Joshua Clottey vs Gabriel Rosado Dec 19th

*edit* british website has the fight as a pickem with Clottey as a slight underdog at +135

 

Bro that was a cotto jab at the end of r1 that yes landed on his face but caught him throwing and threw him off balance

 

He doesn't have great defense?

Him and Winky Wright are the ear muff brothers. I mean.. for that style of defense its about as tight and responsible as it gets, not sure how you can justify this statement.

The only reason his face was unmarked in the Pacquaio fight while pacs was more scruffed up then his, was because of this defense. Even though it also demonstrates his tendency to regress into taht shell under pressure.

So if Rosado fights like that, then he will greatly improve his chances of winning this fight. I will review the Soto-Karass fight and see what similarities he has to Clottey. The fights I have seen Rosado fight, he never has come super aggressive, even when he was walking Qullin down in rounds 3-7... he wasn't throwing a super lot, but he was applying a lot of pressure.

This style of pressure will not work vs Clottey he has to throw nonstop, not just walk him down. i dont think he has done that in his career.

 

After viewing some of the footage...Soto-Karass is a poor comparison my friend. You can see the difference between Rosado and Karass. In your mind, Clottey is as blustering and uncoordinated as Karass.

But the reality is its just a different class of fighter. Not as accurate, not as fast, not as tight defensively. The reality is that Clottey is more athletic and coordinated then Rosado. Not to mention Clottey should still built be built like a tank still at 158. Rosado and Clottey are similar in the body , not like a nazi camp survivor like karass

Secondly, even though Rosado was outclassing Karass and being aggressive. Again he was just picking his spots to do it.. not throwing nonstop

 

Im pretty sure before the headbutt, other then the KD..Clottey was looking really good as it was

 

Wow, great breakdown! Someone who obviously applys knowledge, experience and puts Quality thought into what he sees in the sport. Ain't but a handful of those around ESB.... thank God you posted!

Diving into the ****ysis. Let me start with where I agree. Clottey can absolutely disappear in that shell if you make him. That is his response to quality and constant pressure, IF you are unaffected by his initial counters and keep coming. That is the way as you mention, to get into Clotteys head. I also agree with the head observation, on top of that.... not only can he be dirty, but he also has a tendency to dramatize injury to himself and use it as an excuse to regress.


Now where we digress.
The lowblow or dirty tactic won't work. Clottey isn't a hothead. He responds to everything with control and calm. That is why pressure works against him, because he is a control freak, and his strategy to control an effective high work rate is to block everything via his high guard shell. It doesn't matter if hes scoring right now, in his head there will be opportunities to score when he sees them. Unfortunately hes wrong vs this style.

All this is moot though, because this is not Rosado's style and has never been even once in his career. The problem with the way to beat Clottey, via constant swarmer..ie Marg and Pac is that Rosado has never fought the way as a nonstop swarmer his entire career. Thats just not who he is. He is a boxerpuncher and picks his spots and has many lulls himself in a fight and doesn't thrown voluminious combinations. This a style that Clottey has an advantage over.

On Clotteys legs, and on the prescription for Rosado... I don't follow your assesment. Zab Judah used this gameplan and tried to use footwork to move constantly around the ring, and while Judah has mentality issues of his own, Clottey remained aggressive the entire night cut off the ring very effectively with his footwork. You do not want an aggressive Clottey he can give anyone in the world at his weights trouble. That is not how to get in Clotteys head.

Rosado can win, but he won't unless he trained his entire training camp to excercise this style transplant, which I don't see happening.

Clotteys guard is not something you can feint out of the way with a jab, because he doesn't block it with an open glove he blocks it with tight arms and elbows chin tucked. Best things to do is push him back to the ropes and tee off through the guard all night long. Just not Rosado though as much heart and as tough as he is hes not a constant brawler.

Something you never mentioned once which is one of Clotteys best attributes: He is deadly and crisply accurate with his punches. He doesn't have KO power, he doesn't have a high workrate but when he does throw and open up... and this is an attestment to his footwork... he knows exactly how to find his distance and can land at will. Clottey has excellent footwork IMO better then Rosados. His style is not to be elusive via lateral movement, he utilizes that shell and his footwork is subtle to just stay slightly outside or right in range that is how the top boxers do it. Via inches, not big clumsy steps.

Also not mentioned.... is his counterpunches! If you let him he will counterpunch you all night because he has great timing. The great boxers have that mastered distance and timing. As they say boxing is a game of inches and timing. Clottey excercises both in his skillset.

Rosado is a solid opponent, good heart and willpower, decent boxing skills. But not aggressive enough and not skilled enough to overcome Clottey in my estimation

Also you start with Clottey's chin being top notch then out of nowhere Rosado can feint the jab hit him with and uppercut and a hook and boom its all over for Clottey :huh But who knows anyone can be knocked out. Its always possible, i think you'd need a sledgehammer to knock out Clottey personally, but let's see. Rosado is 4 inches taller and will undoubtedly be the bigger man.

In any case, good contribution! keep it up.

 

It's worth mentioning that Bookies have Clottey as a +165 underdog :deal

 

This week.. :happy