Clottey muscles Pac!!!

LordSharpshire · Mar 9, 2010

A larger noggin' and the will to use it in battle

LSomefun · Mar 9, 2010

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A couple things that Clottey brings to the table that Pacquiao may not have seen before or at least at this level are a great defense, size, and durability. Clottey is a defensive genius in my opinion. His high guard practically covers his face and most of his body. He works from his defense which also means that his offense comes from his defense. Clottey is similar to Arthur Abraham in this respect. Clottey may also be the physically strongest boxer that Pacquiao has yet to face, and Clottey may zoom up to around the high 150's or low 160's on fight night. He has the frame to carry that weight, and his style works perfectly well with it. Pacquiao is fortunate to have fought Cotto in his last fight, at least he's accustomed to someone who is strong and big. Lastly, Clottey is physically strong, durable, and has great stamina. Clottey should not have stamina problems. He can also take a lot of punches especially since he will be deflecting many of Pac's punches with his defensive guard. Pacquaio should win the fight. He has the right tools especially power. Pacquiao has the power to hurt Clottey. There will be openings in Clottey's defense, and Pac has the speed to place them. He also has the workrate to slowly wear him down. Zab Judah, despite his amazing speed, could not hurt and slow down Clottey, because he did not have the power or the workrate. He didn't have the right tools, but Pacquiao does, at least on paper.
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Most of what u say is right except Zab not having the power, Zab punches hurt! Ask Cotto before Cotto went dirty in that fight. Clottey is a tough Mofo with great defense and that why he survived.

bulakenyo · Mar 9, 2010

kartog said: ↑

Intentional headbutts.

PacMan's been badly bothered by dirty guys before. Nedal Hussein, Agapito Sanchez (+), Hector Velazquez in the early rounds. He was too "clean" to retaliate even with Freddie urging him to get some payback.

If Joshua wrestles and headbutts him, I honestly don't know how Pacquiao will react. Will he deal with it in a more even-handed manner or will he still play the fair-haired choir boy, now that he has developed into a more complete fighter?

This aspect is surprisingly not emphasized in recent articles on the fight. For all it's worth, it may just dictate how the fight goes in its entirety.
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I was also thinking like this.

Clottey's new trainer, Lenny De Jesus was with team Pac back in the early-mid 90's, and in an interview, he said that Pac is still basically the same fighter that he saw when he was still his cutman.

Maybe what he meant was MP's mental/emotional make up when getting roughed up by an opponent is still basically the same, not the skills development part.

Maybe Team Clottey thinks that if they rough Pac up enough, maybe butt him from time to time, (not major, obvious butts, but still damaging) they'll take him off his groove and rythym.

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