Pacquiao vs. Clottey: I see Joshua leaving Manny a bloody mess
February 24th, 2010
By Esteban Garduno: Too many boxing fans are giving WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao way too much credit for his recent wins over Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, and seem to be using those wins as reasons for why Pacquiao will beat challenger Joshua Clottey on March 13th when they meet up at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. If those fighters – all come forward types that were made for Pacquiao – were still fighting in their prime and were actually fighting well at the time that they had fought Pacquiao, maybe I would drink the Kool-aid along with Manny’s fans and start seeing Pacquiao as the real deal.
They could have opted for a fight against Shane Mosley, who had trounced Cotto conqueror Margarito by a 9th round stoppage in January 2009. Why wasn’t Mosley picked as an opponent given that he beat the guy that destroyed Cotto? If you listen to excuses by Pacquiao fans, they point out that Cotto beat Mosley three years ago in 2007 by a 12 round decision. However, I’ve seen that fight and I along with many others feel that Mosley should have won that bout.
Cotto was running the last four rounds of the fight and looked badly tired and in the survival mode as Mosley took the fight to him. But even if that had been a dominating performance against Mosley instead of a questionable decision, I still think Mosley was the better option for Pacquiao simply because Cotto didn’t look like the same fighter as he did before by the time he got past Clottey by a narrow decision last year.
Okay, so I think the choice of Cotto as opponent seemed to be a case of picking a named fighter who was beatable and on the downside of his career. I see it as the equivalent of fighting an old toothless lion. I think Cotto will be beaten in his next fight by Yuri Foreman and that will pretty much confirm my belief that he was a shot fighter at the time that he was selected for a fight against Pacquiao.
Ricky Hatton really never did prove that he was the best fighter in the light welterweight in my eyes, so I don’t see why a win over him means anything. Hatton went life and death in his prime against an old, rusty, weight drained Kostya Tszyu in 2005, a fight in which Hatton pretty much mugged Tszyu all night long with wrestling on the inside. But beyond that, Hatton never fought guys like Junior Witter, Timothy Bradley, Kendall Holt, Ricardo Torres, Devon Alexander, and Marcos Maidana, all of which I think would have beaten him if Hatton had actually fought them.
Hatton was easily beaten by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a 10th round stoppage loss in 2007. After that defeat, Hatton continued to go after beatable fighters, taking on Juan Lazcano and Paulie Malignaggi instead of fighting the more dangerous top guys who can actually punch. Overall, I saw Hatton as being a top 10 fighter, but the bottom 10 guy at the time that Pacquiao fought him, not a number #1 fighter. I think Bradley would have beaten Pacquiao, and I would give Alexander, Torres, Holt and Maidana a good chance of beating him too.
What can you say about Pacquiao’s win over Oscar De La Hoya in 2008? De la Hoya was 35 at the time, badly weight drained from a poorly put together diet, and having lost three out of his last six fights. De La Hoya had fought only four fights in the past four years going into the fight with Pacquiao. Basically, De La Hoya was a semi-retired fighter at that the time that he fought Pacquiao, and it was insane for him to take the fight at all, let alone at a weight draining 147.
Clottey may be a defective fighter like many people have pointed out, but I think he’s got an excellent chance of giving Pacquiao a huge beating and walking away with his WBO welterweight title in the process. Clottey hasn’t been dodging the best fighters in the division his entire career, isn’t old and weight drained, and isn’t coming off a fight in which his head was nearly torn off.
Clottey obviously is badly flawed and not nearly in the class of Mosley, Andre Berto or Floyd Mayweather, but he won’t need to be. His chin will keep him in the fight long enough for him to give Pacquiao a terrible thrashing. I don’t know if he’ll win a decision over Pacquiao, because I’m not sure if that’s possible after watching Pacquiao’s two fights with Juan Manuel Marquez, but I think Clottey will give Pacquiao a terrible beating in the fight.
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CLOTTEY WILL DOMINATE DE BOUT N GIVE KO TO MANNY.DE VOICE OF GHANA IS SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM.
Too many boxing fans are giving WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao way too much credit for his recent wins over Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, and seem to be using those wins as reasons for why Pacquiao will beat challenger Joshua Clottey on March 13th when they meet up at the Dallas Cowboy Stad…ium, in Arlington, Texas. If those fighters – all come forward types that were made for Pacquiao – were still fighting in their prime and were actually fighting well at the time that they had fought Pacquiao, maybe I would drink the Kool-aid along with Manny’s fans and start seeing Pacquiao as the real deal.
Just for the record guys; Freddie Roach nor Manny Pacquaio is interested in Shane Mosely. Mosely is a boxer/puncher with good defense, footwork and knockout power. Translation = The Anti Pac.
my last name is perez, but because of you manuel stupid perez who do not know about boxing,i will change it, or maybe you should, IDIOT,
i see clottey is another cherry picked by pacquio. The guy who only box straight forward and have a problem with his stamina. It gonna be another KO Victory by the guy who was ducking PBF.
Win or loose pac-man gets credit for taking this fight + respect & luv from 15 rounds lol yeah
You do realize when you were writing under your other name Manuel Perez,you said Cotto was going to make Manny look like a car crash victim?Then again you also said you’d stop writing.But that’s good to know.Clottey will lose and Cotto will win a 154 pound title because the opposite of your predictions always comes true.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, there is no truer saying in boxing than “styles make the fight” your are always going to have a favorite in every fight but that does not mean the favorite will win. All the author did was write an article based on those principles, and as good manny is, he’s not indestructible. The same fans that get overly defensive when someone writes an article that does not favor their guy, are the same ones who will have a ton of excuses when their guy loses. I do agree that manny opponents are hand picked by Freddie, in fact that’s the best thing he’s done for mannys career other than develop his right hand. But I think Freddie has underestimated their opponent this time.
i think clottey has been PAID OFF already to lose the fight he’ll get like 8 million to just take a dive and probably the same thing for MOSLEY im just looking at this like a business man boxing is not a clean or honest sport boxing NEEDS mayweather and PACMNAN to stay on top untill they fight eachother there both the saviers of the sport right now and if it wasnt for them UFC might be giving boxing a run for its money. (its possible just think)
…………..realistic
BET YOU DONT BET ON IT THOUGH ,TIT
@kray: You are funny! Cotto beat Mosley! Set ups?? Nobody made them to sign the contract. Keep trying, you might get it right one of these days. LOL!!!!!
don’t waste your time predicting the fight… idiot.
i think clottey has been PAID OFF already to lose the fight he’ll get like 8 million to just take a dive and probably the same thing for MOSLEY im just looking at this like a business man boxing is not a clean or honest sport boxing NEEDS mayweather and PACMNAN to stay on top untill they fight eachother there both the saviers of the sport right now and if it wasnt for them UFC might be giving boxing a run for its money. (its possible just think)
…………..realistic
YES…YOU ARE CORRECT WITH YOUR PREDICTION….BUT ONLY IN YOUR WILDEST DREAM….!!! HEHEHE!!! IN FACT, PACQUIAO WANTS TO KICK MAYWEATHER’S ASS RIGHT AFTER HIS FIGHT WITH CLOTTEY…SAME DAY HUH!!! HE WILL FIGHT HIM ONLY WITH ONE HAND TIED ON HIS BACK…AND BLINDFOLDED!!! HAK! HAK! HAK!
so if pac beats cottey,bad your going to shut your mouth? never ha,your going to find another accuse,cant help a pac hater it ok I dont like floyd aether,but if he beats mosley he deserve a bit of respect from me,dues are earned every year Iam fair ,you should be too.
IN HIS PREVIOUS FIGHTS, PACMAN APPEARS TO BE UNDERDOG, BUT HE WINS. THE TREND IS CONSISTENT AND SO IN HIS FORTHCOMING FIGHT WITH CLOTTEY. IF YOU FOLLOW CLOSELY THE FOOTPRINT, PACKMAN STILL APPEARS AS THE VICTOR.
IN A WORLD OF BOXING, THERE’S ALWAYS AN UPSETTING DEFEAT. PEOPLE EXPECT TOO MUCH AND PUT MORE CONFIDENCE ON THEIR IDOL. AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE EXCEEDINGLY LOOMS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, PACMAN MAY BE DEFEATED BY KNOCKOUT, BECAUSE CLOTTEY IS A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION IN THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION AND NOT A TYPICAL CONTENDER.
JACK FLORES
BOXING ANALYST
Clottey is good technically, durable, good defense, all the things mentioned & we all know he’s a great boxer. But he lacks the killer instinct that takes a fighter above the level of ordinary.
Manny for all his flaws, and he does have them, trains with a different mindset. He plans to get into a fight, he plans to give & receive pain, when you see him in the ring you can tell ths is a guy who LOVES to mix it up.
Unless Manny is seriously distracted or has been lazy in his training (Both of which I seriously doubt) Clottey won’t be able to keep Manny off him.
I don’t see Clottey being KO’ed, but I see him quiting on his stool sometime in the later rounds.
Bold prediction, I know.
seeing this site its all about mayweather, i like both boxers and want them to get it on, but nearly every article is negative to pacman,
i ask boxing 24 if pacman beats clottey
want we will do with the onesided writters, i would like to see these 4/5 journos in a photo together to prove there not the same person , so i can put the photo next to my mother in laws on the dart boared.
now how about putting somthing negative articles (not 1) about money
whether pacquiao or clottey wins, all fans are assured of an exciting fight!!! Yehey!!!
Another writer with a wishful thinking. Thought I went to a boxing news site, not the Psychic Friends Network…
Pac’s last 3 opponents were clearly setups. But, the critics who favored Pac’s opposition were, probably, just considering size to be the dominant factor, since Pac was moving up in weight. The genius of Freddie Roach is that 1) he chose fighters who were on the westside of their careers 2) he chose fighters that are there to be hit 3) he chose fighters (in two cases) he could drain in weight, to bring them down in size and strength 4) he chose fighters he could figure out very easily. Pac looked good in all 3 fights. But, a big reason for his p4p #1 status are the reasons mentioned above.
Notice how Roach avoided fighters that might jeopardize that. Shane came to him asking for the fight, and Roach said it would have to be at a catchweight (142 lbs I think), and for 65 pct of the purse. Shane accepted and Roach told him NO. In fact, he said Mosely was TOO GOOD. This happened just last year, prior to the selection of Cotto.
During that time, Roach also ranked the prospects they were considering, in the following order of difficulty: 1) SSM, 2) Cotto, 3)PBF. As we know, he chose the #2 Guy, on his list, for obvious reasons.
Based on Roach’s opinion of Clottey, he’s just another setup. But this one’s a live dog, so to speak, who has something to prove. Notice no catchweight…I guess Freddie realized, he wasn’t gonna fool the public, yet again. This may backfire on them.
W/Clottey’s peek a boo type defense, he’s going to take it in the sides of the body hard. Then when he opens up a bit, a big left upper followed by 4-6 punch combo. I’m not so sure myself if Pacman can knock out Clottey, but I’d be willing to pay to see it.
The only reason Clottey has’nt been ko’d is because he does’nt take risks. Merchant asked Clottey why he didnt put pressure on Cotto the last few rounds. Clottey said Cotto is strong and is good counter puncher. In other words Clottey didnt want to run in to anything. In order for Clottey to beat up Manny, he has to fight more offensively instead of blocking shots half the round. But is hard not to imagine Clottey letting his hands go when he feels punches coming from all angles and not able to see them.
esteban???? ur manuel perez right… why using other names rather than using ur real name, u know ask forgiveness to all pacman fans for ur behavior in the past and you will be forgiven thats all…. and join the fun … right manuela?
Here we go again another Pacquiao hater predicting how he will be left a bloody mess after his fight with Clottey. Did you not predict the same thing when Pacman fought ODLH, Hatton and Cotto and we all know what happened.
I can guarantee that when Pacquiao beat Clottey that you will have a million excuses as to why Clottey lost.
Please stop hating and just go feed your boy Mayweather.
Riiiiiiiiight. So Cotto was a beat up fighter, but Mosley would have been the better challenge. Last I checked he didn’t look good against Mayorga, lost to Forest TWICE AND lost to Cotto. So to pick Cotto, a title holder, over Mosley was a easy choice. If Pacquiao picked and beat Mosley, Mosley would have been an over the hill fighter too…..quit hating. Clottey doesn’t stand a chance brotha, of course there’s always a possibility, i.e. Douglas/Tyson, but if you’re so sure of yourself put money on Clottey and buy yourself a house.
@joshua
if you’re not impressed now, you will never be. it’s not Pacs job to impress you anyways.
eat your words man,, many people think in his last fights he cannot win but he win, win and win,,, many boxing analyst saying pacman is fighting old fighter drained many excuses to put down pacman,, but they like insane that they putting down pacman in nonsense reasons,,, they have no idea what they saying because they like put pacman down,, nuts people
this guy (Esteban Garduno) is like Manuel Perez..LOL The boxing writer is a one jealous biatch who won’t give a damn about what the P4P king has achieved..
Estebannnn..just remember all the negative things you said about Manny because in two (2) weeks time, you’ll have to eat live all you’ve said.
quite obvious the fact that davey boy lahr = esteban = manuela perez(rip) = liam santiago(rip) this guy (or bi*ch) doesnt seem to run out of penname. hey you d*ck esteban or whoever you are just put your money where your stinkin mouth is and just bet on clottey winning over pacquiao.say you never blog a single piece of s*it ever again when pac gets the win over clottey, or else, maybe you cant afford losing this blogging job of yours which is the only source of livelihood for you and your boyfriend. lmao
Why is it that Pac haters resort to one dimentional logic when they engage in giving their opinions and explanations?,… makes me wonder,…you all probably juicing and that’s what makes you mmentally narrow.
Pac’s last four opponents were labeled as either too big, too strong, too good,.. but look what happend to them, all of a sudden they were this and that and all the excuses that’s why they lost. Can’t we just all accept that Pac knows how to use his crafted skills to defeat good opponents
there all the same these pretend journos
please put your messy pen away and keep there taco
the difference between clottey and manny’s last four opponents is that clottey has a great defense and has never been knocked out. if manny does knockout clottey, then i will be very impressed. but i doubt someone with those two attributes being knocked out by manny. he couldn’t do that to the last elite defensive fighter he faced in marquez. what makes you think he would do it to one that’s a super big welterweight? you all got the illusion that manny has gotten better since the marquez rematch. he’s just been facing lesser fighters at the stage manny fought them.
Clotty is a durable fighter and could hit hard but not so technical compared to Pac who can come foreward, backward, side to side, sink, pop-up, in and out, pivot, counter punch, and a lot of footwork with punches in bunches from all angles that can come like eternity.
Clotty will lose as I totally disagree with this article. Pac is more than capable of finishing Clotty in the first 6 rounds but I see Pac just give the fans a little more by prolonging the bout to the 9th before sujecting Clotty to absolute surrender or counted out… another pac victory from a black guy.
Brilliant article. I feel that Clottey stands a good chance in this fight, and is definately the hardest fight of Manny’s to date. But, for the same reason, my respect for Manny only increases. If nothing else dont forget the natural size of the Pacman. Both Mayweather and Pac are in truly difficult fights for the first time in a long time. Its good for boxing
pac will win by stoppage. I do believe they have hand picked his opponents since marquez tho. Pac should fight mayweather, bradley, or berto. All fights that will shut up critics and are still winnable. But I’m not that impressed by pac at welterweight, yeah he’s good. But he needs to fight the best in welterweight like he did in the lighterweights. Welters in their prime and high ability cuz he also falls under that category. Till then he can go on and pick shot fighters, and bully less talented ones.
Whoever the Jerkoff is who wrote this article is just trying to get a rise out of You guys. He knows nothing about Boxing. I think he copied everything he said from another site. (Basically the same exact opinion). This “Esteban” Jerkoff will be the first one to say he “Never liked Clottey in this fight” or he`ll find a way to lump Clottey in with all the other PAC-VICTIMS and figure out a way to Dis-credit another Pac-Monster Victory. Ignore His future articles, as we can see he should be writing about things he knows about, like Shopping or Jumprope or whatever….Anything but Boxing……Jerkoff
so this guy is saying to throw a fighter who just fought in light welter to fight the top guy in welter? …… hes definately not a trainer. cuz that would be terribly irresponsible
what a bs article!
for those of u that dont know, cotto was picked to fight manny first to see if pac can handle the welter devision! and everyone especially roach already knew that mosley is the top welter. so ill ask anyone if they were a trainer would u push ur fighter to fight in a division where ur unsure he can handle? andon top of that the top fighter? and cotto was still ranked in p4p and a top 5 welter! but i read things like this from so caled analyst, what di u analyze? roach brought manny in the division on a tough fight regardless what he said about cotto. manny was the better more disceplined fighter that night. u dont throw ur fighter or any fighter in a new division, against thier top champion, in their first fite. its not reasonable and irresponsible!
Abbs:
Do us a favor; we try to have gentlemans conversation regarding current boxing issues, if the opinions of other “informed” boxing men offends you to the point where you need to turn profane; this might not be a good place for you to post.
im sure when manny knocks out clottey. you will say clottey is a shot fighter. u just cant accept the fact that manny is great…. what a shame….
@MbfromPhilly. Are you saying taht Barrera, Cotto just to name a few, didn’t have foot work? Barrera who beat Marquez and Morales. You’re a (d)ucking clown. YOu know nothing ’bout boxing
Mr Writer, I am suprised that you didn’t say Pac was cherry picking Clottey. So, If Pacman beat Clottey, you will give Pacman a credit. I hope so…YOU ARE A TERRIBLE ANALYST…ACUALLY YOURE NOT, YOU ARE JUST A PLAIN PAC HATER. i SORRY MAN, DO YOU NEED A HUG, GET ONE FROM MANUEL PEREZ.
manual perez returns
@Esteban Garduno
what a name lol
So we went from being a mismatch pac winnin easily to clottey murderin pac?
this esteban gar duh no is really manueal perez!!!! his writing is similar with perez.. look at his previous writing !
floyd ducks cotto,margarito,clottey. mosley said that kfc is forced to fight him!! we know that jr is really a fraud!!!
@ irish boy
you did say floyd stated manny being ordinary three years ago. that was before manny became a superstar don’t you agree? all he wants to know is if he juiced himself up to become the superstar he is today.
hatton had a solid stay as 140 champ. carlos maussa was a top 5 junior welter at the time. remember he was i believe the wba champ at the time hatton beat him. juan urango might be a brute but he is a titlist and a top 5 junior welter. don’t forget about paulie either cause he was a titlist and number one contender at the time hatton stopped him.
Floyd Mayweather recently stated that Pacquiao is an ordinary fighter. 3 yrs. ago he stated that Pacquiao is an extraordinary fighter. Inconsistent.
Watch his interview 3 yrs ago about PAC
you tube “Mayweather addressed Pacquiao 3 yrs ago”
i heard the same things a million times before delahoya, hatton & cotto & also the same excuses after the pacman won .. anyway, just like any other pacman fight, win or lose, it will be an exciting one! LET’S GO PACMAN !!!
I believe that Clottey will hurt Pacman but its also the same for his opponent. We seem to forget that from Marquez, Hatton to Cotto he did admit that he got hurt but he can take it( trained and prepared for it )and those he fought just can’t keep up after a while.
View Cotto’s first few rounds, Marquez’s and you’d notice his stamina that I think Clottey does not have.
Condition your self with someone smacking you with a rattan cane 1 X 1 inch in diameter in most of your muscle and lets see if your nerve cells don’t get use to it.
Clottey is a strong boxer but he seem to lose steam after a while, the first few rounds would be crucial for him to beat Manny but after that I think his chances of winning after that is slim.
since 2007 Hatton faced Malinagi, Castillo, Urango and the top 2 p4p fighters, in that time the other guys mentionedfought a combination of each other. In that time only Bradley has had a good string of fights and Hatton even at this point in my opinion would destroy him.
If you objectively look ath the common opponents which in my opinion is the best way to gage whose better, lacking a fight between mayweather and pacquiao which is where we are at this moment.
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Yet JMM, Hatton and DLH think Mayweather would beat Pacquiao when they were asked the outcome when the fight looked like being made.
That tells me more about what they think of the ability of both boxers and they are best placed to judge.
Hatton was the linear champion for so long through inactivity more than anything and didn’t attempt to clean up the JWW division, the best he beat at that weight was the predictable Urango.
Timothy Bradley, Kendall Holt, Ricardo Torres, Devon Alexander, and Marcos Maidana, were not even on the map when Hatton was at the top
manny has been cherry picking since marquez? no way! bob arum lined up clottey like he was the next cherry. i believe arum just lined manny up to a trap.
If Pacquiao comes close to stopping or dominatinf Clottey, I will be VERY surprised.
All the boxing analyst ringside had Hatton, DLH, and Cotto winning the fight. They’re just too big and natural and Pac-Man will eventually succumb to their power prior to fight. Look what happen to them. If it wasn’t for his exciting performances, boxing wouldn’t be as relevant today. This writer must be a bitter JMM fan.
it looks like it doesn’t it? Oh well, it’s all good and done. Blame it on the roach I mean coach, his the one picking all the fights and just do what he’s ask to do. The brain in the machine. Freddie roach.
cubman u quite clearly dont know boxing u cant compare fighters like that, thats like saying hatton destroyed castillo in 4 but mayweather stuggled twice to beat castillo so by ur logic hattons better than floyd and also mayweather schooled marquez but pacquio got a draw and a very questionable win over marquez so floyd better than manny.
So Mr. Garduno what will be your excuse if Manny actually KOs Clottey? I can tell by your writing that you have a certain hatred or bias towards Pacquiao as a fighter. So will you give him his due respect if he happens to be the first to knock Clottey out or will you find another way to discredit the win? I agree that Clottey is a very formidable opponent for anyone, even PBF and Mosley. So if Manny happens to win I hope that you will give him due respect instead of making excuses as to why he won the fight. Clottey is a very legit WW, hardly anyone gives him his respect probably because he isn’t from the US, but he beat the likes of Judah and was beating Baldomir before a disqualification and these are the guys that PBF fans use as excuses why PBF is a threat in the WW division?
hehe…yeah right…
i think personally it has been a sensational piece of work by freddie roach by managing to nit pick his way through shot and damaged fighters to now be in a situation to demand 25 million dollars for a fight with floyd. but that people will be the end of the manny gravy train as floyd will expose him for what he is a media hyped fraud.
I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THIS ARTICLE, AND I AM A PINOY TOO!
THESE GUYS ARE ALL BETTER P4P THAN PAC:
WILLIAMS,FLOYD,MOSLEY,VALERO,JOHN,GAMBOA,MARTINEZ
look back 2 fights, who gave clottey a chance of beating cotto ? no one did…..admit it
then u look at what pacman did to cotto, and now you’re saying clottey will leave pacman a bloody mess ?
com’mon dude, how do u expect us to take these stories seriously ?
i know there are lots of pac haters out there as well as the pac fans, but for the general boxing enthusiast this leaves u with a bitter taste in ur mouth.
going on record and form clottey has little more than his size and natural comfort at welterweight. he is no concussive puncher with the bulk of not nearly all his stoppage wins coming against seriously weak opponents. his high points coming against and aged diego corrales and a below par zab judah, on points and technical decision respectively.
pacman has the quality,the movement,the speed and the hunger to more than have enough to beat this guy.
opinions need to be based on fact, unless ur out of ur head, and looking at the facts clottey hasnt really got a chance unless he gets a technical decision due to a cut or injury to pacman.
remember pacman has done things in this game that surpass all before him.everytime he tries something he gets shot down prior to the event, and then excuses are made when he proves his doubters and haters wrong.
this is going to be another one of those times.
because the guy has asian roots and fights for his motherland rather than adopting the US as his fighting home the guy will never get the plaudits he is due to.and this is due to the attitude of the fans who are against him and those inside the profession whose names and legacies he has surpassed and pushed aside.
Another Pacquiao bashing and hating article along with Floyd-minion bloggers backing it up. What else is new?
Fight fan. You’re smart. What happens if Floyd beats everybody. It’s called a hypothetical..try and keep up WV. Let’s say he beats everybody, Williams, Manny, Shane, Sergio, Berto, and so-on. What about the young up and comers? They will, by then become seasoned, and ready to fight. By this time, Floyd will be 40! According to your logic, Floyd will have to keep fighting forever. I’m no Floyd fan at all. In fact, I want Shane in their fight. But some people are just f—–g retarded…or at least boarderline.
Yeah fight fan, yall always say that. Now go back to West virginia to your trailer and tend to your underaged cousin.
Come on rickybobby, giterdone…ain’t that what YALL say?
Manny is the real deal, how ever he could lose to Clottey if he takes him lightly and doesnt train hard and bring his A game.
your hatred for Manny seems strikingly familiar!!
If you looked at most of the boxing sites they all said Pac was going to get worked and his opposition was too big, or whatever. Then come after the fight, these professional commentators say that Pac’s opponent was a shell of himself and not the same fighter. If that were true you would not have great fighters like Ali, Frazier, Foreman, list goes on and on. That thinking is flawed. A true test of a fighter is what happens after they get their butt kicked and how far they progress after the loss. If the zero meant so much why not quit after going 1-0 and say you retired undefeated. You can alway come up with an excuse why you didn’t want to fight the others, like they were all doing roids or PEDs.
Typical Pacfan. Hoya does not like this site, because some of it’s writers do not support Manny. And give sufficient reference to back up their opinion. What a shocker.
I thoroughly agree that Manny has had carefully selected fighters. So glad someone writing an article says it. Where are all the guys who beleive everything they read when it’s in Manny’s favor? I do beleive that Esteban was accurate in his description of Pacauiao’s last fighters. This has been my argument all along. I do however, think Clottey’s a come forward or weak rope a dope type guy, who Manny would not have to look hard to find. Hopefully, I’m wrong. I will root for Clottey when I watch the replay for free on HBO. Guess I’ll have to walk around w/earplugs all week. I gotta say though, it’s not too far fetched for Manny to get rocked, as he IS less than all the hype that follows him.
We need not discuss Mosley, because he would give him a savage beating. Did you see what he did to Margarito, who has a tougher chin than Manny. (Granted, Margi is a come forward guy too, but is known for throwing a reiculous amount of punches per round) And Floyd would give him 3 credits toward his boxing degree…if PBF ever mustered up the stones to just fighthim. But Manny would be crawlin around on the floor lookin for his teeth if he faught Mosley. Styles make fights.
On Clottey, he’s got a chance, hope he gets his shine on.
I agree with the writer. Manny Pacquaio is an exciting little guy to watch, but he is also very very fundamentally flawed as a boxer. Clottey is no doubt a superior technical boxer to Pacquaio! And alot of people will be stunned by how average Clottey makes Pacquaio look. His toughest fights have been against guys he had to box with (Morales-Marquez) and Freddie Roach systematically avoids guys with foot movement and boxing skills. I thought this was a terrible choice of opponent for Pacquaio and I think his team is actually questioning this decision as well. Pacquaio has problems with counterpunchers, Clottey is a great counterpuncher! Clottey has also dealt rather easily with lefthanded fighters so Pacquaio’s angles won’t bother him either. If Pacquaio is unable to hurt Clottey(which I’ve never seen)then Pacquaio will be savagely beaten on March 13th.
why fight if you dont believe you can win? don’t hate the player, hate the game! isn’t that what yall say! LOL!!!
clottey will hurt pacman,otherwise he won’t be paid..!
Wow! I think this is Manuel Perez. Hey where the hell have you been? People miss telling you how wrong you are, keep writing about Pacquiao we miss your hilarious false articles. I feel that Clottey is a great opponent and should never be tooken lightly. Pacquiao willl focus on breaking Clottey ‘s defense and Clottey willl focus on Pacquiao ‘s body. If Pacquiao can catch Clottey with combo’s then i don’t see him having a problem hitting Mayweather. Clottey will definitely give Pacquiao problems because of his size,power,and defense. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pacquiao gets hurt in this fight but we will see in a couple of weeks. GLAD UR BACK Perez !!!!
Clottey in an upset due to an accidental headbutt that will cause Manny to lose blood and that makes him weak by his own admission and Manny won’t be composed enough to try and outbox Clottey and will try to walk through the bigger man while blinded and will lose a close decision.
guys clottey will be knock out in the very 1st round.
That being said Joshua is a monster in the ring and at one time no one wanted to fight him. I felt that he beat Cotto down. This is the best opportunity for Joshua to shock the world. After that disapointing loss to Cotto you know he is going to be at his best. Manny likes to put his hand in that snake hole. No one has ever taking away his movment. If Joshua keeps it on the inside its going to be a long night. Manny is not a good inside fighter he is his best striking from a distance. That’s how he gets his knock downs. This going to be a tougher fight than all the Manny fans think. This fight won’t be a landslide. Manny is going to be in there with a guy that’s going to try and kill him. Never under estimate your opponent.
Where do thes writer come from? they are pure dunces. Pacquiao ko in 11. AS to Saul Alverez a writer wrote he’s slow over rated blah blah. I checked him out on youtube he looked like an Iron Mike Tyson of the Welter Wieghts
You are all over the place dude! Too many hindsight is 20/20 stuff.
The fact of the matter is is that Manny will make people look old. Plain and simple. Kind of like PBF will make a fighter look stupid with his great defense. BUT some people WONT acknowledge that. And that people is you. So have fun with it.
How’s Clottey going to punish Pacquiao like that if he’s not even going to throw punches? Pacquiao will throw combo’s all night and Clottey’s only answer will be to cover up. Pac may not land many punches, but he will be throwing a lot of them. Clottey is going to play defense and only defense.
Pac wins easily.
So what if Clottey puts a little hurt on Pacquiao. You still don’t believe Clottey will beet him. I know I don’t. What else can Pacquiao do anyway for you to realize he is the real deal- go back in time and beat Mayweather in his prime?
agree @scourge. what do you call those things that gets recycled? this is a piece of it.
ok
Great comments regarding Hatton.
Clottey even when he loses leaves all his opponants a bloody mess. Iv got a feeling clottey will beat pacquiao up in all honesty, only to be robbed again by the judges
do you now.
Lol great stuff your smoking