Who else is pulling for Clottey?

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  1. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Having watched the Road to Dallas and a few other Clottey features, I like the guy and I am really pulling for him. I was hoping that Quackiao would win to keep the pressure on for a Mayweather fight, but I have bought into the Clottey PR and I am pulling for the underdog!

    Who else is pulling for Clottey?

    :happy
     
    Jaguar, Mar 7, 2010
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  2. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    I think I'm almost with you.

    I still want a pac/may fight though, so i'm torn.
     
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  3. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Sure I'd love clottey to win
    but its not going to happen.
     
    tommygun711, Mar 7, 2010
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  4. lucasehr

    lucasehr Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, all the behind-the-scenes stuff I've seen and the ESPN the Magazine article really endeared him to me (as they tend to do for the underdog). I've always liked him as a fighter and it'd be cool to see him get the W. I'd be OK with him winning.

    But on the other hand Pac-Floyd needs to happen. So I'm perfectly fine with Manny winning. And I'd be shocked if he didn't.
     
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  5. Morrissey

    Morrissey Underrated Full Member

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    You don't like Pacquaio?
     
    Morrissey, Mar 7, 2010
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  6. puga_ni_nana

    puga_ni_nana Dempsey Roll Full Member

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    i don't mind a clottey-mosley fight for welter supremacy. the two ego-centric p4p fighters needs some form of ass-whopping to let them touch the earth once again. :lol:
     
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  7. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't know if you were joking or being sarcastic or what, but I used to love Pacquiao. However since the Mayweather negotiation debacle, my opinion has changed. A lot of things have come to light from Manny and Team Manny like his adultery, braggadocio, excuses, and lies/contradictions. I have always said that Manny would get pwned by FMJ, and that Manny's opponents have been carefully selected as well as shot/drained, but the events since December have pushed me over the edge. Manny and company have lost me as a fan.

    Anyway, back to Clottey. :happy I wasn't planning on buying this fight because I thought that it would be one-sided and I didn't care. I saw it as a Mayweather duck and that was it. However now I think Clottey has a (very small) chance, and I am pulling for him. Checking out that guy's apartment, and his daughter back in Ghana... The locksmith/cut man as his trainer... This is what boxing is all about. A chance at a better life.
     
    Jaguar, Mar 7, 2010
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  8. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    100% agreed. However if Pac loses and Mayweather wins, then what? Will we have a Judah/Baldomir situation again? Would Mayweather fight Pacquiao and then Clottey? Would the deal be more easily done with Pac having a recent L on his record. Maybe Mayweather would ask for 60/40 this time? Maybe Pac would have no choice but to agree to the testing. A Clottey win opens up so many possibilities.
     
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  9. Irelandsthebest

    Irelandsthebest Active Member Full Member

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    :good
     
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  10. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Commiting adultery is wrong but has nothing to do iwith him being in the ring. Yes my opinion has changed of Pac but he is again fighting a bigger man so I can' knock him too much. I am on the fence as to whom I want to win but the tide may turn as the days get closer to March 13. Clottey is tough the guy walks around in South Bronx at midnight!
     
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  11. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    I like to shout for the underdog so I'm already with Clottey and I like the guy because he is real, humble and he knows he has a real opportunity. I just tend to get drawn to the "poor guy who walked into a gym one day" ****.
     
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  12. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know that adultery doesn't effect what he does in the ring, but Pacquiao presents himself as a family man, and a man of faith. As a Christian myself, I try to walk the straight and narrow (we all fall short), but there is no way that I would try to "sell" myself based on my faith, and then as soon as the cameras stop rolling, go back to doing dirt. I know that it happens a lot, and not just with Pacquiao, but I bought into the whole family man, Christian man thing hard and to be honest I feel a bit betrayed.

    Yeah I thought about the whole jogging around the South Bronx at night, but I'm sure that they know him in his neighborhood by now, but still...
     
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  13. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    :thinkLike with Holyfield? Anyways, I too try to be religious at times but so many bloodshed has been caused by differences in religion so I just try to love others.
     
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  14. ringsider

    ringsider Active Member Full Member

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    Clottey has real good shot at this....he has more heart than Cotto.

    Pacquiao is a goofy southpaw, I will never be in his corner......
     
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  15. gyll

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    War Clottey!!!! I would love for him to win so he can get a better place than that small hole he calls an apartment. Not hating on Pac but he has had his moment. Let the people the Ghana rejoice for a change.
     
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