Pacquiao is lucky he wasn’t facing Mayweather instead of Clottey
March 14th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: Okay, I’ve seen the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, and I now think Pacquiao should consider himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth that he wasn’t facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. instead of Joshua Clottey last night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Mayweather would have boxed the socks of Pacquiao and given headaches for ages. As it was, Clottey hit Pacquiao at will. Really, it was like Clottey couldn’t miss with his shots. Granted, it would have helped if Clottey had at least thrown a few more punches and shown an interest in actually winning the fight instead of just looking to survive.
Clottey did his part of playing as a human punching bag, offering up little in the way of offense that would trip up the Pacquiao gravy train. I think now more than ever, Pacquiao won’t be put in with Mayweather. You can see how basic and beatable Pacquiao is after the Clottey fight.
No way will be put in with a sharp shooting talent like Mayweather. Yeah, we’re going to here all the same excuses about Pacquiao not wanting to take the Olympic style random blood tests, and that jive. But the bottom line is Pacquiao won’t be put in with a fighter like Mayweather. If Pacquiao is going to fight anyone, it will be Shane Mosley after Mosley gets dominated by Mayweather. Oh, it won’t look good for Pacquiao to be facing a Mayweather victim, but that’s I see it happening. It’ll be Mosley, maybe Miguel Cotto again or Yuri Foreman. It won’t Mayweather.
What I saw of Pacquiao last night against Clottey, I think even Mosley will wipe the deck with Pacquiao all night long. The problem for Manny is that the guy has no defense. He blocks nothing. He keeps his hands up like he’s going to block punches, but he doesn’t. The shots that Clottey was throwing sailed right through Pacquiao’s gloves as if Manny had an eye problem picking up the shots.
If Clottey can do that, as well as Cotto, Mosley will rip him apart. Mosley won’t stop throwing and will let his punches go unlike Clottey. Mayweather would literally top with the Pacquiao that fought on Saturday night. It wouldn’t even be interesting aside from looking it in clinical sort of way with the hype machine being dismantled. I don’t know what to say about Clottey. He had his chance and blew it.
If he had thrown 20 more punches per round, I think he could have beaten Pacquiao. I mean Clottey would have landed all 20 of those punches through the nonexistent defense of Pacquiao would have been enough to get the win.
I think Pacquiao needs to continue fighting the guys he’s been fighting, and stay away from the likes of Mayweather or Mosley. That’s my advice. I think Pacquiao can beat the Hatton, Cotto, De La Hoya and Clottey types, but it’s a whole different matter facing Mayweather and Mosley.
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So you lost your prediction and you decide to write an article to negate your prediction. hahaha. very funny. You are the sourest loser I have ever come accross.
Lahr me and you outside lets have a straightner on the cobbles
What the hell? This article’s title should be rephrased! I think it should be “Why Mayweather lucky it wasn’t him fighting Manny…?” The answer will just be, it would have been the closest he’ll get to having his lips on the canvass…
@Sully
Yeah, sure I’d have my DNA tested – if there’s a reason to do so. If I’ve been seen out at the time of crime, or I was a sex offender before. But Pacquiao is never tested positive before of any use of illegal substance – and it’s not that he refuses the test outright. Plus, where are the accusations coming from? Oh, it’s from the crackheads, jealous Mayweather clans!!! That’s right! Hell, I wouldn’t give in to these crackheads. If are a guy who likes to be bullied, then I don’t blame you. And don’t give me that argument that he gave a $40m away. Hell, Floyd too! He is the chalenger. He should drop the demand.
gus, if you don’t know it yet, PBF is a master taking advantage of those things(look at JMM, Hatton, Baldomir, Gatti and Castillo II). He needs those kinds of advantages to suceed, everytime Pacman comes he will get hit by either the jab or the straight right. And how can I pick DLH when he was fighting at a weight he wasn’t in 8 yrs. and he forgot how to use the jab succesfully like in the past???, even tough I predicte a UD victory for Pacman I won’t deny that.
@ Zorro
And another thing – regarding the Olympic style steroid testing request of Camp Mayweather; Why on God’s green earth wouldn’t Manny just take the stupid blood draws if he had nothing to hide..? Perhaps Flloyd can take them side by side so that everyone is equal.
I can tell you that if I was wrongly accused of raping someone that I certainly WOULDN’T refuse to give DNA to exonerate myself. This whole thing STINKS!
I work 50-60 hours a week for scraps while these idiots throw away 40MM paydays for what.? Cause PBF thinks Pac is a cheater and Pac is afraid to prove he is not. If Pac was a standup guy he would just take the damn tests and get on with it. Oh, but it’s the principle right..? Arum will pick another easy one for the Pacman. Why ruin the run right? Manny has brought a lot of new life to the sport and we shouldn’t be quick to destroy all that we have created by tossing him to the likes of PBF – that would put an end to the mystique in 36 minutes.
Alright boys; the bottomline.
I hate it when a person says that A beat B, and B beat C, thus A would definitely beat C, but how the fighters do against one another I think is fair to debate.
I will once again admit that I love watching Pacman fights – they are crazy exciting unless they are against Clottey. But at the same time you have to pay attention to the ease at which much slower fighters are able to land flush head shots on this cat.
Case in point; JMM while being knocked down by Pacman early in the fights is able to come back and equally punish Manny throughout the latter rounds. This compared to a “very generous” compubox total of “70″ total punches landed in 12 rounds against PBF…? Are you kidding me..? PBF made a serious challenger and threat for Manny P look like a complete fool in the ring and a 120-107 unanimous decision. That is how good Money’s defense is.
The speed of closure against DLH and Hatton are of no significance as Flloyd is not trying to open himself up and knock everyone out every single round. When opportunity knocks he will close the deal, but he is a very, very , disciplined fighter.
I am an anomoly in boxing fans. I don’t care who wins – I just want to see great fights. I would be every bit as happy for Manny to beat Flloyd as the other way around. If I had to choose who I’d like to see win I’d pick Manny for his electrifying style – and I’d just like to see PBF put in his place for once. Unfortunately, even if we can ever be blessed with this megafight I believe PBF would do to Manny what he has done to most everyone else…..win by unanimous decision.
Pac has done well and he is very fast and busy…
I lost money on Pac-DLH, but I won $1K on Pac-Cotto, I won $1K on May-Marquez, I won $600 on Pac-Clottey (betting on the over).
My money is on Floyd (and I will bet big money vs Mosley and Pac)
As a writer in order that somebody will read your colum n you must write some negative words against PACMAN. If you watch the fight Clottey just want to survive to show to the people that he will not be KO. If he trade punches w/Pacman for sure he will be KO. About PBF this is the first time that he ask for blood testing on all his fight, cause he is afraid of PACMAN. Next for PBF(Road runner) he will be asking for a bigger ring so ha can ran around.
@boria
That’s a good one,bet against DAVE Lahr’s pick.I’m on it.
Arum has done a good job with Pacquiao’s selection of opponents since moving up, but now theirs nothing but the best left to pick from: Mayweather, Mosley, and P.Williams. I don’t see him winning either one. Their best bet is to fight Margarito in Mexico, and continue their pattern of fighter selection.
or the other way around….”Mayweather is lucky he did’nt face manny in Dallas”
Dave tell me who will win Mayweather vs Mosley, and I`ll pick opposite your prediction and win some money on bets.
@drewdown
You are calling De la Hoya, Hatton, Cotto and Clottey D level fighters? Who are the A listers then? Stack mayweathers competition against Manny´s and you have no comparison, manny only fights the best and the reality is that we will never know what will happen until the fight happens, you nor anyone else can say what will happen but if you want to think about it both mayweather and pac fought de la hoya and hatton, pacman destroyed them both, mayweather won a frickin split decision against de la hoya. Both are great fighters, too many people want to just give credit to one or the other but pac has fought way better competition, there is no contesting that. The day will come when they will fight and only then will we know but let´s not sit here and act like we´re God and know what´s going to happen.
“If he had thrown 20 more punches per round, I think he could have beaten Pacquiao. I mean Clottey would have landed all 20 of those punches through the nonexistent defense of Pacquiao would have been enough to get the win.”
- You could argue that if he threw 20 more punches per round he would have opened himself up to getting TKO’d as well. i think the fact that he WASN’T able to throw as much as he did against the other elite fighters he faced is a testament to Pacquiao imposing his will, and keeping Clottey too trigger-shy to take that risk.
- But more importantly, what happened to Clottey tearing Manny apart? I thought Manny was suppose to get his ass kicked?? Don’t tell me a bruised or swollen face means you can’t take a punch? Last I saw, Manny was never dazed or even close to it.
…ryan
@THE GOLDEN FAN and all Floyd believers
That’s what I don’t understand about you Floyd nuthuggers. You’re so sure about Floyd whooping Pac’s ass. But you know what? YOUR MAN IS SCARED. HE WOULDN’T GET INTO THE RING WITH THE FREAK OF NATURE!! It doesn’t take a genius like me to figure this out. What’s with this stupid demand of his about Olympic style test? Isn’t this a clear sign that he is scared? Who wouldn’t be? He saw what happened to delaHoya, Hatton and Cotto with Pacquiao. Floyd will get the beating of his life! He knows it! But you Floyd nut-huggers are still in denial!
Lahr you remind me of that nutter woman in the movie the Greatest who when Ali got his jaw broken is there to intercept Ali and she reveals herself to be a freakin nut you obviously hate Manny and youll be there like an absolute nut to tell us I told you so f off Lahr and double the doseage!!!!
Great article Dave! I’ve been trying to say the same thing to my Pac fan friends and they won’t LISTEN! Pac will get pot shotted all night by Mayweather and probably KTFO by accumalation of power shots. Pac has done well in WW but with his lack of defense and size PBF would pick him apart.
That fight told me alot about how a potential fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao could go down, but we also need to see how Mayweather looks in his fight against Mosley aswell.First off I’m gonna give Pacquiao credit for defeating Clottey even though like alot of other people I didn’t think it would be much of a fight anyways he still gets credit for the victory. Now as for what I thought of the performance, what it showed us is that Pacquiao has a good work rate and great stamina, but he’s not the only welter who can throw that amount of punches for example Paul Williams and Margaritto are all capable of throwing that amount of punches , and I’m not impressed by how many you throw but more so how many of them connect, and in this situation Pacquiao only landed 20 something percent of punches; that’s just terrible especially when you counter in the fact that your opponent basically stood their and held up his gloves. Even if all you’re opponent does is guard his head the whole night your body shots will be enough to stop that, but Pacquiao mostly head hunted the whole night missing nearly 80% of his punches. I think Pacquiao has hit his peak as far as his boxing skills are concerned, after watching that fight I couldn’t tell you that Pacquiao would beat Mayweather with full confidence, but I will tell you this If Mayweather completly dominates Mosley or even better stops Shane Mosley than Pacquiao will most likelt loose to Mayweather. If Floyd has a close fight with Mosley than I think Pacquiao can win, but we’ll see.
Pacquiao won’t be able to win against PBF if the fight happens. PBF will have a 5 inch reach advantage and 1.5 inch taller, those are two huge advantages for PBF. Against DLH, Floyd had 1 inch less than DLH in reach and 2.5 iches smaller, so don’t compare what Oscar did with what Pacquiao can do(if he does something). Clottey din’t even threw punches and was able to basically close Pac’s right eye. Floyd’s right will land thw whole fight, Manny doesn’t defend himself that much, his defense is his offense, against PBF you can’t do that because you will lose.
It’s crazy cause if Pacquiao missed 80% of his punches against Clottey what is he going to do against a guy like Mayweather that is famous for making his opponents miss punches? He and Freddie Roach need to just move on and fight Margarito then retire as an ATG.
I wouldn’t say Pacquiao’s performance against Clottey was bad but throwing 1200 punches and only landing about 20% isn’t a good thing. Ultimately his performance against Clottey doesn’t have me convinced he can do that to Mayweather. Whether you’re a Mayweather fan or a Pacquiao fan 2 things are fact, you have to give Pacquiao credit for his win over Clottey, but at the same time based off that same performance their is still alot of work that needs to be done before he faces Mayweather Jr.
c,mon people, how could you say that floyd is the best fighter?! he didnt even fight any of the best fighters in the welter weight division until now. i do not understand why he hasn’t fought cotto,margarito, or even clottey. he has been in the welter weight division for so long, yet why hasn’t he fought the good ones? and when he proclaims that he is the best because he hasn’t lost yet, some idiots believe him. how can he be the best when he hasn’t even fought the best. there is no shortcut to greatness. beating a great will make you great, thats all there is to it.
Mosley will not beat pacquiao.Mosley will give a good fight in the early rounds, but pacquiao’s speed and power will catch up to mosley in the later rounds.Remember mosley can be outboxed it has happened many times already imagine a machine like pacquiao landing from different angles constantly moving in different angles too much.I do agree mayweather might beat pacquiao, but it wont be easy he will get hit too, and alot at that due to pacquiaos’s speed and movement.Mayweather won a split decision againts de la hoya who was past his prime imagine a prime pacquiao it wont be easy enough said.
clottey being that “huge” resorted to defensive mode because of pacman’s power plus speed. now, mayweather will resort to his usal running mode (i sure bet) when he faces pacquiao. he can’t even box pacquiao becasue he will be busy running. pacman wins by UD the least..
pacquioa must have not took his steroids for this fight.
I thought Pac boxed well, sure he missed with alot of punches, but the sheer volume stopped Clottey from throwing anything back. Clottey looked massive compared to Pac and Pac handled him with ease. How many performances does he have to give before some people give him credit.
I still think this is a fight mayweather can win as he is so skillful and classy in the ring. I enjoy watching both boxers and find both styles interesting. They need to get it on now though.
I really dont care who wins and all the speculation in the world means jack. Just fight each other.
mayweather is lucky not fighting pacquiao.
My dear Pac Fans who are easily fooled by the Bob Arum Marketing plan.I know you all love Manny soap operas and wwe but are extremely confused when it comes to the sport of boxing. Let me guide you and make reality a little more clearer for you because…well…reality obviously escapes you. D level, journeyman, gatekeeper, Clottey is NOT, I repeat NOT anywhere in the same league with PBF. Clottey is a guy who wins real close decisions over bums and lose to the name fighters. I know you guys want to pretend like this it what Floyd does but you know he doesn’t. He still out throws and out lands his opponents and he is a counter specialist. Manny threw 1300 punches on a guy who wasn’t moving or fighting back like all of his carefully selected, shot old or weight drained opponents. Manny’s lack of defense will make him target practice for Floyd. Even though the slow and sloppy Clottey didn’t throw much, everything he threw landed. The faster, more accurate, PBF will pick Manny apart. If JMM neutralized all those “angles” the “speed” and “high output” what do you think Floyd would do? Remember for as much as you casuals who don’t know the sport say that PBF “covers” or “runs” he still manages to out throw and out land his opponents by a WIDE margin. Manny would not be able to do Floyd like he did David Diaz. Don’t you understand? They are not alike. What he did to shot, slow, no defense Cotto, could never happen with Floyd who will counter all day, keep Manny off balance with the jab and systematically break him down. What the protected Manny does to these shot, over the hill, overrated, D level fighters, some who work for him, could never happen to A level fighters like Shane or Floyd, that’s why he won’t fight them and blame them for not fighting.And you puppets will eat it up.
c’mon Dave, you predicted an upset by clottey against the pacman
you like eating $h!t for a living? pathetic
Who hired this retard to write about boxing? “I think Pacquiao needs to continue fighting the guys he’s been fighting”. Like who Morales, Barrera, JMM, or any other greats that he’s fought. I guess this site couldn’t find a decent writer that’s why your still around. Keep your fantasies to yourself and try to write objectively. I haven’t and won’t read any other posts that you’ve written but I wouldn’t be surprised if you were in the PED’s bandwagon as well.
Dear Editor and Management of Boxing News 24:
First of all, I am not a Pac fan but I got really annoyed by how Dave Lahr write column. If you will notice he was totally against Pacquiao. If a writer is like that, he should not write because he is damaging your whole business. Dave Lahr is totally unreasonable and subjective. I will not read any more column written by him. And I might not read boxing news 24 again if I still see Dave Lahr. He is wrecking Boxing News 24!
knew pac was going to fight cottey from a distance with jabs,he did just that when cottey counter pac duck back and counter a combination right back,he never gave the counter puncher a chance to counter. damm if only cottey open up pac could had have that knock out.the clam was protecting his face,not the face please,ha,a too defensive fighter never give his all.
I wonder if when mayweather do fight manny will he still be fighting so open ? keep his left hand at waist level and his right below his jaw. that means he have to duck and weave 1,200 punches. ha,a sure knock out,
pac jabbing was hitting well last night.a new thing to counter floyd jab.then when floyd right hand and gets crossed pac uppercutter will be waiting.
Pacman did a relatively good job. It is also true that he had a punching bag in front of him through out 12 rounds, a punching bag available to be hit at will. The few times Clottey decided to through something, he actually caused harm to Pacman. Clottey said it, he was going into that fight to block Manny’s punches, he never went to win!The truth is that Clottey never fouhgt and that is unlike Floyd who is not available for such picking and a good and fast counter puncher. Pac wouuld have had a nightmare if that was Floyd in there! Honeslty, look at the starts of that match how many punches were thrown by Manny and how many landed? and to a stationary target? The only + for Manny is that he seems never to get tired…and why?
I believe its mayweather was lucky he didn’t face manny last night or he would have been knock out. floyd hands are very low.
I agree with the author completely!!!I wrote exactly what he said in another post(and it was erased post fight analysis)aside from Manny wont ever fight Floyd P.O.V,me and this author so the same thing,and im just now reading his column!!!And yall was mentioning and hating on him in the other post!!And i see why now,HE TOLD THE TRUTH!!Manny’s performance last night was a victory but sucked for him!!!It exposed him!!!This offensive threat in Manny was not there last night!!!This is what Manny’s does:Throw a high volume of punches at arkward angles with power!!!Where was it last night?Where was the knockout Roach promised?They never even made him flinch!!Clottey lost this fight,but Manny will never be the same!!I mean peolple keep saying he getting better and all this crap!!!How if you the greatest you still getting better?Is Mayweather getting better?He already at his peak and been there for a while!!Manny’s been doing work in this field or that field,but how about the DEFENSE field of training!!I wasnt impressed at all!!He out pointed him with 0-5 out of 200 might have had some steam,while Clottey banging down on him with plenty of flush shots!!I do give it to Manny for taking those shots!!I dont think Manny can get knockout with a head shot!Go to his body and you might have a chance there!!But yeah on to the real fight May 1st when the REAL TRUE P4P will be determined because both of those guys would destroy the Manny I seen last night!!!The Cotto fight I said Manny a bad boy,but last night he looked average!!It was like watching the warm up fights again!!Waited on the fight to erupt for 12 rounds and it didnt happen!!Manny the Volcanoe couldnt erupt!!!
@ Realistic
I differ in opion. WOWZABEAN won the whole argument by lopsided UD against RAT DAT. WOW-Z consistency and brilliance is extraordinaire. He knows the sport of boxing well and he hits fair and square. RAT DAT seems to be a low baller.
how can mayweather claim himself the best fighter if his a boring fighter.. i love 2 see an offensive fighter rather than defensive fighter…PACQUIAO is the most offensive boxer…MAYWEATHER is the defensive one..its like clottey that disapoint the pipol………
Now, about MW and MP fight. MW can’t keep up. MW is also an evasive, striking fighter. But MP is offensive and continously throwing with his lightning fist. Will MW find an opening in between, or will he be hit before he can land? Just like the knockdowns he showed with his recent fight with Miguel Cotto. Cotto try to hit, a power shot reached before he landed. MP doesn’t have just one style of fighting. He changes styles for a different fighter, he won’t let it open for MW, it will be much different. See, I like Mayweather, but too me, PACMAN is taking the fight. Mayweather barely faced opponents Pacman has faced. A fighter makes himself much better after a loss. MW caused loses to DLH, Ricky Hatton. After the loss, they suppose to be better, but guess what? Pacman dominated them a much more impressive way than MW can. Have MW fought stronger welterweights, such as Miguel Cotto? Joshua Clottey? Margaritto? If he thinks he is badass boxer? Fight PACMAN! I would say, Shane Mosley is the first badass fighter he has ever fought. Everyone going to talk about Marquez, did MW knocked him down three times in one round? Face the facts, and face the records, MW is no longer the best fighter, it is Manny Pacquiao. MW went down the drain. MW picks his fights to keep a good record, but too me that doesn’t prove you are the best. Get some balls and face the best fighters out there. Prove to the world that you are really that good. Pacman is way ahead of the game.
…Ho hummm…i feel sleepy, same old write ups after each and every fight won by pacquaio…good day Manuel perez aka Dave.
Look at here dumbass. I don’t think you are boxing fanatic. I’ve watched UFC, Boxing, Strikeforce, WEC, etc and I train MMA and boxing at the same time. I have to say I have watched every Mayweather fight and Pacman fight. See, Mayweather is considered the best boxer of the world, but he doesn’t have seven world titles and never put out an interesting fight. Seeing Pacman dominated Clottey last night, wasn’t a great fight at all. Why? Clottey couldn’t open up, and by strategy, only way for him to open up, is for Pacman to open up so, Clottey can open up, as Pacman strikes with a flurry. See, get your facts straight. Be a boxer and see if your predictions are right. You’ll be knocked out in the first round. MP threw 1200 punches, and considered misses. But they aren’t misses, just blocked. So, who ever said he missed, “YOU ALL ARE DUMBASSES TOO!” His punches are just being blocked by the feared Clottey.
I will have to give Floyd Mayweather full credit for inventing his improvised gimmick of blood testing. If not for that brilliant idea, he would probably on the short end of the fight last night. I wonder if he could have withstood the barrage of blows taken by Joshua Clottey. Floyd is an excellent counterpuncher but I don’t believe he has the same hard chin of Clottey. He hasn’t fought a fighter as fast and STRONG as Manny and who could throw punches from everywhere. No wonder Joshua Clottey decided to be in a defensive mode all night.
sorry bout the typo
realistic,
u think this ‘who dat’ fool won??!
that focken clown thinks boxings a team sport!!! TEAM SPOPRT!!!!!
It was Clottey’s fault for this boring fight.
He has always said that his chin can take it! He should have taken risks!!!
I was spectating the battle between (WHO DAT?) and (WOWZABEAM) AND AS A JUDGE IT WAS (WHO DAT?)that WON by a 7th round knockout lol. this isnt a disrespect thing i just like when 2 individuals go at it like that about boxing because it means boxing hasnt died. wowzabeam is usaully on here making good points and arguments but hey you win some and lose some i suggest every one to read there arguments toward each other because this is in fact what boxing is about.
……….realistic
Hey Lahr are you really not Vivek who likes to slander and back stab anything Pacquio does ??? You better take your blinders off because when Pacqmister get’s his chance at your Runner Boy Maywheather, Because it will be a real enjoyment to watch and then listen to all the crybabys making excuses for PBF afterward, SO my sugestion to you and all the other PBF N&t huggers is get your excuse paper out and lots of it because PBF is going to get the spanking of his life !!!
Agree Phil, Pac only needs 25% of his punches to land to turn Floyd into a mask potato and eat the canvass. Floyd is NOT as big and strong as Clottey and he doesn’t have that CRABlike defense. Floyd will be the 2nd man to take the role of a human punching bag plus an obvious KO win for Pac.
Its been a sad time for boxin!! This whole mega fight crap has hurt boxin!! Boxin is divided into 2 pac fans vs floyd fans!!lol
sully,
Good points, but I’m going to have to disagree. Floyd the greatest of all time? C’mon man. He’s certainly one of the best right now, and even I’d put him ahead of Manny in a fight. That being said it will not be a cake walk for Floyd. A lot of bloggers have been saying that Manny would get destroyed, but he’s not the P4P king for nothing. It will be a good fight, and the first time in a long time Floyd will have to shed sweat, blood and tears for a W.
Here go the manny haters!!! Ok keep it comin kepp talkin the bullshh and still hating man ok he fought clottey and it was like fighting a brick wall and he freaking tried hard as hell he threw over 1200 punches so he wanted to fight
Man y’all say he was lucky it wasn’t mayweather??? Lmao mayweather wouldn’t have better defense than just clottey having his hands up all the time
ok y’all heard PAC and his team call out mayweather now it’s mayweather turn
@joseph
Did u hear manny’s power too?? I heard them too it was like bang bang bang !!! U want more here bang bang bang!! Lol
Mayweather is unlucky too that he is trying his best to INDIRECTLY avoid Manny Pacquiao. Look at the fight, even on TV we could feel the power of Pacquiao punches. He was AWESOME. We have to admit that Manny Pacquiao is the most exciting and talented boxer on the face of the earth THIS DAYS. He is where the money is in boxing today. Hutton,
Cotto, and Clottey got their biggest paycheck in their boxing life when they face Manny Pacquaio. He just awesome.
Pac passed his test with convincing and lopsided victory from a bigger, stronger and a true WW in Cottey. That’s all matters. On the otherhand, Floyd is still at risk and doubtful if he can make it thru Granpa SSM. Whoever is fortunate to win, Pac will be waiting but will not beg and/or submit to the unreasonable and stupid demands of either of them. Pac is the champion, the king and the MAN.
@sully
I think u in the wrong sport watch mma instead!! Clottey n abraham are great pro boxers!!! Boxers n fighters are different!! Clottey just choked!!! I bet manny power discourage him from firin back!! I really did hope for the upset I like clottey I was disappointed
Boxin is divided into 2!!!
Pac fans. Vs floyd fans!! Lol
I didn’t even know floyd had fans I just thought ppl follow him to see him lose!! How were floyd ppv number before the odlh fight?
Pacman is a terrific fighter, yes. He is captivating with his speed and volume of punches, yes. His blue collar work ethic and soft spokenness are charismatic, yes. His willingness to mix it up and brawl with anyone is legendary, yes. This is the type of guy that sells tickets, yes. Is he without a doubt, pound for pound, the best show-boxer in town, yes. Is he invincible as so many would like to believe, no. I certainly believe that everytime he enters the ring he would love to give the fans a knockout – even if it is him tasting the canvas. He opens himself up in a way that few other top-ranked fighters ever have. Perhaps it is this style that is so alluring to the boxing consumer? It sure is to me.
I enjoy watching Manny fights and am willing to pay for that show. I have, however, put together a list of those fighters who I will not pay to watch fight…..and Clottey is one of them. No disrespect Joshua – you just don’t get it and your fear of being knocked down cost you the opportunity to achieve icon status by knocking off Pacquiao last night. Had you engaged him with any amount of regularity the fight was yours. Oh, by the way, Arthur Abraham is on the list as well. Striking similarity of style don’t you think?
I really like thinking that there may be someone out there that can take down the money-man but I seriously doubt that person is Manny. I love watching him for all the reasons that so many others do but I am not blinded by all of the media hype. We all have an opinion and I still think Flloyd Jr. is unequivocably the greatest fighter of all time. Is his style as scintillating as Manny? No. Is he a flashy, mouthy, egotistical, ranting lunatic? Yes. It doesn’t change the fact that the Manniacs better keep hoping that camp Mayweather continue insisting on the steroid testing. Flloyd would win this one in a walk.
I am a bit surprised Flloyd has taken on the likes of Mosley though. Handpicking fighters has been my longtime criticism of Jr, however, I certainly believe he is putting his precious undefeated record in jeopardy with Shane. Shane will definitely mix it up and I will pay for the priviledge of watching this one. If not Shane, only one other person in the ring today could stand a fighting chance and that would be the ever feared, always dodged Paul Williams. I do hope he would consider coming back to the welterweights if title holders would be willing to fight him.
All I can say is Clottey is just a warm up for boxing in the fall, Pacquiao will also beat the winner of Mayweather vs Mosley fight, I can say this, those two guys should be ready cuz the pound for pound king will be ready.
It doesn’t matter what this writer is saying anymore because it is full of crap anyways! and also, the Mayweather fans, i don’t care what excuses you have anymore, my Manny just beat up a true WW fighter again…..When is your MW gonna show a shoutout on a true WW fighter? I think its not gonna happen in your lifetime.!
Say what you gonna say but My Manny is “THE MAN”!!!!
dave lahr you the king of morons
I didn’t even read this article, I just read the title and that told me that you are another one of these want to be writers that simply writes to get hits. Boxing needs writers like you about as much as it needs fighters that don’t make weight.
You Must be Smokin Crack!! Pac was being hit because he CHOOSE to stay in close to Clottey, He Takes punches on purpose to have his opponent open up!! RETARD, Yes True he will be hit by Mayweather, But roaches strategy will be Prepared! Pac has the ability to really hurt Mayweather, and overwhelm!
Mayweather is not invincible nor is Pac.
MayW has been hurt before! But never finished!! Pac has just that ability!!
This article is nothing but full of BIAS, Illusion and Fabricated story. I will not believe what Dave Liar write on every article on this websites.
BORING FIGHT. I FELL ASLEEP EVEN IT WAS FOR FREE ON NET. MAYWATHER ALL THE WAY. PAC LOOK LIKE HE LOST WEIGHT. MAYBE NO MORE ROIDS THIS TIME
We can meet up at a mutual location anytime buddy. I’m in Augusta Ga., you pick the centrally located place of your choice, lets make real things happen.
now Mr. Big Nuts wowzabean, lets cut to the chase……. Paul versus Pac or Floyd. Holla at me. dont get it twisted, I like floyd and Pac but blood is thicker than water, i’m riding with family. So now, when and if they ever meet, d@mn a small wager, let make a huge wager buddy. Step up Mr. Big Nuts
wowzabean, I got money, small wager for who is more active? Small wager who is more physically fit? Small wager for who is most handsome? Dude, don’t get mad at me for stating the obvious and not blowing Pac like you. Everybody know Paul Williams is my fighter and cousin, and I know he will destroy floyd, Shane and Pac. But dude i’m not gonna sit here and turn a blind eye and pretend that pac is something that he is not. Thats not shi!!ing on Pac, thats just being honest. Casuals like you make me sick because you too stupid to look into things for yourself, you rely on biased news snippets to inform you and shape and mold your thought,mentality, and perception. GTF out of here dude, go play ps3 or something.
Pacquiao will be fighting whoever loses in the Mayweather-Mosley matchup. That’s what he’s been doing for his last couple of fights, picking fights with boxers who have recently lost. No way, will Arum, Roach and co. allow their overhyped pet to match-up with fighters who are on a winning streak.
Dude, you don’t even know me man. Get off the couch? I’m probably more active in a week than you are in a year. You really are a joke, and so is you’re flawed logic. Trainers, cutmen and promoters can’t get in the ring and fight for you. Just like coaches in ball, don’t compare the two you sound like an idiot. Basketball is my favorite sport, been playing it since I was 6 and been boxing for 4 years, I’m through, I’m arguing w/an 18 year old.
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.
who dat?
Yea nice Horry comparison, too bad the NBA is a team sport. Boxing is mano a mano, no riding a good team to victory. Sorry but your little theory doesn’t hold.
Shane ducked floyd many years ago. Pac ducked shane when shane went to his gym and personally challenged him. Clottey had no business in that ring lastnight because he is a B fighter not ready for mainstream. Pac can not stop a overhand right. Those are not personal opinions, those are facts. Dude, leave personal feelings out of it.
Excuse me, but im not trying to offend anybody here ok…… but when you have a fighter on top such as floyd,ali, tyson,,,,, everybody looking for the ‘great white hype’, the one who shall magically come along and defeat the top guy. which right now the best boxer we have in the game is floyd. Arum doing what he get paid to do, hype. its no secret, alot of announcers including once fired kellerman do not like floyd, so they will say anything to cast doubt on floyd. but any real boxing fan know without a doubt that floyd is a complete package fighter. Dude, pac going in the hall of fame, but dont try to sell me shi! on a stick cause im not buying. B rated fighter clottey exposed a few pac weaknesses lastnight, and they stuck out like a sore thumb. dude, ppl can and respect you more if you face the truth and called it what it is, pac is a great brawler, but he is no boxing scientist at all. i like pac, but between the catch weights, and opponents coming off fresh defeats, there is nothing impressive about that at all.
lone cowboy.
ur telling me hes gon beat floyd defestatingly. but how. because he comes wit a barage of punches. that falls to floyds game plan. i see u never watche dne of floyds fights and uve jus become a fan and lissen to watever bullish ppl tell u. if this guy missed that manny against a ok defender how much will he miss against floyd. and how many times would floyd catch him. floyds a great counter puncher. with great head movement. the best shots are the ones when ur caught of balance and manny is offbalance when hes throwin his 4 or 5 combos
i watch every fight on tv and go to local shows. but i didnt watch last nights fight. i think pacs entertaining but there was no need for me to watch a sparring session. i knew clotteys style and the fights didnt intrigue me
u miss 1000 punches against floyd ur gon get dominated. dont tell me floyd should b woried about manny. because after that floyd would tear manny apart. jus look at it he fought a defensive fighter with no great skill or counter ability and no head movement and missed 1000 punches. now if he fights floyd hed get picked apart by the 3 punch of his 4 or 5 punch combinations. arum n company r hoping floyd sticks to his blood tests demand so they can have a excuse of not fighting him
But defending against guys coming off losses, shot and not in their prime isn’t nothing. dude if you trying to convence anybody here that Pac defended his belt lastnight you are foolish and unwise. Arum sold shi! on a stick and you bouth it. Arum hyped this up to be a dangerous and competitive fight. Tell me, which round was dangerous or competitive… go ahead i’ll wait……….
@whodat. Exactly! At first, I used to get mad, because Manny is way overhyped, but now, I just laugh. I laugh because all these people who either know sh/t about boxing, or are on the take (Jim Lamply, Manny Stewart, Max Kellerman) and make Manny out to be some great star. I laugh because they will all look and feel stupid when Manny faces a real boxer. Clottey is a B- fighter, and he STILL landed some NICE shots on Manny, just not enough of them. But we will soon see.
Dave, I agree with your analysis of the fight. You have made some valid points, especially those on Pacquiao’s limited defense. Yes, Clottey blew his opportunity big, big time! He has demoted himself to a third tier fighter. He has potential, but he doesn’t use it. He is delusional; I used to respect him as a fighter, but now, I would not even want to watch him fight, even if the fight is free and is taking place in my backyard.
u have to defend ur title to b consider a champ in my book
” 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 Robert Horry. Pac cant beat floyd, Arum and Roach knows
it, but they gonna ride this cash cow until the brakes fall off his a@@
PACMAN BEEN IN THE WELTER WEIGHT DIVISON JUST A COUPLE YEARS & FOUGHT MORE TOP WELTER WIGHTS FIGHTER THEN FLOYD.CHECK THE RECORD FOOL!!!YOU NEED SOME HELP….CHECK BOXREC,COM.
Pacman only fought that way because he Knew that he could. He will fight another way with mayweather. You can’t compare this fight with a potential scenario for the mayweather fight.
its funny how people that hate pac so bad look for anything to say bad…the guy has almost 60 pro fights & been knockin people out since he first started….its ok to like somebody else but to say he is not good is ignorant & hatefull,it reminds me of the 1960s when people hated a young ali, haters look for stuff to say about him an when he lost to joe everybody was trying to say he wasnt that good but when it was all said an done he was the greatest…..boys you are watching greatness injoy it while its still here
at least in the mayweather marquez fight, you saw some great defense from Mayweather. which for me, made the fight entertaining…to see mayweather control the fight. At least in the mayweather fight, he shut down marquez…which could be a case for why it was boring. this fight was boring cause clottey just didnt do anything. he seemed more interested in hugging and chatting with pacquiao then fighting him and taking his belt. what a shame. anyway, mayweathers got a tough test, lets see if he can pull that off…
david, i will call you manuel perez because you really are. youre style of writing is the same as his. you said this
“Over and over, Clottey will rip into Pacquiao with his beak-like punches, tearing Pacquiao’s face apart and making him look like an hound dog that’s been sitting in the sun for too long. Pacquiao will quickly wilt under the heavy bombardment from Clottey, and just fall apart completely”.
it did not happen. now you said if floyd was his opponent he will be beaten… youre just twisting the fact!
Of course, if Pacman fights Mayweather like the way he fought Clottey he would get spanked, but I am sure he approaches fights differently, he wouldn’t fight Mayweather the same way he fought Clottey, in the mean time he should get back to the gym and work on his defense because when Clottey threw punches they landed, he couldn’t miss, granted it was a one sided fight, but Mayweather would exploit Pac’s defense.
terrible fight. The only thing worse (much worse) and less entertaining was the Mayweather/Marquez fight
the fight was what it was you no i still dont think manny could beat floyed because he still gets hit 2 easy by guys that dont have fast hands manny has fast hands but how would he handle speed just because u can dish a fast punch dont mean u can see 1 coming at you and clotty isnt that fast so hay i hope we do get 2 c the fight but i dont think manny will give the blood up for testing only for hiv tests so we’ll c
hey davey boy ive been waiting for you what took you so long in posting another one of your trash. lmao
hey if your predictions that clottey destroy pacquiao came true i would have called you nostradamus but as usual you were wrong so let me call you nostradummy from now on.
and whatever IDIOTIC and lame excuses you come up from now on you wouldnt change the fact that pacquiao made 15 mil clottey made 3 mil and me i won 1 grand $ lucky i didnt listen to any of your BS, but how bout you davey boy how much you get for this GARBAGE you call boxing article.
I think Floyd is much luckier because he was able to avoid facing Manny instead of Mosley by his crazy demands. Clottey would have been knocked out on that fight if he did really want to engage but it seemed like his gloves was glued on his face.
Pacman is $15+ million richer, and he didn’t have to put up with Mayweather’s antics to make another huge payday.
This is so true. I called that fight when it was announced and I was right pac won but just off volume of punches thrown he didn’t land half of what he threw. Didn’t anyone see how clean he was gettin hit and clottey didn’t even seem like he was in a fight after it was said and done. A true boxing fan wouldn’t buy into the media and buy into the hype an see he has more faults than good qualities and in a fight with floyd or shane imo….he’s a sitting duck. He showed he still cuts easy and he’ll be a punching bag against anyone who has half the offense he does…trust an believe if his next fight is against either of the two or a berto even..the bandwagon will get stopped in it’s tracks.
This writer is full of himself, Big ego not accepting the truth, he said clottey will beat manny now what happened? When is he going to write sorry article for being wrong all the time lol
your a loser….ha,ha told ya.
pac out boxer your clown.a defense fighter has no heart to fight.they dont want to get hit.they got no balls floyd will not give us a exciting fight,would be a similar like last night.totally out gun.
how it feel being wrong again?
Well David Lahr, considering how you were “spot on” withyour last prediction on how the Clottey fight would go, seems you are now enjoying riding the crsst of your new found credibility wave. What are you still doing here? Haven’t your editors fired you yet? If Pac was such a mismatch for Floyd, why did he leave $45M on the table over a 10 day difference in blood tesing? No, in fact Dave, don’t bother answering. Why read the words of a moron.
I posted this on another article, but it is relevant to some posts on here:
There is no way to predict the outcome of a Manny vs PBF battle. Both of these fighters have the skills to pull off the win. PBF has mad boxing skills, but doesn’t have the power to put Manny away. If PBF wins he has to last 12 rounds with Manny and take a UD. Manny has superior offensive skills, but can he hit PBF enough to win the fight or KO him? They both have speed, but at the moment Manny has more impressive wins at WW then PBF does.
I think the PBF vs Mosley fight is going to be the determination of whether PBF is really that good at WW and deserving of fighting Pacquiao. Mosley is the arguably the best WW in the business right now and if PBF dominates Mosley than Manny is going to have his hands full fighting PBF, but if PBF has problems with Mosley or if PBF loses than he shouldn’t even think about getting in the ring with Manny.
Jus cause u buy something dosent mean its always worth it,cause that wasnt
Dave is finally back. I thought you would still be busy taking your foot out of your mouth at this point. At least you have the courage or maybe it’s the stupidity to keep writing articles. No matter what the PPV numbers are, I’m willing to bet that three of the customers that bought the PPV were Mosley, Mayweather, and you Dave Lahr.
Dave Lahr is the MAN! Floyd would destroy the pac fool. Mosley, Williams, Valero, Bradley would all rip the pac fool a new a-hole. anytime, anywhere.
obviously dave hates pacquiao!his article sounds like a thrash talking to me!he is obviously gbp and floyd’s attack dog!he just keeps on putting pacquiao down!shame on you dave lahr!
an anybody inna world can decide who will win a top rank fight jus find out who bob is betting on
floyd gave in to a 50/50 splitt then he gave in to the glove issue then he gave in to 10 MIll for every pound over!! Come on where is that inna rule book? who inna history of boxing has ever asked that? Nobody but floyd says ok,since mannys people where only trinna look after theyre fighter,so y should floyd draw heat for wanting the same for himself? Negotiate is for both sides to give a little an recieve a little all floyd has done is give give give what has manny gave?anybody tell me 1 thing please? An then floyd signed his half of the contract he even went over his 14 day test just to try an keep manny at the table since he was the only side willing to give anything, an wht does manny do? get up an run away from the table even the medeater said mannys side were unwilling to negotiat,even after floyd let them pick the medador inna first place (more giving)
I like reading articles that critisize boxers.
But the problem with Mr Dave Lahr is that he seems to be drinking and suckling on Mayweathers Jizzy while writing his articles.
While I agree that Pacquiao would not beat Mayweather, based on last nights performance, Lahr, you’re writing and reasoning are atrocious and just plain embarrassing. As a Ghanian, I can say that Clottey was not gonna win the fight cost he just isn’t a busy enough fighter. But what Pacquiao showed me was that he had no plan B. If a man is just standing in front of you blocking your shots with a peak-a-boo defence, then you have to use your feet to create in angle to work the body. Pacquiao could not do that and just threw punches while standing straight in front of the Clottey. He wouldn’t get the chance to do that that wit Mayweather cos he would not stand in front of Pacquiao, which would give Pacquiao a lot of problems as dealing with fighters with good lateral movement. Mayweather has the best movement of any boxer around today. Pacquiao needs to work on tightening his defence as there are too many holes for someone like Mayweather, or even Mosley, to exploit. Plus Mayweather has the better footwork to take advantage of Pacquiao’s “short comings”
Someone also mentioned that Mayweather would not be able to cope with the Pacquiao pressure… Watch Mayweather/Chavez, Mayweather/Hatton, Mayweather/De La Hoya and see if he can’t cope with pressure fighters.
As for Pacquiao, Lahr you should just shut up and stop writing these rubbish articles if all you’re gonna do is try to make out that Pacquiao is just a lucky fighter. He puts in the work, does what he does and usually wins. So stop hating on the guy- he can only beat what is put in front of him. But I’ll agree he wouldn’t beat a Mayweather type fighter.
an u right the world dosent know who floyd will fight next but the world knows who manny will, somebody from top rank for sure they already trinna talk up him an margarita even tried to put him on forman trust me anybody from top rank jus open yall eyes an see it for wht it really is they not gonna go anywhere near floyd or shane
You, Sire, are a MUPPET. A MUPPET of epic proportions.
If Mayweather opened up he would face..say 1.2k punches? And get knocked out. Clottey clammed all day d/t him realizing that if he opened up there would be a good chance of him being knocked out.
After Mayweather beats Mosley I hope he makes the fight with Pacquiao. And by the looks of it I think Pacquiao will agree to whatever BS Mayweather puts on the table just so he can solidify his status in boxing lore.
manny is good (if u a top rank fighter) since bob already told them not to damage the golden egg an the judges not to go against him incase of an emergecy,anybody not wit top rank who can move in any direction will probley kill manny will jabs an pot shots all night long, last night i saw the same manny from 5 years ago, no vesatilty,his fans tring their best to make him into sommin he is def not a boxer.. he is nothing but a slugger always will be him an shane are a;most twins in styles an will never pose a real threat to anybody that can move an counter
dude. What is it, do you really need this much attention? It took you all day to come up with this response? Is this the best you can come up with? Seriously, you can’t be serious. So predictable you are.
if floyed and manny does not happen who would floyed fight next ?????? probrablly no one good !
Who dat?
Um ya, unlike a majority of these bloggers I’ve played sports and I box, more so for a work out. I have Mayweather as a favorite to beat Pacquiao numbnuts so I don’t juggle anything in my mouth. What I’m saying is if you think Pacquiao is just going to get in there w/Floyd and box him up like Clottey you’re sadly mistaken. Different boxers call for different ways to fight them, if you think Pacquiao can’t adjust how can you say you think he’s a great fighter.
Pac isn’t the same when he fought Marquez man. He uses his right and has better footwork. If they got in the ring even today, Pacquiao would ruin him. Floyd has the advantage against fighters like Pac, but the best offense vs. the best defense is something I still want to see. I don’t think Floyd would walk away from the fight unscathed, or that he would destroy Pacquiao, but I’d put him at a win on the cards.
you right floyd probley wont hurt him if floyd gives him a chance to juice up but lets face it floyd not gonna let that happen.manny only does good against top rank fighters an flyod is not top rank
wht
who says pbf cant hurt manny? if floyd gives him a chance to juice up he probley wont be able to,but lets face it floyd not that stupid an i dont blame him,manny only does well against top rank fighters wonder y that is?
hell if clottey came out of his shell and fought manny clottey would of got koed .manny was trying to get clottey to fight him at times but clottey took the safe way.
clotty could do the same thing against fm and win by decision .clottey going in his shell and hitting fm .fm would not throw as many punches as manny .
About time, somebody being honest in here. Pac freezes when he gets countered because he has no defense. Not taking nothing away from dude, but the truth is the truth, the dude defense sucks like wowzabean lol. Marquez showed the blue print to beating pac, and no one in the game does it better than floyd. thats the truth, deal with it. Offense sells tickets, defense wins games. Unless your a couch potato wowzabean and never played any organized sport, you too would know, offense sells tickets but defense wins games.
Pacquiao throws a lot of punches but when he’s countered he stops. You can watch the Marquez fights to see that. Clottey just wouldn’t throw back thus allowing Pacquiao to keep throwing. Mayweather is a master counter puncher there is no way Pac even throws 600 against Mayweather and I see him being stopped like Gatti because of cuts or his right eye closes. That’s just real talk
wowzabean get your panties outta a knot, stop tea-bagging pac for a second ok. i didnt say pac wasnt a good fighter @sshole. I have said numerous times Pac is a hall of fame fighter, a brawler. Mike Tyson is a hall of fame fighter, a brawler. Ali is a hall of fame fighter, a boxer. Styles are completey different. wowzabean now, since youre done reading this, its ok to open and inser pac nuts again. Thank you very little looser.
This writer is on drugs. The management of this site needs to get this writer a drug test. Are you really Manuela Perez?
the biggest losser is DAVE LAHR.
So pac had a PPV sparring night. Bum Clottey got paid. Pac showed he cant stop a straight right and he still looks crappy against fighters with offense and defense (Marquez). Pac need another tune up fight before he fights Floyd or Shane. I just dont know if anybody is willing to pay to see him fight another looser like Clottey. Funny thing is, Arum did what he was suppose to do, he sold shi! on a stick and stupid people bought it, His job was to hype the fight like it was going to be competitive, thats what he gets paid to do, promote lol. What a complete waste. Pac letting Arum abuse him and make tons of $$ off of him. But even as we tried telling you guys that this was not going to be competitive, you idiots riding pac and arum nuts actually bought into the shi! on a stick idea arum sold to you and made you think clottey was a good opponent. Next time simple minds listen to those who are boxing fans, not a fighter fan. Arum selling shi! on a stick lol and you retards pay 50 bucks for it lmao.
LOL, Pacquiao would take down Mosely, no probs.
@ MANNY FANS I ain’t no Manny hater.I think he’s good.BUT he ain’t all around good cause he has no defense.MAYWEATHER is great cause he GOT GREAT defense,pinpoint counter punching, and he can mix it up on the inside.If Manny fights like that with mayweather alot of them punches finna hit AIR and just case yall don’t know hitting nothing is more tiring then making CONTACT.Plus we talking bout Mayweather who strikes back like a cobra. Go to youtube and look how fast his punches are.Don’t get me wrong manny is fast to but nowhere near mayweathers fast. BUT HE THROWS ALOT of more combos then Mayweather.
lol, pac change up his strategy lmao. Dude, pac has one strategy, wait for guy to come forward, throw 3-5 punch combo. Thats it! Mike Tyson change his strategy before fights too lol, see how stupid that sounds right? A brawler has one style and that is to brawl. Dude if you keep making funnies like that, you might want to change professions to being a comedian lol. pac change his style if he was to fight Floyd lol. Like pac gonna learn how to box overnight and present a real challenge to Floyd lol.
Very amusing but i cant take any article seriously that Dave or Scott writes. what a bunch of clowns…
And pacquiao let clottey hit him so he can open up abit and the amount of punches he threw because he knew most of them would not hurt clottey because of the tight defence. Got to say though clottey is like steel LOL
Wow Dave Lahr, first you say that Pacquiao never fought a fighter like Clottey and that Clottey is going to rip him apart. Now you’re backtracking and contradicting yourself by saying “I think Pacquiao can beat the Hatton, Cotto, De La Hoya and Clottey types…”
You were so sure in your heart that Clottey was going to win but now you’re changing ur tune saying Clottey had no chance. That just proves that your credibility as a journalist is a joke… as well as your articles. Now you want us to beleive that Mayweather is going to destroy Pacquiao? If you’re saying it, I’m going with Pacman.
Great article and very true. Clottey beat up pac face with only hitting him a few times. Shane or Floyd would easily leave pac badly marked, bruised and pummeled. It’s best that pac keep fighting shot fighters who are coming off of a loss or are either past their prime, because no offense clottey easily snapped pac head back when he decided to throw a punch. Overall, this fight was lousy and boring.
Dave Lahr your predictions are weak so don’t make anymore lol. Personally i think the pacquiao and mayweather fight will be a close one. I see mayweather winning the first few rounds and pacquiao getting used to mayweathers style. In the middle and later rounds I see pacquiao troubling mayweather and winning the fight at the end. Pacquiao will definitely rattle mayweather like never before and am sure mayweather will make it very difficult for pacquiao. Both 2 great fighters but i feel the raw speed, power and chin of pacquiao will be enough to overcome a hard fought fight with mayweather. Pacquiao threw over 1000 punches in the clottey fight what do you think pacquiao will do in the mayweather. He will defiantly throw a similar amount of punches if not more.
pac man fare nd i don’t see mayweather going up against big puncher,big guys like clottey………clottey had a gd defence dat y he never got knocked out like others who came across the legend manny
“Okay, I’ve seen the Pacquiao-Clottey fight,”
you mean you didn’t watch it live? what type of boxing writer…or even boxing fan…would write about a fight they didn’t watch? it’s like watching “when we were kings” then acting like you were there.
Last night the truth is Pacman threw too many punches that missed completely or hit Clottey’s gard… I agree with this article but I am not saying Pac man is any less of a fighter!!!
I really do think that it was clear to see Clottely landed some heavy punches on Pac man clean shots. I dunno how pac fans can think that he wouldn’t get open up by floyd.
I think pacs workrate would be a problem for floyd but he would get taken to school.
Another point is why are dudes or not respected when floyd fights but when pac fights them its amazing??? He fights them comin off a loss. Floyd dispatches them and pac man then fights them an yet takes more credit…
I just wanna see it happen an im backing Floyd I do like pac but Floyd gets hated on because of his bravado…
haha comedy writing at its finest
Yep. Mayweather would pick that little roach apart. In Clottey, they picked the perfect flat-footed, slow, no movement, few punches stiff for the ‘lil brawler. A boxer with movement, speed, counter-punching and defense will eat him up. He’s wide open for a butt kickin’.
what did pac do yesterday that was impressive and what did clottey do that we didn’t expect? The answer to both those questions is…NOTHING!! Manny threw a ton of punches at someone who stood there….PERIOD!!
Dave,
It is good to see that you are not ashamed to show your readers what an idiot you are.
Is the fight over? How’s your prediction is it correct?
^_^
clottey is old weight drained and non talented
SARCASM
how does missing 1000 punches scary. and how are u this great unbelievable fighter and u miss 1000 punches. u kno u dont get points for missing punches, u guys might think they land but give it a few years while u guys get acuainted to this sport we fans call boxing and ul realize wats goin on. so ur tellin me cuz pac threw over 1300 punches that seals the deal for him to dominate floyd?. if he throws that manny against floyd hel land half of wat he landed yesterday. get ur shyt straight guys. throwin punches and not landin dun count for shyt. floyd by stopage, cuz hel pick apart pacman like nuthin. u can throw 4 or 5 punch combos aginst cotto hatton clottey who have no lateral or head movement. u throw 4 or 5 combinations at floyd and ur geting picked off by the 3 punch
Pacquiao was only hit by Uppercuts and Rights which he let HIM hit
Mayweather WILL LOSE to manny pacquiao
But thats the thing we WILL not see a manny pacquiao vs Mayweather because Shane Mosley will KNOCK he Mayweather OUT! Therefore it will be a SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY VS MANNY PACQUIAO
Pacquiao is the greatest boxer that ever lived! It hard to swallow I know, and of course sometimes the truth hurts, but it will set you free, Dave. Accept it. Stop listening to yourself and listen to the people who really knows boxing, and the boxers who already went up the ring and had a taste of what a Pacquiao punch feels like. The truth is right there on your face if you just open your mind you will see.
Pacquiao does not have anything to prove anymore. The history records shows it all. He can just stay away and no living boxer will come close to what he’s accomplished. Mayweather, Mosley or any other boxer todate would be “privileged” to get into the ring with him. Of course they have to have balls first.
i personally love maywether, but on a performance like this, mayweather would rather avoid getting hit by those 1300 punches lil monster throwing non stop, manny pacquiao takes it for me all day everyday till he slow down….im a boxing fan, dont have to take sides, i call it as i see it…pacquiao by a one sided unanimous decision over floyd.
Pacman was more focused on breaking down his defense instead of all out Offense. If you even watched the Fight Pacquiao was actually giving Clottey opportunities to hit him. Now if Mayweather went up against Clottey the majority of Mayweather punches would be blocked lol you don’t even see mayweather going for body much at all. If pacquiao is going to fight Mayweather then Pacquiao training pattern is going to be on another level. Mayweather has never faced an opponent thats fast, One of the slickest footwork around, Never gets tired, his Work rate just keeps increasing.
DAVE or should i say Manuel perez wtf are you talking about? Floyd Mayweather does not have the power to knock Pacquiao out, If there was a Knockout it would be Mayweather
I DIDNT BUY THIS FIGHT,NOBODY IN THE BRONX BOUGHT THAT WEAK FIGHT,,PAC WILL GET EXPOSED BY PBF OR SHANE…CLOTTEY FOUGHT MARGARITO AND COTTO BUT STILL LIVES IN A APARTMENT IN THE BX WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND,,AN APARTMENT,NOT CONDO OR HOUSE,,BOB ARUM IS RAPING HIS FIGHTERS….GO SHANE VS PBF….
if u wan see guys go toe to toe and jus throw punches go downtown and watch drunk ppl fight
brian the blue print is already there, box him and hes in trouble
Brent are you seriously comparing Mayweather v DLH & Manny v DLH? You have to be the most clueless idiot ever. Roach knew Clottey had terrible foot work & no weapons to harm Manny. Although Clottey throw a lot of good uppercuts now and then which hurt Manny he didnt follow them up.
I cant see Manny beating Mayweather on last nights showing. Nobody is saying Manny aint one of the greats but Mayweather is a true boxer. If you want to see guys go toe to toe every round watch UFC.
if mayweather fought no names, then he made theyr names cuz when they fought pacman they was big stars?. u guys dun make sense man. all i know is the real boxing fans who love pacman must b woried if he fights floyd because u dont miss that much against floyd and not pay for it
ive said it before, and i’ll say it again.
Pacquiao is MORE focused on breaking down Clottey’s defenses. Blocking and dodging Clottey’s occasional punches are the least of Pacquiao’s worries.
You even see Pacquiao holding up his hands saying “OK your turn!” but Clottey didn’t.
So Pacquiao made Clottey into a human punching bag last night.
1200 punches and all…
to the guy who suggested that floyd fight at midlewieght, gues wat u bird he did fight at middlewieght. he fought oscar for his belt and he didnt demand no catchwieght. and who ever think s the money- golden boy fight was close is retarded. they only made it that way so theyd have a rematch.(floyd wieghed 150 and oscar was 154). i gues u was a boxing fan after that fight hapened. and how could u b scared by askin random style blood testing? that both fighters would b subjected to.and about the test thing texas didnt test for ped’s go chel ur shyt buds
Mr. Lahr,
Your Sir, is an imbecile writer and critic! Instead of accepting defeat and being accountable to your predictions/article on Pacquaio, you choose to write an insignificant article to divert your incompetence. Everyone has an opinion but not everyone is objective nor reasonable. It appeared that the likes of you is bringing this great country down (USA). What kind of education did you receive and where, or where you sleeping or partying all night long during midterms or take home finals??? Bottom-line, this article (and others) reflects your being and personality: Garbage!
You have got to be the biggest dumbass on the planet for writing this article. I’m not even a True Pac man fan. I just like seeing people get knocked out and Pac does the job. Scared Clottey didnt want to fight and made it an accomplishment to go 12 rounds. Pac let Clottey hit him. Don’t think he is going to do that against Mayweather. Stop writing this garbage. I heard Burger King is hiring, go take it over there.
dav liar you have got to be kidding .first you say clottey is gonna kill manny now this. im sure you have heard the old saying manny talks and chicken boy walks
Lets stop with the Mayweather squeaked out a win over Oscar crap…
De La Hoya landed 122 of 587 total punches (21%) to 207 of 481 (43%) for Mayweather. De La Hoya was also busier but less accurate with his power punches, landing 82 of 341 (24%) to 138 of 241 power punches (57%) for Mayweather…. Numbers dont Lie! It is true the fight was split decision but lets face it people Mayweather toyed with oscar.
Bo
I’m pacfan but I agree with this writer that Pacquaio do not have defence. Why won’t he blocked Clottey punches? Imagine if he is little bet quicker he did more damage.
shoulda,coulda, woulda…bottom line is for all the pacquiao haters…nothing else matters once they get in the ring…clotty may be a better fighter…but last night…he wasnt.
you are terrible. how did you end up writing articles, when you don’t know anything about boxing. and besides you should be impartial. if you want to write, write in “I LOVE FLOYD JUNIOR MAYWEATHER FOREVER” website. what, this is the best you can do. hope you have a day job.
dave lahr is defending a boxer who hasn’t fought anybody known in the boxing world. Mayweather fights only boxers who are smaller than him. Why doesn’t Mayweather fight in the light middleweight and fight Williams, Cintron, or Martinez. Pacquiao is also a smaller guy. It’s set up to make Mayweather seem better.
dave…mayweather was too much of a wussy to take on pacquiao, that’s why he requested the olympic style testing…which can mess up a training regimen…he never asked that from any of his oyher opponents…by the way, results came in and pacquiao was clean.
mayweather basically tried to bluff, and pacquiao called it by suing him. give pacquiao the credit he deserves, and stop being so biased…you and like many other pacquiao haters had said the same thing each time he was fighting someone new, that pacquiao was gonna be put away, but they all got dominated. all your predictions are just that…predictions, but you can never be for sure who the better fighter will be unless they both get in the ring.
The point is that Paquiao is willing to step into the ring while the Mayweathers of the world sound like this writer!!!! They speak of how easy it will be but never have the guts to get into the ring fronting with what on the surface sounds like legitimate reasons but are in reality excuses!!! lol Win or lose Pac is willing to fight cut the bs and stack both of their resumes!!! As a fan of boxing Floyd just shut up and get in the ring. Its not doubting his talent and I dont think he is afraid of Pac but he is terrified of losing and that can happen come May 1st!!!
pacquiao needs to work on his defenses. everything else is great, stamina, power, speed… but for his defenses, he needs to work on those if he ever fights mayweather.
clottey COULD HAVE pulled an upset if he threw more of those accurate clean punches, but he didn’t. and becuz of that, pacquiao turned him into a human punching bag.
hell, i dont even think pacquiao is trying to defend clottey’s punches when he realized that clottey isnt going to fight back.
pacquiao is more focus on breaking clottey’s shell-like fighting style. blocking and dodging clottey’s occasional punches is the least of his worries.
If Clottey were fighting matweather it would be the most boring fight ever.2 defencieve fighters who dont let their hands go becouse they dont want to risk being hit! There would be 2 punches thrown per round!
I bet, Mayweather will end up like Clottey avoiding being hit all night, else they will end up kissing the canvass.
Funny how you forget Floyd had to squeak by with a split decision over Oscar. Manny made the guy quit. Dispatched with Hatton in two. Floyd took eleven. Manny takes the fight to people. Thats what the people want, not the chump Mayweather counter and run style. Your probably one of the same people who thought Sam Peter would destroy Vitali Klitschko. lol….. The fight will happen then we will see…
Then why don’t you tell KFC to fight Pacman?
You are pathetic. It’s not news that Clottey is a defensive fighter. You were the one that picked Clottey to win against Pacquiao knowing how he fights. If you didn’t know, you shouldn’t even be writing for the boxing. Accept your lost and give Pacquiao some credit. He deserves that much. Stop being an ass. You’re an embarrassment.
Mosley will destroy Pacquiao at 147 but if he gets a catch weight i doubt it! Pacquiao is not a welterweight as you can see how Clottey punches affected him … Remember Clottey is not a puncher compare to Mosley… so all you people thinking Pacquiao is the best welterweight are either Philipino or dont know nothing of boxing!
Wow Larhr your at it again, Different fighter different strategy thats how it goes with pacman, if he fight’s mayweather ofcourse he will use different strategy, he never uses same strategy over and over like most boxers do. your ignorant buggle’s me.
ha ha ha. i doubt mayweather or mosley will wana go near him