MiddleMan stop being an armchair fan acting like you know about real boxing. "ooh oohh but he threw a higher percentage", who gives a crap about that and your compustrike "proof". I mean he could have just throw 3 punches and just landed 2 the whole fight and he would've had a higher percentage. That is not how boxing works. Also, way to simplify the blood test dilemma too giving any crucial details. Freaking epitome of a bandwagon armchair critic.
LMAO do you think that Clottey stepped into the ring with the intention of just throwing 20 punches a round? He started out the match decent, picking his spots and marked up Manny's face better than Hatton, Cotto etc have... He couldn't handle Manny's offensive onslaught. He couldn't open up because he was on the defense the entire time and it got worse the longer the fight went. The reason why he had no offense is because Manny was on him the entire time battering him with 100 punches a round. Floyd can backtrack the entire fight, but if he spends the entire night running from Pacquiao he will LOSE in 12. PERIOD. This dude actually knows whats up. Clottey spent the entire fight on his heels not able to do anything because he knew that Pacquiao would go lights out on his ass with one shot. Clottey is stronger and bigger than Floyd, what makes anyone think that Floyd is going to be able to open up on Pac any better than Clottey did if Floyd turtles like Clottey did? If anything Mayweather is MORE susceptible to that one shot that's going to put him down than Clottey and will need to be even more tentative. Unless you think Floyd is going to hurt Manny with that jab LOL and win the fight jabbing at him. I actually believe that Pacquiao might be on something. We've been burned too many times in the past with Bonds, Rocket etc... It makes sense to me that Floyd is terrified of Pacquiao, he's just too good and Floyd can't beat that man. Pacquiao is literally better physically than it seems a human being could be naturally (just like I think Bo Jackson was on something but I digress...) So yeah Pacquiao might be on PED but refusing to take that test, logically isn't in any way a statement on WHETHER Manny is on PED. Logically speaking, he knew that he could simply pass on that fight, fight someone else in March, pocket that$10 million and then this summer Arum, the boxing commissions, HBO and everyone else would build up the hype to the eventual fight that Mayweather is going to have to take... or retire. It's not like Pacquiao was giving up that 25 million. He's simply making Mayweather come to him on his terms... since at this point Floyd needs this fight more than Pac does. Could be because of PEDs but could also be that he doesn't think that he needs to cowtow to whatever hoops Floyd demands. In my mind either reason could be equally valid. Why should Pac subject himself to Floyd's terms? Paquiao is the bigger name ATM
First, the 3 judges saw it differently. it was almost a perfect score for Manny. Second, are you expecting Manny's punches to literally break Clottey's arm? The guy keep hiding in the ring. Don't you consider that breaking his defense? Clottey is taller and bigger man. Clottey LITERALY followed the refe's intruction to PROTECT HIMSELF AT ALL TIMES. Isn't that domination????????? Yes Clottey connected big shots but it was a bait for Clottey to open up. Clottey has bigger punch than Floyd.
i saw some semblance of the clottey /pacman fight to the first half of the DLH /mayweather fight, where DLH was agressive, and kept pressuring. He was actually winning the fight, but he didnt have the stamina to keep that going so he tired him out. Thats where mayweather took advantage and took the fight, and remember that fight was a split decision. Also, freddie roach was DLHs trainer. Basically, if mayweather employs the same tactics against pacman, he'll lose the fight. Pacmans stamina is completely inhuman. I just hope the fight happens before pacman gets old, i hate when ppl dodge boxers until they arent at their peak.
It is, what it is. That shows me that Clottey was able to pick his spots with ease, when he ever he wanted to actually strike.
in the last round, he didn't even bother to try more.... he didn't box to win but to defend his Zero KO record. Pretty much like Floyd.
lol, I'm sure you're right. Clottey could have won if he wanted to, but I guess he just didn't feel like winning.
Through out the whole fight, he did not want to exchange against pacman he was just there for a payday.
i don't know about you guys, but i thought pac dropped his defense earlier in the fight to get clottey to open up his defense and entice clottey to exchange with him. But Clottey wasn't changing his turtle plan. If you notice in the later rds, Pac was easily blocking the shots that connected earlier in the fight.
This thread should've been over 2 pages ago. I'm sure if Clottey tried to slug it out, he would've been KO'd a la Cotto. There's no conspiracy theory here. Clottey fought as he always had but this time he was simply outclassed.
Clottey was holding back, even his trainer was pleading to him to be more active through out the whole fight.
according to clottey's trainer, he believed that clottey's felt pac's power and was scared to take a chance and risk getting KOed like pac's previous opponents...
