My bad...I screwed this post up!!!!! I got excited...I thought of Boricua Lefty Boxer...And immediately thought of Collazo...MY BAD!!!
Cotto beat Quintana. He WON against Clottey. Big difference. Clottey will put him to sleep easily once he gets a hold of him.
this should be a great night of boxing!!! can't wait! I'm not even ready to make picks for this night. Initially though, if i had to pick right now, i'd go with a Pavlik KO and a clottey UD. This could change though, i mean, i wouldn't be surprised to see a Williams split decision and a Quintana split decision.
Clottey should be able to find Quin sometime towards mid fight and either stop or punish Quin to a UD. Its possible if Quins stamina holds up he can out slick Joshua but I see this fight resembling a past encounter involving Joshua and another decently regarded undefeated contender Shamone Alvarez. Alvarez fights with the same swagger that Quin personifies though he has less pop in his punches. It could be an intresting match but I lean towards a Clottey stoppage late in the bout. Joshua can be quite deceptive, in his bout with cotto right before Cotto's 6th round round flurry Cotto hit Clottey with a left hook that came in after two jabs that hit him in the temple and staggered him forward...visible hurt he decided to use his shell defense and gather himself in a corner on the ropes. It was and excellent move one that seemingly gave the impression that the flurry had no effect while simutaneously capsizing any previous thoughts of clottey actually getting seriously buzzed. I guess what I'm trying say is, yes clotty can be hurt but he rarely shows it.
A rematch would be prudent, I just hope Joshua does not use the same excuse he used post fight mentioning the fact that he was being cautious of Cotto's counter attack as the reason why he did not press the issue.
Clottey will lose again based on lack of productivity when it counts. If Quintana figured Williams out in the first fight I don't anticipate him losing to a complacent Clottey !!!!
I agree....also there should be a stipulation that on the very first headbut Clottey throws...he should be DQ'd !!!!