Pacquiao-Clottey: How come nobody is talking about this fight anymore?
January 31st, 2010
By Dave Lahr: I don’t know if Manny Pacquiao fans are noticing or not, but no one is talking about the Pacquiao-Clottey fight anymore. If you look at the internet boxing forums, very few fans are discussing the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight. That’s a bad sign. It shows to me that this is a poor match up. I think Pacquiao’s selling power will be tested for this fight. This is a bout that is lopsided to begin with going in the fight with the much more popular and talented Pacquiao facing Clottey, an obscure fighter who is coming off of a loss to recent Pacquiao victim Miguel Cotto.
There’s really nothing to discuss about Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight. I mean, Clottey is a good fighter, but he doesn’t typically put in the kind of performances in his past fights that would give you any indication that he will do anything other than lose to Pacquiao on March 13th.
No doubt the Mayweather-Mosley fight is overshadowing the Pacquiao-Clottey fight. However, I think nobody would still be talking about the Pacquiao-Clottey fight even if the Mayweather-Mosley fight didn’t take place. It’s just not an interesting fight and there’s no sense of drama. Clottey doesn’t throw a lot of punches, tires late, and mainly focuses on blocking punches rather than throwing them.
That’s not the type of fighter that people can see beating Pacquiao or even being competitive with him. My guess is that people would be still ranting about the missed opportunity for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight and would still be speculating about who would have won the fight had it taken place rather than discussing the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, which many people see as a mismatch on paper.
Some boxing fans feel that the Mayweather-Mosley fight will be the better fight while the Pacquiao-Clottey bout will be ultimately the better fight because of the action. I disagree. I think Clottey will tire too fast and not throw enough punches to make it interesting.
It might be a somewhat competitive fight for five rounds, but after that, Pacquiao will dominate a tiring Clottey. The Mayweather-Mosley fight will be competitive all the way through because of Mosley’s hand speed, power and constant pressure. Mosley will bring out the best in Mayweather for 12 rounds. I can’t say the same for Clottey.
The Pacquiao-Clottey fight could pick up interest for boxing fans if something happens that would handicap Pacquiao. I don’t know what they could do to get people interested. Maybe if Pacquiao broke his hand and decided to take the fight with only one could hand. That might make things interesting. You then could see Clottey having a real chance to win the fight, unlike now.
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Floyd will beat Mosley easily. Then if he fights Mr HGH aka Pac Man he will destroy him. How come no blasts Pac Man for not wanting blood drawn. It weakens him is his excuse which is stupid they take such a small amount of blood he wouldnt even notice. he is hiding something. Cant wait to see Floyd take his head off
Party Time.. are you stupid? How could say Mosley has better chance of beating Pacquiao than Mayweather? Because Mosley is bigger than Pacquiao? When the heck did Pacquiao fought smaller than him? He always fought bigger than him. De la Hoya, Hatton & Cotto were stronger and bigger than Pacquiao. What happen to them? They never finished 12 rounds. Mosley was beaten by Cotto and Pacquiao beat Cotto really bad.
@omar jones
i would like to envite everyone to a prayer for mr. jones for he is tormented mentally, for what ever reason he is trapped underneath his skin in deep torture. Amen!
this fight stinks and real fight fans know it. don’t nobody want to pay to see a fight when you already know who the winner is.
Pacquiao isn’t About the “MONEY” anyways…..
Pacquiao being named as “FIGHTER of the DECADE” (From several respectable boxing sites/orgs) over Mayweather is a much more Honorable, Gratifying, Historic recognition.
Now that’s a SLAP in the face….. EAT THAT Mayweather….!!!!
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1. HOW COME EVERYBODY WANTS TO BRING DOWN PACQUIAO?
2. WHY DO BOXING FANS ENVY PACQUIAO?
3. WHY CAN’T I BE LIKE PACQUIAO?
4. HOW TO HIT A WOMAN MAYWEATHER STYLE
5. HOW MUCH SHOULD A FIGHTER EARN TO PAY THE IRS?
6. TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN: The Mosley-Mayweather Waiting Game
sorry arnel , manny and co. backed out of the last proposed fight to take the EASY road …also the only reason people were talking about this at all is cause they had nothing else to talk about ..now that the real fight is going to be made thats what people want to see , not an exibition match !! look at all the posts for mosley vs. mayweather !! nuff said….
We aint all still talking about it for 2 reasons.
1, weve all had our say, theres noting contraversial or different.
2, Because it aint featuring a British fighter where half the article writers have some kind of hatred for the Union Jack and anything British.
We don’t really need to talk about the upcoming Pacquiao Vs. Clottey fight. What’s to say that hasn’t been said? We just want to watch the fight come March 13. The coverage for the fight has been sufficient, if not, extremely advertised over the Internet through blogs, forums, and discussions. People talk about this all the time. Granted, it’s always aligned with the Pacman Vs. Mayweather fall out. But still, we will watch Pacquiao Vs. Clottey.
I laugh at people who claim Pacquiao is dodging good fighters! Wasn’t this what boxing fans were accusing Mayweather of doing the whole time? Even before Pacquiao became a threat to Mayweather? No all these Mayweather fans are finding these excuses to diss the opponents of Pacquiao’s previous fights? Sounds like a kindergarten argument to me rather than an intelligent debate.
Oh well, If you enjoy Floyd’s dance moves in the ring, well, enjoy. I’m sure people like that. We like to watch a good fight. Pacquiao delivers exciting good fights that have us off our seats EVERYTIME! Nobody walks out of the arena when Pacquiao fights. No one stops watching a Pacquiao fight! People can argue that this is Boxing and not “toe to toe”. But toe to toe boxing is always more fun than the famous Duck Dodgers move! You can argue it’s effectivity in the ring to protect the user from harm’s way. But being a fighter is all about being in Harm’s way! If Floyd wants his Mayweather army of fans to root behind him, he’s gotta sell them PPV numbers!
We have to Thank Top Rank for pulling out of the fight with Mayweather! Now Mayweather has no choice but to fight ligitimate Welterweights in order to outsell Pacquiao! They have done boxing a good thing! Pacquiao will sell no matter what! He has millions of fans worldwide that will support him and his ratings as a boxer. Floyd fans don’t have to worry about Pacquiao fans keeping boxing alive. Go and order your Floyd fights! I’m sure it’s exciting to watch! Mayweather isn’t half bad, he’s just not our favorite guy and style to watch.
yeah!! no need to talked about the Pac/Clottey fight,because the tickets are already soldout!!!so ,no more talks!!The many talks now is about Floyd chicken,and his poultrys and chicks,,,,bwaaaaaaa
Lex.
Finally somebody with some sense on here. Why does everyone forget ODLH and Hatton were the two biggest threats to PBF in 07? Why is Manny only fighting opponents that are shells of what they once were? Why did Manny refuse to consider fighting Mosley when he was the #1 WW and offered a 60/40 purse split for Manny and to fight at 143? It is interesting that Floyd beats fighters that were doing great and then they look poor after getting in the ring with PBF, while Manny is only taking on opponents who have looked poor in fights before Manny.
Its easy to discredit hiw opponents after Floyd dominates them, but why was Judah, ODLH, and Hatton all given good chances of beating him? Why did his last four fights before his 21 month hiatus get him more money than any other fights would have??? Judah, Corley, Ndou, Corrales, Baldomir, Hatton, have all went downhill after fighting Floyd. For someone thats not supposed to have any power, he’s sure ruined some good boxers.
In 2007, the two fighters that were supposed to have the best chance of beating Floyd were ODLH and Hatton. Baldomir was the lineal champ and the biggest payday available. When Floyd signed to fight Judah he was 4-1 as a WW and avenged his only loss by beating Spinks in a rematch. As for Gatti, that fight made Floyd a household name and a PPV fighter. Corley happened to be the WBO title holder and had a record of 29-1-1. Ndou was 31-1 with 30 knockouts!! Bruseles made him a mandatory for his big fight with Gatti. Castillo was the best at 135-next to floyd.
Obviously, these fighters never did nearly as well AFTER fighting Floyd as before. That is normally a sign of a great boxer.
Most think JMM beat Manny.
Manny fought Hatton who hadn’t been the same since getting KO’ed by Pretty Boy Floyd. ODLH hadn’t fought at 147 in over 8 years and was obviously weight drained something terrible. Cotto was being called shot by numerous boxing reporters and sites since his brutal beating by Margacheato.
@ Lex and all other Floyd fans..
I pulled this from a mailbag Blog by Doug Fischer. A man named Danny wrote the following about Floyd’s recent opponents…
“When I read that Floyd vs. The Greats article, I ralphed. I know Floyd passes the “eyeball test” with flying colors (he just looks dominant), but so do the Harlem Globe Trotters. I don’t think they’d fair too well against the 1987 Lakers.
I decided to do some homework. Below is cold, hard data. These are Floyd’s last 12 fights dating back to his last legitimate opponent who was naturally in his weight class (my notes in parenthesis). The names in bold are his fights at welterweight against welterweights.
2009:
-UD Juan Manuel Marquez (2-division jump UP for JMM, Floyd doesn’t make weight)
2008: INACTIVE
2007:
-KO 10 Ricky Hatton (Jr. Welterweight champ fighting at welterweight, only other welterweight fight he went life and death with Luiz Collazo)
-SD Oscar De La Hoya (Moved up for big $, solid win, nothing spectacular)
2006:
-UD Carlos Baldomir (On 15 occasions, Carlos got in the ring and did not win)
-UD Zab Judah (Record as welterweight: 7-5-1)
2005:
-KO 6 Sharmba Mitchell (Record as welterweight: 2-3)
-KO 6 Arturo Gatti (We love Gatti, but come on)
-KO 8 Henry Bruseles (Previous fight was a Draw against Ener Julio)
2004:
-UD Demarcus Corley (Lost his previous fight)
2003:
-TKO 7 Philip N’Dou (N’Dou’s best opponent to that point was Cassius Baloyi)
-UD Victoiano Sosa (2 fights prior Sosa drew with someone named Lamar Murphy)
2002:
-UD Jose Luis Castillo (Won a narrow decision against an excellent fighter)
Hard facts:
1. Floyd has not fought a legitimate champion in their weight class since 2002, when the Rams were in the Super Bowl.
2. Floyd is 3-0 (1) welterweight vs. welterweights, with his best win being against Carlos Baldomir.
3. His true welterweight opponents have a combined record of 52-17-7 vs. welterweights.
Now, I’m only 30, so I didn’t get to watch Ray Robinson fight live, but I’ve watched a dozen or so of his fights on ESPN Classic. Here is what Sugar Ray Robinson did as a welterweight vs. welterweights:
1. 30-0 (20)
2. Wins over Kid Gavilan (twice) and Henry Armstrong
3. As a welterweight, went 4-1 against Jake Lamotta, who was fighting at middleweight.
Guys please, and I mean please, stop mentioning Floyd Mayweather in the same category as Ray Robinson. It would be like comparing Scott Mitchell to Peyton Manning. Or, even worse, like comparing Floyd Mayweather to F’ING SUGAR RAY ROBINSON!!!
Please stop.
Go Harlem Globetrotters!!! — Danny”
there’s nothing controversial in the pacquiao-clottey fight, both fighters are there to fight not to talk much…we all anticipate an action-packed fight unlike the PBF-Mosley fight w/c wud turn-out to be boring. Stop writing Pacman articles…start writing on floyd so u won,t be surprised that pacman’s fight not being talked about! Hahaha!
No one is talking about this fight because Manny ran from Mosley, JMM, and Mayweather and gave somebody with endurance problems and trouble making weight and hasn’t fought or trained for 10 months only 1 1/2 months to make weight and get ready for the biggest fight of his career. Manny chose a second tier opponent and still had to ensure he had a definite, distinct advantage. I don’t expect to see Manny ever fight the best at any weight class ever again. After his fights with JMM he decided to avoid anyone that moves around the ring. You have Marquez at 135, Bradley at 140, and Mosley and Mayweather at 147. Floyd has always took the fight that would bring him the most money, i.e. Baldomir over Margarito, and with Manny not wanting to fight him he went to the next biggest payday. That’s what he’s done his entire career. Manny is a ducker, plain and simple. At least Mayweather and Mosley have some cajones and are going to get in the ring together.
After this Manny can make up more lies about why he won’t fight the winner. He still doesn’t know why he won’t take any random blood tests. Just over a week ago, Manny insisted he wouldn’t fight Floyd because he didn’t want to give blood the day of the fight, yet he knew full well he wouldn’t have to give blood for at least 2 weeks before the fight. Casual sports fans that see him getting caught red-handed in his lies on ESPN wonder why Manny won’t test. Actually, any honest observer wonders that too, since he’s had so many excuses and they have all been proven to be blatant lies.
Can’t wait to watch this match up.
Will be exiciting.
Clotty is a guy PBF would not want to fight.
It will be amazing on the dallas cowboys area giant awesome screen.
to shelton,
please learn a bit about boxing before you post a comment. Williams is a good fighter but not ripe yet, he is not a complete fighter yet buddy! Bradley my friend has no chance with anyone in the welter weight devision, he needs to stick @ jr. welt. as for your comment about Fraud picking Mosley your wrong GBP picked him cuz their was no one left that can creat a money fight. wich brings up Pacquiao, you definitely dont know anything about boxing, Pacquiao faught everyone Bob Arum placed in front of him, DLH picked him, Hatton called him out on the DLH fight. Pacquiao ducked no one. You got me though, i got a rise with your idiotic comment!
Everybody is forgetting one thing…..paul williams has called out everyone of these fighters and none want to challenge him. Paul Williams and Timothey Bradley will be top fighters in boxing once one of these fighter give them a shot…maybe mosley he got something to prove but both mayweather and pacman are full of it. Claim to the best but handpick the challegers to match their styles. But I do give mayweather for picking mosley, pacman has been running from that challenge and many more for sometime. He comes off a brave saint but he coward ane time will reveal his flaws.peace
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People are not discussing Pacquioa vs Clottey fight because this are foreign names, foreign names sometimes are not talk about because it’s hard to pronounce the name of the fighter. On the other hand, the two american which name is easier to pronounce they go with that!
That’s the only reason why they don’t paying attention to Pacquiao/Clottey fight.
Secondly, They talk about Mayweather vs Mosley a lot because most of the people including me wants to see how Mayweather get beat up, and hope he will, just to shut him up a bit!
People dont realize how much more exciting to see Pacquiao/Clottey fight, compared of the two Americans -IF THEY WILL EVER FIGHT! Mayweather still has to sign the papers!
Exactly nobody cares about pacman and clottey anymore. Everyone knows who is going to win on march 13.
@ hoofster
How can u agree to something that doesn’t make sense at all? Tells something wrong with u, aint it?
i have to agree with this article. but i can’t think of any better alternative other than say pacquiao-williams. so far the big three names – floyd, manny and shane – dominate the boxing world and you can’t have a three-way dance in this game.
but i think pacquiao will be in a “better” position compared to the losser of the floyd-shane match up. Pacquiao is likely to win the fight on March 13 and compete with the winner of floyd-shane, but the losser of floyd-shane will either go down in history as a pretender in the case of floyd or a has-been in the case of Mosley.
Floyd and Shane has been around forever dominating. Lets keep it real and stop the BS. Floyd was the P4P king until he went into retirement, How are you the fighter of the decade when you have NOT beat the TWO TOP MEN OF THE SPORT Floyd or Shane? We can not erase history and it’s in black and white who was and has been dominating for the past decade and if you keep it real, you can’t look a guilt horse in the mouth and say 9 years ago Pac was dominating, you can’t say 8 years ago Pac was dominating, and we can keep rewinding the timelines. Keep it simple, Pac came into his own mid 2006, early 2007 and by Mathmetics that does not come close to a decade.
hey g.i joe….your reading off manny fighter of the decade right but how is he if he never fought mosley or floyd whos been around for a decade dominating the sport …it was an insult to boxing to give him that title when hes only been known and big for 2yrs ..since 2007 …and after floyd left before that nobody was even talking about him..it was also insulting to rank him number two of all time b4 ali? come on ..all that means nothing in 2010 if he loses to floyd or mosley..thats going to show whos really the best in the decade so please save all the b.s awards because if he loses to any of these great fighters yes he still be great but not the best of his era.
Crab mentality – it is when someone tries to bring someone down or even below his level maily because of envy or jelousy. This is something that Filipinos recognize as a bad character amongst Filipinos. But the fact is this sin of envy and jealousy is not only in the Philippines but all over the world. Now that the Filipinos have a hero like Pacquiao, this character does not seem to apply. But amazingly, this writer has it and it is so obvious. Why not jus write something about your favorite fighter not at the expense of another?
Dude please, save all the crap about this being a great fight! It takes two and Clottey is not the one. Keep it real, and simply say Pac fighting a naturally bigger and stronger fighter. But don’t try to make it out to be nothing more than that because it is not. Floyd against Shane, thats a great fight. Pac against Williams that would be a great fight. Pac against Floyd that would be a great fight. Pac against Clottey is a slaughter. Keep it real, save your money because you already know who the winner of this fight is, and that is why this fight stinks.
Hmmm maybe it’s because both fighters are true gentleman. there’s no need for bad mouthing here just to hype this fight. It’ll be great fight and worth watching.
It just makes zero sense to watch a fight when you already know who the winner is. Pay and watch two HOF great boxers fight, Floyd and Shane. This Pac Clottey fight is a complete joke and a slap in the face. Clottey doesn’t stand a chance, why pay to see that? And that is why nobody is talking about this fight. It’s like a high school bully picking on a first grader.
Say hi to your fellow Pacman haters Manuel Perez and Liam Santiago. Don’t you know Pacman was just voted AGAIN by the BWAA, WBC, Ring, HBO, etc.. etc… as the Fighter of the Decade/Year. Are you not angry?
So what’s your point? You said nobody is talking about Pacman-Clottey. So who are the subject of your article now? You’re now talking about them. They already promoted their fight and sold already 30000 tickets. And then Mosley-Mayweather talked-about fight came in. Any problem? I think it’s you
2009 BWAA fighter of the year and fighter of the decade!!!!WHO? munch it while it last.
KFC not even mentioned for the fight of the year.
KFC was behind Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzage for fighter of the decade.
If Cotto/Clottey was fought anywhere else other than New York, Clottey would have gotten the decision.
Clottey beat Cotto, Cotto beat Mosley. So who is the best out of Cotto, Clottey, and Mosley.
The best from the three is actually Clottey hands down. Mosley is an old man on his last leg. Clottey is the freshest and biggest and strongest of the three.
Pacquiao picked the better fighter to fight between Mosley and Clottey.
GRANDPA MOSLEY IS TOO OLD. His win over Margarito is so overblown. Margarito is a stationary punching bag. He tried to over power a naturally bigger man in Mosley. Mosley fought at 154 against legit fighters at that weight.
“All of the deal points have been agreed to,” Ellerbe explained. “We still have to put pen to paper, but everything is agreed to. It’s with the lawyers. Shane is a great fighter, one of the best of his era, and so is Floyd.”
BANG! David Lahr shoots himself in the foot.
Pacman is fighting at welterweight and fighting legit welterweights..get off of Maywesther d***. he wont be fighting Mosley if Berto didnt pull out anyway!
I’ll tell you why
Because Pacquiao is gonna knock him out, We’ve already been over this as soon as the fight was announced.
Also because Mayweather refuses to fight Manny.
AND, Mosley is gonna whoop Floyd’s “arse”
LMFAO i was just talking about this! It seems that whether its love or hate all the talk is about PBF vs Mosely! I’m a fan of PBF all day but a fan of the sport first. Im still very excited about the Pac fight!(i’m probably 1 of the very few that think Clotty has a serious chance to win.)
please forgive dave lahr for always creating a negative article on Manny Pacquiao, he probably lost alot of money betting against Pacquiao and he thinks his trashy article will take money from Pacquiao’s table. lol Dave keep betting against Pacquiao till your homeless, then call Pacquiao for a helping hand. He might just pay you back with some humility!
When is Floyd going to sign the contract??? Just curious.
Floyd 2 Pac 0 are these guys retarded ? I would still like to know if Floyd was ready to fight in March (against Pac) and Mosley was ready to fight Berto now, why is the Mayweather vs Mosley in May ? Floyd called out Manny thinking he wouldn’t accept a fight that soon after Cotto but he did (March)? and GBP claimed that they would have a fight on the same day as Manny vs Clottey ? That doesn’t make sense unless Floyd never planned on that date in the first place (it was a bluff) “that was called”! Mosley just called out Manny – blood test or not after he beats Mayweather. How does Floyd react ? I just dont want to get hurt ? WTF !!!!!
I firmly believe that Pacman will beat Clottey by decision not KO OR TKO because Clottey has strong stamina and powerful. If Pacman is hit by a powerful punch solidly he will be knockout by Clottey. It is true that Pacman is a smart fighter in the ring and his specialty is CROSS FIGHT simply because of his speed and aggressiveness. If one fights him by exchanging blows, I am 100% sure he will be hit and knockdown. From all indications in his previous bouts with top ranks fighters, all were knockdown. To knock Clottey down is very remote except if Clottey fights him squarely blow by blow.
JACK FLORES
Boxing Analyst
mANNY DIDINT WROTE HIS STORY TOP RANK DID FOE MANNY TO BE THE BEST HE HAS TO FACE DINAMITA JMM AGAIN . A TRUE CHAMP ALWAYS TAKE CARE OFF HIS BUSSINES AND I DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY HE DIDINT BEAT JMM. YES HE KNOXH HIM DOWN BUT DOSENT A TRUE CHAMP FINISHES HIS OPPONETS AND PAQUIAL INSTEAD OF FINISH HIM HE GOT AN ASS WOOPOING
The boxing fans want to see: Pacquiao, Cotto, Mosley, Margarito
and Judah. What boxing fans want is full of excitement and legacy. And not a self proclaimed boxer, claiming he’s the greatest. Well in fairness, Mayweather is unbeatable, most defensive, fastest and boring boxer of all time.
mayweather nut-hugger (consistently), possibly does not like foreigners?
please forgive dave lahr for always creating a negative article on Manny Pacquiao, he probably lost alot of money betting against Pacquiao and he thinks his trashy article will take money from Pacquiao’s table. lol Dave keep betting against Pacquiao till your homeless, then call Pacquiao for a helping hand. He might just pay you back with some humility!
So, why are you talking about PAC
vs clo, when you can write steroid vs xylocaine, you are a moron, du#@SS
LOL, you know how good Mayweather is?
He hasn’t even thrown a single punch at Woman-ny Pacquiao, and he’s already KO’d the girl twice.
Mayweather 2, Pacquiao 0.
I know other sites have legit boxin writers but in this web site there’s no info on writers? Who is dave ? Dave is always puttin boxin down
Man, what are you talking about???isn’t it Manny??? You say nobody is talking about the pacquiao-clottey match. You just did it…you are bias writer. You do not have anything to write anymore isn’t it??? And that you are just writing non-sense…no sense at all…
How ironic that this post is talking about Pacquiao Clottey, yet asks why no one is talking about it.
wait a minute…..what about Clotteys trouble with his trainers getting Visa’s?????? Clottey just traveled back to Ghana and was in tears b/c the embassy was not giving in……..they said that it could take up to 2 mos. for this issue to get resolved…….and by that time the fight date of March 13, would have come and gone.
Because this fight stinks. It’s no fun rooting for a fight when you know from the very start who will loose. You can waste your money on PPV if you want, but why? You already know who the winner is. Well in better news….. Shane signed the contract today, he will be taking the blood test to ensure a level playing field. So as of right now, Floyd 2 Pac 0. Floyd fighting a much better opponent who also agreed to take blood test and Floyd possibly exposed a cheat. So it is what it is, Floyd 2 Pac 0.
Because everyone wants to see mosley mow down KFC IMO Mosley Pac way better fight
margarita,
that was classic! hahaha
a hater by anyother name will smell just as bad
good one.
i shall use your material in the near future!
What else do you guys want to hear? The fight is set, all we have to do is wait. Try talking about floyd and shane their fight has not even finalyzed. It’s a done deal! Manny and clottey were clashing in March, contract is made. Let’s put more hype on floyd-shane fight until the contract has sign and terms are met and been broadcast around the world then i will believe it!
“How come nobody is talking about this fight anymore?”
Indirectly, you just did.
Dave, you are not reading lots of internet forum. Pacman-Clottey pops up all the time even on unrelated topic. You even said “If you look at the internet boxing forums, very few fans are discussing the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight”. The word “very few” means there is. But the title of your article says “nobody” contradicts everything. Josh Clottey is a nice guy. Most Filipinos will not say bad things about him ‘coz he is humble, same as Pacman just doing their job. He respect Manny and of course Manny’s fan will appreciate him and watch him… by all means giving him a change of the pie. I tell you, their scheduled match-up will be sold-out and could be breaking record one. That is my say.
thx roy……..I wish that I would have reread my post b/c I made a few grammatical errors, that made what I was trying to say a little diifficult…..but you see the point. I just find it hard to believe how these Pac guys can’t see that for what it was…….Pac basically tried to get in Floyd’s head with that one b/c he thought that Floyd would ahve made a big fuss out of that……which he had every right too, but Floyd didnt even blink……and then we started hearing all of the excuses from Pac about the blood test.
It seems you are! just wait how people will be talking about Floyd when he fakes an injury to weasel his way out of fighting Mosley
dont know about you guys but i’ll always put money down to see pacman fight and i am not a nut hugger fan of his. in fact i agree with miguel cotto, who cant understand why he just wont take some stupid blood tests to clear his name. anyway, since there is no proof i’ll assume his innocence-albeit with a grain of salt. but the point is he is exciting and he really did carry boxing for a number of years and still is. the reintroduction of mayweather caused all this heated debate and despite the peds rift, its healthy for boxing because of the passion and emotion it incites in fans, even casual fans.
as far as clotty, i believe he is the fifth ranked welter, according to espn, and to me that is a solid fight for pacquiao. rather than complain i will simply watch and enjoy.
Preston# good point ,now that manny decided to give up the 140 belt and stay at welter weight,he will likely give or offer no catch weight to floyd
how come that pacquiao-clottey has nobody talking about this fight anymore?
well, as you may observe, how come that in every articles about mayweather here in boxing news, most of the topics in forums delves about pacman? how pathetic… hehehe!
0oooo……nice picture of pac ,bet this is one of the best in your collection,can aways count on you to keep pac fans entertained.
Joe- I actually read that Pac/ Clottey was a NO CATCHWEIGHT fight……..and considering that, I cannot understand, why would Pac made an issue out of weight with Floyd? People say Flody didnt want to fight Pac, but gave Floyd every reason in the world to not agree to fight him with that crazy 10,000,000 figure. What is the difference with Floyd weighing 147 and Clottey weighing 160lb???? These guys keep saying that Pac issue was with Floyd comming in at 2lbs overweight against JMM,…but it still doesnt make any sense for Pac to set the bar at 10,000,000, when JMM only set it at 300,000. Its like Pac took took the most eye popping figure that he could come up with, and expected Floyd to balk…..lol…..but I honestly believe that Floyd called his bluff, and accepted it without ANY questions, when he could have easily made issue with Pac over that astronomical figure. Floyd could have countered by saying, I will agree to 500,000, but 10,000,000????……. like I said, none of that even matters b/c of his NO CATCHWEIGHT agreement with Clottey……..I truly believe that Pac was looking for an out with this one, and then would have tried to make Floyd look bad if he would have refused, b/c Pac could have used the JMM situation,….but it backfired…….lol
Judd Burstein, Mosley’s attorney, told Yahoo! Sports that Mosley has signed a contract to meet Mayweather in a long-awaited 12-round fight for Mosley’s World Boxing Association welterweight title. Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s adviser, said Mayweather agreed to all contract terms and would soon sign it. An official press conference to announce the fight is expected to occur next week in New York.
Dave what you forget to mention is that Pacquiao has refused Olympic style Random testing for his fights. He is also asking for a catchweight for the Clottey fight, which has yet to be resolved. Maybe an official statement on that issue will be announced on fight night. Its time for the Pacquiao camp to wake up and smell the coffee. Its put up or shut up time. The scam is over. Accept the Olympic style drug testing and fight without the catchweight handicap or go home. All genuine fight fans want above all a level playing field. We don’t know what we will get with Pacquiao. Save your money for the Mosley vs Mayweather fight. Both fighters have agreed to Olympic random testing and there will be no catchweight. You can bet money on this fight.
A fight between No.2 and No.3 is better than No.1 and No.5.
Fans may not be talking about the fight but it doesn’t mean we are not watching it.
Well,PBF still talking about PAC,while Pac moved on already
with Clotty.
I rather watch 5 rounds of action pack of boxing than a 12 rds. ending in split decision.
no………body, but yo…….u.
Blah! that’s it period.
dave your making your self the biggest sourgraper!,,you made your self look like a fool again,why dont you answer your own question?isnt it you who keeps talking ABOUT MANNY!…YOU DUMB!
The one that signs the paper first or right away are the one that wants to give fans the fight.
PAC, Clottey, Mosley are what boxing fans like to see. Alot of action not like watching a chicken dance.
Here is something that makes the Pac=Clottey fight more interesting……..lol…….go and get the kleenix……….”Clottey cries as embassy denies visa of trainers
By Abac Cordero” (The Philippine Star) Updated January 31, 2010 12:00 AM
DOn’t speak too soon Dave. As we all know, nothing is for sure until the Fight contract is in black in white. Anything can still happen at this point. Don’t forget the fall out between Pacquiao and Mayweather.
Everyone is talking about it. What are you talking about.
This article is talking about it.
“I believe this fight he got pushed into because the Pacquiao fight fell out, so he got pushed into this fight. He really didn’t want it.”
-Shane Mosley
Interesting…
So when’s Money signing the papers, he lives in Vegas but Shane signed the papers there first?
WHEN’S FLOYD GOING TO SIGN THE PAPERS?
Did Floyd sign the papers yet?
i think your the only left talking about it,couse you have nothing to write about floyd vs mosley?i think your looking for some atteion from manny wich youll never gonna get!
It’s a garbage fight, it be one thing if he were taking on the best possible option after Mayweather but he’s not out of fear of blood tests. Mayweather is making the next best possible fight so he gets the attention.