Joshua Clottey Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Despite having failed badly in his previous attempt at fighting WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, former IBF welterweight champ Joshua Clottey (36-4, 21 KO’s) feels he’s ready to face Pacquiao in a rematch and thinks he can capture the title this time.

By Eric Thomas: If 34-year-old former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (36-4, 21 KO’s) can catch a lucky break, he’ll be fighting the winner of the December 3rd fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

By Dan Ambrose: A huge looking WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) defeated hand-picked opponent Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-7, 20 KO’s) in a 5th round stoppage tonight at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. Chavez Jr. hurt Manfredo with a right hand in the 5th and then flurried on him until [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Tonight in a Top Rank card, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be putting his World Boxing Council title and unbeaten record on the line against #4 ranked contender Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KOs) at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. The fight will be aired [...]

By Chris Williams: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) is talking comeback once again and wants to get back in the ring before the end of the year to start a new campaign at 154 lbs instead of his old weight of 147.

By Bradley Pearson: It’s been 17 long months since former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) was last in the ring, and with that, questions have arisen as to why the Ghanaian boxer has been ‘MIA’ for so long- in what would seem his prime years.

By Jason Kim: It’s been 16 months since former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) got a career payday in losing by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao last year in March, and there’s no telling when or if Clottey will ever return to the ring. Supposedly, [...]

By Jim Dower: The ring rusty former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) was injured while training this week and won’t be able to fight his scheduled opponent Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight at the MGM Grand, in Las [...]

By Michael Lieberman: It’s been almost a year since Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) last stepped into the ring when he was totally dominated by Manny Pacquiao in one of the most boring mega fights in memory. Clottey has had an entire year to lick his wounds from the Pacquiao defeat and figure out what [...]

By Jim Dower: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight card on March 12th in a 10 round bout against junior middleweight Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clottey, 33, lost his [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) will be getting back in the ring on March 12th against Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clottey, 33, will [...]

By Dave Lahr: It didn’t take much for Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) to get a title shot against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in March 2010. All Clottey had to do was take on Miguel Cotto, get beaten and then presto, Clottey was put in with Pacquiao for his WBO strap. Of course, Clottey [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) will finally be getting back in the ring on March 12th when he takes on 33-year-old Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on the undercard of the WBA clash between junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga at [...]

By Eric Thomas: For fans of former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s), he’ll be back in action on March 12th against Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clottey, 33, has been in no rush [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) will finally be making an appearance after a year away from boxing when he takes on junior middleweight Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the WBA junior middleweight fight between champion Miguel Cotto and [...]

By Michael Lieberman: A fight between former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) and fringe junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on the pay-per-view undercard of the March 12th bout between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and 37-year-old challenger Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yuri [...]

By Chris Williams: The undercard of the WBA junior middleweight fight between champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) and challenger Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) could end up with a lot of halfway decent fights for the March 12th bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joshua Clottey, the former IBF welterweight champion [...]

By Chris Williams: Recently, Bob Arum, the promoter for Manny Pacquiao, suggested that if Juan Manuel Marquez were to prove himself by facing and beating WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto it could help him get a fight against Pacquiao. Would Arum feel the same way if Marquez were to take one of his Top Rank [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) is reportedly looking for a big money fight, but the problem is there’s no one out there that will guarantee him a big enough payday for him to get off the couch and start fighting again. According to Dan Rafael, Top Rank promoter [...]

By Chris Williams: Antonio Margarito has spotted some weakness in his opponent Manny Pacquiao, saying in an article at the Orange County Register “Clottey was hurting Pacquiao but he didn’t throw punches. You have to throw punches. You have to keep it up. You can’t wait for him.” Margarito is right. Clottey was doing a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) reportedly will be moving up in weight to first the junior middleweight division and then to the middleweight division because he’s finding harder and harder to to make the welterweight 147 pound limit. Clottey, 33, at one time was a [...]

By William Mackay: Bob Arum, the promoter for Manny Pacquiao, has said more than once that if Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) wants a third fight against Pacquiao, Marquez needs to prove himself against a top welterweight like Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) or World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto. I think the [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo, Bob Arum still believes that Juan Manuel Marquez needs to prove himself at welterweight before he’ll consider putting his fighter Manny Pacquiao in with Marquez for a third mega fight between the two super stars. Arum would like to see the 37-year-old Marquez fight and beat [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion is one of Bob Arum’s fighters in his stable, and unfortunately Clottey looked horrible in the worst way in losing to Manny Pacquiao last March at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Juan Manuel Marquez, in the meantime, just finished beating Juan Diaz in an impressive [...]

By Dan Ambose: If Juan Manuel Marquez wants a third fight with Manny Pacquiao, he’s going to have to fight and beat some of the top light welterweights and some welterweights as well. In an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Top Rank Promotion Bob Arum had this to say about Marquez fighting Pacquiao in [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Manny Pacquiao ended up throwing more than 1200 total punches in defeating former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on March 13th at the Cowboys Stadium. What was lost in the win was the accuracy, the power and the way that Clottey was able [...]

By Chris Williams: If Manny Pacquiao wanted to get an even split of a future revenue split in a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., he didn’t help himself with his numbers for his March 13th bout against Joshua Clottey. ESPN reported today that the Pacquiao-Clottey fight netted just 700,000 pay-per-view buys. That might be a [...]

By Esteban Garduno: The March 13th so-called mega fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) and Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) has failed to live up to expectations set out by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, bringing in only 700,000 pay-per-view buys, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Oh, this [...]

It was a marathon-like trip from Thailand to Dallas to attend Manny Pacquiao’s fight, and from there to Chetumal to attend the report of the Governor of Quintana Roo, Felix Gonzalez Canto. The sportsman and politician honor me with their friendships. A long journey, but it became something truly unforgettable.

By Esteban Garduno: I have to admit that what I saw of Manny Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey didn’t give me a feeling that Pacquiao could beat or even compete with the likes of Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing is a science, a sport of the mind if you will. The fighters are ones [...]