Canelo vs. Clottey likely for December

clottey35234By Dan Ambrose: It’s looking like former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-1-1, 31 KOs) will be fighting the soon to be 37-year-old former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (38-4, 22 KOs) this December.

Steve Kim is talking about Clottey being the one that the 24-year-old Canelo could be facing next instead of a more dangerous opponent like Erislandy Lara, Demetrius Andrade or James Kirkland.

Clottey vs. Canelo isn’t a great fight, and it’s definitely not pay-per-view worthy. Golden Boy Promotions vice president Eric Gomez told ESPN this past week that Canelo’s next fight in December won’t be on pay-per-view. Gomez said it wouldn’t be on PPV because the market was over-saturated with too many PPV fights. But the closer reality is that there would be no way that Canelo and Golden Boy could sell Canelo vs. Clottey on PPV. Canelo-Clottey isn’t even a good fight for regular non-PPV Showtime. I see this as an ESPN Friday Night Fights undercard fight rather than any kind of main event type of fight.

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Canelo’s options for December: Andrade, Kirkland and Clottey

canelo6767By D.A: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1 31 KOs) has revealed his other 2 options for December other than James Kirkland, according to Univision Deportes and Vanguardia.mx. The other two are WBO 154 champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0 14 KOs) and Joshua Clottey (38-4-0-1 22 KOs).

There was rumors of Andrade squaring off against Clottey next but there hasn’t been any confirmation nor any other signs pointing to that fight getting made.

Andrade a former US Olympian is in his physical prime and is coming off a brutal stoppage win over England’s Brian Rose. Clottey is coming off a win over Australian Anthony Mundine. I’m sure fans would definitely be more interested in Canelo fighting Andrade rather than Clottey simply because Andrade seems like he’d pose more of a threat than an aging Clottey.

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Clottey batters Mundine, ruins his Mayweather dream fight

mundine25By Dan Ambrose: If 38-year-old Anthony “The Man” Mundine (46-6, 27 KO’s) is going to get his dream fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. then he’s going to need some kind of miracle at this point in his career, as Mundine took a pounding tonight by former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (38-4, 22 KO’s) in losing a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision at the Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

The worst part of it was that Clottey beat Mundine in front of his own Australian fans, and he beat him pretty badly. Clottey knocked Mundine down 5 times in the fight in putting him down in the 3rd, two times in the 6th, another time in the 8th and a final time in the 10th. The judge’s scores were 116-108, 115-109, 117-108.

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Mundine: The fight against Clottey is one of the toughest of my career

mundine544By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (46-5, 27 KO’s) will be in the ring next week on Wednesday, April 9th against former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (37-4, 22 KO’s) at the Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Mundine must win this fight in order to keep in position to get an eventual title shot against WBA 154lb champion Erislandy Lara. This should be a fairly safe fight for the 38-year-old Mundine, as long as he doesn’t get caught by one of Clottey’s triple hooks.

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Clottey: I’m retiring Mundine on April 9th

clottey3423By Allan Fox: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (37-4, 22 KO’s) plans on beating the bigger #3 WBA Anthony Mundine (46-5, 27 KO’s) in front of his own fans on April 9th and sending him into retirement when they meet up at the Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Clottey, now 36, realizes that Mundine has selected him in order to get a victory over a well-known fighter to get in position to get a title shot against the WBA 154lb champion Erislandy Lara. Clottey feels that Mundine, 38, is looking past him, and he plans on making him pay for it by beating him and wrecking his dreams of a title shot or a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

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Mundine: I want Mayweather!

With just under 3 weeks to go until Anthony Mundine continues on his quest to face Floyd Mayweather by the end of 2014, the former super middleweight and middleweight world champion, is deep into his 8 week training camp, at his gym in Sydney.

“It’s been a great camp, and I’m preparing as I always do, just eating, and living right, and making the sacrifices to reach my goals, and my destiny. I want Mayweather.”

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Anthony Mundine vs. Joshua Clottey on April 2nd

By Allan Fox: 38-year-old former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (46-5, 27 KO’s) is saying that he plans on fighting the 36-year-old Joshua Clottey (37-4, 22 KO’s) on April 2nd at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia. This fight makes about as much sense as Mundine’s recent fight against the 42-year-old Shane Mosley. Clottey has fought only two times in the last four fights in beating journeyman Dashon Johnson by a 10 round unanimous decision last year in September. Before that, Clottey stopped Calvin Green in the 2nd round in November of 2011.

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Joshua Clottey vs. Willie Nelson possible for June 29th in New York

clottey567By Allan Fox: 35-year-old former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (36-4, 22 KO’s) has reportedly agreed to face #4 WBC, #14 IBF junior middleweight contender Willie Nelson (36-4, 22 KO’s) on the June 29th Gennady Golovkin vs. Matthew Macklin fight card in New York City, according to Dan Rafael. However, the fight hasn’t yet been agreed on by HBO or Lou Dibella.

This is a tough match-up for Clottey because Nelson, 25, is a big puncher and he’s in the prime of his career. He’s been fighting frequently and is definitely one of the best fighters in the weight class. Nelson has a four fight winning streak going since losing an eight round majority decision to Vincent Arroyo in April of 2011.

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Clottey: Kell Brook turned me down for a fight

Image: Clottey: Kell Brook turned me down for a fightBy Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s looking for a big name for the 25-year-old Brook’s next fight on July 7th in Sheffield, naming guys like 40-year-old Shane Mosley, Marcos Maidana and Paulie Malignaggi as the people they’re after for that date.

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Clottey wants Pacquiao rematch

Image: Clottey wants Pacquiao rematchBy 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.

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