Roach now predicting 6th or 7th round knockout win for Pacquiao
March 7th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: Freddie Roach, the trainer that likes to make predictions, is now predicting for his fighter Manny Pacquiao to stop Joshua Clottey in the 6th 7th rounds on March 13th. Roach likes to start high with his knockout predictions and then come down in the rounds as the fights draw nearer. In this case, Roach started with a 12th round knockout win for Pacquiao, and then last week changed it to a 9th round knockout. Now suddenly Roach is shooting for the 6th or 7th rounds.
I just hope Pacquiao is getting some kind of motivation out of this because I don’t see him getting anywhere close to a knockout in this fight. In fact, I think Clottey is going to give Pacquiao a vicious beating that he won’t soon forget. Maybe Pacquiao wins, but maybe he doesn’t. But whatever the case, I see Clottey putting a serious hurting on Pacquiao and beating him up to the point where Pacquiao might not feel like singing after the fight.
Roach says “He’s [Clottey] going to last six or seven rounds. He’s going to be overwhelmed with the punches. He’s never been attacked like this before.” I guess Roach hasn’t seen Clottey’s fights against Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto.
If he had, he’d know that Clottey has been in with fighters that tried – and failed – at overwhelming him with punches. Clottey took the huge shots from both Margarito and was never hurt in the least by either one of them. Roach’s predictions are nothing but blather as far as I’m concerned. Clottey isn’t going nowhere for 12 rounds.
If there is anyone getting stopped in this fight, it’s going to be Pacquiao, not Clottey. Pacquiao has already been stopped twice in his career, so he would be the one more familiar with being knocked out than Clottey.
I know if Clottey is going to win, but I do know he won’t be getting knocked out and he’s going to be the one looking in better shape by the end of this fight. He’s going to be too big for the small Pacquiao to manhandle like his last three opponents Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto. De La Hoya was shot at the time of his fight with Pacquiao.
Hatton and Cotto are small fighters are not true welterweights in my view. Cotto may fight at welterweight, but at 5’7”, he’s more of a light welterweight than a true welterweight. Pacquiao will be matched against the biggest opponent size-wise of his career and I think he’s going to have a lot of problems with Clottey.
I expect Pacquiao to get really busted up in this fight unless he decides to stay on the outside and do a little running. If he gets too close to Clottey for any length of time, Clottey will beat Pacquiao black and blue with his bigger size and strength. I know I’m right about all of this.
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pacman win k.o over clottey at 6-7 rounds, clottey’s c’nt sustaind the speed & power of pacman
by the way, Mosley already had a fight planned when the negotions with Clottey were on!
Ohh…Ohhh For Roach to predict a 6th or 7th round stoppage means that the shipment of steriods that came in for Pac Man must be the “extra extra strength” version!!!!!
“Mosely personally wanted to fight Pac, but Pac chose someone else……..how many Pac fans are talking abou that???? ”
Comments like these make me laugh
Since when Pacman said he’s not fighting Mosley? In fact, Team Pacman is looking forward of facing Mayweather anytime later. There’s plenty of time to negotiate a fight, stop being a child will you?
Wow, I have never read a bunch of BS more on this site than I have now! For all of you writers on here being a fan is just that. There are no boxing gurus and boxing experts in fans. To criticize someone because they are a fan is absolutely childish, immature and class less. How many Americans were rooting for the Americans in the Winter Olympics because they were from America? How many of these fans were actually experts on Bob Sledding, Figure Skating, Skiing, whatever?
Do you know why Manny has a large and loyal fan base, it’s because of respect. It’s because as Americans we can’t stand to lose, and when we do we make excuses. That goes out to all the people who can’t get over this PED thing. Manny has fought many great boxers, and win or lose, he never, and I mean NEVER, has he come up with excuses. He never trash talks and he is very humble. A lot of people can learn from that. So, Boxing History, you only talk about the last 3 or fighters that Manny has fought. Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrerra, Juan Manuel Marquez are telling me these fighters SUCKED?
And to all of you arrogant MF out there, who are making fun of a man who wants to do good for his country, a poor country. How much have you a holes donated? Have you ever been poor, I have? So, I was able to get an education become successful and provide for my family in ways that I never had wen I was growing up, r u gonna make fun of me. R u gonna say I cheated my way through school?
Lastly to all of these people who bring up Roids etc. Didn’t Mayweather start at 112. How did he get so big? Why didn’t he ever ask for those test before? Money isn’t everything. And I can tell you if someone gave you 6 million dollars instead of 25 million would you be any less happier. Not to mention 6 million dollars goes a heck of a lot further in the Philippines than in the states. Besides Manny didn’t take the tests because it is a matter of pride. Again, r u gonna say that I became successful because I cheated in school, prove it!
How many times was Cotto put on the canvas and how many times did Manny but him there.clottey will go to the canvas 3-4 times and a Tko win by round 10
blanche boy- you are probaly right about what will be said after the fight if Pac destroys Clottey, but you know that comes with the territory……….if Mayweather gets pass Mosely expect to hear the same sentiments expressed from the anti-Floyd crowd.
as usual, this writer is now going to bet against pacquaio. his praying that his prediction of a pac loss will now be a reality. and this will continue as many as pac’s remaining fights. what more can we expect from haters like this writer? nothing! then after manny’s demolition of clottey, surely, excuses, excuses like clottey does not have the legitimate trainer, that clottey only focus was on his earned money for the fight, that clottey just ignore instructions, that clottey did not come for the fight, and lastly that pac is indeed on PEDs. comments and predictions on manny’s fights are not very much surprising and this writer will even more hate manny with the end results of this fight. blame pac again? this writer will never learn from pac.! it’s a racist thing, you know!
Miss Mario just admitted he belongs to the second group of Pacquiao fans — the ones who have not fully evolved. Miss Mario is a reptile, a female croc. LOL.
@Miss Mario: Loosen your bra so blood cam flow up to your brain. LOL. Oh, wait, you have no brain. LMAO.
‘I just hope Pacquiao is getting some kind of motivation out of this because I don’t see him getting anywhere close to a knockout in this fight’ – - – really ?? you’re actually hoping something good for the pacman !??
If people would stop being biased for a second we could have a real discussion about who we really think could beat who, but that will never happen.
Fighter- lol..it’s all good man, but it is funny and a little frustrating to really have an honest discussion with most of these Pac fans because they confinually change their way of thinking to suit Pac…….these guys want to continually say that Mosely had no choice but to take the test, when the same rules that applied to Pac applied to Mosely……..and instead of admitting the obvious…….they just proceed to jump from one premise to the next because they dont dare admit to ANYTHING that taints, no matter how small, their saintly opinions of Pac………..just look at one response to my post…..” Yea but if berto didn’t drop out Floyd would be fighting
a M.Hatton.”……..lolol….what relevence is that to my posts????? Pac had a number of guys that he considered after Mayweather, but who is talking about them now???? Mosely personally wanted to fight Pac, but Pac chose someone else……..how many Pac fans are talking abou that???? Yes, Mayweather surely considered other opponents after Pac…….some more viable than others, but what does that matter now?????…..who cares……the fight and the opponent that matters are the ones that both guys will be facing in the ring.
@J Clottey
You are notorious in head-butting you opponent. That’s the only way you can win against Pacquiao.
It’s hard to put up a good debate when the only reason you think your fighter will win is, because he’s the “chosen one”.
Me totally agrees with Fighter — “There are boxing fans, and fans of boxers. We have to distinguish between the two, and have rational debates/conversations with them, and leave the boxerfans to do what they do.”
Most Pacfans are rabid. Not all, there are those who can rationalize as to why they think Pac is great. And it is actually not a very hard thing to do, because Pac has achievements that not many fighters can boast of. And then there are those who’ll rip your throat open if you as much as say Pac’s shoe laces are tied unevenly.
The smarter group, I find their posts interesting to read. (Fellas, keep ‘em coming. Who doesn’t love a good debate.) The dumber group, their posts are amusing. We need them here too, if only to see that a lot of Pac fans have not… fully evolved. ROFL.
I can assure you all, that this will not be an easy fight for Pacquiao. If he throws 30 punches, not very many will hit me, but he will get hit with most of my punches. I will not underestimte him like Cotto or Hatton as I know he can punch, but my defense will be good.
the article is about roach predicting the round of the knockout so the question isnt about mayweather khan or anything else its about the round!!!
Clottey has lost 3 fights but in every fight he’s ever fought his challenger was brutally beaten. Manny will win if it goes to the cards but he’s not knocking Clottey out.
I’ll admit when this fight was first made I thought, easy win for pacquiao, but the closer we get to the fight the more I’m thinking pacquiao will not only lose but will be stopped. This fight has all the makings of an upset. What’s hard to believe is how roach is giving no credit to clottey as a fighter. I believe pacman is starting to get caught up in his own hype, with all the tv apearances, running for politics, the whole blood testing issue. He has to be careful not to look past clottey. And roach just adds more pressure by predicting knockouts. I smell an upset.
I came to like Freddie Roach from watching the 24/7 series but now he’s letting Pacquaio’s success get to his head. Unless Amir Khan becomes great when Pacquaio moves into politics Roach will be an after thought.
The articles on this site are laughable. I am by no means a Pac-Fanboy but I do recognise he is world class. Clottey will be getting knocked out this weekend just as the tougher, more skillful Cotto did. Then Pac will agree to the drugs-testing, but another excuse will filter from the Mayweather camp. People need to realise that Pretty Boy is not invincible and he doesn’t want to lose his “0″, and he knows as well as his dad that Pac is the only one capable of taking it from him at the minute. The boxing soap opera continues…
I meant Preston, not presto…my bad.
Presto. These Pacman followers are so in lve with him, that they can’t see the irony in what they say. I am not a Floyd fan, but I can see just as clear as any rational person, that Floyd asking for olympic testing was a CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, not him trying to change the rules.
There are boxing fans, and fans of boxers. we have to distinguish between the two, and have rational debates/conversations with them, and leave the boxerfans to do what they do.
Floyd is a chicken??…………….but Mosely agreed to the same exact terms that Pac turned down, and now NOBODY is talking about Floyd “changing the rules”…..NOBODY is saying anything about abiding only by the “commission rules”……NOBODY is saying anything about Floyd using the test to “duck” Mosely. Funny how all the Pac fans were up in arms over all of this when it came to Pac….but not a word about none of that now when it comes to Mosely…..who could have taken that exact same route. And I know someone will try to respond to this by saying that “Mosely is a known PED user and he had no choice”……..lolol…..Mosely very well had a choice….he did not have to do anything but agree to the CURRENT urine testing in place, that you Pac fans want to conveniently ignore now……you know the one that you all said that is sufficient and even better than the blood test that Floyd requested…… but all of a sudden it is not good enough now…..lololol. Like I said before, Pac made this out of a circus and bigger issue than Floyd could have ever done,…….all you have to do is look at how things are going with Mosely……NOBODY is saying ANYTHING now, but the same commission rules that applied to Pac applied to Mosely just as well……..but he AGREED, something that Pac….for whatever reason could not bring himself to do.
Guys like Bob, and some others in here belong in some kind of group, sitting in a circle, sharing. Why do you need to attack people who have other views than you? Does it make you feel tough to type like a thug? I’ve encountered clowns like you before (face to face). It always starts with them talking sh/t from some safe position, behind a security guard, near a cop, or safely tucked behind a steering wheel. But as soon as I’m close enoghh to you to do some not nice things, they are not so brave. Let’s keep it clean here. No internet thugging allowed ok.
Bob. You are a retard. Floyd may have turned down 40 million, but at least he’s getting more than 6 to fight a tomatoe can. Floyd is fighting a KNOWN world classer. What’s Manny doing, staying buisy until his election?
These simpleton’s writing why he’s running from a 40 million dollar fight, Have they ever ask themselves why didn’t Mayweather fight for 40 million using the same methods of testing he’s done in his previous 40 fights. I’ll tell you ( CHICKEN)
Hey Manuela Perez (aka Dave Lahr)if Pac win’s his bout with Clottey you STOP WRITING sh*t things here. If Clottey wins I will agree with all your sh*t writings here.
You are certain that Clottey will win lets go with it. You have balls isn’t it?
I did not have any idea there was no drug testing in Texas until Arum brought up the issue.
That’s a good question; Why would one turn down a $40,000,000 fight in vegas, for a $6mil in a texas football field? I think this was motivated by something other than ‘priciple’ and all the other noble reasons Pacquiao, Arum, and all his fans admitt to. Boxers are very vein. They want that thing to be remembered by. One of them would be, getting the largest payday ever, or the most ppv vies ever. They don’t want to be remembered for having the best trainer who can negotiate for them.
Freddy Roach’s arrogance is disturbing. !st he says that this fight will be a tougher fight than Cotto (to try and promote the fight probably) then he says Pac will ko Clottey 2 rounds before he did Cotto…and now he says the 6th or 7th. Funny considering Clottey has never been ko’ed and Manny has. I sure hope Clottey uses that blueprint. Pacquiao is very overrated, and may have bitten off more than he can chew in this fight. Clottey is hard. Just because he has’nt ko’ed Cotto means nothing. Styles make fights. Personally, I think Clottey is the better technical fighter, and has been in against tougher comp than Manny. Let’s look at it; Manny’s last fights were against shot fighters, supposed to be retired fighters, smaller guys, etc. (I know I need not say names) Clottey has fought Margarito (and gave him a hard time), Zab (very quick/slick), Corales, Cotto. Need I say more?
idiot!! for 1 cotto is very much a natural welterweight the reason he was beat so badly by pac was because of his stupid catch weight demands if cotto was a light welter he would of had no problems with the catch weight. i agree it will go past 7 rounds but pac will stop clottey late on just like cotto. clottey is very tough put he is slow with no knockout power!!!!!
i guess the roids must be kicking in that’s why roach has been so confident close to fights starting with the david diaz fight.
I think that freddie roach will be proved right
@fair fight — Well said…the bar has, definitely, been lowered.
To Fair Fight.
Stupidity….that is what The Rock thinks of what you just posted. The Rock is gonna counter your stupid points with a flurry of the people’s elbow. If you are going to dispute Manny’s victories over Hatton or Miguel Cotto. Basically you are saying both fighters where shot. Now explain to the Rock why did Floyd Jr fight Baldomir with his 10 losses.?If you say a fighter has changed after their first loss, explain why Manny is now the P4P king of boxing? Loss doesn’t mean a thing until you learn from it. Now going back to Baldomir with his now 11 losses, Floyd fought Baldomir who is shot 11x. And guess what Floyd did after words. When Baldomir beat Zab Judah who’s reputation as one of the most underachieving boxer in history, Floyd chose Judah over Margarito or Mosley. The same Judah who lost to slow poke and heavy footed now power Baldomir. Floyd really laid his balls on table on that one. And JMM who is fighting at lightweight, is challenged by Floyd who at one point fought at light middleweight. Floyd constantly says he beat one of the best p4p fighter in the world but neglect to say he made JMM go up 2 weight class. For which JMM has never even worked at those weight ever in his boxing career. Floyd brags about it and saing he easily manhandled but couldn’t knock out a fighter who gave Manny Pacquiao a hard time. But Floyd neglected to say he picked a way smaller fighter which is now “a tune up fight” according to Floyd who said it at ESPN. Instead of picking a fighter close to his weight….like Clottey or Berto or Mosley, he chose a fighter practically 3 weight classes smaller. JMM who just a year before he fought Floyd was fighting at super featherweight. The Rock knew this fight was set up to make Floyd look good and according to Floyd….it was since it was “tune up fight”.
@ x-man
That is the reason why Floyd won’t fight Pacquaio. He knows betting on himself would be stupid.
Yeah, okay Lex. Keep selling it. Only people buying and you are trying to convince are Floyd Mayweather fans. You know they about to jump ship so you know you have to work in over time.
@ fair fight
Since you took the time to draw up this wonderful draft, By slightly changing the name from Pacquiao to Mayweather, You might be surprise at the result. Same recipe. Now go out there and sell to to the world.
If Mayweather wins a UD fight against Sugar, I can a sure you that Floyd will look like an ordinary fighter. BUT, He will win.
Clottey will have to fight a near flawless fight, just to win over the judges, and convince the ref not to stop it prematurely, if he’s on the ropes taking lots of blows on his gloves and arms.
ha,do like floyd,he just said that he going to bet 5 millions on himself, he makes 5 million + ppv said you can qoute that, 3 wrong in a roll now, said ricky hatten older than he he nope he 2 years older,said he has the best record, nope he lost 6 fight in amateur. keep that up floyd and you will have much creditability as oscar soon.
2 Evrybody!!!!!!!!…. Just put ur money where ur mouth is,,, stop hating.. Shot tha f up..
manny will dominate him but he won’t ko him
Roach sure are better on predicting things than most of they writers here including you larhr.
You tell’em Dave!
Manong;
Manny’s always the underdog??? He’s only been an underdog once in the last 7 years and is a 6-1 favorite over Clottey!! He would be an underdog against Mayweather, and probably Williams and Mosley, but he is going to be a 6-1 favorite instead. Manny won’t fight anyone, only washed up fighters or second tier guys like Clottey. Thats why I love Manny, because he steadfastly refuses to fight the best and focuses on second-tier level opposition. Thats great, that he is going to be a 6-1 favorite! What a warrior taking such a chance! Not like Mayweather is who facing the top welterweight. Mayweather seems to have a nasty habit of ducking anyone thats not an A grade fighter, but Pacquiao is a true warrior and taking on around the 7th or 8th best welterweight. Why would he fight Mosley or Mayweather, when there are B and C level fighters out there!
To Rule your Division you have to and must BEAT every top fighter in that division.
Did Pacquiao do that—NO
Lets take a look–Welterweight division .WBC Champion is SHANE MOSLEY . Did Pacquiao beat SHANE MOSLEY —NO
Lets take a look—LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT — Timothy Bradley who is the WBO Champion did Pacquiao BEAT him — NO
Lets take a look — LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT — Devon Alexzander who is the WBC, IBF Champion did Pacquao beat any of them— NO.
PACQUIAO WOULD NOT FIGHT ANY ONE OF THEM , why you ask its because NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN KNOCKOUT BEFORE , THEY ARE ALL UNDEFEATED .
Look who Pacquiao beat that have you all saying that he’s the BEST.
Oscar De La Hoya—-Beaten by mayweather in (2007/May/05)
1 year and 5 mths after pacquiao fights him (2008/Dec/06)
remember that you said when mayweather beat Oscar that Oscar De La Hoya was OLD and WASHED UP
But when pacquiao fights him he’s NOT.
Rickey Hatton—-Beaten and knockout by MAYWEATHER in (2007/Dec/08)
1 year and 5 mths after pacquiao fights him (2009/May/02)
remember once you get knockout for the first time you’re never the same . mayweather knockout hatton first , why pacquiao didn’t fight hatton when he was UNDEFEATED .
Miguel Cotto—-Beaten and knockout BADLY by Antonio Magarito in (2008/July/26)
1 year and 4 mths after pacquiao fights him (2009/Nov/14)
cotto was DAMAGE GOODS by the time pacquiao fights him
This is the three fighters that pacquiao faced to become the greatest
YOU should be ASHAME of yourself for lowering the BAR in order for pacquiao to be GREAT
Would love to read your post fight report, who ever wins. Cause you know we love you like that Dave. Hugs and kisses from Los Angeles Davey my boy.
Pac is one of the best in my opinion ,but since the drugs info about that Mayw is talking ,and pac did not do anything,if its true i hope that he gets what he needs a KO from a dude that nobody thinks is goin to do and justice will take is place if its true, but you and i know that it dont work like that in this game ,que gane el mejor sin trampa y justicia sea la que prebalesca !!! jejeje
One of the things I noticed about Pacquiao is that he likes to fight in spurts. Whether it be in the middle of the round or towards the end…I noticed that he usually fights in 30 second spurts where he throws alot of combinations stacked one on top of the other. When he’s not throwing combinations (sometimes wild) he likes to step back, akwardly bounce around and then sometimes he’ll even lay on the ropes if he’s jumped out to a big lead and is feeling extra confident (or just needs a rest).
Clottey will have his earmuffs on for most of the fight. He doesn’t even really try to slip punches; he just takes them on the arms, waits for you to finish punching and then counters. His body is usually open, so I think Pac will go there early and often. Clottey also has a hard time making ’47, so he may be a little weak…hence the insistence from Pac’s promoters on not having a catch weight like ’49 or ’50. If Clottey had a good camp, he should hit ’47 on the mark (not sure if he will) and then look for him to come into the ring at about 170-174 He should be able to take Manny’s body shots better than Castillo did, but Clottey does look bothered at times by body shots…especially early in the Chico fight.
I’m waiting to see who the referee is in this fight and whether or not Pac will be allowed to work the body. Sometimes Clottey complains about low blows that aren’t really low blows to get the ref to intervene. Should be an interesting sub plot. Pac won’t hurt Clottey upstairs and if he’s looking for a knockout…it will have to be setup by body work, which Clottey will give him all night so long as the ref allows it. If Clottey can back Manny up when Manny isn’t throwing combos then he may be able to wear him down particularly after the mid point of the fight.
Clottey’s style, where he absorbs punches before countering is going to make it tough to win rounds unless when he counters, he’s dropping bombs. Pacquiao is going to land a lot of flashy combos that may or may not hurt Clottey, but will certainly score and get the pro Pacquiao crowd excited. It’s going to be interesting to see how Clottey deals with Manny’s footwork.
If Clottey can keep foot pressure on Manny and exploit his awkward footwork then yeah, I think Clottey can bust him up pretty good and wear him down. Pacquiao’s usually right in front of you, but only when he’s flurrying. When he’s not punching, he’s resting and until the next time he opens a can up on you. Clottey will have to take advantage of these opportunities and keep Manny off balance.
Clottey likes to start slow and the key will be whether he can withstand Manny’s attempts to get him out early The longer the fight goeas on the better for Clottey. Clottey likes to start really picking it up in about the 5th or 6th round and if he’s still around and strong it’s going to be a long night for Pac. They have to get him out early and that’s why roach is trying to end it before 8.
I personally think Manny will become frustrated if he doesn’t hurt Clottey early and is forced to box tactically which he doesn’t really want to do. Should be interesting to see how Manny reacts if the ref doesn’t let him work, Clottey is catching punches on his arms and keeps pressure on him past 5/6. The key with Cotto, is that they hurt him early, but Cotto has always been open upstairs…think back to Ricardo Torres…Clottey will not be open for business at all upstairs.
Should be a good fight. Body punching and footwork will be the keys. Manny has akward but quicker feet, while Clottey has more disciplined feet…meaning he rarely gets off balance (like he did against Cotto in round 1), and his feet are usually where they’re supposed to be. Clottey is a pretty good body puncher too, so look for a war. If Pacquiao doesn’t hurt Clottey early and Clottey starts smiling at him like he likes to do…expect a long night. Early FOY candidate. Personally, I like Clottey in 12, but with a guy that punches like Pacquiao…you never know.
Clottey usually gets stronger as the fight goeas on, so look for Manny to go for the early knockout…should be interesting to see how Clottey responds.
@ toxic
you dont have to take my word for it, read up on what travis tygart, head of the USADA has to say on the matter. You can also look up what Victor Conte from BALCO, the guy who helped athletes cheat their tests. What you will find is not only is the commisions policies on doping a joke, that even pacs stipulation of blood drawn 30 days before and straight after the fight as not good enough. So basically Olympic style blood testing is the best method of catching juicers. but like i said b4 dont take my word for it, look up what the experts say and youll find that im right and your dead wrong
@ Simon
I don’t have a burning hatred for anyone. I just call a spade a spade. I don’t have to worship Pacquiao like the rest of y’all because he is not my GOD. ANOTHER THING, God don’t have to forgive me for my opinion. I think that’s why he gave us a mind to think and form our own opinions in the first place. We have a difference in opinion that’s all so there’s no need for u to start catching feelings.
david,
you just have not got a idea
@ common sense
because the commisions rules regarding doping are a joke, no-one can deny this. floyd simply made a request which he himself would be subject to. add to this roach on youtube saying we have no problem with ANY kind of testing then changing his tune once floyd agreed to everything pac requested, including a $10 million fine for every pound overweight and its easy to see who ducked who. floyd called his bluff and pac ran away like forrest gump. instead of stepping up and proving himself clean, he is going to court, signed another fight while floyd/gbp thought they were still talking and fighting in texas where there is no drug testing at all. Im giving pac the benifit of the doubt, by saying he may simply have ducked a better boxer because everything else points to him being a juicer.
THE STEROIDS SHIPMENT SHOULD HELP PACQUIAO A LOT AGAINST BIGGER CLOTTEY. I HEARD THE PEELEPEEN USE GRADE A ROIDS, ROACH AND PAQEEOOWWW GOT IT MADE WITHOUT BLOOD TESTING. CHEAT ON BOYS.
@aress, how can you say that the fighter who agreed to comply with all of the rules and regulations required by the body governing the fight is the one who is ducking and not the one who is ignoring the commission and making up his own rules the way HE sees fit or there is no fight? Floyd created the excuse to get out of the fight, not the other way around.
Pointless article…who cares what he predicts! Manny will get in there and take care of business no matter what roach predicts.
yeah clottey is a good fighter!and pacquiao might have a hard time knocking him out,but eventually he will!clottey’s durable and bigger fighter!he will kiss the canvass but finish the fight for pacquiao’s UD.
Pac is to quick and will pick apart Clottey to a late ref stoppage. I like Clottey alot but just see him as not fast enough and talented to stop or outwork Pac. Pac by stoppage!!!
you know why cuz of the STEROIDS
thats way
you are reading too much of what Freddy is saying. Nobody really can predict to the dot what will happen and that goes with all of Freddy’s past and up and coming predictions. Lighten up and enjoy the fight. Stop being bitter because it shows in between the lines.
The other thing, is that the force of your argument rest soley because you are prejudice against Manny. That in itself is already a washout logic no matter how much you spice it up. Nothing from Manny will ever convince you otherwise. My advice for you is to think hard, deep and wide and as what Mike Rosenthal of Ring Magazine said, “we might aswell enjoy Manny while he is still with us” because there is no other fighter right now remotely close to what he has been doing for boxing!
@ Boxing History
You seems to have a burning hatred for the guy who says no evil, humble, respectful, rich and a huge philanthrophist in his home country. You BS the guy like he is a trash and may the Guy above will forgive you for that. Would it be nice to say kind words to your enemy instead?
Whatever you say Lahr. Then after the fight all the Pac fans will shove it in your face, and rightfully so. You’ll go back to your little hole from which you came and disappear just like Manuel Perez and Santiago. I’m sure your bed buddy Esteban will join too.
Manny Pacquiao will touch the canvas during this fight. His technical flaws will be exposed, and I will be there to witness it. I bought floor seats just to see Clottey spank that @$$. Styles make fights, and this is a fight Freddie Roach and Bob Arum will regret. However, if the fight goes to the cards, expect a “wink-wink” from Bob Arum to the Texas “bought” judges!
@Dave Lahr, Put Your Money where your Mouth is.
How much money are putting on this?
boxing is the key to fighting cottey and mosley from the outside,I also predict that the way to beat cotto was to out slug him and to back him up.pac a boxer half slugger depend who he fights.he pick apart cottey from the outside,between the gloves shots and ribs shots on each try back to the outside,till be hurt cottey or cut him down in the 7 to 9 round then pac will go for the ko as he wants 50 kos.
My prediction for Roach and Manny are that; they are both afraid of fighting Mayweather or Mosley.
If they somehow find the courage to face any of the best fighters in their division; then I predict a terrible beating by Mayweather or Mosley.
One more prediction and that is they will never agree to random tests because they are afraid of the fighter and not the actual blood taking!!!!!
Lahr did say that Roach would predict a late round KO and then steadily move his prediction to earlier rounds. This was before Roach made any prediction. Lahr is totally wrong thinking Clottey can even make this an interesting fight and underestimates Manny and absurdly over-rates Clottey, but at least he knew what Roach would do. Still, this isn’t going to be close, I see Pacquiao winning all 12 rounds and the ref could stop it because Clottey loves to cover up and throw zero punches for extended periods of time. Even if Clottey isn’t hurt or getting hit with any clean shots, the ref could stop it if he isn’t throwing anything back at Pacduck. And considering Clottey’s history and stating his plan is to let Manny throw 30 punches to his 4, it seems likely the ref will step in and stop it, but I don’t see Manny being able to hurt Clottey at all. With his speed, power, and blood doping Manny will just be too much for poor Clottey who is sacrifing his body for a big payday.
Clottey wins this fight. This superhero BS is about to come to an end. Roach is so full of it. IF it was going to be so easy I don’t think they would be working on new techniques. Manny will get busted up in this fight. The only way he doesn’t is if he gets on his bicycle and stays away from Clottey. If he decides to trade he will get hurt. Manny is all offense with no defense and that’s why he is going to get caught in some bad exchanges in this fight. I just hope they don’t steal it from Clottey on the scorecards.
That’s one of the appeals of Manny. Fighting guys bigger than him. He’s always the underdog.
Whatever Dave!
That Freddie’s opinion. Anything can happen. There might be a lucky punch thrown by either fighter. You’ll never know. Just a few more nights and we’ll see if you are right or wrong.
GO MANNY!!!
GO JOSHUA!!!
Clottey’s problem is that the biggest name on his resume is Zab Judah (I mean that he actually beat).
But he doesn’t really have any true losses either. One bad DQ, I fight where he injured BOTH hands, and a toss up decision loss to Cotto.
It’s crazy that people are down-playing this guy because he’s not as big a name as some other guys. He’s still a tough opponent who will be the biggest guy that Pac has fought to date.
I think people are getting spoiled by Pac and they truly believe that he should be able to beat everyone except Mosely and Mayweather. People are losing the concept of what he’s doing and how big a deal it is.
I don’t see Pac hurting Clottey. He may fluster Clottey into making some mistakes, but I just don’t see Pac hurting that man.
Roach and Manny are no joke. Clottey knows this could be his last chance. I think he’s going to give Manny a brutal beating but it won’t be enough activity on the cards to win. Manny by KO on a defensive fighter would just solidify him further as being one of the best to ever do it. Much respect to both fighters…
Clottey to shock the world!
pacman by clear desicion,,clottey’s good but not that good
Cotto and Clottey basically fought to a draw. Look for Pacquiao/Clottey to go pretty much like Pacquiao/Cotto. Anything else would be a miracle for Clottey.
If there is anyone that knows better about Pac, it would be Roach and he has reason to believe that indeed Pac could KO Clottey in 6th or 7th. I’ll give Roach the benefit of the doubt in his prediction. My own though would be around the 9th round.
clotey by decision!!!!
Mr Dave Lahr, maybe you should make a bet, bet your own house on who wins between pacquiao and clottey, you just keep on blubbing away, your no different than this black guy, they call mayweather. After this fight, you should write another piece, after pacquiao destroys your boy clottey. just watch pacquiao beat up his a
when this fight was first discussed I didnt think paq’s people were serious. Big risk. Clottey has shown a tendency to not fight from bell to bell, but if he finds ‘religion’ this could be interesting.
Huh? You write as if your readers know nothing about boxing but who are you fooling? I seem to know more about boxing than you do. Based on your articles (past and this one), I think I know more and understand boxing more than you do.
Cotto is not a true welterweight? Just to remind you Cotto is fighting Foreman at Jr. Middleweight. duh
i really enjoy dave and chris’ articles about manny/freddie. i just love when they act dumb just to get traffic from pacfans. how lowly of them to be unobjective just to stay employed. brilliant.
Cotto is not a true welter weight? Your funny. The fans should enjoy this fight. I know Roach is giving Vegas fits.
so what? you have problem with that davey boy? he has all the credibility and way more than what you will ever have in your entire lousy blogger lifetime, since hes pacquiao’s trainer. so just STFU sissy,