Clottey thinks Pacquiao would give Mayweather a lot of problems – News
March 18th, 2010
By Esteban Garduno: For what it’s worth, Joshua Clottey believes that Manny Pacquiao would give unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. a lot of problems if the two were eve to fight. In an article at the Philippine Star, Clottey says “To be frank with you, the fight [Mayweather vs. Pacquiao] will be very tough for Mayweather. Pacquiao is very fast and he keeps on throwing punches. Mayweather doesn’t throw too much, so Manny will give him problems, lot’s of problems.” That may might be, but Mayweather is a lot better at moving than Clottey proved to be last Saturday night.
The worst thing that a fighter can do against an opponent that likes to throw a ton of punches like Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito is stand directly in front of them, not move and just cover up. That was basically a suicidal plan by Clottey from the first second he employed that. The thing of it is Freddie Roach, the trainer for Pacquiao, knew Clottey was going to fight that way going into the bout. Roach even said what Clottey was going to do in the fight.
And sure enough, that’s exactly what Clottey did. He covered up, moved little, spent time on the ropes covering up and basically presenting himself as a stationary target for Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Clottey should have come up with a strategy to use and employed it instead of using what he’s been doing in the past and failing miserably at it. Clottey said before the fight that he doesn’t like to watch video of his opponents.
However, had Clottey at least watched the bout between Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, he would have seen the HUGE problems that Pacquiao had anytime that Cotto moved a little. Let’s be clear about this: Cotto is not good at moving around the ring, yet he had Pacquiao looking really limited anytime he did move. Pacquiao wasn’t landing when Cotto was moving.
Clottey is right that Pacquiao would cause Mayweather a lot of problems with his high volume work rate. However, that’s only if Mayweather stupid enough to just cover up with a clamshell defense all night long, not move and barely throw punches. That’s a recipe for losing, and it’s sad that Clottey appeared to make no changes to his style of fighting whatsoever for the Pacquiao fight.
I don’t know why Clottey didn’t try to use movement, jabs and counter punching against Pacquiao, because that’s how you beat him. In his two fights with Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez used a combination of movement and punching while Pacquiao was throwing shots. In that way, Marquez was able to find a lot of success countering Pacquiao.
What Clottey was doing was just standing in one place, covering up and waiting for Pacquiao to stop throwing punches before he would start throwing shots of his own. It was a bad plan, and the same plan that Clottey uses in all his fights. There was no adjustments on his part for the Pacquiao fight, so he deserved to lose badly.
But that’s not reason to believe that Mayweather would fare the same fate as him, because he wouldn’t be crazy enough to fight the same way. Mayweather doesn’t need to throw a lot of punches, because his movement keeps his opponents from landing. When you have a fighter chasing another fighter around the ring for 12 rounds, not landing and eating a lot of shots to the head, it’s easy to beat them without landing a lot.
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This is getting crazy. If u make a prediction stick to it. U can’t change ur mind after ur guy gets destroyed. This is the only site I know of that lets this kind of crap go on. This guy is supposed to be a writer, not a joke. U can’t keep going back and forth on shit, ur not a 5 yr old kid dude. Pick on guy, take a stand, and stick by it. If I had a dollar for every time i heard, this guys gonna do this to pac. That guys gonna do that to pac. Then the day after the fight, OH this guy was washed up, that guy must have been on drugs… I mean give me a break. This is supposed to be a professional website, lets act like it
Yes Clottey and you were gonna beat Manny too remember?
most of the writers here is like KFC.. they always contradict their statements.. LOL
Clotty is a diver. How would he know he never fought Pac. me sitting at a table does not make me a dinner. I am not a dinner until i order and start to eat. Go back home with your money
this writer is brainless, he doesn’t know what his writing. in his previous article, he said he’s very impressed with Clottey’s clamshell defense. Now, here he is critisizing Clottey’s clamshell defense.
why don’t you just hang yourself esteban!
Pacquiao won’t take random blood test for reasons only he and his camp knows. It’s a shame that, when the opportunity to clear all speculations came, he chose to avoid it like a plague. Anyone with a legacy like that (7 titles in 7 weight classes) is a fool to shy away from that challenge. You’ve got to say “I’ve earned these 7 titles fair and square and I’m gonna prove that I’m clean.” Forget about getting weak. It’s all in your head.
“In hindsight, that was a really poor strategy that Clottey used in the fight against Pacquiao” tell that to your IDIOT brigade buddy c.williams, he said pacquiao fought a dumb fight. for chrisake will you and your pals(lahr, fugate, williams) just blog together in one piece that will save a lot of bandwidth in this site.
What Clottey thinks, believes, or says, is not worth much to boxing fans, who paid their money and ended up having to watch his dismal performance against Pacquiao.
Clottey does not have the moral authority or credibility to assess how Mayweather would perform against Pacquiao. Clottey needs to assess his own shamefully inactive, lazy, cowardly, and check-receiving appearance performance against Pacquiao.
Joshua, you have let down the great Azumah Nelson and the proud country of Ghana. Please stay away from the media for at least, a year.
When clottey said he had the runs i never thought he ment from his mouth the fool.
Pac man is da man at da mo’ end of
Mayweather CAN win. But Pacquiao CAN win also. Mayweather through points. Pacquiao through KO.
As long as Mayweather or Pacquaio hasn’t signed the dotted lines I’m calling it 50/50 for now.
GO MAYWEATHER!!!
GO MOSLEY!!!
Oops, my last post was for Mirekesh.
@Don,
Not his losses, draws, and split decisions….
@ Don
So all 51 Pacman wins were all against flat footed fighters? question mark?
So what you’re saying is that PBF will run for twelve and be given a home town decision.
Floyd may run around the ring but he has to engage somehow to score so when that happens guess what?
Pacquaio will also be waiting to give his power punches. Floyd may employ a run around style but Pac dont have to chase him unless he engages but
when he engages thats when Pacman will punish him!
They both great… Both have advntage, n dis advntage,.. Is about mental toughness..wich one r gonna give up, or change style.. N is cuzz tha presure that they build up .. Of hyping tha sutuition.. They know that they better to prove 2 evrybody thAt they tha best
What I still can’t understand is why Mayweather deserves all this praise from you supposed fans. He talks himself up, and you guys just go on believing it. Pacquiao has been named fighter of the year 3 times, and was fighter of the decade. Are you telling me that the people that gave him that award have no idea what they are talking about?
Besides his two common opponents with Pacquiao, who has he fought?
…. only two of them are even worth mentioning, judah and corrales.
the other guys are a bunch of nobodies, including gatti and a fat marquez.
sure he has a 40 and 0 record, but look at who he’s been fighting…a bunch of fringe fighters.
and for someone who claims to be the best welterweight, the guy hasn’t even fought a real welterweight since 2006.
I’ll admit, that he’s a very gifted boxer, but let’s see how he does against mosley. This will be his first real fight since judah.
Well Clottey obvously thought wrong didnt he.
If Joshua Clottey’s opinion means anything then the opinion’s of Dela Hoya, Marquez, and Hatton is even more valuable. They all say Mayweather would beat Pacquiao.
Manny can’t beat Mayweather, he needs flat foot fighters who stand in front of him period.
Pac’s wars with the mexican legends molded Pac speed and counter punching which is why it is easier now for Pac to demolish these heavier weights. If Barerra, Morales and JMM were bigger, Mayweather’s counter punching and speed will be neutralized. Now, he better get pass old Mosley first.
second, blanch boy…did you not watch the hatton mayweather fight? hatton is the king at rushing someone and cornering people, and look what happened to him! Second, you said Mayweather doesnt engage? Then how come in the compubox, hes always the one with more landed punches? You obviously have no idea what boxing essentially is…
Why does everyone get upset when someone actually believes Mayweather would win? Im telling you right now, Mayweather would win. But anytime ANY writer states that they believe that to be the case, people think his name is Lahr or that other guy…when the writer is just making a valid point. The fact of the matter is, the writer is correct. All of Pacs recent opponents are stationary. Even Roach knows this, because hes stated that Pac would have to fight the perfect fight to beat Mayweather. Get real guys, leave the guy alone…
mr. garduno, manny chasing floyd when they fight will be easy for pacquaio, that’s part of his greatness. floyd’s fear of manny’s power and hesitation to open up for pacquaios combinations, will make floyd run and as usual will not engage. floyd’s punches will not make pacquiao respect, he’ll just run through them. floyd will never beat manny once they fight, assuming he beat mosley. do you think manny will apply the same strategy with floyd? i dont think roach and manny is just that fool enough. and i hope once this fight happens, you will have the nerves to bet your few thousand bucks against me. and once this fight happens, let’s watch this fight live!