao's punches, Cotto said, ‘I didn't know where they were coming from.’ For nearly 12 rounds, Cotto was like a guy locked in a dark room with a hundred swooping bats.”

Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: “Cotto’s trainer, Joe Santiago, ought to be flogged for not stopping it sooner. Cotto never recovered after the second knockdown, which came in the fourth round, and spent most of the final seven-plus rounds trying to fend off a man who was far too fast, far too slick and far too talented.”

Dan Rafael, ESPN: “Although smaller in stature than Cotto, Pacquiao displayed the blazing speed that is his calling card, as well as powerful punches. The revelation, however, was Pacquiao's chin. Cotto, a fearsome left hooker, landed his shots. But Pacquiao never went anywhere.”

Bryan Armen Graham, Sports Illustrated: “The stage for Saturday's history-making showdown was set over the past year-and-a-half with Pacquiao's three-pack of victories over David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton. Each fight taught us something about the Filipino southpaw. The ninth-round knockout of Diaz revealed that Pacquiao could pick apart a larger fighter of limited ability. The ninth-round stoppage of De La Hoya taught us Pacquiao could dismantle a fighter at 147 pounds, albeit one way past his prime. The second-round starching of Hatton demonstrated what Pacquiao could do against opponents of anything but the highest caliber. Saturday's stoppage of Cotto provided an emphatic answer to the biggest question looming over Pacquiao's camp in the months leading up to it: could the Filipino stand in and exchange against a true welterweight.”

Avi ‘Shoefly’ Korine, The Sporting News: “People aren't as skeptical about the greatness of the pure boxers, the guys like Mayweather, Jones, Whitaker, and Leonard. There is something in their refinement and sharpness of movement that is convincing. They had the gifts mixed with caution. Manny is another thing entirely. We doubt him because he does it wrong, he's off balance, he's too small, too aggressive, and just too entertaining to be as great as he appears to be. But he just keeps making it happen.”

Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports: “So now the stage is set for a super fight that could set box office records – Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. It’s the dream bout between the two best pound-for-pound champions in the sport, hopefully sometime in 2010. ‘If Floyd Mayweather wants to fight Manny Pacquiao he knows who to call,’ said Bob Arum, the CEO of Top Rank Boxing, the promotion which handles Pacquiao.”