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The long and twisting road to the super fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao began, in earnest, in the early morning hours of Nov. 15, 2009, in Las Vegas. Hours earlier, on Nov. 14, Pacquiao had stopped Miguel Cotto in the 12th round of a bout at the MGM Grand Garden. It was at that point that those who believed Pacquiao might be Mayweather's superior began to extend outside his native Philippines.