Pacquiao-Clottey: Manny to face his first legitimate welterweight
March 8th, 2010
>By Esteban Garduno: On Saturday March 13th, boxing fans will get to see how well Manny Pacquiao can do against a legitimate welterweight when he fights Johsua Clottey, who has been mistakenly described over and over again as a big welterweight. That’s not correct. At only 5’9”, Clottey isn’t what you would call a big welterweight. There are much bigger welterweights than him. Paul Williams, Kermit Cintron and Antonio Margarito are big welterweights.
As a result, we’ll get to see how Pacquiao does against a real welterweight instead of smaller guys like Cotto, Hatton and the washed up De La Hoya who had no business fighting at welterweight. I expect Pacquiao not to look good against Clottey. I think Clottey is going to pull off a major upset and beat Pacquiao on March 13th. What makes me think this is because of Clottey’s greater size and strength compared to Pacquiao.
Clottey is going to catch Manny at some point in the fight and badly hurt him with a big shot, and put him down on the canvas. Freddie Roach, the trainer for Pacquiao, has been saying things that leads me to believe that Pacquiao is going to try and overwhelm Clottey with a massive all out attack. This is the wrong approach to use against a powerful fighter like Clottey, and it shows me how cocky Roach is getting with his fight approach towards Joshua.
I expect Pacquiao to use separate waves of attacks in which he throws sustained combinations of 10 to 30 punches at a time to try and get a quick stoppage. During one of these foolhardy attacks, Clottey is going to take advantage of Pacquiao’s aggressiveness by landing a big shot that he won’t be able to take. The shot will stun Pacquiao enough so that Clottey will be able to land another follow up shot to the head of Pacquiao to put him down.
The question here is whether Pacquiao will have the recuperative powers to make it out of the round without being stopped altogether. I don’t know if he can honestly. I’ve seen him hurt before and instead of clinching like crazy like most fighters do, Pacquiao keeps fighting back throughout the entire period in which he’s hurt.
That might work against smaller fighters who don’t have the power to take him out, but not against a true welterweight like Clottey who will pounce on Pacquiao and make him eat a storm of power punches. Pacquiao will literally be forced to swallow Clottey’s massive shots as he rams them down the Filipino’s throat with huge force. Pacquiao will try to back off a little with his arms flying every which way as he loses his senses completely.
Clottey, seeing that he has a wounded prey in front of him, will smile to himself and tear into Pacquiao with vengeance and rip huge shots to Pacquiao’s wide head, sending him flying backwards on the canvas where he will roll around trying to figure out what happened to him. The referee will allow Pacquiao a lot of time to try and get to his feet, but it will be no use. The fight will be stopped and Clottey will be awarded Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight belt.
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nice call esteban. please tell us your excuses why Clottey didn’t win. what a weak performance by clottey. he was too afraid of manny’s speed.
please pay attention you so-called boxing experts: manny’s speed is overwhelming and he’ll beat any fighter who is slower than him.
@GOODGREIF
burt sugar is “in bed with bob arum” thats why he is a total pactard !! I heard burt sugar say manny has fought the better fighters..(than fm)…..say what ?? manny been fighting floyds leftovers for years since floyd retired and handed manny the p4p title !!
I agree with Pac fighting a legit welter and having no catch weight available it’s going to be a challenge but Pac by TKO 9. And I am not a huge Pac fan.
This is Manuel Perez in disguise!!
Pacquiao 9th round KO
This fight has been highly underrated. clottey is a tougher opponent than cotto. but manny keeps surprising us but this is withoout a doubt his toughest fight to date. dont be surprised to see a clottey victory
This is a good fight. Pac’s the throwback fighter with multi-angular rapid punch combinations versus the solid Kingkong strong super muscular Clottey.
I watch clottey too and I see him an underrated top welterweight fighter. He punches quick combos too. His power is definitely stronger than the smallish Pack.
Yeah right, Clottey can withstand with Pac’s wild punches by doing his trademark coverup defense. Pac being easy to hit will wobble with Clottey solid and powerful counter punches. If Cotto lose cool, Clottey has a high patience to expose Pac’s weak defenses.
Very interesting fight indeed. Can’t wait to see the answers.
I read floyd put 5 million on himself.but he fighting for 5 millions plus ppv. but I guess that his way of promotions.
@ vince vegas
Respect doesn’t come from performance for anti-pac, same goes for anti-floyd, people don’t respect Floyd because of how he presents himself not how good he is as a boxer.
People hating pacman because of jealousy
People hating floyd because of his mouth
This isn’t boxing, it’s popularity contest!
@ Vince Vega
I don’t know about any of these Pac haters but I sure know that ESTEBAN got his money on Pacquaio to win with TKO. I wouldn’t call it respect but a very good and wise bet.
Floyd Mayweather has also put a 5 million dollar wager on Manny Pacquiao to win. He used up all the purse money for the Mosley fight. He needed to double up on his money. He’s going to need it to pay for the Defamation Lawsuit.
Cotto said @ 145 didn’t affect him & was so confident he would knock Manny out. What’s this “Legitimate” thing?
If Pac wins this convincingly are any of you guys going to give him some respect?
haters always discriminates. The only one who can beat pacman is the best. anyone pacquiao beat are not good welterweight. Maybe haters just like floyd who are jealous of pacman. floyd self acclaimed greatest boxer that ever lived. better than robinson leonard ali?not even close. why this folyd jealousy?As bert sugar says The pacman is easy to be the greatest asian fighter of all time, the greatest left handed fighter of time. By boxing writers says 3 times fighter of the year, fighter of the decade. and let not forget 7 world titles on 7 different division.pacman attitude is to give good fight for the boxing aficionados.
@curt20
what makes you think manny will go after mosley if he beats floyd?? correct me if I am wrong.I think roach choose between mosley and cotto, roach selected cotto for the ppv draw against mosley. that why roach saying that mosley is a big risk little pay. And cotto is big risk and big pay. boxing is business and coaches know that his fighter is nearing retirement. If mosley beats mayweather expect that pacman vs mosley is next. Again correct me if i am wrong.Availability roach will choose mosley or the winner of foreman vs cotto
What is a “legitimate? welter weight? How can you not know that 147 is the upper limit of WW?. One more pound and you’re in Jr. middle. A boxer who insists on fighting at 147, not 145, or 146, may be having a hard time keeping his weight down. I would think that any boxer who is in his situation belongs in the next, heavier division. Roach said even if Cottley makes 147 at the scale, in the ring he will go back up to his usual weight, as much as 170. They call him a big welter weight. It’s more correct to call him a MM disquising as a WW.
I didn’t see any headbutts in the judah fight it was a clean uppercut that opened judah up I don’t know where the ref seen a clash of heads.. Cotto fight maybe but not against judah..
That’s the only part that scares me about this fight clottey doesn’t throw enough shots to take over a fight I watched the judah vs clottey fight over the other night judah basically controlled the whole fight and looked good that fight he didn’t hit clottey a lot but he through a lot of combinations and was able to get them off and land some to the body if pacman can do the same and avoid being hit by straight rights on his way out then he will win easy.. Judah was getting killed at the end of his attacks when he would back straight rights were just landing far too easy..
Clottey is very dangerous and very smart as a fighter. I do believe that if pacquiao does not move in and out all fight long and use his speed to stay away, Joshua will hurt him badly. Clottey will dominate the fight, and the ref will bail Pac-man out with an undeserved DQ of Clottey for head butts. Or Clottey will KO Manny.
I think Clottey definately has to KO Pac to win, and not necessarily because of being done in by the judges if the bout goes to decision…….but because Clottey has basically conceded that Pac will be throwing more punches than him. Unless Clottey plans on keeping Pac at bay with his jabs, and punishing Pac to the body whenever he comes in, then I just do not see Clottey outworking Pac over the course of a 12 round fight.
Like I said before cotto would never be able to stay at the top Ricardo Torres Zab judah Demarcus Corley all rocked his world the ricardo torres fight showed me cotto wasn’t as good as he was being hyped up to be..
yeah, i hear you concerning Cotto, but he still has some fights left in him, so the verdict is still out on him…….If Yuri Foreman beats him, and beats him bad at that, then I think that we will be able to assess where Cotto was, and is as a fighter a little better than now.
I will without a doubt give Pacman credit if he beats Clottey without help from the judges because he got love against JMM from the judges.. The deck is stacked against Clottey like I said if this fight goes 12 Pacman wins because there is more money to be made off Pacman then clottey if pacman loses then so do a whole lot of people..
zelig- Obviuosly I meant Mosely when I said…”how do we know if Pac will talk about those things to avoid fighting Pac (Mosely) again? And obviously I meant to say mayweather, when i said…..”Didnt JMM make it known, that had he been approached by Pac for a third fight, he would have asked Pac for the same test as Mosely (Mayweather)?
Preston I give him credit for JMM but its hard for me at times to say Cotto was given a fair shot because Roach said they knew Cotto was done then they also made him stay 145 and under so I’m sure that played a part in what happened to cotto but regardless Pacman did something to him that I didn’t think he would do
This is also 1 of manny’s only opponents not coming off a beating and who hasn’t taken a lot of punishment like cotto barera morales them guys had seen better days before pacman added to the pain they were already in..
curt- I think that Pac has fought several big name fighters who had a little less left in the tank than what was thought. If you think about the recent fighters that Pac buzzed thru……and where they were at in terms of their careers, and what have they done since fighting Pac, what other conclusion can you make? It is pretty obvious that Barrera, Morales, ODH, Hatton were all pretty much done as figthers when they fought Pac. I do give Pac credit for his fights with JMM no matter how controversial they were, because JMM is a very tough fighter, and he has continued to fight, and show that he still has a lot left in the tank after Pac. Miguel Cotto has seen his share of fights and wars, but I definately didnt see the beating that Pac inflicted on him happening……so I cant take anything from Pac on that fight either. So, although Pac has definately made a living of off guys that were pretty much finished, he did fight the best in JMM, and a very good fighter in Miguel Cotto.
YEP HIS FIRTS LEGITIMATE 147 POUNDER NOT 145 OR 142 AND A HALF.NOT ONLY IS CLOTTEY A LEGITIMATE 147 BUT HE IS ALSO THE FIRTS FIGHTER THAT PACQUIAO FIGHTS AT THIS WEIGHT THATS A NATURAL RIGHTY.BIG AND A NATURAL RIGHTY IS THE REASON IM PICKING CLOTTEY TO WIN LOOK AT THE WAY CLOTTEY FINISH JUDAH VERY DIFERENT FROM COTTO USED LESS ENERGY AND HIS RIGHT HAND FOUND A HOME ALL NIGHT.IS ALSO THE SAME REASON MOSLEY BEAT MARGARITO EVEN IF HE USED PLASTER IN HIS HANDS THE BIGGEST REASON WHY MOSLEY WAS ABLE TO FINISH WHAT COTTO STARTED WAS THAT RIGHT HAND.REMEMBER ONE SIMPLE THING COTTO BEAT CLOTTEY BUT HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE PACQUIAO DID AFTER THERE FIGHT AND ON TOP OF THAT COTTO STILL HAD LITTLE LEFT OVER AND THEN CLOTTEY TOKE IT AWAY AND THEN HE FOUGHT PAC.CLOTTEY IS FRESH AND HUNGRY I SEE A KNOCK OUT BY RD9.
Manny had a chance to fight mosley and he didn’t want no parts of him so what makes you think manny will go after mosley if he beats floyd??
Zelig- lolol……….more presumptious statements on you part. If Pac wasnt so quick to fight Mosely last year, then what makes you think that he will be so quick to fight him now? Pac has been talking about retiring, and running for office in May, so nothing after this fight with Clottey seems certain to him…….how do we know if Pac will talk about those things to avoid fighting Pac again? And what about JMM? Hasnt he given Pac two consistently tough fights? Didnt JMM make it known, that had he been approached by Pac for a third fight, he would have asked Pac for the same test as Mosely?
HEY ESTEBAN!!!
THE BOOKY CALLED AND WAS MAKING SURE THAT THERES NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE $50 THOUSAND YOU PLACED ON MANNY PACQUIAO. HE’S JUST WONDERING CAUSE HE READ YOUR RECENT ARTICLE.
why make cotto come down at 145 for his title but then defend it against clottey at 147
If Mosley beats Mayweather, and Pacquiao beats Clottey, we will see Pacquiao vs Mosley. And Mosley won’t throw up any road blocks to fight Manny such as Olympic style drug testing. Mosley like Manny is willing to fight the best.
curt20, i think the right question is how pacman fought and beats them in exciting fashion… and that’s what pacman is an all-time great…
take the bet garduno…Be man enough to stand in your words… Again, should pacman beats clottey; you will stop writing your column here…
hey garduno i bet you have your excuses already when pacquiao gives clottey that asz whoopin. and just like my challenge to your sisters davey boy & williams put ur money where your stinkin pie holes is.
make a bet not to ever and ever blog a single item about boxing ever again if pacquiao gets past clottey.
grow some cojones esteban. make that bet
give me a minute curt…………gotta take a phone call.
Preston do you believe that Manny has fought the best fighters out there?? Or has Manny fought the fighters that best fit his style??
and we know that Mosely is an admitted PED user, but who has ever asked Mosely to take this type of test???? Wasnt that the same question that was being asked concerning Pac? If Mosely had to take this test, then why hasnt he not taken it before??? And what about the CURRENT testing involving urine??? Weren’t the Pac fans saying that that test was sufficient…….Ryan Dunn wrote an article on this site a little over a week ago proclaiming how sufficient the urine teesting was, and ALL of the Pac fans shouted “amen”. But, it all changes because of Mosely????
Zelig- you make a lot of presumptous statements to make your point. Mosely “having” to take the test, and “bending ” over backwards doesnt negate the circumstances. Mosely had EVERY right to take the same route that Pac took regarding the test, and ALL of the Floyd haters would have backed Shane 100%. But Mosely did what Pac refused to do, and now you guys have flipped the script to make Pac look spotless in his refusal. What I find funny is that Mosely approached Pac for a fight, and Pac and Roach did not want any part of him…….they flat out refused to even sit down with Mosely to talk about a fight……but Floyd is the ducker?? Mosely agreed to take the test without restictions, and it is not an issue…….not even in the smallest infraction…….NOBODY is talking about the blood test now that Mosely has agreed, but when it came to Pac, it was ALL about the commission rules, and the unnecessary nature of taking an intrusive blood test….. but as far as I know….the “rules” didnt change when Mosely agreed to take the test, and they are not any less intrusive to Mosely, as they were to Pac. Why is it that whe Pac agreed to take the test in a controlled environment, that all of the talk about the commission rules went out the door???? And only resurfaced when the talks failed????And as far as Mayweather comming in overweight in ONE out of forty fights……..that pales in comparison to Clottey, that has a history of officially tipping the scales well over the welterweight limit, why didnt Pac addressed that? It is obvious that EVERYTHING changes when it comes to Pac, and he has his fans bouncing all over the walls trying to cover his behind when things do not go his way, and it is becomming increasingly difficult to have an honest discussion with his most ardent supporters because they just cant bring themselves to say anything critical of him……even when it is clear as day to do so.
Still it was a crazy demand.. This was not the 1st time a fighter was asked to take a different type of drug test. Zab Judah asked mosley, Mike tyson asked Evander so this is the 3rd time this has happened..
Curt: That is not the same argument. A welterwight fight is between 140-147 pounds. If you don’t make weight you should be disqualified. However, it is common for fighters to agree upon a monetary penalty to paid if one fighter doesn’t make weight so that the fight can go on. There was a penalty agreement in the Mayweather vs Marquez fight as well as Mayweather came in 2 lbs over their stipulated weight limit.
It’s unprecedented for a fighter to demand Olympic Style drug testing. Maybe one day this style will be instituted and Manny would have to follow these rules. Top Rank gave the opportunity for the NSAC to revise their rules if they wanted to and said Manny would abide by them. However, Top Rank was not going to allow Mayweather to dictate the rules of drug testing.
The agreed upon ring size and glove size are standard for welterweight fights. The monetary penalty is also standard for fighters who do not make weight. This was going to be the richest fight the world has ever seen and this is why the penalty was so high.
Zelig he fought fighters who were the best when they were past their best lets be real by far David Diaz was no where near the best fighter in the lightweight division.. To date Marquez was the only fighter manny fought that was prime and could give a good fight cotto was not the same roach even went on record saying they knew cotto was done Manny has ducked his share of good fighters I’m sure Chris John Joan Guzman Nate Campbell Juan Diaz Zahir Raheem can tell you the same..
preston: Mosley is obviously going to bend over backwards to fight either Mayweather or Pacquiao because he wants the big time payday.
Mayweather has to request Olympic style drug testing from everyone from now on because he is on record saying that this is what he’s going to do. However, he began this request against Manny to try to tarnish Pacquiao’s reputation knowing full well that Manny does not like his blood drawn. Mosley is an admitted PED user. Manny has had his blood and urine tested many times in the past and has never tested positive.
Floyd hoped that Manny might not agree to terms so that he could duck another fighter who is a threat to his unbeaten record. If you know boxing, you know that Manny has always fought the best in his division.
Zelig I can use the same argument to make a case for Floyd that you and other people use for pacman when the testing is brought up saying that pacman has never failed a test so why now does floyd want the test?? Floyd has never been over the 147 weight limit only once when he fought oscar at 154 the overweight issue was at 143 with Marquez floyd makes 147 easy being he walks around at 150 the man didn’t even make the 154 limit wit oscar he came in 152 so what makes team pacman think he won’t make weight?? They used that because the figured Floyd wouldn’t agree.. The nsac also said they don’t requre the test but the fighters can negotiate the testing just like gloves ring size etc.. Those r the facts..
Curt: your facts are wrong. The NSAC rules for welterweight fights allow boxing gloves to be either 8 oz or 10 oz, which they amended prior to the Cotto-Margarito fight. 8 oz gloves have always been standard for boxers 147 pounds or less.
There was a penalty for Mayweather if he came in over 147lbs because 147lbs is the weight maximum for welterweights. Manny’s WBO Welterweight title belt was on the line for the fight. Technically, Mayweather should be disqualified if he came in over 147lbs.
In regards to ring size, Manny wanted the standard ring size whereas Floyd wanted a bigger ring size – obviously so he could run around like the chicken he is.
zelig- You are saying two different things to make your point. By Mosely agreeing to the test, without a hitch invalidates any issues regarding “floyd trying to change the rules” or going against the commission rules. Regardlee of Mosley agreeing to make the biggest payday of his career, which is yet another angle that you guys are throwing into the mix, the same”commission rules” that applied to Pac also applies to Mosely, and he did not have to agree to anything more than the current rules in place regarding urine testing. Why is it that we did not hear ANYTHING from ANYBODY, inside or outside, of Mosley’s camp voicing the same concerns about ” Floyd changing the rules”, abiding by the “commision rules”, or Floyd being afraid, scared, and using the test to “duck” Mosely. We know what has happened and all that was said when Pac refused to take the test without restrictions, but do you even think that it would have been an issue at all had he accepted, like Mosely, without restrictions? As you say, Pac did accept a measure of the testing under his wishes….so why did he do that if Floyd was trying to change the rules? Why did he do that if he only wanted to abide by the commission rules??? It is only after when Pac couldnt get the test done under his wishes, that he and his fans reverted back to the “changing the rules” argument.
It’s just a shame the fight still hasn’t sold out. Jerry Jones taking a big loss with this fight. It should do about 8-900K PPV sales, not enough to compare to Floyd/Shane. I hear PANAT(people against needles and testing) group may be staging a protest outside of the pac/Clottey fight targeting ppl who donates blood for needy people. They say having needles stick you is not normal to the body, and will emotionally drain you for a month, causing you to feel punkish and wimpy.
Zelig: floyd isn’t over the nsac but neither is manny.. Manny shouldn’t be able to ask for crazy weight penalties and different gloves and ring size they should all just do as nsac requires but when u make crazy demands of your opponent you shouldn’t expect your opponent to not do the same which is exactly what happened team pacman tried to play mind games with the weight issue thinking floyd would never agree but floyd did and returned a shot with the testing.. You can’t have it both ways both fighters made crazy demands it wasn’t just 1 fighter..
Wow!!! Right when this fight was announced, they said clottey was a bum and that this was an easy fight for pacman.. If pacmans wins the haters will say clottey was garbage.. Only punch pac has to watch out for is the uppercut.. If pac losses he faught a legitment welterweight and thats wat fans want to see
The fact is that Manny is not above the Nevada State Athletic Commission. What right does he have to dictate the weight penalty? His job is to box, so he should have shut his crying, scared of needles mouth and agree to fight Floyd or Shane who directly challenged him. Floyd came in over weight once in his professional career, does that mean he is a habitual rule breaker, no. Pac has been knocked out twice, does that mean he is a habitual get knocked the f!@# out guy?
The fact is that Floyd is not above the Nevada State Athletic Commission. What right does he have to dictate the testing standards. His job is to box, so he should have shut his big mouth and agreed to fight Manny.
Manny agreed to be blood tested 3 weeks before the fight and immediately afterwards. He also agreed to unlimited urine tests. This is above and beyond what the NSAC requires. Right or wrong, Manny believes that blood tests weaken him and he does not want his blood drawn close to a fight. Floyd knew this fact before he asked for Olympic style drug testing and knew Manny might not agree to it. And if Pacquiao did agree, Mayweather hoped to get inside the head of Manny and gain leverage in the fight. Mosley obviously agreed to the testing because he wants the biggest payday of his career. Pacquiao has already made many millions.
Floyd is savvy at playing mind games. However, there is no question that he was concerned that he might lose to Manny.
Mayweather ducked Pacman. period. Read all the news posted online. I mean 1,000 articles. period.
Pale and Zelig-
Haha. Change your tampon.
I just like raising hell on these boards.
I, honestly think Floyd is a loud mouth punk and hope Mosley smokes him.
Manny, however, is a total puss. He fights “the best” FAR after “their best” and nobody can deny that.
Ricky Hatton is my all time favorite boxer (sans RJJ and Tyson) but I will even admit he has no business in the ring with Pac.
I dont blame Mayflower for trying to protect his 0. With all the B.S. that is in sports these days and how boxing is slowly losing its crowd to those energy drink ridden ball huggers in the MMA, someone needs to step in and make sure it stays clean. I’m all for rigorous testing and no one cares about a test after the fight. PED’s cant be seen after 42 hours, especially after the exhaustion of a big fight. Freddie Roach isn’t stupid. Anyone who believes Manny is clean, is otherwise.
Stick with the testing….
What people dont understand is Floyd does not have an advantage because he is also taking the random blood test. So why is Manny so scared of taking a test that his opponent will be taking as well.
Yes, Manny might now know what steroids or HGH is, but doesnt that make him even more susceptible to taking an illegal substance or PEDS. For all he knows he could be taking something that Alex Ariza is giving him, he could think its legit and in reality its not.
FLoyd Mayweather Jr. and Sugar Shane Mosley agreed to it. So obviously they have nothing to hide and all of this is making Manny seem like he is hiding something.
Garduno you are a clown!!!! since when has clottey had massive punches to ram down anybodies throat he is a weak puncher with very passive defence you obviously havent watched clottey in many fights he is very negative and will be stopped as he hasnt the stamina to survive manny for 12 rounds it will be a late stoppage by manny between round 9 and 12!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!! LOL!!! I love the story format this article was written in! Jesus Christ, it sounded like a freakin’ comic book story towards the end. Why not just change the title of your article to “I hate Pacquiao and I pray for him to lose come March 13..and if he looses, this is how I want it to happen”? Thanks for the laugh Esteban..my Monday’s been pretty glum.
I’m so upset. We are a few days away and the Pac bum Clottey fight still hasn’t sold out. Well at least it is projected to sell 800-900k PPV buys. Alot of ppl have elected to just wait for the highlights on youtube since they already know who the winner is going to be instead of wasting that much money on a fight that should be an easy win.
The olympic drug test shouldn’t even be a issue anymore cuzz mosley is taking the test so manny isn’t being singled out.. My true feelings on the drug test is if Manny and his team never comes up with the weight penalty then Floyd never demands the test point blank since manny and his team took a shot at weight on Floyd then Floyd countered back with peds that’s the only reason they did that now after seeing manny’s reaction though I think floyd and his team said ok its something going on we have to stick with the testing..
People, if u wanna make some extra money by next week, bet on clottey by knockout. This is no magic. My predictions have always been spot on since 1984, trust me on this.
Take good care of yourselves.
On one hand you can say that Floyd issued that blood test to get out of the fight with Pacquiao, but if he turns around and fights Mosley, and then someone else like a Paul Williams, then Pacquiao is going to look bad, cause the narrative changes from a scared guy trying to use a test to get out of a fight to a person that truly is concerned about whether or not him and his opponent are fighting on fair grounds.
If manny is so worried about weight why didn’t he hit Clottey with the same weight penalty?? When clottey fought Diego corrales he came in at 170 on fight night..
Regardless if Floyd said no to Manny’s crazy weight penalty 10 million per pound would yall say manny came up with that to get out of the fight?? No yall would still blame Floyd saying he was trying to cheat..
Floyd never dodged Mosley.. I hate when people bring that up when Shane was asked flat out did he wanna fight Floyd he said NO I need a vacation my tooth is loose so lets drop that I don’t wanna hear the excuse he did that so oscar could fight Floyd because even after Floyd beat oscar during his retirement the only fighter that called out Floyd was Ricky Hatton, Shane just recently got the urge to wanna fight Floyd so lets kill that noise..
You can make the arguement that Floyd is scared to lose and that’s why he demanded blood test but if you are scared to lose you don’t then issue a challange to Shane Mosley instead.
What if Mayweather really does suspect Manny of using something and he wasn’t just asking for blood test to get out of the fight?
(Nick Wiener)
You are clown shoe’s. I’m not even a Pac fan but can clearly see there is no reason for Pac to take additonal testing. Ample testing is in place to catch any fighter using PED’s. Floyd clearly is scared of Manny. Manny has beaten nothing but the best fighters in every division he has fought in. You are whats called a hater my friend. Change your tampon.
If Floyd called you a child molester with no proof would that automatically make you a molester if you didnt prove your innocence?
Nick: Why should Manny have to prove anything? He has had multiple blood and urine tests in the past and has never tested positive for PEDs. Floyd is not above the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mayweather has never once demanded Olympic style drug testing from any opponent. Manny agreed to take a blood test immediately after the fight. Why was that not sufficient? Floyd is afraid of losing his unbeaten record against Manny and that is why he raised the issue of drug testing. This is the same reason why Floyd has dodged Mosley over the years. The only reason he is fighting him now (when Mosley is past his prime) is because Manny is fighting legitimate welterweights while Floyd has been fighting lightweights. Why has Floyd never fought Cotto or Margaritio or Paul Williams? He is chicken.
This writer sounds like Manuela Perez. Keep on dreamin man. Take some more crack.
After watching how frustrated pacman was when his punches had no affect on erik morales I don’t see why it can’t happen again with Clottey.. If it goes 12 no way does Clottey get the win in Texas with a potential mega fight with PBF or Mosley in the mix hell naw they will never let clottey win unless he beats manny up bad..
This article is funny.
I never ever thought Cotto had a good a chin, I’ve seen the dude hurt too many times. If Pacquiao can knock out Clottey I we will know for sure that this man has some serious power, but until then based off what I’ve seen the verdict is still out as far as him and the welter weight division.
wow, now that is a very bold prediction, but not as bold as Freddie Roach saying that Pac will knock out Clottey, which I will be VERY surprised see. I dont know if Clottey pulls off the upset, but I will agree, and say that the ONLY way that I see him winning this is thru knockout, because I do not see him matching Pac’s speed or punch output, which Clottey has actually already conceded. If this fight goes the distance then Pac has an easy win, but if anybody gets KO’ed I think it will be Pac.
I think they chose to let Clottey come in at 147 to avoid the critisism they got from making Cotto defend his welterweight belt at 145. All biased a side that was kind of messed up that the champ couldn’t defend his title at the weight he felt most comfortable at, but it is what is.
Manny ko’s Floyd in 2 rounds
Its funny people thinks pacman will walk through Clottey like he did Oscar, Hatton, and Cotto.. Oscar hadn’t fought 147 in 7 years and some change. Hatton was a good win but when did hatton try to block that fight?? Cotto had been getting hurt way before Antonio or Manny closed the show on him.. Did yall forget that Ricardo Torres was dropping bombs on Cotto, Zab Judah rocked Cotto, Demarcus Corley rocked cotto so it was just a matter of time before someone put him away.. For people thinking that manny will stop clottey are crazy the man has no history of being hurt he’s only been knocked down once in his career, if manny wins it will be because clottey does nothing but block the whole fight if a ko happens this fight it will be clottey ko over manny.. Manny will throw and throw but I don’t see him hitting clottey a lot I see this fight like clottey vs judah a lot of lead straight rights being thrown by clottey he will connect with those now will it be enough I don’t know but it will be a close fight..
Does any Pacquaio supporter know why Clottey who’s known to come in the ring fight right around 160 was not made to weigh-in at the catch weight of 145 when Cotto the champion at the time had to? Funny the biggest guy he’s about to face can weigh in at 147, but Texas doesn’t test for drugs, a lil ironic ya think?
Does anyone believe Manny is going to lose this fight? Clottey is a big welterweight but that is the problem. Clottey is too slow. He’ll be fighting at 160 – 165. He’ll have a close to 20lb advantage. Manny will weigh at welterwieght max. He’s going to be too fast while clottey will lumber around.
Alot of excuses from everyone on why Manny destroyed all the boxers in the past 5 years. If he destoryed one fighter or even two and won the rest of the fights with on decisions. Maybe the excuses are warranted BUT these fights weren’t even close and Manny just destroyed them. That folks is a special fighter.
does manny already have a fight made after clottey ??
Zelig:
Floyd gave him his weight clause, glove size, fight date. God Forbid he asks the celebrity Manny to take a drug test and prove that he is fighting clean.
I don’t want to hear it.
“Laughable”. Please. You’re ignorance toward the matter is laughable.
It all depends how Manny looks against Clottey that will dictate if he retires or not. If he struggles with Clottey they already know they can’t f$ck with Mosley or Mayweather.
Pacquiao will outwork Clottey and win a UD or he could stop him late. Clottey goes into a defensive shell too much and doesn’t throw. Also what I have been hearing from the Clottey camp isn’t good at all, they are talking about Clottey being able to take Pacquiao’s punches, yes ok that’s fine but I think it’s going to be the same pld Clottey who throws 3 or 4 punches and goes into his lazy mode. Pac will beat him but as ive said before he won’t beat Mayweather or Mosley and deep down him and Roach know this..thats exactly why he didn’t fight Shane last year and he’s not fighting Floyd March 13th, instead he goes after a fighter who is tailor made for him.
Margaritto handled Cotto aswell, and then we saw what happend when he ran up against Mosley. Styles make fights man learn the history of boxing.
He was he just wasn’t fighting at the welter weight limit.
so cotto wasnt a legit ww? idk man he handled cotto pretty easily i cant see why this fight will be much different.
@Geo Floyd agreed to take the test aswell what are you talking about
@Newyorker
If he’s so average why is Manny Pacquiao fighting him?
If I was a boxer and another fighter asked me to participate in random blood testing I would take the test, and fight them, but they would have to take the test aswell not try to single me out like Floyd is doing to Pacquiao.
This fight might not go down like most people think it will.
Would you also bet to stop writing if Pacquiao wins?
Remember Esteban – many boxing insiders made the same argument when Pacquiao fought Cotto. I think Clottey will have a tough time dealing with Manny’s speed and punching angles just as Cotto did. Clottey is big, but Manny can take a punch.
To Nick Winner: your accusastion that Manny dodged Mayweather is laughable. It’s is Floyd who has continually dodged the best fighters in his division while Pacquiao has always fought the best. If Floyd really wanted to fight Manny, he would have signed the contract and allowed the Nevada State Athletic Commission to enforce the drug testing policy. You can’t expect to accuse someone of taking PEDs without proof and then bully them to prove their innocence.
are you dreaming again, who should I believe you or Master Roach. C’mon man…
I hope you’re preparing your next article on why Clottey lost the fight. Pacquiao has made fool of other writers just like you and he’s getting good at it it’s not even funny anymore. It’s always the same things…bigger guy, taller, heavy puncher,, etc. and if you really think about it, that’s what they said about ODLH, Cotto, Hatton and we all know what happenned in those fights. Just prepare thatarticle dude. You’ll be needing it.
This will be Pacquiao’s first fight against a legit welter weight at the welter weight limit. Key words: welter, weight and limit.
If Pacquiao can’t hurt Clottey, then Clottey will wear him down, and cut up his face with a combination of head butts and counter punches.
The Reason Clottey is called a legit welterweight is… Pacquiao is not making this a catch weight fight. Remember the Cotto fight was at 145lbs not 147lbs. The only way i see Clottey beating Pacquiao is if he comes out aggressive. If he goes into a defensive shell, Pacquiao will knock him out.
Fight night. Clottey 165 lbs; Pacquiao 154 lbs. or a difference of 11 lbs minimum. My money is still on filipino fighter. The bigger they come the harder they fall.
Congrats with your prediction I hope you are right if not I hope you have an article ready for next day publication after the fight explaining why your are wrong. Looking forward to it.
I think that Pacquiao won’t be able to take the harder shots, but that depends on Clottey being able to cut off the ring and being able to slow Pacman down with body punches. Clottey will have a hard time finding and catching Pacquiao with clean punches, but if he does, then he will have a chance. Clottey’s best weapon is he’s jab, so Pacquiao’s probably planning something to counter that jab. Clottey is going to have to be patient and wait for Pacman to make a mistake when he comes in with his combos; That’s when Clottey has to throw his hardest punches to Pacman’s chest and body. I see Clottey winning by stoppage if he does this, if not I see Pacman by decision.
Paul Williams is like the Tommy Hearns of the welter weight division. Who will take the challange?
easy win when your juiced up
I love how defensive you Pac fans get.
The guy is no genius. He is just quick and has fought second rate fighters his past 3 years.
He dodged Mayweather because he knew he couldn’t handle it.
Accept the facts.
retard pacman will destroy him too much boxing skill too much speed,pacquaio can also take a good shot and clottey dont hit dat hard
I keep hearing people argue about who has the most heart out of the welter weights Manny, Floyd, Shane and etc. The first person to beat Paul Williams out of those top welter weights I will say is the greatest of this era. Until then all of them have no heart period.
Na na bro cotto vs PAC was givin on fight night round 4 lmao these writers are so stupid idk maybe cotto magically disapperaed and became a flyweight or sum get yo shh straight then write the story idiot