Clottey could have won...

agreed on all fronts. Pac gets hit way too easy vs a human punching bag

 

I completely disagree, Clottey fought the way 90% of people thought he was going to, and I thought he gave a good account of himself to be quite honest.

Prior to the match, the ideology stipulating a Clottey victory was that Pac may punch himself out and tire by the late rounds, leaving Clottey a chance to grab the KO. Clottey showed he's got just about the best defensive guard in boxing, and he showed talent in counter punching.

It's not Clottey's fault he can't beat a fighter who's punch combinations can knock somebody out with a single flush punch. By no exaggeration, Pacquiao is an absolute monster. Speed and power in absolute abundance, and stamina to fuel those combinations for 12 rounds (and probably longer).

I don't think we should berate Clottey for going 12 rounds with Pac. He was looking for a 1 punch counter KO, he just didnt get it...

 

:good

 

Clottey should have opened up more. It didn't appear any one punch from Pac was hurting him. Had of Clottey let his hands go I think he would have made it a closer fight without a doubt. He fought to go 12 rounds and survive though

 

clottey fought like clottey

 

I don't think it makes sense to say what Clottey COULD have done if you are not Clottey. How do you know what he could have done? Maybe that was all he could do. If he opened up, he might have scored more, but he would have gotten hit more too.

 

I think the main reason we saw pac get hit a lot tonight because he left his defense during the entire fight.

Which initially i thought was part of clottey's plan, you fight like that for a good 6 or 7 rounds and your opponent will get overconfident, leave his defense and become open for a lot of opportunities, but what went wrong was pac is was just a machine that night, never even got tired after throwing around 1000 punches..and showed to have a great chin taking full shots like that from clottey, those shots put cotto on his bike

 

:good

 

That's how Clottey fights though, I mean you just can't be offensive when you're implementing that shell-like defence, especially when your opponent is throwing 100 punches per round. You can't do both, you just can't. Maybe Clottey could have been more offensive, but that's just not how he fights. That's why he lost to Cotto and Margarito as well, I don't understand how people expected anything else from him...

 

Well I dont know if he could have won but he could definately but up a better fight than hiding behide his gloves and throw 1 punch a round

 

Well all I'm saying is, Clottey should not be "disgraced" with his performance. It's not his fault he can't contend with the p4p king, all he can do is give his best performance, and I think he gave a good account of himself.

 

Well throwing and covering up is what every boxer wants to do. The same advice would work for anyone.

Sometimes it isn't about what one fighter didn't do as much as it is about what the other fighter DID do. A lot of people acting like Clottey lost the fight for himself, like there was this simple way to win and he stupidly didn't try. That is an insult to pacquiao.