By Chris Williams: In an interview of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum by Greg Leon of Boxing Talk Arum says when asked about the undercard of last Saturday’s Pacquiao-Clottey fight at the Cowboy Stadium “I thought the undercard fights were very good. I thought the Soto-Diaz fight was a very good fight. I thought the crowd was into it and I thought it was closer than the scorecards had it. I thought Duddy performed very well against a tough Mexican. Unfortunately Castillo came up empty and retired, but I think it was a strong undercard.”
Pacquiao vs. Clottey
Mayweather: Pacquiao was “exposed” and looked “one-dimensional” against Clottey
By Esteban Garduno: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. saw last Saturday night’s match between Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao and he was not impressed in the least, saying in an article at Cagereport.net, “Personally, I think Pacquiao got exposed in that fight for being one-dimensional. You can have all [the] offence ability in the world but with no defense you’re not going to last long against a good counter puncher such as myself. Look at the way Clottey was getting through, each time he threw something it landed. Then at the end Pacquiao’s was all busted up, when’s the last time you’ve seen my face all messed up like that? That’s the difference between an amateur and a true pound for pound boxer.”
Pacquiao: When is he going to step it up and fight someone really good?
By Chris Williams: Unlike a lot of people who are crowing 24/7 about how great Manny Pacquiao has looked in chocking up his latest win over Joshua Clottey last Saturday night at the Cowboy Stadium, I wasn’t impressed in the least by the fight or Pacquiao’s opponent. I’m tired of seeing Pacquiao put in with fighters that I see as tailor made for him.
You know, the come forward types with almost zero ability to move or defend. In Clottey’s case, he was able to defend himself well, but was incapable of throwing more than a token shot in self defense. The thing of it is this was known going into the fight about Clottey.
What’s Next for Clottey, Pac-Man?
By David Berry: Isn’t this what we expected? Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO), as planned, blitzed through Joshua Clottey (35-4-20 KO) on Saturday night; another opponent left in the dust. Despite Bob Arum’s best efforts to sell this fight on its own merits, the end result was never in question. The only real question going into Saturday night, and the only one that remained afterward, was whether or not a mega fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO) could finally be inked when it was over, provided Mayweather can get through Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO) on May 1
Fights at the Cowboy Stadium: I couldn’t care less about them
By Chris Williams: I watched last Saturday night’s awful Joshua Clottey vs. Manny Pacquiao card at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, and I got to say I personally don’t care whether there are any more fights at that stadium or any other stadium. Supposedly, this is something that is good for boxing to have fights shown in large stadiums. How is it good for me? I didn’t get anything from it. All I saw on Saturday night, while watching the fight on Pay-Per-View for $49.95, was an occasional pan of the camera to an unfilled stadium. How is that good for me?
How come Pacquiao got so beat up by Clottey?
By Esteban Garduno: I know how fans of Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) think he looked sensational in his 12 round decision win over Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, but Pacquiao sure did get beaten up by Clottey, didn’t he? Look at Pacquiao’s face after the fight, badly marked around both eyes, his face swollen from Clottey’s powerful shots and an appearance of someone you could easily mistake as the loser had you not watched the fight. And then look at Clottey, not a scratch on his face, barely sweating at all and looking very much like the winner of the fight.
Pacquiao’s Perfect Performance
By Rasheed Catapang: “He had a good defense, but defense isn’t enough to win a fight,” Roach said. And that basically summed up the whole Pacquiao-Clottey Affair. The Event was – no small thanks to Clottey – uneventful.
His defense was too good for his own good. There was madness in his method. The method to his madness, however, was lost in that air-tight defense. Impenetrable as it was that almost nothing went in, nothing also went out. Clottey honed his defensive mastery to the extreme, almost possum-like, but thoroughly forgot that boxing also required a lot of punching in order to win.
Clottey very impressive with his clamshell defense
By Esteban Garduno: Forget about the results of Saturday’s fight between Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) and Manny Pacquiao for a second. The real story on Saturday’s fight was Clottey’s clamshell defense. It was incredible the way that Clottey completely stifled Pacquiao’s offense. The Filipino was forced to throw over 1200 punches to try and get through Clottey’s airtight clamshell. It literally took Pacquiao that many punches to win the 12 round decision because Clottey shut him down completely with his defense. To watch the clam in process was very impressive.
Pacquiao-Clottey: A Fight for the Fans
By Alexander Fugate: All we have heard from Roach since him and Pacquiao walked away from a fight with Mayweather and signed to face Clottey is how it will be a good fight and a more exciting fight for the fans than a fight with Mayweather. It seems like whenever Roach was actually talking about Pacquiao’s bout with Clottey and not talking about Mayweather, he told us that Pacquiao fights for the fans and that his fight with Clottey would be exciting and we should be happy that Pacquiao was facing Clottey and not Mayweather.
Pacquiao-Clottey: Analysis
By Dennis Broadhurst: Well, I just saw the fight and admit that it was not the most exciting of fights, however, I think that people should lay off Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao did amazingly well, landing many more punches on Joshua Clottey than he was hit with, most of them were body shots but still shots.
Pacquiao was not busted up too badly by Clottey apart from a little bruising, the fight should not have taken too much out of Pacquiao, at least not as much as people expected.. I think Pacquiao did remarkably well against Clottey, avoiding being hit too much, apart from the odd straight right hand and uppercut.