Pacquiao vs. Clottey Undercard
February 11th, 2010
ARLINGTON, TX (February 11, 2010) – World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion HUMBERTO “Zorrita” SOTO and former WBC lightweight champion DAVID DIAZ will go mano-a-mano for the vacant WBC lightweight title, headlining the pay-per-view undercard of THE EVENT: PACQUIAO vs. CLOTTEY, World Welterweight Championship. The Pacquiao vs. Clottey pay-per-view telecast will also feature 10-round rumbles between two-time world champion JOSE LUIS “El Terrible” CASTILLO in a welterweight battle against top-10 contender ALFONSO GOMEZ and “Ireland’s” JOHN DUDDY in a middleweight duel with MICHAEL “Myckol” MEDINA.
These six gladiators have four world titles between them and a combined record of 216-24-8 (146 KOs) – a winning percentage of 87% and a victory by knockout ratio of 68%.
“The pay-per-view undercard is a perfect complement to the main event, capturing the cultural flavor of Texas” said Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum. “Each matchup will feature a world class fighter from a different region of Mexico or a Hispanic region in the United States. And the fans who watch the fight live at Cowboys Stadium will be treated to seeing SALVADOR SANCHEZ, III, the nephew of the great champion Salvador Sanchez, and undefeated Dallas wunderkind ROBERTO MARROQUIN in separate non-televised undercard bouts.”
Soto (50-7-2, 32 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, captured the vacant WBC super featherweight in December 2008, winning a lopsided unanimous decision over former WBC interim super featherweight champion and top-rated contender Francisco Lorenzo. Soto successfully defended the title three times in 2009, knocking out Antonio Diaz, Benoit Gaudet and Aristides Perez in a nine-month span, all the more impressive considering they had a combined record of 61-5-1 when he fought them. He enters this fight riding a six-fight winning streak, his most recent victory a December 2009 10-round lightweight unanimous decision over former International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight champion Jesus Chavez.
Diaz (35-2-1, 17 KOs), of Chicago, is looking to regain the WBC lightweight title he lost to pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao in June 2008. A 1996 U.S. Olympian, Diaz captured the WBC interim lightweight title by knocking out defending champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz in the 10th round of their 2006 rumble. He successfully defend the title against future Hall of Famer Erik Morales in 2007, winning a unanimous decision in one of the year’s most exciting fights and sending the three-division world champion into a three-year ring exile. Diaz, currently world-rated No. 7 by the WBC, won his last fight, a 10-round decision over Jesus Chavez.
Castillo (60-9-1, 52 KOs), of Sonora, Mexico, is considered one of the most exciting world champions to come out of Mexico over the past 20 years. A two-time WBC lightweight champion, his 2005 world title unification fight with Diego Corrales was not just the Fight of the Year, but considered by many to be the Fight of the Decade and one of the all-time greats. Diaz has claimed victories over many world champions, including Corrales, Joel Casamayor, Stevie Johnston, Cesar Bazan, Julio Diaz, and Jorge Paez. Since moving up to welterweight, Castillo has won five of his last six bouts, all by knockout including all four of his 2009 fights. He is currently world-rated No. 7 by the WBC.
Gomez (21-4-2, 10 KOs), a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, who fights out of Whittier, Calif., is best known for fighting on the inaugural season of NBC’s “The Contender,” where he went 4-1-1, including a victory over world title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr. He saved his most impressive victories for after “The Contender,” including a seventh-round knockout of two-division world champion Arturo Gatti and a 10-round decision win over world title challenger Ben Tackie. Since unsuccessfully challenging WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in 2008, he has won his last three fights, two by knockout. He is currently world-rated No. 10 by the WBC and the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
Duddy (28-1, 18 KOs), a native of Derry, Ireland who also fights out of New York, has been a Madison Square Garden fan favorite for most of the last decade. Making his Texas debut, the former WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion boasts a record that includes victories over former world champion Yori Boy Campas, former world title challenger Howard Eastman and rugged contenders Matt Vanda and Anthony Bonsante. Duddy is currently world-rated No. 12 by the WBO.
Medina (22-1-2, 17 KOs), of Monterrey, Mexico, will be making his U.S. debut on this card. The Mexican super welterweight champion since 2007, Medina has successfully defended his title four times and is currently world-rated No. 11 by the WBC.
Remaining Tickets to Pacquiao vs. Clottey, priced at $700, $500, $300, $200, $100, and $50, can be purchased in-person at the Cowboys Stadium box office in Arlington, or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.
The Pacquiao vs. Clottey pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View®, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com or www.toprank.com .
Tags: Castillo vs. Gomez, Duddy vs. Medina, Pacquiao vs. Clottey, Soto vs. Diaz ,Alfonso Gomez, David Diaz, Humberto Soto, John Duddy, Joshua Clottey, José Luis Castillo, Manny Pacquiao24 Responses to “Pacquiao vs. Clottey Undercard”
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i want to see Manny Pacquiao fight again even if he wins the election for the last time, in his hometown philippines that could be Thrilla in Manila 2, MANNY PACQUIAO VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER for the gift to all the filipino people, coz pacquiao comes once in a lifetime maybe we will count a 100 years to have a good fighter like him….
i think manny pacquiao would be the greatest boxers in our era now, so watch his fight because if he wins the elections in our country that could be it for the boxing fans, i thank him for making us proud every filipinos around the world….
even without under card i would still watch pacquaio against anyone..
To Boston Pogi,
You certainly make us nythink.
I don’t care about Alfonso Gomes especially when fighting world class fighter like Castillo. But the fights do look good, forget about if it helps them in their career or not….I just want to see good fights!!!!
Compared to other under cards this isn’t all that bad…Soto vs Diaz is just not a good fight to me. would have liked to see one very good fight on the card with the other 2 being unwatchable fights rather than 3 mediocre fights
HEY SOTO MARGARITO JUST CALLED. HE WANTS HIS SHIRT BACK.
chinquanto;
Margarito is a great fighter WHEN HE HAS PLASTER OF PARIS WRAPPED ON HIS HANDS. theres only one fight we know he didnt have any plaster for and he looked horrible. Heck, he was probably having his trainer break apart asthma medicine and mix it with his water they give him in the corner. That way he gets better lung capacity for later rounds. That, like the plaster of paris, is another old trick from Panama Lewis. Cotto, Cintron, Clottey and others are lucky nothing happened to them like what happened to Collins. Still, even though he didn’t permanently ruin anyone’s eyesight he made Cotto a shot fighter and cost Cintron and others potential millions. Hopefully they never allow Margarito to fight again. But Arum being the class act he is will have him fight in Mexico.
Margarito is A Great fighter and he will be back and beat some of the haigh and mighty juice users that are still fighting now so what if he used a little cement in his gloves
he would have won any way and Mosley olny beat him because he was on PHARMA
It will be nice to see all thoes mexican fighters they have brought so much to Boxing,with their courage and never say die attatude,what a difference in them and the run and clinch US fighters i don’t have to name names you all know who they are. I am a proud Gringo who says Viva la Mexico and her fighters
With Soto, Diaz, Castillo, and Sanchez fighting this will really help ticket sales. Apparently only the nosebleed seats are sold out, probably bought in mass by scalpers. But there will be a lot of Mexicans that will want to go just to see all the hispanic fighters on the undercard.
Valero couldn’t be on this undercard because he’s not allowed to fight in the US. He might not even be allowed to enter the USA because of a past DUI conviction. And if he is allowed in, he can’t pass an MRI to get a license to fight here because of a past head injury.
This is a great undercard. Of course, considering the supposed main fight, it really has to be if they want this to do well financially. Top Rank realizes Pacquiao vs. a nobody won’t be setting any records.
Finally, I am have tons of respect for the Texas commission if they denied Margarito a license. Most people don’t realize his license was only good for a year, so the California couldn’t do anything after his license expired. Arum and Jerry Jones applied a lot of pressure on the commission to allow Margarito to fight, but apparently common sense and pressure from basically every other fighter and public opinion swayed them in the right direction. Kudos to the Texas commission. Now if they would just to some kind, any kind of drug testing. Luckily for the Pacman, he won’t even have to give a urine sample since the fights in Texas. He doesn’t have to worry about cycling or cleansing anything, because there WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO DRUG TEST. That being considered, I see Manny knocking out Clottey. But at least the undercard should be good!
Floyd vs pac
Undercard
Williams vs martinez 2
Khan vs madiana
Valero vs bradley
Angulo vs julio chaver jr (lol) start the nite with a candiate for ko of the century
I have to second what @Duke said, Valero should have been on this undercard no question. I think Top Rank is actually trying to catch up with the fans regarding the rise in popularity of Valero.
Maybe we’ll see him this fall fighting Bradley or Berto on the Mayweather / Pacquiao undercard.
And I STILL can’t figure out what Alfonso Gomez is doing in the top 10 still. Sheeeesh.
…ryan
The Pacman is the only reason I watch boxing because he gave entertainiing action to his every fight. He doesn’t back out and put his best effort to come up with a good show. Mayweather was just a nuisance and ain’t mean nothing if he fights Pacman or not.
I don’t care what this crazy funs trash talking as if they themselves act like crack heads mayweathers and journalists trying to join circumstances into like puzzles where they themselves can’t fully understand.
Just see and enjoy while you can and stop bein like a boxer yourself ‘coz you’ll never be one – except being Mayweather trash talk.
why should there be a controversy regarding the blood testing procedure of the scrapped Pacquiao/Mayweather fight?Every boxing commission have testing procedures .. they be in Las Vegas, Texas, Europe, Asia etc. Maybe they vary a little bit but they are all accepted by experts and naturally Pacman will agree to the rules of the particular division that sanctions the bout. But the Mayweathers wants testing on their own terms. If that is followed , maybe Floyd Mayweather Jr. will add another rule – face mask for him, and maybe football helmet ? If Floyd is a man he’d fight – no if’s, no but’s. Damn the torpedoes ! No ngeek, ngeek, ngeek.
i think bob arum made a big error having valero fight in mexico last week instead of putting him on this card against soto. valero is allowed to fight in texas and is a star in the making. why have him fight a green demarco instead of the best junior lightweight out there. this card should have been way better. at least floyd had a solid undercard with marquez.
lol, what a crap undercard. JLC is a shell of his former self, Duddy’s a disappointment, Soto v. Diaz might be somewhat entertaining but of little consequence. The only draw on this card is Pac, even Clottey isn’t a draw. I guess Arum gotta pack those bags and fly to Mexico, because it doesn’t look like Plasterito got that license.
that’s a pretty hot card…not as hot as the girl standing behind soto tho..big fan of her…ahem…work.
being mexican american i am so excited to see alot of the best mexican fighters of our era. Cant wait.
So what happen to Margarito?, was he not able to get a license in Texas?
Must admit even though I dont like him I was hoping to see Margarito Live at the fight in Dallas. The Soto fight should entertain though.
i thought valero was the wbc lightweight champion!
As a boxing filipino-american fan, I enjoy good boxing with good action. This fight I am looking forward on seeing because of what Manny brings to the table. Although I am somewhat disappointed that he didn’t agree on taking the random blood testing against Mayweather so he can erase any doubts, but I also understand why he might not have agreed not to do it. Either he was influenced by his comrades not to go with it since he really doesn’t need all the money no matter how big the purse was and not to give in to Floyd who thinks he needs to be in control of the situation and take credit on what he called “cleaning up boxing”. He can then say, he brings money in boxing, he’s better than NSAC, and his voice is the LAW in boxing.
Floyds upcoming fight will be good for most fans of boxing to see if he can handle a good fighter in Mosley. Watching Mosley’s last fight w/ Margarito, almost both fighters were stationary and slugging it out. It does show that mostly is stronger than Margarito whom I think should be banned from boxing if he knowingly know about the illegal hand wraps. With that in mind, whoever is watching Mayweather/mosley fight will be in for a long night of watching a boring fight in the first 8 rounds. How I see it, Floyd will be doing his usual stuff of box, roll, & run circles. After Mosley gets tired of chasing him in the latter rounds, Floyd will either have a TKO or KO between 9-12 rounds.
This I would say if Manny and Floyd do end up fighting in the future. If Manny agrees to random blood testing and assuming that both thinks they are the best and somewhat proved that they both didnt need the money from their previous failed negotiation, I’d say “Winner Take All”. No whining, just sign and fight. Now with this at stake, just imagine how big this fight will be. Can you say $100 PPV.