De La Hoya thinks Clottey is “Easy fight” for Pacquiao, says Mayweather would beat Manny
March 12th, 2010
By Esteban Garduno: In the latest boxing news, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya chimes in with his own prediction on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight for this Saturday night, saying in an interview with Sky Sports, “I think Manny Pacquiao will have an easy time with Joshua Clottey. Styles make fights and his [Clottey] defense is one where he blocks punches, then he has to bring his hands down to look at you and then throw punches. Manny is too fast to stay there in the pocket and receive punches. I believe he will hit him then move side to side.”
I do think De La Hoya is correct about Pacquiao jumping from side to side and throwing shots from different angles. Pacquiao has always done that, but it’s possible to time him because he seems to do this quite a lot. Pacquiao could find himself in a real dog fight, and if he’s made the mistake of listening to his trainer Freddie Roach, who has been predicting a knockout win for Pacquiao, Manny could be a little too confident for his own good.
It’s one thing looking at Clottey fight on video, spot his many flaws and think that he’s easily beatable, another thing completely to get in the ring with him and have to deal with his speed and power. Make no mistake about it, this is going to be a tough fight for Pacquiao and he could end up losing or winning by a sliver of a margin. That would run opposite of what both Roach, De La Hoya and many other boxing experts have been saying about Saturday’s bout.
Clottey is an underdog, to be sure, but he has lot to fight for in this fight, unlike Pacquiao, who is already set for life as a multi millionaire. Just looking at Clottey’s modest apartment in New York tells you how badly he needs to win on Saturday. In contrast, Pacquiao has more than one house and each of them is huge in size. He’s got it made. Now it’s Clottey’s chance to try and make some big money. As it is, Clottey will get a minimum of $1.5 million for the fight, but could end up making much more depending on how well the fight does on Pay-Per-View.
De La Hoya says “Clottey will look for him, but he’s [Pacquiao] not going to be there. He [Pacquiao] is going to do the same things for 12 rounds.” I think it could work out like this if Pacquiao decides to be very cautious with his attacks against Clottey. If he throws one shot at a time, I think Pacquiao will get away with not getting hit too much in the fight. But I don’t think that’s how Pacquiao will fight Clottey.
Manny never just throws one punch at a time, and seems to really enjoy slugging it out with his opponents. Once Clottey hits Pacquiao with one of his hard left hooks, I see Pacquiao scrapping his game plan and going after Clottey to try and take him out.
You have to remember that Pacquiao has gotten used to having his way recently against guys that couldn’t stand up to his barrages. Pacquiao is coming into this Saturday’s fight with that mindset, thinking that he’ll topple Clottey like he took out an old, weight drained Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto. The difference here is that Clottey won’t fold up, and won’t run like Cotto did. He’ll stand his ground and go after Pacquiao.
De La Hoya goes on to point out that he thinks that Shane Mosley has more of a chance of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. than Pacquiao. “Sugar Shane [Mosley] has the best shot of beating Floyd Mayweather.”
De La Hoya then says he thinks Mayweather would beat Pacquiao, commenting “I would have to say Floyd Mayweather, because of styles. I believe Pacquiao would come in, try to get his punches in and be very aggressive, But that plays into Mayweather’s hands. He’s [Mayweather] a defensive boxer. The best there ever has been. He waits for you to make mistakes and then capitalizes.”
I totally agree with De La Hoya. I think Mayweather would totally humiliate Pacquiao, and pick him off all night long when Pacquiao jumps from side to side. It would be like an expert shot picking off little ducks at a fair. Pacquiao wouldn’t stand a chance. Pacquiao is good at beating guys like Hatton, Cotto, and possibly Clottey then trying to go after super talented fighters like Mayweather or Mosley, who pick him apart all night long.
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Yeah right Oscar, the golden boy that got beat into submission, Oscar will be the King of Crooks when Don King Dies.
all this PLOYD lickers are all talk!!
BET ON IT & and stop talking!
@Anonymous
“i wouldnt say a easy win for floyd because nething can happen in the ring. but i think it b a dominating win. u knbo hed win mayb 9 outa 12 rounds or have mannys corner throw in the towel around the 9th”‘
hahhahaah man you make me sick haha
PACMAN by KO
Truth be told, Floyd would win easy because of his style. Manny would put up a good challenge with aggression but in the end, Floyd would get an UD, TKO or an KO on the Pacman. And I would love to hear what everyone says after that fight. LOL Crying, complaining, making excuses, cussing, fighting, it would be crazy. But, Floyd would still be undefeated unless a travesty with all the Pacman mania going on to cause a sham with the judges. That’s why it won’t be in Dallas with Arum but in Vegas where GB has just as much pull.
The God of Boxing, MP.
Pacman is like playing chess. He and Roach can adjust to any opposition. I am sure they have a clever gameplan if it ever comes to the floyd-pacman fight.
do not underestimate the style of Manny
Manny DOES NOT have style. He said it himself over and over again on tv. His “style” is whatever it is necessary to counter the opponent’s tactic at fight night.
This has become more obvious at the start of his previous fights. Manny observes what the opponent throws at him and adjusts to defend and counter the attacks.
The kid is much smarter than he looks. lol
as much as i like the pac-man his style falls straight into the hands of floyd. look at floyds knockouts people flying in he deals with them with his 100% accuracy and there smackin into ring posts knocked out. people who think just because manny stopped dela hoya and floyd didnt doesnt mean mannys better thats just stupid. oscar had to work to hard in trainin to make weight.
anybody that thinks that PBF has knockout power relative to Pacman is carryin Mayweather’s jock cause that just sounds foolish.
i can’t take any dude that wears fishnets seriously. everytime DLH speaks of Pac now his statements r sprinkled with personal spite i mean who can blame him da guy retired him. i agree with whoever said that now that he’s a suit he full of it, always changin his stance on fighters in an effort to save face with his own stable of fighters. he’s been beat by all his top fighters, maybe manny will team up with golden boy and they can have a “I WHOOPED OSCAR TOO” office party.
Loved ODLH when he was boxing. Now that he’s a suit, he’s just full of sh1t.
Funny thing is that they are all so sure of Floyd dominating Pacquiao. Somehow, they had made the drug testing issue their ace up their sleeves.
It’s humiliating to end you boxing career sitting on a stool.
Bri if mayweather has more knockout power than pacman how come he never use it? or maybe he is to slow to land his powershots?
Pacman hits harder than floyd and not only harder much harder.
I hope Oscar make a comeback so pacman and oscar can meet at a higher weight so people will see that Oscars poor defense(pacman hit right through his gard) and poor footwork(always have been) dont come from weightdrain.
Oscar is a great boxer but he dont have any chance against pacman at any weight,pacman is to fast and skilled thats it.
IN REALITY……WHAT DO WE KNOW PPL!????? But….BUT WE DO KNOW Pacman TURNED down a £20million+ “Blood Test”……….
Interesting comments from a man WHO HAS FOUGHT THEM BOTH!!!!!!! Styles (indeed) makes Fights!
BRI you sound dumber than a 5th grader with those comments. Oh by the way ask Hatton if Pacqiao hits harder than Fraud.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF 2 FLOYD MAYWEATHERS FACED EACH OTHER ON THE RING?
answer: THEY’D BE BOTH ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RING THE WHOLE TIME. ehehehehe!
QUALITY of the fights makes a fighter great and the fans follow. Compare fan counts of each in Facebook. These numbers don’t lie. Most of Floyd’s winnings are from hit and runs. His numbers are deceiving.
@BRI: Floyd has the better KO power? Better left hand? I agree he has the better smarts and the undefeated record, there is no arguing that. The other two are a little bit of a stretch.
1.MANNY NOT UNDEFEATED LIKE FLOYD IS.
2MANNY DON’T HAVE THE KNOCK OUT POWER FLOYD DOES.
3MANNY DON’T HAVE THE SMARTS FLOYD DOES
4MANNY DON’T HAVE THE BETTER LEFT HAND FLOYD DOES.
ENOUGH SAID.
MangK
The first time I’ve heard a huge Pac fan believing Pac can’t beat floyd. Yup! You’ve everything except FAITH.
Re-watch Floyd’s fight against Castillo, Zab and even Hatton. These guys tagged Floyd. Castillo was robbed and the latter two can’t just finish their job. And that’s what differentiate Pac from them, Pac is a finisher.
You know we’ll never know who would win the fight between Manny and PBF because Manny vs PBF will never happen. Both parties are too stubborn to give in to demands.
Now to all that think there is no way that Manny could win over PBF. I agree it would be difficult, but who would’ve thought that Joe Frasier would beat Muhammad Ali and that the rematches would be as competitive as they were. I don’t think the fight would be as much of a mismatch as everyone believes it would be. I think both fighters have the skills to beat each other down. Imagine a Manny vs PBF trilogy, that would be one for the history books. They could even redo the Thrilla in Manilla!
All the opponents that have faced both Manny and Floyd in the ring in an official fight say that Floyd would beat Pacquiao. Even though 2 out of those 3 opponents have expressed their dislike for him Hatton, Dela Hoya, and Marquez all say Floyd would win. I guess their all either haters are it’s some kind of conspiracy.
Big, big Pacquiao fan here. I mean, real huge Pacquiao fan, I have his posters in my room, shirts with his likeness in my closet, all his fights in my media collection. But, my fellow Pacquiao fans, if you think our boy can beat Floyd, you are gravely mistaken. We want him to beat Floyd, but he cannot. Do not say I lack faith in Manny. I tell you I don’t. If you can see how much better of a tactician Floyd is, compared to Marquez, then you will understand where I am coming from. I just don’t understand people when they think Manny SHOULD be better than Floyd to be great. Don’t his past achievements count for anything? He cannot be better that all the fighters out there. He is already great.
I do not understand that there people thinking Mannys on PED,he has been tested after the last 10 fights and nothing was found.Seems like theres a lot of morons on this sight
Floyd’s beat ODLH by close decision;
Pac TKO ODLH in 8th;
Now ODLH says, Floyd will beat Pac;
How could it be Oscar? Look at the facts. Sore loser.
TO YEAH YEAH, YOU ARE NOT BUYING TICKET TO WATCH PAQUIAO BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MAYWEATHER?. THEN YOU ARE REALLY MISSING THE MOST THRILLING FIGHT IN THE WORLD.DON’T BE SELFISH TO YOUR SELF.
People talk too much off emotion when talking about who they think will win a fight. This what I have seen watching Pacquiao and Mayweather. Mayweather has a tough time when a boxer can throw a decent jab, but the only boxers that have landed jabs consistently on him where fighters who had close to the same or better reach than Floyd which would exclude Pacquiao beacause he would be at a 5inch reach disadvantage against Floyd. The second observation that I’ve noted is an obvious one, Floyd only throws punches that he is almost certain will connect, and he’s counter puncher with great timing. Think about this Marquez is no where near as fast as Pacquiao yet because of his ability to time fighters he was able to land counter punches, and alot of them. From what I’ve seen from Pacquiao is excellent foot work, and good power in both hands. I think his speed is great, but in the Cotto fight his hand speed looked only a hair faster than Cotto’s; him and Cotto would of went tit for tat all night if it wasn’t for Pacquiao’s power. Pretty much it’s like this; it’s almost impossible to hit Mayweather unless he opens up, and when you add in the fact that he can constantly move around the ring for 12 rounds with out looking tired you have a problem. Infact I take that back Mayweather does open up to throw punches but that’s only after his opponent is off balance from throwing and missing his own punches. Pacquiao can win if he can cutt-off the ring, but if he can’t expect to see him eating jabs all night.
@ Manong Tagacebu:
EXACTLY! I bet you none of these boxing prophets would post their predictions if they had to be registered members where their names and pictures would be attached to each of their post.
But then again, there is DeLaHoya…
Hey Chris no dis-respect, but in Mayweathers first fight with Castillo he was fighting with an injury, and if he couldn’t handle the pressure Castillo would’ve exposed him in the second fight, but that never happend; instead it was a one sided fight for Floyd. You can say Floyd will get knocked out all you want if that helps you feel better but the truth is after all of this talking back and forth once they finally get in the ring; Floyd will completely dominate Manny Pacquiao after the first 3 rounds, and people will watch with their jaws dropped. Some of you will even cry, and then they will say ” mayweather just ran and pot shotted the whole fight, and clinched when Manny got too close. Manny’s still the Champ, cause he’s the most exciting fighter in history.” That’s what will happen.
Manny will have a tough time against Joshua. And he knows that. He’s practical enough to know that there’s a chance that he will lose.
Let’s just enjoy the fight. And let’s get back to boxingnew24.com AFTER the fight for analysis, rants and raves!
Enjoy!!!!
Floyd Mayweather Jr doesn’t know how to fight when pressured and bombarded with inside punches by Pacquiao – just looking at Castillo vs Mayweather Jr first bout which Floyd had loss but declared a winner. A style from previous fight with Juan Manuel Marques vs Pacquiao 1 where Marques was KO’d three times on the first round will be enough to KO FMJ to win the fight. FMJ has a very weak chin which will easily be taken advantage by Pacquiao. Pacquiao can easily do to FMJ what he did to David Diaz, Oscar de La Hoya, Cotto, unfortunately Hatton finished early to escape the same reconfigured face.
Floyd Mayweather Jr is an easy fight for Manny Pacquiao. FMJ only chances against Pacquiao is a 12 round unanimous decision which unfortunately has never happended since David Diaz.
Of course the opponent of Pacquiao will always say they will win but resulted the opposite.
“Don King in Donny Osmons’s body”
That turns me on. Oh yeah
Guys,
We really need to stop giving Pac full props for beating DLH. It was a good win because of the name and size difference (and the method of victory), but you may recall that DLH was getting beat up during his sparring sessions. Valero, who is the best sparring partner to prepare for Pac, was quoted as saying that he gave DLH fits in sparring and was asked not to come back (many reports are that he gave DLH the black eye that he was sporting before the fight). Valero also said that DLH was not training at 100% and that he hated running and was not going that extra mile.
He also predicted that Pac would stop DLH.
If GBP and Floyd’s camp think Floyd would beat Pacquiao, so why not just get on with it? Rules are there already. Why fix something aint broke.
Who cares what Oscar says, He is Don King in Donny Osmons’s body. I really enjoyed watching Pac Man make him pay up for all his going on’s.
@Elcondor
Okay thanks LMOL
One thing is for sure…Floyd will HUMILIATE Pacquiao!!!
@no soup for you
No more drugs for you.
@ EDDIE
what’s your point?
OK, everybody gather round. Grab a seat, get that stump, that log, anything you can find. Come on, elrod, grab a chair. You too Red. Don’t be scared, I don’t bite, a bit closer.
Let me enlighten all of you…
Nobody, and I mean nobody is going to beat Floyd Mayweather. Floyd will defeat Mosely, Pacquiao, Khan, and even Williams.
Floyd will retire in 2011 with his Undefeated record in tact.
So shall it be written, so let it be done!!!
WHAT DO YOU CALL A GUY WHO CALLS ANOTHER GUY ‘PRETTY BOY” (PBF)?
YOU GUESSED IT!
@ Matthew:
Ahahaha. An yours was a typical response of a lowlife who resorts to name calling when runs short of words. Too sad.
Facts my boy, just facts. Or should I say Pacts?
sushi for u
would he be weak come fight night 14 days after the last blood test? and ur sayin its scripted? y because theyr both golden boy promotion fighters?. isnt pac and clottey top rank. cottos top rank too. but noo they wud never script a fight because theyr not americans? ur a bird man. floyd didnt make demands cuz hes american he made em cuz u can have negotiations before a fight. u can ask for nehting( like a WW title fight bieng fought at 145)
ur a bird
sushi for u
will pacman b weak come fight night 14 days after he took the test?
u think its scripted y? because theyr both in gbp company?. ok . pac and clottey are both top rank fighters and cottos top rank fighter. but noo they wont script no fights because theyr not americans? right f
theres negotiations before fights and u can demand wat ever u wan.(like a welterwieght title fight bieng fought at 145.)
ur a bird
Oscar’s prediction is a kiss of death for his predicted winner
So if oscar reverse batting avg holds true to past performance, it means pbf would beat shane and pac would beat pbf
I am worried about the clottey vs manny fight as manny may have a very hard time with clottey and may even loose if oscar’s jinx is what it has been…
Jorge,
Pee LOL.
Yea, no fighter can change completely, every fighter has bad habits no matter how hard you train. You have to nip the little things in the butt long before you’re well into your career. Look at Hatton trying to up his defense late in the game, that didn’t work out. Same for Clottey, he’ll close up, and Manny will just whoop on him. He may come up w/something new, but sooner or later he’ll revert back to his old ways. Still it’ll be a hard fight, the guy is huge.
Like I said, I think Mayweather would beat Pac, but I still think Pac’s speed and angles COULD POSSIBLY pull an upset. Yea style’s make fights, there are very few “good boxers” out there. Mayweather is the best one currently, and the only one I want to see Pac face. I’d watch him fight Mosley if Mosley wins May 1st, it’d be more exciting. I disagree, I think Manny would be able to put up a good fight against Mosley, even KO him.
I just hope Clottey KO’s Pacquiao tomorrow night so we can get out boxing forums back. Should Pacquiao lose tomorrow night, it will be so quiet without the Pinoys, the cricket noise will be deafening!
Eddie – Your post is that of a typical, no nothing pactard that has no clue about boxing.
De La Hoya said he would beat Manny. He also said that Hatton would beat Manny. Oscar said Marquez would beat Mayweather. He also said that Hatton would beat Mayweather. You do the math! Ha ha ha ha
lol @ De La Hoya
predicting the fight based on his experience with Pacquiao.
still, this fight is an exciting match to see. too bad for the others who can’t enjoy this fight, you need to wait for 48 days more.
Of course Oscar would say Mayweather would beat Manny. Oscar suffers from Stockholm syndrome. Manny punished his ass worse than Little Floyd did in their fights. Floyd should be thanking God that Manny did not fight Oscar first and send him into retirement. de la Hoya lost his will to fight after the brutal beatdown that he asked for.
its just being technical….to ensure fairness….. remember PBF vs JMM ?fight was cancelled cause PBF was “injured”. JMM=over prepared, not in the peak at fight night…….. PBF=ensured that he can take advantage, what is $600,000 per lb for him right, but if you make it $10m now that a different story…
Pacquiao, Roach, Arum cleared it up… Aside from the fact that PAC believes he is weaken when blood is drawn from him (see Pac vs Morales 1, wherein the stupid testing commission lost his sample and obtained samples days before the fight). He also cleared that this is about “pride”, just because PBF is a nia, err american… he can call the shots.. it doesnt happen like that… There are rules, we obey the rules, who are you to make your own rules, just because ur some american.. you can make them? PAC dont think so.. If all your idols believe that PAC is a walk in the park, then drop those stupid rules and sign the contract.. No ifs no bus……. just get on the ring…. I betcha mayweather wet his pants…. and dont be shocked if may 1 looked like a scripted fight
Anything that comes out of Oscar’s mouth is rubbish at this point, nothing but money controls him or his statements…..
the rules dont say 10 million dollars per pound either!! its called negotiating and it goes BOTH ways…only people on da juice have any problem with it…
PBF will floor Pacquiao… Yeah Right.. then nuff with your own rules… and follow what is in the current rules…… PBF and ODLH are just fggs
IF THE PBF CAN BEAT PACMAN EASY THEN FOLLOW THE BOXING RULES.
wowzabean :
I agree he is a different fighter, but isnt completely changed fighter. he still doesnt box. Like a Marquez, Mayweather or Mosley can. Meaning if he is in trouble in a fight, he cant go back and use his jab or counter punch. hope you get what i’m trying to say.
Pacroid uses his right hand when he throws combinations! Before it was nothing but left hands, so i do give you points for noticing that. Also you did mention the footwork, Manny Pacquiao footwork is probably the most improve part of his game so another point for that. But his footwork is no where near Floyd Mayweather footwork.
Finally a Pacquiao fan that knows boxing! 20% of Pacquiao fans know boxing the other 80% just talk mumbo jumbo and praise Pacquiao like Jim Lampley does!!
Just trying to say that the fighters Pacquiao has fought like OScar, Hatton, Cotto and sorry ass David Diaz did not have the style to beat Manny Pacquiao. Credit Manny Pacquiao with those wins! but he is not unbeatable and this monster everyone makes him out to be.
A fight between Pacquiao and Marquez would have been good about a year ago. Marquez’s pee isnt working for him in the higher weight classes like the juice is working for manny! LOL
Peace
Wat if clottey wins wat will ppl who said this was a mismatch say? Pac was overrated lol? One punch changes everythin in boxin!!
Jorge,
The one thing you’re not taking into account is that Pacquiao is not the same fighter that fought Marquez 2-3 years ago. You’re looking at a different beast. Uses better foot work and his right hand. If Pacquiao fought Marquez now, it’d be a good old fashion @ss whoopin’.
@wowzabean
OUCH little hard on the street walker lol
whoever wrote this article is trying to pump up the fight for tomorrow. Dont believe him, this will be an easy job for pacman. Theres really no point in watching this fight unless you wanna see some poor ghanian gettin his face smashed in for 12 rounds. And pac could beat mosley and mayweather but the same goes the other way. Mosley and mayweather could very easily beat pac. Its best not to talk bout it until they actually do fight. And for the comments below, its all the same trash. Pac and mayweather brown nosers just bringing up the blood testing and whos to blame. Their both to blame, mayweather for not trusting his ability that he would still beat a roided asian. Pac for looking very suspicsious and not wanting to give a couple of tablespoons of blood. Ridiculous I swear.
Styles Make Fights!
David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Miguel Cotto……
didnt follow Juan Manuel Marquez stragety not because they didnt try to implement it. Because there style is to come foward and throw punches. With the exception of Oscar De La Hoya, but he did have to go down in weight, he was not in his prime, and had lost 3 of his last 6 fights.
You look at Pacquiao vs Marquez 1 and 2 .
Box, use your distance, a good jab and be able to counterpunch, and you could have an easy time against Manny Pacquiao. Especially if you are the bigger guy and the faster guy.
Instead of keeping your distance, and moving in a angle Cotto stayed in the Pocket moved backwards to the ropes and got bombed on!
Why couldnt manny pacquiao do what he did to De La Hoya, Hatton, and Cotto to Marquez who is a smaller fighter. I never seen Pacquiao go to the ropes against Juan Manuel Marquez and let Marquez throw at will, like Pacquiao did to Cotto. Pacman on the juice!!!
lol
Now you put Sugar Shane Mosley or Floyd Mayweather Jr against Manny Pacquiao, they will run circles around that clown the whole fight. Mosley will knock him out and Mayweather will humiliate him.
It’s funny how that list of “super talented fighters” is getting shorter. Wasn’t Hatton, Cotto, Barrera, Morales and the Golden Boy himself part of that list?
If mayweather had a hard time winning (only by a split decision) over De La Hoya who in turn was devasted by Pacquiao and making him submit after the 8th round, it does not make sense for him to assume that mayweather would beat Pacquiao. DLH knows that Pacquiao is a serious threat to mayweather and simply was just doing publicity talk since mayweathers now doing business w/Golden Boy.
I bet you if Pacquiao-mayweather happens, DLH will be placing an under-the-table bet in favor of Pacquiao
How can DLH be considered old @ 36 when he fought Pacquiao (who was 30 at the time)? Do you guys realize Bernard Hopkins is 45 and is still winning fights?!?!
Give the poor Pacquiao credit for what he had worked so hard to achieve.
I dont think cotto landed ebough shots to ko pac. like they say hes doenst have one punch ko power. and it doesnt matter if they didnt knock him or not there coming forward floyd wont he’ll let him come forward and catch pack off balance. he looks good and he is good but alot of those punches miss and set up the fourth or fifth punch to land big. floyd wont be rt infront of him to land like that. personally i dont think he will ko him bbut i think he has the capability. dont forget although he is one of the greatest ever he hasnt really been in their with a guy yet that will make him pay for his mistakes and have the speed to get out from rt in front of him. i like floyd a win or lose i still would but im waiting for two great fights from him in what has been a subpar career.
@Tbone: De La Hoya did come down in weight, but Manny had to come up in weight as well. There had to be a compromise somewhere instead of Manny coming up 3 weight classes to fight Oscar. Besides Oscar took the fight thinking he was going to beat the smaller man and learned that he couldn’t the hard way. He even went on record saying that Manny coming up two weight classes and keeping his power was possible because of his training and that he himself could do it because of his genetics and training. He seems to have changed his stance since he hooked up with PBF’s team.
@youknowI’mright: You know Clottey has fought more WWs than PBF and Manny combined. I agree that it’s going to be a tough fight for Manny and that’s why people want to watch it because it’s going to be a good fight. Real boxing fans would want to watch it just like real boxing fans don’t mind watching PBF and his defensive style. Don’t hate on Manny vs Clottey because it isn’t your favorite fighters just enjoy the fact that we have two great fights scheduled for March 13 and May 1st.
Tbone,
Uh no, get your facts straight. ODLH called out Pacquiao to come UP in weight and meet him in the middle, just because he got his @ss kicked don’t throw it on the Pacquiao team for him being “weight drained.” ODLH was supposed to massacre Manny, now that it went the other way around people make excuses. Just like after tomorrow’s fight, all the people saying that Manny will get rocked will come up w/some lame ass excuse as to why he won.
ODLH put on some stalkings and work the corners in Vegas, nobody want’s to hear your BS.
keytae,
Yea, key word there is “old fights.” Take a look at Pacquiao’s recent fights. If Cotto couldn’t knock him down w/those clean uppercuts, and Clottey can’t do the same, there’s no way in hell PBF KO’s Pacquiao, you’re f*ckn dreaming. He’s not going to KO Mosley either. I think Mayweather is the favorite to beat Pac, doing the same thing he’s been doing recently, pit patting away to a UD, same w/Mosley.
The one statement I do agree with is that Mosley has a great chance at beating Floyd. I think Mosley is the hardest challenge at WW for Floyd and Manny. Clottey is no walk in the park though and the scary thing is he has the skills and determination. It is true that Floyd is a very defensive fighter with great skills and he takes that advantage in the fight, but if he were to face Manny you have a fighter that matches his speed and probably has the advantage of power. Manny vs Floyd would be a great fight to watch because it would be one of the rare times we would get to see Floyd having to fight offensively instead of taking counters all the time. IF we are ever going to see these two fight each other than they have to both win their fights.
actually, de la hoya came out of retirement FOR pacquiao. second, he was asked to come down seven pounds. but good one…
Oh no!!!!
ODLH just jinxed Pac against Clottey. Pac will annihilate Mayweather… but Oscar, he should’ve picked Clottey.
Floyd made esteban write this article or he was going to put a
hit on him. lol
Pacquiao is not in the same league as Floyd. Ask yourself would you take a 40 million dollar drug when you know your clean? This fight will happen and yes Pacquiao will get dominated. It will not go twelve rounds. Floyd is that good. For those who say he’s boring he makes the best fighters look ordinary. Take some time and watch some old fights of Floyd without the bias attitudes and you will see it’s all skill.
@yeah yeah
Whatever you buy the ticket for is not other people’s business, you’re NO VIP!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO ….. WHO CARES?
If it weren’t for the anticipation of a Mayweather meeting, who would really care about watching Pacquiao/Clottey outside of the Pinoy population?
Pacquiao vs. Floyd or Shane is the only thing to look forward to.
Delahoya has become a laughing stock ‘do us a favor Oscar take your nylons off and shut the F’ up
45000 FANS BUYING 20 DOLLAR SEATS,SOOOOOOOOO..WHO CARES? IM NOT BUYING THAT FIGHT,,IM NOT BUYING PAC UNTIL HE FIGHTS SHANE OR PBF..THEY BOTH GONNA WHIP ON THAT CLOWN.AND EVEN THEN I WOULD’NT BUY THE FIGHT CUZ OF PAC, I”LL BUY IT CUZ OF PBF
Its funny, Pacquiao fights Clottey tomorrow night and we are talking about Mayweather.
I COMPLETELY agree that Mayweather would absolutley humiliate Pacquiao from rounds 3 through 12. The lightening counterpunching of Mayweather would keep Pacquiao so off balance that Pacquiao would go all out punching anything and everything he could, forgetting his game plan. Getting completely picked apart in the meantime. Remember how Pacquiao’s face looked after Marquez? Add about 50 blows to his face….
Now Clottey, I think Pacquiao is in for a very long agonizing night. Clottey has fought Welterweights his entire career. Pacquiao has fout 2, or 3, max? I think Clottey will NOT be phased by Pacquiao’s punches A T – A L L! On the other end, Pacquiao will feel Clottey’s power and will get hurt and his face will be the same as it looked following Marquez.
Pacquiao can still emerge with a slim decision over Clottey because of his activity or sometimes ineffective aggression in the eyes of the judges.
Agree totally with the last comment – both Floyd and Shane would dismantle pacquiao’s style. Both have huge reach advantages and too much skill to be beaten by someone with a vastly shorter reach. It’d be explosive in both cases though an undoubtedly they’d be great great fights in every respect.
Wat if clottey wins wat will the ppl who said this was a mismatch say? That pac was overrated? Lol one punch can change everythin in boxin!!!
mayweather will beat paciaou easy…shane will be tougher for him..shane is naturally bigger and gets better as the fight goes on..also shane has more boxing skills than manny, he can do it all..floyd would beat manny ten out of ten times !!!
well, what can you expect from oscar? since manny made him quit, he says so many contradictiong stories. to prove that floyd will humiliate manny, why he just help make this fight to happen? just make the fight and let floyd feel the consequences of insulting and discrediting pacquiao. that’s the only we will know who’s right or wrong. getting tired of this oscar drama and story. look who’s talking?
4 times De la hoya’s prediction is wrong, now he saying Mayweather will win againt Pacquiao.
can’t you see he just starting selling the show……………….wow he looking to forward to count his money ,de la hoya
Whatever you say ODLH. Just like how you’d whoop Pacquiao, but now you’re suspecting him of PED use and you were weight drained, get over yourself. This fight isn’t going to be easy, Pacquiao just makes it look easy, he works his @ss off.
In REAL news, Pac/Clottey weigh in 6pm EST, can be seen on HBO, Top Rank and Yahoo sports.
the author stinks big time dawg
Sour Grapes coming off ODLH. If he was really sure that Floyd would beat PACMAN, he should have persuaded Floyd to drop his demand for blood testing. If Oscar agrees with Floyd to clean up the sport, all fighters under GBP should undergo random blodd testing on fights promoted by GBP. It seems they are only kowtowing to Floyd’s demands.
btw, just because delahoya picked the pacman, i think that’s the kiss of death … oscar has always picked the loser!
even if you think floyd is too good for the pacman, floyd is so chicken that he is ducking the pacman … i predict the pacman will agree to all of floyd’s demands & floyd will still find some way out
we have wacthed many fights in the world of boxing and its not about those who are fast or well known in the boxing irrina but its about determination,the heart and mindset,but i can assure all funs of booxing in the world that today jushua will bring home the world poun for poun tittle belt,
manny is fast and strong but hey hold on cos there will be a suprise from joshua.
If Mayflower could beat Pacquiao easy…how come he had to put up an obstacle course, such as blood testing, etc., etc., etc.? If he was “sure” to beat the little fella from the Philippines…why didn’t he just go for it?! Or, is Mayflower only able to beat up Pacquiao in his daydreams?! Nope, this fight with Clottey is not a walk in the park. Clottey’s big, strong, solid, and we never know if he has that One Punch that could lift PacMan off his feet. He could still pull off an upset, but…he’ll have to try hard. The only problem is…Pacquiao is speedier than Speedy Gonzalez.
wel gtaig man. ur point is wrong. floyd doesnt jus come at u n stands there. he knows how to move and box. i wouldnt say a easy win for floyd because nething can happen in the ring. but i think it b a dominating win. u knbo hed win mayb 9 outa 12 rounds or have mannys corner throw in the towel around the 9th. u guys think floyd is this glass jawd fighter whos scared to get hit. ur wrong he can take a punch, its jus that hes so talented he can anticipate ppls punches. so manny jus cant bull rush him n think the same results would happen. u guys say that pacs presure would make him beat floyd. but i bet u if they do fight, pac would fight a completly diff style, he wont rush in because he knows this is a diff animal hes up against
im worried 4 pacman now oscar allways picks the loser
Very Good article.
Not too much bias information.
And you are right, this won’t be a cake walk for Pac, no matter how much his cling on b.s. fans (those that rival White Sox fans circa 2005 WS winning) have to say.
Mayweather and Mosley would mop the floor with Pac.
I’m pullin for Clottey, but it is gonna be a tough fight!
manny would kill mayweather plus clottey iz a tough fight