By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be facing a tough test on March 13th against former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. There are those people who think this is going to be an easy fight, but I’m not one of them. Pacquiao is going to get hit more times in this fight perhaps than he ever has been during his career. The reason is because Clottey, with his steel chin, won’t be going anywhere when Pacquiao starts tagging him.
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And what if Pacquiao is `CLEAN`?
By Dezzie Lightbulb: Boxing has always been plagued with `what ifs`. What if Ali and Tyson had met in the ring, each in his prime? What if Cotto`s team had properly checked Margarito`s gloves before their fight? What if such and such a judge had bought himself a new pair of spectacles the day of yet another crazy decision? What if, what if, what if! These questions can never be fully answered. They can haunt us, and remain as cruelly tantalizing after twenty years as they were the first day. The latest `what if` to storm the boxing world is; `what if Pacquiao has been using PEDs or steroids?
Boxing Bite size: La edición dos – Jermain Taylor, Pacquiao, Hatton and more!
By Jordan Stoddart: A great time to follow up last years sister article, what with the news of Taylors exit of the SuperSix Series, Greens possible entry into the tournament, a certain Englishman’s comeback into the sport and the never ending story of Pacquiao and the growing hormones. Let’s dissect, direct and correct this week’s news in Bite size.
Mayweather/Pacquiao – A Fans Perspective
Life Beyond “The Fight” [Mayweather-Pacquiao]
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By Ryan Dunn: Perhaps the most surprising factor in this entire Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao soap opera is the alarming rate at which fan interest has fallen flat on its face (much like “The Fight” itself). Aggressive discussion about who will win and who will lose when they enter the squared-circle has been replaced by instant apathy and downright angst at all involved parties. The fans have had enough. It is time to look forward, and stop living in the fantasy hypotheticals of a superfight in March that is no longer happening.
Would Marquez or Bradley been a better choice for Pacquiao?
By Sean McDaniel: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be facing Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) on March 13th. Clottey, a Top Rank fighter like Pacquiao, has been picked as the replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the upcoming bout at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Clottey has been called a good replacement opponent by many fans. However, I don’t see it that way. Why didn’t they consider matching Pacquiao up with World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley or WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
Hatton gives reasons for loss to Pacquiao
By William Mackay: Ricky Hatton had a variety of excuses to give for his loss to Manny Pacquiao in May. In article at the Sportinglife, Hatton says “It was only in my previous fight a few months earlier that I put in one of my best performances against Malignaggi. All of a sudden they think I’m past it in the next five months. That wasn’t the case – it was a case of just being a little bit over-trained and I was walking to the ring that night like a man going to the gallows.” Hatton was knocked cold by Pacquiao in a 2nd round stoppage on May 2nd, 2009.
Will the Death of the Pacquiao/Mayweather Fight be Boxing’s Downfall? Not as Much as We Think
By Warren Cloud: The fact that the Pacquiao/Mayweather fight will not happen on March 13 (and will probably never will), is certainly a major disappointment for all boxing fans. What it boils down to is greed and unreasonable demands by the fighters, camps, and promoters involved. Most boxing professionals and analysts believe that this fight could have been as big, or bigger than the super fights of the likes of Marvin Hagler/Tommy Hearns.
Pacquiao-Mayweather: Aftermath of No War
By Rasheed Catapang: There’s a school of thought out there that Mayweather would have easily dominated Pacquiao had their fight actually push through and that it’s just as well it won’t happen because it would have altered the current landscape of boxing for the worse.
Don’t entertain nor dwell on such things for there’s just no “happy thoughts” there – not for Peter Pan or for the rest of us (boxing fans).
Is Pacquiao better off not having fought Mayweather?
By Dave Lahr: The more and more I think about it, the better off Manny Pacquiao was by not choosing to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. I think Mayweather would have totally dominated Pacquiao from start to finish with his movement and pinpoint punching, and I see the fight as one-sided slaughter. But here’s the deal: by not facing Mayweather – a fight that Pacquiao might have taken a beating in – Pacquiao can continue on with his winning streak become even a bigger star by picking up wins over the likes of Joshua Clottey.
Arum could have future Pacquiao fights at the Dallas Cowboy stadium – News
By Jason Kim: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is ecstatic about his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao facing Joshua Clottey at the large Dallas Cowboy stadium on March 13th, in Arlington, Texas. Arum, 79, plans on having some of Pacquiao’s future fights at the Dallas cowboy stadium, according to Abs-cbn news. The advantage is that with the big stadium, Arum can get more paying fans and get more attention to Pacquiao, and help boxing in the process.