Pacquiao-Clottey press conference in Dallas = Very Boring
January 19th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: After watching today’s press conference at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, I have to say that this was one of the most boring press conferences I’ve ever seen before. With a huge stadium and all the build up for this March 13th fight, this was a really boring press conference. Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboy owner gave a long winded speech following by an introduction of some old boxers and football players to start things off.
After that, they brought out a pack of cheerleaders who went into a dance routine behind some canned music. Finally, when that was over Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach came out and made a brief speech saying “This is the Super bowl of boxing. It’s going to be a great fight.” I thought he would say more than that, but Roach seemed to be a big hurry to get off the stage for some reason.
Clottey came out next behind a fog that rolled around him as he came out of tunnel. Clottey just appeared thankful about getting the opportunity to be there. It seemed really weird, like he had won a lottery or something by getting the chance to fight Pacquiao. Instead of saying what he was going to do to Pacquiao in the ring, Clottey said “I want to think Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach for giving me the opportunity. This is going to be a great fight. I can’t think Manny Pacquiao enough. He’s the best guy. This fight is going to be a hell of a fight. I love Manny Pacquiao. He’s one of my favorite fighters. If you throw at him, he throws back at you. It’s not going to be an easy fight. I’m going to change some things in my training. I’m going to get me trainer to start preparing me. I already started my training. I know I’ve got to fight Manny Pacquiao. It’s not going to be easy. The two of us are going to give the fans a great fight. It’s going to be a nice fight.”
It was kind of a letdown listening to Clottey speak, because he seemed just happy to be there. I would have liked to have seen a little more fire from him about how he was going to beat up Pacquiao, and not all this niceties coming from him. When it came to Pacquiao’s turn to speak, he came out giggling and smiling, saying “I feel like a football player. Clottey is a good fighter and a top fighter. He is bigger than me, so I have to prepare hard for this fight and train hard for this fight. We will do our best to give a good fight and make people happy on March 13th.”
After that, Clottey and Pacquiao stood face to face for a brief stare down. Clottey was all smiles. They then put on Dallas Cowboy football jerseys and spent the rest of the time posing for pictures with Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Overall, it was pretty boring for me to watch it. The fighter seemed to lack any aggression towards each other and all the ‘thanks you’s’ and compliments was frankly nauseating to me. Where was the trash talking?
I would have liked to have seen Clottey give some menacing stares at Pacquiao and maybe get face to face and lean on him to see what he would do. They needed to bring some animosity and tension to the press conference. I couldn’t stand watching them smile all the time and say nothing but nice stuff.
The stadium was almost entirely empty except for a couple dozen sports writers, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and the fighters’ teams. With all the fuss that has been made about the Pacquiao-Clottey fight by some people, I expected there to be a better turn out than this. I hope this isn’t going to be the case for the fight. It would look bad if they had this huge stadium and only 10,000 boxing fans show up.
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garbage boring fight! boooooooooo, i didnt pay for it.. watched it free on line but it was still waste of time.
men ur wrong tha actual attendance in the fight is more than 50 thousand people…your boring..im sure you watched manny pacquiao fight and you scream like a girl
Boxing is a sports, the contenders are professional boxers. The display i saw during the presscon was sportmanship and pofessionalism.
Those who trash talk got nothing but bigmouth, they need to do that to sell.
The spectators of boxing are mature individuals and to sell an event to them by trashtalking is like insulting their intellect.
Those opponent especialy the great Mexican Warriors are even applauded by Pacman’s fans, especially when they visited the Philippines, including JMM during the Thrilla in Manila 2. Filipinos even took pictures with Eric Morales during his stay in the Phillipines while doing a tv commercial with Pacman and Jet Li.
Boxing is an art and science. And i am grateful that we have this Special and gifted individuals to demonstrate and display this skills.
on the other hand, i have no words to comment whether TRASH TALKING is a sports or an art or a science.
Good luck to all the Boxers! May God keep you away from harm and accident inside and outside the ring.
Boxing is a sport and as a sport it is more on to be friendly. Fans may quarrel but the ultimate obljective is comaraderie. that,s why crowds are coming from diferent places and country to join in one venue as all friends.The author of this article wants thrash talks against each fighter to make more exciting but what they did was opposite, they showed respect with each others. Unlike Mayweather
soooo many stories blaahh blahh blahhh
after fight circumcise… mga walay tuli..
Then why you ever bothered going.
You should have scratched your b*lls at home instead allday long.
Maybe that wouldnt have bored you.
Dude its a press conference. Do u expect them to start fighting now?
… we’ll see on fight night if it will be boring… we’ll i’m excited to see it.. unlike the already anticipated boring fight for mayweather you know…
Yeah what you’re saying is kinda true. But gawd, your articles are far more boring to read!
the fighters was just being real to themselves. its a press conference, you did not pay a huge amount of money for you to expect it to be more exciting. press conference means nothing to the fans, its the fight night filled with fans that matters.
shit i wanna see some trash talkin to if im exspected to drop 50 on a fight.and aint it funny how manny is only allowed to fight top rank fighters lately.No sane man on this planet or any other is gonna turn down 40 somthing mil over a lil blood,hell most would lose the fight on purpose jus to be in a rush to spend it its a win win situation,an his country could really use it win or lose
wht do u mean,shit i wanna c some trash talk to if im gonna drop 50 onna fight where i already think it could be rigged.funny how manny only fights top rank fighters lately an it?
Just like the others said, get a life Dave. You shouldn’t have come to the presscon if you have that kind of attitude. It seems to me that you are already BORED even the before presscon started. You shouldn’t have come! Many others would willingly pay you a hundred dollars just to get to that presscon. Don’t waste your time if you’ll just write crap. The world does not need your opinion. Try dishwashing for a change. Or better yet, make the world a better place by ending your life. That would be a much better news than reading your senseless opinion.
The press conference was not advertised nor promoted for fear that people will pack the ultra-expensive stadium and soil it before the main event – just my thought
I like Manny, but its too many people that think he’s the savior of boxing! He’s a great fighter dont get me wrong but I not completely convinced. Please remember that he faced Oscar de la hoya at 147 easily but begged and begged Cotto to fight at 145!!
Oh yeah pretend like that doesn’t matter right? Cotto was ordered to pay 2 million dollars a pound for being over. He definitely defeated Cotto but why not fight for the WELTERWEIGHT(limit 147) title at 147. But go ahead Pacman ball-riders pretend like
this did not matter!
He became an ICON after beating Hatton and De la Hoya, but Mayweather beat both fighters as well and he “runs” from everybody right. Pacman has some great wins, but he has not fought a lot of fighters as well. The Mexican killer, I’ll give him that!!
Pacman is a great fighter. He is exciting. but I don’t care how much you love Manny, this was really boring. Most of the press conference was people raving about how great the stadium and Jerry Jones are. Their was more about Jones and the stadium than about the fight. Clottey seemed like a schoolkid meeting his sports idol and practically worshipped him. The press conference made one think they should get the fight just to see the stadium. The fight should be the main attraction, not the venue.
DAVE LAHR, tough DUDES don’t talk a lot. Their work do all the talking.
Pacman is what the americans are hungering for, a Character Makeover.
Mayweather does not offer anything that help this planet better.
Wow, very nice article from someone who doesn’t seem to understand crap. Pretty pathetic. Hey Dave, there is a a restaurant in the corner where i live and they are looking for a dishwasher. This will be a better job for you. Since commenting is not at all your stong asset.
Pacquio fans are ridiculous and emotional like little school girls. If that man found the press conference boring then that’s his opinion. If you found it spiritually enlightening then that’s your opinion. Its not the end of the world stop crying about everything.
dave lahr, you sure hate the pacman so much.
it’s not boring at all although its is not the commoon press con that we have seen in the past (trash talking, Mean looks). We all knew Paquiao all smiles outside the ring. About the people in attendance, they didnt actually published the date. A few fans only knew that theres going to be a press con but the promoting team did not advertised and confirmed. Even with 40,000 people it will barely look filled b’coz its a 100,000 capacity staduim.
ONE NAME & THAT IS JERRY JONE$ THE SAVIOR & FUTURE OF BOXING!
I hear there’s another fight coming up in May (we hope) between a couple of other WW. There’ll be alot of trash talk then. Just think this fight could of been between May & Pac, but for the drugs & injections not allowed in Texas.
Good Gracious! My office is only less than a mile from the Cowboys Stadium and I tried desperately to get information on the news conference and can’t! NOTHING is available from the Cowboys Stadium website. I googled, binged, and researched as to the time and place – Nada. That’s why it was empty. There was no information out on it. It was kept a secret it seems like.
and the ones saying it`s not “boring” are Manny`s dog, so see!!! fair play!
Hang on a little Leira Bee, Hes Dave Lahr not Adolf Hitler lol.
…that is the problem with people who loves trash talks just to promotes a fight, people who loves putting animosity between two fighters, people who who’d rather see something bad rather than good intentions…for them, it is boring when two good fighters praised each others goodness, when two fighters compliments each other rather than create animosity…the world will never have peace when people like this dave lahr abounds on this planet..we will never have peace! God save us from this type of people…
The dallas cheerleaders are never boring!!!
you like trash talking? cos thats what you are …trash. theres no need for that….
Thanks Wowzabean! Just watched it on the link u provided and it is not boring as claimed by mr david lahr.
the people who says its boring is mayweathers dogs! they cant accept the success of another boxers. im sure if floyyds press conference happen, the writer of this article will clap his hands and for sure he will kiss mayweathers ‘ASS’. HOPE YOU WILL SLEEP WELL DAVE. DONT TAKE TOOMUCH SLEEPING PILLS.
IT WILL BE A GOOD FIGHT BUT IT SURE AINT NO PPV EVENT.
Hey Dave, Pacquiao doesn’t need to trash talk if that’s what you’re looking, nor does Clottey need to do it. Its not in Pacquiao’s nature to disrespect his opponent or even hype things up by doing something outrageous. He won’t ever disgrace his country by acting buffoonish. That maybe Mayweather’s style but not Pac’s.
During fight night prior to his entry into the ring you will always see the Pacman smiling, always very calm. But once inside the ring he’s a different person, you can see his intensity… AND that’s what makes him the most exciting fighter of the generation. No pre-fight hyping. Everything is said on the ring. Just like phil cory said “GENTLE OUTSIDE THE RING, EXCITING IN THE RING”. That’s what fight fans want to see. Not some loudmouth, trashtalking, all-hype Mayweather who bores you to death once he’s inside the ring.
those people that said the press conference is boring, they are like Mayweather, trash talking, making fagoty acts that regular people doesn’t want, Stuffs like this doesn’t sell. To promote boxing you need gentleman that act like a gentleman!
This people that want trash talking are like Mayweathers they should go back to retirement and stay there! They don’t promoting boxing but instead they disgracing it!
I want a to see a good fight in the ring, I don’t care if they said they love each other in the press conference. The best thing is the way they show themselves as a fighter. Thats more important than trash talking and other faggets moves!
I hope in the Mayweather fight, a terrorist will come out and shot all the funs for their excitement and entertainment so that the boxing kingdom will appreciate the event.
i cant see anything exciting about this fight, maybe its because this seems so bad compared to the pacman/mayweather fight.
by the way the real ‘football’ is played in the english premier league
your were right but when it comes to the ring it is totally different, always exciting to watch.
boxingfan,
i agree
This one coming from a “RELIABLE SOURCE”: I’m an idiot!
@ BOXINGFAN I AGREE TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
Eh DAVE, are the Dallas cheerleaders not enough? Unless you dig the guys…
Dave, this is not the WWE. I think our first hint of whether or not this venue can be filled by this fight will be known on January 23rd after tickets go on sale. I hope you will be eating your words.
the fight will probably be exciting, but this was definitely boring. Clottey acted like a kid talking to his sports idol, like he was in love with Manny. You know its a mismatch when one fighter can’t quit thanking the other for giving him the oppurtunity and gushing about how much he likes him.
both fighters should have taken an ESL class before this press conference….
At the Pacquiao and Cotto press conferences in the U.S., there were also few people in attendance. But the turnout at the fight was huge, a sold out attendance. Moreover, it was the highest PPV in 2009. I expect this fight to do exactly the same huge turnout.
There has been so many dramas in the sports of boxing the last few months . . including the heart-breaker Pac vs Money May fizzle.
Given that Clottey is a pretty darn good boxer and a top welterweight . . I’m just glad that a great match-up/great fight has been signed. From that angle, this is definitely a step in the right direction. Looking forward to the fight. Lets get this oooonnnnnnn.
Hey dave
Maybe you should cover and write about bowling you might be alot more at peace with yourself
I don’t know what this writer is talking about . . it was a pretty good media event i.e. taking into account that it was only made in a few days. This seems like the M Perez slanted write-ups again . . well, given all the negative articles that these guys have generated in the past . . and the excellent results from the Pac fights recently . . it only means that lady luck is coming.
Looking forward to the fight . . unfortunately, i can’t be in Texas, but i will take the next best thing HBO PPV.
boring huh? guess you past the age when girls in shorts skirts don’t keep your interest..
Is this a joke?!? Did Roach really claim this is the superbowl of boxing??? And did Clottey really say all that? “I can’t thank Manny enough. He’s the best guy… I love Manny Pacquiao” ?!?!?!!! You have to be kidding me. I think this is a joke. There is no way any fighter would rave about how much he loves his opponent that much. Clottey’s supposed speech sounds like a Hallmark movie.
I think this writer is on drugs. I would rather watch a fighter who smiles outside the ring but fights like a lion inside it rather than watching a fighter who acts like a lion outside the ring but fights like a chicken who sings like a duck inside it.
If you want trash talking etc. go watch the chin-less fighters of UFC.
Oh yeah..It’s been proven in sports science that MMA gloves deliver only Slightly more impact than a boxing glove. But boxers can take 200x the damage MMA fighters can.
Dave, my advice to you is don’t watch the fight. You seem to be miserable when talking about Pacquiao — so my second advice to is to ignore anything that is Pacquiao, you’ll be a much happier person if you do. Write something that makes you happy, write about PBF or JMM, I know that makes you happy!!!
Be happy Dave!
it was a closed invite only conference if you didnt know
it was boring! it was like a charity event! Gentleman my !@# What happened to the good old “Ali vs Foreman” press conference, all the exchange wording, Ali Boombaye, calling foreman Ugly etc etc, man gotta be some action/some blood, you gotta make things hot!!! there is nothing gentleman about two man, half naked, punching each other like morons, “golf” is a gentleman sport.
What???… that press conference is way far better than any boxing press conferences that I’ve seen and you really don’t know what you’re talking about. That’s Cowboys Stadium, more than 100k individuals can fit in that place. Even if you put 20,000 people in there (max capacity of any boxing sites in Las Vegas) that place will still look empty.
Dave just write article for WWE. I thought you understand that boxing is a gentleman sport.
This writer’s got some serious problem, man, I gotta tell ya. Why can’t you appreciate this gentleness, true sportsmanship like what Pacman and Clotty are showing?
I guess the guy like this really dig into BS and all those trash talks that don’t go anywhere and are the reasons why boxing is dead and seems so dirty, primitive sport, not even sport to many. When the public begin to see the humble and gentle fighter like Manny who does not seem to be violent at all, like a charm little boy next to you, that’s when they begin to be fascinated by the boxer like him, the boxer that is truly great in the ring, and gentle outside of the ring. Look at other sports, that’s the way it is, and if boxers like him come along more, this sport will again be interested by normal people even women. Remember, the key is GENTLE OUTSIDE RING, EXCITING IN THE RING, not the other way around. Get a life.