Pacquiao fought a dumb fight against Clottey
March 18th, 2010
By Chris Williams: I’ve watched the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight a couple of times now and I have to say that I think Pacquiao fought about the dumbest fight I can ever imagine a fighter doing. I’ve seen son poorly fought bouts before, but Pacquiao’s performance last Saturday night really takes the cake. If not for the fact that Clottey fought an even worse fight, I think Pacquiao would have been beaten easily.
Pacquiao basically pounded on Clottey’s gloves all night long, and only rarely threw any body shots. Roach said the way to get Clottey to drop his high guard was for Pacquiao to throw to the body. But instead of following Roach’s advice, Pacquiao foolishly threw shots to the head all night long. Pacquiao wasted all those shots in which he averaged over a 100 punches thrown per round.
Pacquiao might as well have saved himself the trouble of throwing all those useless shots and spent his time more wisely being more selective. Clottey may not have thrown many punches during the fight, but at least the ones he was throwing actually were landing instead of missing. I still don’t know why Roach didn’t talk some sense into Pacquiao’s head in between rounds.
How he can Roach have just let Pacquiao fight such a dumb fight? I noticed that a lot of the time that Roach was taking to Pacquiao in between rounds, Pacquiao’s eyes were looking upwards, possibly viewing the replays of the previous around along with the crowd. Roach needed to snap Pacquiao’s mind back to the present with what he was trying to tell the guy, because Pacquiao fought the entire fight the exact same way.
Round after round, Pacquiao rained shots on Clottey’s gloves as if it was some kind of ploy to get Clottey to drop his gloves. If this was what Pacquiao was trying to do, it didn’t work because Clottey kept his clamshell defense up the entire fight and did a great job of limiting Pacquiao to a poor 20% connect rate.
I’m sorry, but I can’t ever see Pacquiao beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley. You have to fight smart to beat those fighters and have a good plan that you can carry out to the letter. If Roach told Pacquiao to go to the body to get Clottey to drop his guard, then Pacquiao failed miserably at following Roach’s instructions.
Pacquiao might as well have been his own trainer for that fight because he did zero adjustments during the fight as far as I can tell, and seemed to be aiming his shots at Clottey’s gloves rather than trying to land to the body the way he should have been doing.
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just another blaberring from an even dumber writer.
PAC IS JUST ON ANOTHER LEVEL, HE DOMINATED CLOTTEY LIKE NO OTHER BOXER DID. HE THREW PUNCHES to his gloves to distract him then hit him in the body. you just cant hit in one target, thats how intelligent pac is. Imagine if it was floy fighting clottey. Clottey would be charging in with his clam shell defense with floy backing out and running around the ring like a chicken. The half full stadium could be empty halfway into the fight LOL!
pacs fight looked bad because clottey was a b-level fighter at best !! who has he beat that is a top fighter ?? judah ?? he has never soundly beaten beaten a top fighter..he doesnt let his hands go enuff.. it was an easy payday for top rank and company…ill give manny credit when he fights and beats a top fighter like mayweather…i know mannys a great fighter but he is over rated !! he only fights guys that stand in front of him n trade !! if manny throws 1000 punches against mayweather he will get KTFO ..floyd will always beat manny because of the style matchup..wait until mayw. pac. is made and look at the odds.. mayweather will be like a 3 to 1 favorite in the fight..mayweather adjusts to peoples styles…where manny has only one way of fighting as good as it is..manny would win maybe 2 rounds vs. floyd..and only because floyd “took the round off” ..he will get the beating of his life !! believe it ….
the main thing is.. KFC taste defeat 6 times (7 time including the fight with castillo).
pac taste defeat 3 times, or some say 4 time vs peepeeman..
LOL!
you really know what you’re talking about!
and yes, i’m being sarcastic.
Manny Pacquiao is at his very best at this point in time. He is a fighter who had rough edges and weak spots even after he was a world champion, even after he’d beaten fellow greats. But, through hard work, good advice, diligence, and sound scouting by Freddie Roach, and a willingness to address his own liabilities, those rough edges and weak spots no longer exist. He’s clearly the best fighter in the world.
Any fighter is beatable, and someone will beat Manny Pacquiao someday. But for the moment, it’s hard to imagine who that fighter will be.
Clottey says “Manny Pacquiao will give Floyd Mayweather a lot of trouble,” Clottey found out how evasive and fast and heavy-handed Pacquiao was at Cowboys Stadium as he opted to just cover up instead of engaging the Filipino fireball in heated exchanges for fear that he might trek the path that the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto.
Another round of conclusive blows in combination. Congratulations – again – to Filipino whirlwind Manny Pacquiao, who proved once more that size doesn’t win fights (at least, not by itself).
Very dumb article obviously. Pacquiao was interested in winning the fight and trying to make it entertaining against a guy who was way too defensive. Most other fighters against Clottey in this case would have thrown fewer puches and stayed away more, but Pacquiao took the risk to throw even though Clottey was setting traps. Pacquiao did what he had to do to win. He is not interested in HBO’s punch stats. Does anyone honestly think Floyd would have done better against Clottey? Or that Floyd could’ve made that fight interesting? I would love to see Floyd vs Clottey.
Hey dunb ass writer Pac threw many punches that miss in combo effect with out power to try to lure Clottey in throwing punches so that Pac can catch him opening up. You make it sound as if Pac was a drunken sailor swinging hayemakers in the air. But of course you never have boxed so you have no clue.
This Williams character is Manuel Perez’s nom de guerre.
Same sentence structure, same illogical arguments, and same selective observations.
Fact is Pacquiao won Clottey lost. Next up is Mayweather and maybe in that fight Pacquiao will throw 2k punches.
It only takes .2% of 2k for Mayweather to fall.
Chris your articles are a waste of time to read. Its always a very biased and uneducated opinion. I hope you dont have aspirations of furthering your writing beyond this website. It makes me wonder how long you have been watching boxing.
Mayweather would have just moved around and jabbed Clottey to the body all night. The fight would have been just as boring, but Floyd wouldn’t have head hunted the guy knowing he wasn’t open for the punches. I wouldn’t say Pacquiao fought a dumb fight cause he won, but my question is if the body is open to be hit shouldn’t the majority of those punches go to the body? I mean that would have hurt Clottey more than hitting him on his gloves and landing 20% of your punches.
Just because your one rotten apple does not mean that you have to spoil the whole bunch. So do you think we are also dumb that we did not see the pacman throwing heavy body punches against Clottey? Why don’t you look again at Clottey’s face. He suffered a broken nose and if you look at his face and body it’s all blackened out. Come and look again.
read hear boxing retards! pac jab was to keep clottey’s guard up so he could attack the body early. when this took toll in the later rounds, clottey’s began to slip down his guard to protect the body, giving pac small openings to the head which he exploited with fast combos. give clottey credit for his stubborn defense. he did try to attack pac early but almost got knocked down in the 2 rd from a shot in the head. so he closed up even more to tire pac for an end game of his own. but that didnt happen. pac never stopped punching. clottey tested the air though. landing some decent punches. but pac always came back quickly 3x more. it was clear to clottey then it was no game. better survive than go out on his shield.
@t3xA$ M@D3 – you probably weren’t paying enough attention to manny’s fists that went through clottey’s elbows and onto his face. or maybe you did but they were too fast for you ?
in fact about a couple of times it happened, it took manny awhile to to launch another punch when his glove got caught between clottey’s arms on the way out. watch the whole fight 3x and you will see in which rounds it happened.
let’s say mayweather & manny agree to fight this july. the outcome? mayweather’s first loss.
Ive read this blog a couple of times now and I have to say that I think williams wrote the dumbest blog I can ever imagine a blogger writing.
nuff said lmao
wiliams wrote a dumb blog again
nuff said
(keep on deletin beeetch lmao)
To everyone out there, if Chris Williams writes an article again then we should all just ignore him instead. He’s not worth commenting on. GO PACMAN!
hey guys , you dont know much about boxers and fights. let me tell you something that you did not see in the last few fights . cotto lost from manny ， why? the first credit for a kd was ok but those are just miss balance at the moment of the punch , a light punch can really put you down when not balanced well. the second was a little punch in the perfect spot.(no boxer can absorb an uppercut right on the chin) by the way cotto was to light to hurt pacquiao .but was able to damage him and eventually slow him down( clottey vs pacquiao) manny was a slow boxer> thanks cotto!!! clottey was on the canvans ,hurt from a jab, for the first time!!!!!!! these only mean one thing: both boxers (clottey and pacquiao) the got damaged from cotto meeting. see ,clottey not trow punches becouse was affraid of exposing his chin.and pacquiao won these just becouse clottey fear.
Floyd is a beaten fighter even before he steps into the ring. He is scared like $h!t he will look like Michael Spinks before he fought Tyson.
wat does he have to do to win,
most of you journos need a bit of respect for wat he has done,
He won 11 out o 12 rounds numpty how that dumb did manny rob u at gun point chris williams cos i dont understand the hate u av 4 pacman il say it again ur a numpty u make as much sense as fat man at a salad bar
Totally disagree.
Pacquiao quickly figured out that if he kept his barrage up, Clottey wouldn’t or couldn’t fight back. Clottey is only capable of offense when his opponent is not active.
Pacquiao let Clottey go on the offensive a few times, but he just wasn’t willing to take the risk to keep up that activity so Pacquiao had to keep him at bay with his onslaught.
Look at how Clottey has fought other welterweights. Yes, he is not an active fighter, but he has been able to impose his physical strengths on other fighters. However, what we’ve also noticed about his other fights is that sometimes he inexplicably takes his foot off of the gas pedal. What it really says is that he is a solid, strong welterweight. Capable of fighting top fighters, but he just doesn’t have an elite fighter’s mindset.
We saw a smaller fighter dominate a bigger fighter. It might not have been very fun to watch, but it sure wasn’t Pacquiao’s fault. If Clottey had an elite fighter’s mindset and was willing to take more risks, this could’ve been an interesting fight.
For all you haters out there. I’d like to see how Mayweather would have handled it. Mayweather would surely out point Clottey too, but if you thought Pacquiao-Clottey was boring, Mayweather-Clottey would be excruciating.
here you go guys.. to prove that this writers still writing from the bottom of his pac-hatered well..
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The PunchZone numbers provide further confirmation of just how much Pacquiao’s once impotent right hand has been transformed. Of Pacquiao’s 268 total connects, 104 struck the left side of Clottey’s anatomy (53 to the head, 51 to the body) – punches that were produced by Pacquiao’s right. Conversely, 85 connected with the right side of Clottey’s figure (28 to the head, 57 to the body). Sixty-eight blows hit Clottey’s chin (blows that could have been produced by either hand) and no low blows were registered. Imagine that – the least number of blows were the sole result of the left cross to the face, once the pre-eminent part of Pacquiao’s attack.
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pacquiao connects..
for right hand
53 to the head, 51 to the body
for left hand
28 to the head, 57 to the body
and you want body shots, huh?
the only way mayweather can beat clottey is to ask his uncle to hold clottey by choking the poor fellow while he’s beating him on a clamshell defence.
What a shame. Same old crap coming out of an anti-Pacquiao hater. You don’t even deserve
to write this column from your heavily biased opinion. If you look at the Compubox numbers, Pacquaio went to the body as much as he went for the head. Your boy Mayweather would have put the 51,000 plus fans to sleep had he fought Clottey. It’s ok to root for the common folk who has worked hard all his life to achieve the blessings from above rather than the look-at-me, I make millions but soon will file bankruptcy after a few years. Manny doesn’t need to fight Mayweather. Mayweather needs to fight Pacquiao strictly for the cash. Now go write something more intelligent Mr. Williams.
ha,ha can tell. you know nothing about boxing.running on emotions that your dream of manny losing badly never came true.so the loser try to change history.and try to transfer the hate to floyd.
evil……fellow
First off, Thanks Mr. Charles I like those facts. I would not mind at all to see Mayweather vs. Pacquiao for $150 on PPV. But as for Mr. Williams, I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. I don’t even know why you’re allowed to write stuff like that. Are you even a boxing fan? Name a fighter from any era who threw 1200+ punches in a bout against a bigger opponent? I would love to know who they are?
To all PBF fan … If Floyd was the one fighting Clottey, how will he win this fight? Even the writer of this article, what would Mayweather do to win the fight with Clottey tell me?
You all criticise the way Pacman fought Clottey but all of you are so tight lipped as to ” HOW ” Pretty Boy Floyd that you all hail as the ” greatest boxer that ever lived… greater than Ali or anybody else” will win over Clottey?
I understand you all admire PBF but as boxing aficionado we should give credit to those who deserve it like what Pacman did to incapacitate Clottey’s style .. but no one amongst you guys have any idea … cause you don’t know either … so I am waiting on you guys to say something and so are others … see you all are scratching your head. Rest my case.
see this is what mannys punch output does to fighters. along with speed it loks them up. we knew going into this fight that there was a great wall of ghana. so that i believe says enough about that. nut the amazing accomplishment is th 1200+ punches throwed i think that is where its at. mayweather fighting clottey would of been worse! two dummies standing around waiting for the other to punch… maybe thats ur type of fight to watch. 200 punches for 12rds.
You may be right, come to think of it. But Pacquiao dumb? He still won by a mile. Maybe, if he squeaked through with a split decision, he was dumb.
Had Pacman aimed solely at the stomach, Clottey would have shed in his pants and opened up eventually, for him to be taken by KO.
There wasnt another way to fight clottey, if he would of stood there and traded with him… i think clottey would of clinched that much that the fight would just of been ridiculous. i dont care what anyway says after watching clottey against cotto and pacquiao….SHOCKING, its a boxing match dude…. YOUR NOT A PUNCHBAG.
Say whatever you wanna say Mr. williams, But we know deep in your heart that Pacman is a bad A$$$ MOFOO… You are just on denial (It’s OK, Lets your feeling go sometimes)
Mayweather is good but I have a feeling he won’t get past Mosley. He has the talent but is scared to face other fighters with talent. Manny on the other hand has been beaten in the past so we know it is not impossible for him to lose.
The bottom line is I don’t care who wins the Mayweather/Mosley fight. Let the winner face the PacMan and lets find out who the best of the best is.
@Duke-
Clottey said: “The way Pacquiao fights, he will give any fighter problems – the way he throws so many punches. A lot of fighters throw a lot of punches, but Pacquiao throws them with energy; and he can take a good punch too. I don’t think Mayweather should fight Pacquiao at a catch-weight. If he does, he’s not gonna beat him because of the energy he [Pac] has. Pacquiao has so many advantages anyway. If I didn’t have the good defence I have, he would have knocked me out.
That was best way to fight Clottey. Why stand on the inside with a bigger guy to beat you upside the head. Stick and move. If Clottey would have fought Manny like he was in a phone booth it would have been more exciting. Not saying that he would have won but he could clinched when Manny started to get going. None of the Top Rank fighters have tried to fight Manny like that. I wonder why?
Watch the fight again. Manny hits Clottey’s gloves and then his abdomen, sides. That’s the real strategy. Hit the gloves so he cannot see, then hit the other parts of his body. Why is this writer always write negative articles about Pacman? Are you obsessed with Manny? I’m really worried about your present state of mind. Try to get some help, please.
Bravo John Charles! My sentiments exactly. If Mayweather thinks Pacquiao is one dimensional and a punk then show us, the fans, how you’re going to beat Pacquiao INSIDE the ring.
I’m a fan of Pacquiao. But I think that Pacquiao can be beaten. He’s not perfect and he can be hurt. Just one lucky punch like what felled Hatton can bring Pacquiao down. But that can only be decided INSIDE the ring.
FAIL! Don’t feed the troll writer. He’s just writing an article down to a 5th grader level to hopefully incite traffic to respond to him. Write a real article that shows your a writer instead of a pathetic wannabe.
Love the double punch!
Chris Williams… Did Pacquiao loose the fight? What’s your point? Who’s dumb you or Pacquiao? He makes millions of dollar for that fight. And you what you got? You’re so stupid. lol
John Charles… Good point.
Manny was able to bleed Clottey’s nose by punching his arms. Amazing!!!
so manny fought a dumb fight…says who? hahahahahahaha!!!so you think you are now a trainer? you think you are now smarter than freddie roach? hey chris, get real! just to remind you chris, the brainless one… all three judges unanimously had pacquiao winning the fight, emmanuel steward, lampley and kellerman were all praises for pacquiao, now you are trying to convince us that pacquiao fought a dumb fight? just so you know, we the readers and fans actually have brains, unlike you!!!! pathetic!!!
Manny intentionally opened himself up to get hit and get Clottey open up and hit him back. Initial fight plan was to throw 1-2 punches and move back, then get in when Clottey will try to engage when Pac moves back, but it didn’t work, clottey was in a clamshell mode the whole first part of the fight. Its Either the writer doesn’t know what’s heppening in the ring or isn’t smart enough to analyze boxing styles. There is no other fight plan for Pac but to force flurry of punches to clottey and be aggressive to get him open up. Sad thing was, Clottey’s fight plan was to not get KO and cash in his paycheck safely. It’s a smart move for Clottey but bad for boxing business. You can tell Clottey’s fight plan that night if you compare his style from his previous fights.
the writer must be on gbp payroll for being their attack dog!he keeps on thrashing pacquiao!blah…blah…blah!can’t see the reason why they doing that!
I think pac did s smart fight against Clottey. Those punches to the gloves prevented clottey from punching back; hence made Pac to hit him in the body at will to score points.
He knows clottey is scared to open up avoiding exchanges because of Pac speed. He did not take a risk. These made the fight boring. He only throw puches when Pac stops punching.
When he knew that Pac cant be knock by a lucky punch, he just covered up till the end of the match. Its all about money!
there right we really cant expect him to change his strstegy. its hard for a one dimensional guy to do that. whe faced with a different challenge he did the same exact thing hes always done- one dimensional
Facts:
1. Mayweather is one of the best defensive boxer of all time. I’ve seen them all: Ali, Ray Leonard, Hagler and the klitschko brothers and the youtube sensation JERRY HACKNEY and NONE and I mean NONE can compare to Floyd’s devensive skills.
2. Manny pacquiao was NEVER tested positive of any kind of drugs or a-side meth bull****.
3. Manny is more than willing to fight floyd mayweather without doubt.
4. Floyd mayweather has EVERY tool to beat mannny.
5. Mayweather senior STARTED this manny-is-on-steriod crap. –this is a fact
6. Roger mayweather follows it up by saying: “It’s kind of an a-side meth that’s only available in the PHILIPPINES that Philippinos use to bounce off BULLETS during the philippine-american war. — yep, this is a fact.
7. Pretty boy floyd is rather apprehensive about fighting pacquiao and risking away his precious ‘0′.
8. Manny pacquiao is superstitious. That’s what people are in 3rd world countries, generally.
9. Floyd CAN and SHOULD BE ABLE TO beat that southpaw midget.
OPINION
Floyd is effing scared. Manny pacquiao is beatable.
SO WHY THE F*** ALL THIS RANDOM BLOOD TESTING BULLSH**
To all pacfans, Manny pacquiao is BEATABLE — accept that.
To all floyd fans, SHUT THE F*** UP and tell your cocky, hypocrite idol to man up and grow some balls. His ‘0′ is not all that important. What’s important is he mans up and shows you how to beat manny pacquiao to shut the pacfans up FINALLY!
Guys, we deserve to see this fight and im willing to pay $150 for a ppv. It’s the fight that NONE OF US should allow to slip through. Manny pacquiao is the only guy that can beat floyd while floyd can showcase his art by beating the guy who beat all the best.
Please, let’s stop talking nonsense and get this fight done.
chris williams your such an idiot!
This writer is a one-of-a-kind, he must be a recent migrant from MMA who couldn’
t make it there.
What did you want from Pacquiao’s performance, to throw Clottey to the ground and pound him? I really don’t know what kind of fight he expected from an African touch guy who can only manage to hide from everybody. All in all, Pacquiao did what he was supposed to do although lacking enough power to put Clottey away and did not disappoint the fans with his non-stop actions. Could you imagine if Pacquiao elected to do nothing and went into defence altogether? They would have beat Mayweather’s Dancing With The Stars performance hands down. This writer doesn’t belong to boxing, it’s a disgrace he’s allowed to write at all.
mayweather-pacquaio. pac by decision!
Chris you’re such an idiot. Not only are you a Pac-hater, but don’t know jack about boxing. How can you blame Roach & Pacquiao for not changing their strategy to hit Clottey? What else could they have done if Clottey’s arms are so long they block his head and body? Pacquiao did what he was suppose to do. Don’t you know that if Clottey threw more punches it would’ve made an opening for Pacquiao to knock him out? When a boxer blocks too much they don’t win fights if they don’t counter. Clottey should’ve fought like Marquez, but didn’t because his style of fighting is “boring” or was satisfied with his paycheck. Didn’t you watch the Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight? When Cotto threw lots of punches it created openings for Pacquiao to search & destroy. I can’t wait for Pacquiao to finally fight & defeat Mayweather Jr. to put all Pac-haters to rest!!!
think floyd will lose against pacuiao..im very scared for him cos he averages 40 punches a round and in my eyes have no chance against pacquiao..pacquiaos leed left will land on mayweather all night and pac will get an ocasional right…floyd is screwed:(((.lol
he better pray for pac to win election and retaire…hahahaha!!!
i think floyd but be very scared cos he averages 40 punches a round and in my eyes have no chance against pacquiao..pacquiaos leed left will land on mayweather all night and pac will get an ocasional right…floyd is screwed:(((.lol
he better pray for pac to win election and retaire…hahahaha!!!
Jay says:
March 18, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Pacquiao doesn’t stand a chance against Mayweather, Mosley or Berto.
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hahaha…pac will murder them 3…lmao!!!!!
i think antonio margarito has a better chance against paquiao cos of those crushing triple upper cuts….this three will run and get stopped…bertoo?? haha you are having a laugh, he is a bum!
chris williams, another sorry as excuse; just convince your pbf idol to get in the ring. he’s been called out so many times and he’s still hiding under the skirt of blood testing. mayweather needs to put on steel headgear or else there will be storm of punches be thrown on his egoistic head. scared ,scared scared,scarrrrrreeeeed!
Shane and Floyd can’t beat Pac. They can’t because Pac will never fight them. Why do you think they’re talking Marquez, Valero and Margarito? We all know that he will never fight Floyd but why not Shane, even if he loses to Floyd? Everybody need to get off the Pac bandwagon until he fight and beat one of the elite fighters.
LOL i love this website and its pro and anti Pacquiao writers. Gives people something to talk about….
Umm Pacquiao is not known to go to the body the fact that he did throw some body punches surprised me. How do you expect Pacquiao to fight a smart fight? He has never fought a smart fight he just goes out there bum rushes you and throws punches in bunches.
I never seen Pacquiao use his jab to set his opponent up. Or be able to counter punch someone effectively through the whole fight. Never seen him resort to boxing when he is in trouble.
Well maybe because we never really seen him in trouble, well not since he fought JMM. In his last four or fights since Mr. Marquez he’s been going through everyone they put him up against.
Pacquiao fought a Pacquiao fight and thats all i have to say about that!
Pacquiao doesn’t stand a chance against Mayweather, Mosley or Berto.
THANK YOU writer thats what i been saying.Mayweather would of thrown that straight jab between them elbows and make him drop those arms.Then these manny fans want to say your wrong and if manny was selective with his punches clottey could have hit more.THATS why manny needs to play defense,if he would keep his guard up and dodge punches he wouldn’t have to worry about that.So remember suppose to be boxing fans, its about being smart and playing offense and defense yall brain washed people.
120-108, 119-109, 119-109, and he did it with almost zero risk to himself by completely neutralizing Clottey.
That is the only way to fight a turtle in his shell !! Can you tell me any other way ???
clottey makes all fighters look bad fm too .fm ducking clottey to hard a fight.pac did what he had to do.any one who knows boxing .
Manny’s speed was phenomal but the Pacman/Clottey fight reminded me of the Tyson/Bruno fight. Pacquiao was careless with his punches and a few good counter punches could’ve changed the course of the fight.
Maybe Manny was only careless because Clottey allowed him to be but against a different opponent things could’ve been very different. I guess it shows how much of a mismatch this fight really was.
i gotta disagree with this writer. manny fought the only way to win. if manny was more selective in placing shots, he would have gave clottey more opportunites to throw. and we all seen how much damage clottey did with so little punches. manny’s punch output was the only thing that kept clottey from throwing more. if manny cut his output in half and started thinking in there, clottey would have put some serious hurt on him.