Pacquiao-Clottey: Analysis
March 14th, 2010
By Dennis Broadhurst: Well, I just saw the fight and admit that it was not the most exciting of fights, however, I think that people should lay off Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao did amazingly well, landing many more punches on Joshua Clottey than he was hit with, most of them were body shots but still shots.
Pacquiao was not busted up too badly by Clottey apart from a little bruising, the fight should not have taken too much out of Pacquiao, at least not as much as people expected.. I think Pacquiao did remarkably well against Clottey, avoiding being hit too much, apart from the odd straight right hand and uppercut.
Pacquiao landed to the body all night long and Clottey was just not busy enough to compete, as we knew he wouldn’t be, Clottey did not put enough offense together and seemed to be fighting for survival for most of the fight
I do believe that Pacquiao can beat both Mayweather and Mosley with his speed and power if he fights them but I also think that they can beat him, Mayweather with his defence and speed and Mosley with his power and speed. Mosley may have deteriorated badly by the time he possibly fights Pacquiao but his size and power would still be dangerous. I think Mayweather-Pacquiao is a 50-50 fight as Pacquiao would struggle with Mayweather’s defence and counter punching but Mayweather would struggle with Manny’s power and pressure. I think Pacquiao-Mosley would be 70-30 for Pacquiao because he is in his prime just now and Mosley is past it but I do still think that his size, speed and power poses a threat.
I would like to say well done to Manny for proving himself against another legitimate welterwight, well a guy the size of a light-middle-weight, something that Mayweather has never really done (except for against Judah and soon Mosley). I don’t think that Pacquiao should even consider retirement, I think he should have at least 6 more fights, so that he does not feel the urge to come back when he is past it, if he stays around for a couple more years then he could very well retire at the top and not need to ever make a comeback.
Well done to both fighters, Pacquiao for his usual show of skill and Clottey for lasting the distance.
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@Big Lo, well he HAD improved in the second JMM fight. He won a UD despite only knocking him down once in that fight. In the first fight, it was a draw despite knocking JMM down 3 times in the very first round. Clearly, JMM outboxed him from rounds 2-12 in order to pull out a draw. (although if one of hte judge would not have made an error in scoring the first round a 10-7 instead of the mandated 10-6, it would have been a UD for Pac there too). But that was at 130. @ww, Pac is an entirely different fighter today and the 2nd JMM fight was many fights ago. You don’t think Pac is a much improved fighter since then? You are probably the only one who thinks so. Now we have Mayweather, who, after watching the Clottey fight, describes Pac as an amateur with no defense and essentially is saying he doesn’t belong in the same ring as him. Great. So then we can drop all of this unlmited blood testing nonsesnse and make thie fight, right?
@Common Sense,
Don’t be too sure about Pac being that much improved. Most said the EXACT same thing before Pac fought JMM the second time (he had blown out Morales 2x and Barerra).
@Preston, neither Clottey nor Baldomir were “A” fighters. But on the common opponents and ww, Pac was a lot more impressive. As far as JMM goes, sure Floyd had a blow out vs Pac’s two close fights but Pac fought those two fights at 126 and 130 lbs. If he fought JMM today, even at 140, it would be a blow out too. Pac is a vastly improved fighter today than he was when he fought JMM. I think both fighters ducked P Williams but I also think both fighters would have beaten P Williams. I am just saying that Pac has taken more risks by continually fighting bigger stronger guys whereas Floyd’s M.O. is fightiung smaller guys with the sole exception of an aging DLH. Pac destroyed Hatton at Hatton’s optimal weight of 140 and it took Floyd over half the fight before Hatton finally walked right into a punch and was ko’s. But Hatton wanted a rematch. Didn’t hear him asking for a rematch with Manny, did you? Look I am not a Pac lover or a Floyd hater. I think Floyd is the fastest and most talented fighter Pac has ever faced. But the same can be said of Pac to Floyd. I don’t think Floyd has the power to hurt Pac so even though Floyd has more skill, I still see Pac winning. Floyd likes to fight at his own pace. Pac won’t let him do that. Still waiting to shell out my $89.95 to see it if it ever happens.
this is all bull@#$%…..all this trash talk over both fighters….lets get them both on the ring and have them slug it out…..all this apologies for both sides….after the fight the losers will still blabber anyway…..so lets get them both on the ring and see who comes out on top after 12 rounds….no more conditions and demands…..just get it on!!!
@mustbeme
I get your point. It would be like saying Dela Hoya is the 2nd greatest fighter of All-time cause he has titles in 6 weight classes.
Pac also had a good title win vs. Ledwaba (he was a substitute on a week notice and was fighting for the 1st time in the US – I believe).
You guys are all taking the WHO DAT comment to the extreme. The actual comparison of NBA to Boxing may not work quite as well, but the principle is still the same: Just because Pac has 7 world titles in as many classes, doesn’t quite make him the best. That’s the point and it’s correct.
He has done VERY well (especially lately), but one title came from Velazquez (garbage), another title from Diaz (garbage). He was even considering moving up to 154 lbs to take an 8th title from yet another garbage fighter in Foreman (I certainly think he would have won that fight and should have done it to make even more history – but these guys are all paper belt holders).
His impressive title wins came from the heavier weights against Marquez (although he didn’t take Marquez’s featherweight title), Hatton, and Cotto.
never once did it looked like pacman would of got through clotteys guard, i reckon if there was 3 more rounds clottey would of closed that right eye of pacman and while pac’s breathing heavy no more flurrys to keep clottey at bay thus ko.
too bad clottey plays it a little too safe and that pacman had enough wind to last the 12 rounds, the only thing keeping pac in the fight with the bigger guys is his offense.
it may be just me but im putting my money on mosley to beat floyd. we all know already the pac vs floyd fight will never happen. and if mosley wins, floyds got nothing to bring to the table against pac anymore. thus boxing can continue on rather than this stagnation on waiting for the floyd pac fight.
This article is so stupid. haha mayweather fought Judah, Baldomir, then fought ODLH AT 154…ODLHs REAL WEIGHT. whatis this guy talking about?
@ Chakyan….That’s a good point, those who have never been through it just don’t understand the physical demands, I had fights where ai was never hurt and woke up the next day and felt like I had been in a car wreck.
Looks like nothing happened much to Clottey, but my brother who is a physician said. Pacquiao threw 1,231 punches and many of them are power punches. The effect of that punches will definitely feel by Clottey once his body rested. Most of that punches landed in Clotteys right side close to the liver. Pacquiao was quoted while he is talking with his friend after the fight, that he is actually worried about Clottey because of those punches, and he intentionally slows down and let Clottey to come in few times.
THE following quote was said by “who dat”
See Leroy, when you talk common sense like that, you have the retards who say ” Pac has 7 world tittles” So to them that makes him great, they do not look at his limited skill set. Micheal Jordan, the greatest to play the game right? But Robert Horry has seven rings, does that mean he was better than Jordan? No. But thats the kind of stupid logic simple minded people try to throw out there like it is suppose to make you look over the obvious, which is he cant stop a straight right, he struggles against a fighter with offense and defense, and when he does get countered he momentarily freezes. So Pac has 7 titles, but he is a limited hall of fame brawler. No where close to being a GOAT simply because he has 7 belts. Horry has 7 NBA rings, but who is Horry right lol?
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE!!!!THANK YOU FOR BEING A REAL BOXING FAN AND UNDERSTANDING THE SPORT!
Clottey was just content on protecting his record of not being knocked out. Maybe he thinks that this would be his legacy after fighting the great boxers of his time.
The same hesitation Mayweather has in protecting his unbeaten record.
This two boxers have become so tentative in their careers that’s why they are both boring fighters.
This fight is like the preview of Mosley & Mayweather. Expect Mosley to be like Pacquiao and Mayweather to be like Clottey.
I just hope Mosley wins so he can have a showdown with Pacquaio. I’m a pacquiao fan and I would love to see him fight Mosley and yeah, I’m giving Mosley a fair chance of beating Pacquiao because he has the style to beat the style of Pacquiao.
You need to be aggressive against pacquaio to win against him. Marquez came close if not for the knockout.
Among the fighters today, I see Marquez and Mosley as the only fighters who have a chance of beating Pacquiao in their weight limit.
this is like the dela hoya fight except clottey had a tighter defense which got tighter and tighter round after round. first they do the dance and gauge the opponent in the first round. thats when they were aggressive try to push back pacquiao and try to dictate. then they feel the speed, angles and flurry of punches that at the same time counters their own offense. those then scares them. at one point, clottey even got outbalanced after a well struck counterpunch from pacquiao. he did take chances in the beginning. first few rounds scared clottey and DLH (they might get KO’d!) which accounts for why they just close up in the later rounds as they switch to more defense. remember dela hoya after about round 6 just stood there and he was asked afterwards and he basically said afterwards that he couldnt open himself anymore as he just kept getting hit. thats what pacquiao’s reduced him to. his face was more mangled coz he only learned the lesson after 6 rounds. clottey learned it after 1! both said they didnt get hurt by pacquiao as both are big opponents but speed and angles account for more thrown punches, more power punches and higher accuracy which hurts them. pacquiao is a different beast they would all agree. this fight with clottey – he’s done this fight before. what we havent seen is the kind of fight with mayweather which we are all curious about. since mayweather can do a marquez and more, a defense with the run-away-and-look-for-an-opportunity kind plus speed, i want to see if THAT style can stop pacquiao. nevertheless, this fight clottey is a good learning game for pacquiao. might even help him prepare for the mayweather fight. the only indication to me that a mayweather can do some damage on pacquiao is that last rounds with cotto. cotto tried some mayweather dance and threw some punches that actually connected with pacquiao, produced better results for him better than his offensive. well cotto did it to stop further battery of his face but still it was effective! so lets wait and see..
Clottey was never going to cause any problems for Manny. Everything was as clear as it was in the ring as it was before that fight. Clottey said it for sure, manny will through 30 punches, and I will block most of them and I will throw 4…or is it 2 punches, and I will land all. If you look at the punch starts, what do they tell you? I know that they can be interpreted in so many ways, what ever way suits the point of view one wants to put across, but I thought Manny did well to bang that body looking at the deffence of Clottey and his size. But the real issue is, is Floyd available for that kind of banging? Can that kind of banging happen when someone stings back with counter shorts…and such brilliance that Floyd posseses? There is no doubt in my mind, the fight will happen and we will live to see what happens that day. The two are surely on a collission course.
I’m not sure where this writer saw the fight but Clottey’s trainer said he was scared to throw a punch because he’s afraid of Manny’s power. That says it all. Manny is scary.
@ whodat. You my friend are a hater.
This fight reminded me of the Pac vs DelaHoya fight. Clottey was waiting for a knockout/clean shot and the opportunity never came up. Same thing happened with delaHoya cept clottey actually has a very good defense. Listening to the post fight interview, I think Clottey was trying to say that when he tasted pacquiao speed he knew he lost.
Clottey knew he couldnt out punch pacquiao, he knew he couldnt knock him out, he knew pacquiao couldnt knock him out if he continued blocking, he didnt want to quit, so why not do what he did?
Although it made for a boring and one sided fight, Clottey made the best decision of the scenario.
I can’t help but laugh when the Highlights for this match hits youtube…
Possible highlight candidates for the match:
Clottey’s 5 minute dancing ring entrance
CLottey’s salsa retaliation to body blows
Pacquiao’s sonic BOOM
Clottey’s nutshot and behind the headshot
Pacquiao’s Bruce Lee impersonation
and the BANG BANG BANG commentary…
lol
manny wins by blowing away his opponent, floyd win by robbery of close decisions .
I predicted before the fight that Clottey will lose the fight by decision. Joshua is slow. I expected him to have his guard up.What suprised me was he didn’t punch much and doesn’t want to listen to his trainer. Joshua is not a disciplined fighter. He has no respect for his trainer. He’s not there to win… He’s just there to survive and get paid. Joshua is a embarassment in the boxing world. I could have done the same thing by putting my guard up all night against pacquaio that is if i was paid million dollars.
Enjoyed your article Dennis.
At least the Pac haters now CAN’T say that Manny fought a small Welterweight like Cotto. Clottey was HUGE!
Manny needs to improve on his defense. His offense is phenomenal already.
I’m for Mosley or Berto for Pacquiao’s next fight.
The fight wasn’t good but it wasn’t horrible!! I mean come on boxin is a sport!!! There are blowouts in football baseball n basketball!! Do ppl bash the nba for havin teams like the nets or the lions on the nfl lol!!!
The fight wasn’t good but it wasn’t horrible!! I mean come on boxin is a sport!!! There are blowout in football baseball n basketball!! Do bash the nba for havin teams like the nets or the lions on the nfl lol!!!
mario,
ur right and its a shame
Its been a sad time for boxin!! I wish this whole mega crap didn’t happen!! Boxin is divided into 2 pac fans vs floyd fans lol!! I didn’t know floyd had fans I thought ppl just follow him to see him ktfo!! Either way pac n floyd are among the greats in this decade
Pac was the winner!! N mvp n co-mvp!!!
@mario
Ask “who dat”, he’ll lecture you about Jordan. haha!
@who dat
Boxing is a team sport? haha! yeah i heard Buboy Fernandez yelling “Manny let me punch Clottey!” what a joke!
How did jordan land on a boxin blog?
@who dat
You gave me a good laugh with your Jordan and Horry. Brahma Bull got it all correct! “And the new NBA champion is Michael Jordan!!” Your a pathetic loser dude, quit it! LOL!
boxing a team sport! lolololol….
i mean its really not even funny.
Wtf are u ppl talkin about? Team sport? Wtf? Pac won get over it!!! Clottey had a plan but choked!!!
Boxing is a team sport because there are guys in the corner telling the boxer what to do? Everyone in the crowd tells their fighter what to do. If boxing is a team sport, why did they announce Manny Pacquiao as the winner and not Team Pacquiao? I guess golf is a team sport now. I guess singles tennis is a team sport as well. As far as I’m concerned, there is a team for everyone. But when it comes down to the competition, only the competitors count. In boxing, only 2 people count,the competitors who get a win or a loss on their record. In last night’s fight, only Pacquiao’s and Clottey’s records were announced, not their teams’. Basically, a team sport is one that needs a team to compete. That’s why the minute in between rounds is not official. If it was and the cutman and coach were competing as well, each round would be 4 minutes and they would have to be in the ring. Like basketball, there needs to be five players for each team during the official time. If not, there’s a penalty. In boxing, only 2 competitors are to be in the ring with the ref. All others are asked to step off because they are not competitors.
At least it when 12 gave me n my buddies time to drink more beers
One thing for sure… CLOTTEY showed a superb defense.
@ WHO DAT?
I rest my case school yard kid. You ain’t a boxing fan. Your a plain delusional HATER.
NOW BEND OVER. PLANT HANDS. BRACE KNEES AND TAKE IT WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE.
@who dat,
pac is just phenomenal, why? he’s a small guy beating bigger guys.
we should appreciate him coz it rarely comes in the history of boxing.
7 belts in 7 diff. weights is amazing.
Clottey got scared. That body punch must’ve hurt so bad he got scared of engaging (even if he denied it), he felt a sure knockout coming if he did not do what he did. Clottey has the power, he did more damage to Pac with those limited shots he used. He obviousley just got overwhelmed by Pac’s speed he clammed up.
Let’s keep in mind that Pac had to fight on the inside in order to make this a watchable fight. If he stayed on the outside the fight would have been worse. There were times when Pac just leaned on Clottey leaving himself vulnerable just to make Clottey engage. I’m not a Pac apologist but I can say that Clottey is to blame for the poor fight.
Excellent article…!!!! Well done…
Wow! The comment about Michael Jordan having six rings and Robert Horry having seven rings is the stupidest thing I’ve heard. Basketball is a team sport. Guys on the disabled list get a ring if their team wins. It doesn’t mean that they played. We’re talking about boxing. This is a one on one sport. There’s no one else in the ring except for the ref and only one man comes out victorious. I’ve never heard the words “And the new NBA champion is Michael Jordan.” Whenever someone asks who the NBA champs are, the answer is always all the members of the team.
Pacquiao did well for the smaller man and Clottey did well by keeping Pacquiao under 20% accuracy, I believe. People say that Pacquiao was hit with clean shots. If that’s the case, then he did just fine. He absorbed the cleanest shots from one of the top welterweights. He was hit hard and continued his punch output. Pacquiao will do better against Mayweather and Mosley. Why? Pacquiao will be expecting to get hit. He didn’t expect to get hit by Clottey and when he did, he absorbed the punches. Nice! He will also know that Mosley and Mayweather will be more open than Clottey. We know that for sure because Castillo hit Mayweather as much as De la Hoya hit him with the jab. Cotto landed many shots against Mosley. If Cotto can land shots on Mosley, Manny will be able to double that.
Manny did a great job, he did exactly what he was suppose to do. Bravo. It’s amazing to see him come so far in his career. But the day he steps in the ring with Floyd its over, the Arum hype machine comes to a halt.
Very boring fight but let’s congratulate Manny for not STOPPING after the 7th round. He could’ve just relaxed a bit and did a dog and pony show the rest of the way but he went on his ferocious business trying to make it a great show. I’m still in awe on how he kept on going for 12 rounds. A freak that many fighters have to second guess themselves to get on the same ring with him.
wowzabean, boxing actually is a team sport. The individual fighter relies on his corner to help to point out to him what he needs to do to exploit the other guys weaknesses, thats why they receive instructions between each and every round from their corner, to point out all the things the fighter does not see going on in the squared circle. Get off the couch buddy, put the beer down, and participate in activities. Team Mayweather, team Pac etc…. Open mouth insert foot. i love when dudes like you say dumb things, they are so easy to counter. Open mouth and insert Pac. such a shame, I bet your girl could use a real man in her life, maybe you should 3-way her up with pac.
jesus jones,
I agree man. It definitely won’t be fight of the year like I’d hope for, but it’s not like Clottey wasn’t trying. He had a plan, but against great fighters (yes Floyd included) your plan doesn’t mean d!ck when you get in the ring. You can’t account for speed till you see it, you can’t account for power till you feel it, and there is no way in hell to gauge tenacity till you find yourself covering up for 12 rounds. Just shows how Pac shut him down. You can argue Pac got hit clean.
First, some of the punches Pac let land for Josh to open up. Second, wtf do you expect? Pac not to get hit? The guy isn’t spiderman.
And again WHO DAT? NBA is a team sport buddy, don’t get it twisted fool.
@JesusJones, I’m glad you can admit to being a Pactard. That let us all know that you are not a boxing fan, you are a fighter fan, which is why you are a Pactard. But once Shane or floyd beat him down, you will simply ride the next bandwagon. It’s ok now, you have read this, go back to doing what you were doing, open mouth and insert pac. Good day mate!
Great article! Someone that isn’t biased to either side. I agree that Mosley and PBF have the skills to defeat Manny and that Manny has the skills to defeat both of them. Any other opinion is just pure bias. Everyone should just appreciate that we have these boxers in their primes and hopefully they don’t delay in putting a fight together otherwise we will be treated to another Roy Jones Jr. vs Bernard Hopkins a decade too late. Now who wants to see Manny vs PBF 10 years from now? I want to see the fight when they both have legitimate claims to being the P4P.
At least the fight didn’t end quick it went 12 so me n my buddies got a few more beers in!!!
@ WHO DAT
LOGIC? Are your serious? Your garbage is only good at school yard trash talk. Your Logic with Jordan with 6 rings and Horry with 7 is as dumb as the horse you rode on. Get it together. I won’t even give you the pleasure why. I’ll let you ride it with who ever you think your foolin.
Go ahead and expand on that logic with Jordan and Horry. Pactards like me need a really good laugh from Floyd fans with logic as good as their Icon.
good article.
i agree with nearly 100% of this.
Mayweather has never fought anyone besides Judah who was the size of a junior middleweight? What about Baldomir who weighed over the middleweight limit and ODLH who weighed 164 while Mayweather came in smaller than Manny did last night! I guess if it happened over a year ago than its the same as never happening. Because Mayweather fought two opponents who were bigger than middleweights despited weighing 148 and 150 in those two fights. Mayweather is Pacquiao’s size and has actually beaten opponents the size of middleweights, something Pacquiao has never done.
See Leroy, when you talk common sense like that, you have the retards who say ” Pac has 7 world tittles” So to them that makes him great, they do not look at his limited skill set. Micheal Jordan, the greatest to play the game right? But Robert Horry has seven rings, does that mean he was better than Jordan? No. But thats the kind of stupid logic simple minded people try to throw out there like it is suppose to make you look over the obvious, which is he cant stop a straight right, he struggles against a fighter with offense and defense, and when he does get countered he momentarily freezes. So Pac has 7 titles, but he is a limited hall of fame brawler. No where close to being a GOAT simply because he has 7 belts. Horry has 7 NBA rings, but who is Horry right lol?
good article pacman vs mayweather next,, then if pacman wins pacman is the greatest boxer ever,,, jajajjaja
Attention everyone!!!What fight were you guys watching?Yes Manny won the fight on points and in the ring,but do you guys really believe he won the fight?If both fighters came to you on the street and told you they had just been in a fight with each other,who do you think won?It would be Clottey!!!Manny was swollen from the hits Clottey gave him!!Manny landed 100 odd something punches more and there is no damage to prove it!!I only believe I seen a couple of times when Clottey was rocked back by a Manny punch!!!How many times did Manny get rocked?All Clottey had to do was throw 4 and 5 at a time instead of 1 and 2!!!He had a better percentage than Manny!!!That fight was DOO DOO!!!I was not OK with Manny’s performance!!!If couldnt break through his defense while Clottey was giving him the bizness when he decided to throw!!!And Clottey walked him down all night!!!Stood toe to toe with the great Manny!!20 percent was awful guys!!!Admit it!!!That fight made Manny look bad!!With that fight I am convinced that both Mayweather and Mosley would destroy Manny!!Especially Mayweather!!!Where was the owwwwsssss and aaaaaaaaasss of the 50,000 fans when Manny was doing his thing in the ring?There wasnt anything exciting about that fight!!!And if you saying its because of Clottey’s defense,you’re right!!!What do you guys think Mayweather is gonna do?He will throw way more than Clottey,and does have enough power to snap that head back ,which is always evident in Mayweather fights(which i thought Manny too was like this until last night,his power was not there people!!His last few victims have fallen to the power,but the umf was not there last night!!His body shots did nothing!!!
clottey was able to land a few shots purely because pacman allowed him to do so..
I commend and congratulate Pacquiao for doing what he needed to do to win the fight, but some of his weaknesses and vulnerabilities were exposed in this fight. It is much clearer now, that it is not difficult to hit Pacquiao. I think that both Mosley and Mayweather would administer a good beating to him. Manny is a very exciting fighter, but he is also a limited fighter when it comes to skills. He should not be ranked above Mosley or Mayweather.
Clottey does not belong to the class of the elite fighters, and should not land another fight in that class. He belongs to the cohort of sparring partners and third tier fighters. He is either lazy or delusional. It seems that his objective in a fight is to demonstrate how well he can block punches instead of throw them.
i love the pompyang punch of the pacman…that was so funny…
I give credit to both guys. Pac work rate was just too much for clottey. I don’t think either guys was hurt during the fight but if Clottey’s offense was half as good as his defense, maybe it could have been more competitive on the score cards. I don’t think Mayweather is ready for this Pac work rate. The fight will never happen for two reasons, (1)Mayweather with demand & price himself out of the fight. He’s already stated, if his PPV does better, he will demand 60-40! It should do better cause he has a bigger dance partner. (2)He will not get past Mosley (mark my words)!
Pacman is $15+ million richer, and he didn’t have to put up with Mayweather’s antics to make another huge payday.
@mansterrr, I agree 100% . David Lahr has to go. I wonder how he ever got this job in the first place. He is not objective at all, as writers should be. He is simply on a Pac bashing mission. Hell, if you listen to him long enough, you will wonder why David himself doesn’t fight Pac. It would be an easy fight for him and he can take out all of his frustrations at the same time. Go for it David!
u stupid dumbass.
i agree good article and also that dave lahr’s opinion is worthless. his analysis of the pacquaio vs clottey fight was so completely wrong, why should anyone listen to his analysis of a potential mayweather vs pacquiao fight.
i agree completely with dennis that a mayweather – pacquaio fight could go either way. manny’s pressure and explosive combinations are the key to his success. i’m sure freddie roach will help manny to reduce the effectiveness of floyd’s counterpunches. floyd will not be able to hurt manny. this fight will be determined by the judges.
i actually think a pacquiao vs mosley fight would be a much more entertaining fight as mosley can actually hurt manny, but i don’t think he could handle pacquaio’s speed and relentless attack.
Why do people continue to lie about Mayweather??? He never beat anyone the size of a 154 pounder??? Baldomir was bigger than a middleweight when he entered the ring and ODLH was 164 to Floyd’s 148. Mayweather beat someone just below a Super middleweight weighing less than Pacquiao did last night!!! But hey, I realize if you state the facts and not make up complete lies, its hard to discredit Mayweather. Mayweather twice beat opponents who were bigger than middleweights (160), yet this retard claims he’s never fought anyone who came into the ring as big as 154!
good article. you should write more so i don’t read DAVE LAHR’s article. he’s a loser.
Poor Mayweather.
Clottey refuses to engage with Pacquiao because of Pac’s power, speed and his non-stop 4-5-6 combos. His most deadly punch was his double hook (ear-muff) punch, lol.
We all know that Pacquiao is not a defensive boxer and he’s been doing fine with that.Let the other fighter be the defense
and Manny do the offense.
Besides,he’s only got a couple fights left for him,why change now!
Clotty defense is not something to be overlook,and is the main reason that he’s never been stopped.
You can look at the fight in every angle,and score the rounds…
A win is a win.Manny really made Clotty look bad,like any of his previous antagonist.
I saw some quotes in the post fight press conference where Clottey said he was not hurt at all by Pac’s punches. DLH said the same thing. I totally do not believe them because if you are not hurt by your opponents punches, you should be able to walk that opponent down (whether opponent has speed or not). Clottey and DLH was not able to walk Pac down because his punches hurt enough.
You can’t knock out someone who’s blocking 95% of the fight…Clottey’s fore arms must be sore by now for receiving too many punches
Another thing, Clottey did not come to win a fight, he comes to avoid beng knockout. Compare Clottey’s performace lat night against his performance with Cotto. Cotto is stronger ng Mosley. Mosley is a fighter, he will be more open for shots compare to Clottey. Besides CLottey has fast hands too adn a very strong forearms.
It’s not that PAcquiao could not get away from Clottey’s assault, it just that Clottey has a trick of his own, as Buboy pointed out in bettween 2nd and 3rd rounds, Clottey keeps stepping on Manny’s foot then is launch his assault. See the video again and watch Clottey’s right foot.
zada,
You’re a f*ckn idiot, Clottey has never been KOd in his whole career. Plus it’s hard to land a shot to the chin if your opponent doesn’t open up. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Nice article BTW.
well. for what I watched pac is just speed nothing else.this is the first time pac is against a real welterweight and I saw what I thought pac doesn’t has the power to knock down a real welterweight,pac needs to drains his opponents to knock them down;
great performance by pacman last night, however a lot of his flaws were highlighted, such as his inability to get out of the way of Clotteys uppercuts. If Pacquiao ends up fighting Mosley he may beat him in a close decision if he can stay away from frenzied exchanges, however after seeing pacquiao last night I realize that he stands very little chance against mayweather which is unfortunate because I’d like to see mayweather lose but I can assure you pacman is not the guy to do it.
Fu!ck manny is very good and dangerous…
Clottey admitted that only pacman lost he got was from pacman. he wasnt KO(ed) because of his defense and dignity perhaps that he was to open-up with pacquiao then he would get KO(ed). Clottey didnt fight pacquiao to win but just to fight him lose the distance.
Good Article!!! Just want to say that Mayweather is no longer the most boring fighter, it’s now Clottey!!! lol!!!
The only way to find out who’s the best p4p fighter in the world is to put PacMan and Mayweather in the same ring. And both Arum and Jerry Jones should make an offer the two fighters can’t refuse. I’d like to see them fight at the Cowboys Stadium sometime in the fall.
i agree with 1234. roach and pacman should seriously consider the need for a defensive prowess here. arum and roach had been saying all this time” manny has not reach his peak yet in fact he is still continuing to learn”. well, why not add defensive boxing .manny learned to be a 2 fisted boxer then with roach . i know,i know many will say, manny’s furious myriads of punches will render his opponent unable to punch back. but then again why settle for a spear or sword when you can used a shield as well in when fighting?
Good Article and i agree that Pacquiao has got few fight left in him