could Pacquiao look any more like Roberto Duran

I'm one of those people who can't stand to be watching replay's of fights. I have to see it unfold as it's happening. Staying up to 4am is common practice for me; Boxing comes first, sleep comes second.

 

I think it was round 11 I gave a Clottey half a round, he had some success and I was gonna give it to him but then he was shaken at the end and I split it. Round 12 was clear Pacquiao for me, round 10 might have been close but it would have been generosity and nothing else that gave him it, by the end you're just looking to give Clottey something but thats just pity and I dont listen to that I call the fight as I see it.

Its like all this 'give the champion the benefit of the doubt' bull****. No call the fight as you see it, dont call it then abduct two points for a fighter being the challenger. Anyway....

 

I would probably have watched it as well but adverts **** me off, especially when its the same one for the fourth time.

 

Truth be told, I was more interested in seeing Humberto Soto fight. One of my favorite active fighters going, and I kind of predicted a one-sided main event, as the majority did also. That's what I'm surprised with. Most people cited when the fight was first announced that Clottey was going to be dreadfully outworked and the fight would be lacking drama and excitement, those same people buy it then complain afterwards. Boggles the mind.

 

I quite enjoyed it, I'm not a Pac Maniac or Pac Hugger or whatever.... but the man just dominates anyone he fights at the moment and I'm impressed by that. I used to think Mayweather would beat him but I'm beginning to have second thoughts. Soto was very good as well, he's moved up nicely.

 

Humberto Soto frustrated me when he backed off David Diaz in the first round. He had him hurt pretty badly with that short left hook on the ropes, but he didn't follow up on it. Surprises me because he's usually a pretty handy finisher, but perhaps he was being generous to his good friend Diaz.

Manny Pacquiao is clearly an impressive fighter, but he just doesn't have all that pleasing of a style to me. I enjoyed his bodywork against Joshua though, I think he should go to the body more in all of his fights. Dig down, and throw hooks both sides, then come up.

 

Believe me there was no genorousity towards Clottey from me i have a boarderline homo mancrush on the pacman. 117 - 113 does not paint an accurate picture of the fight as a whole but scoring round to round i feel its justified. It wasn't too often but he did have pacman moving backwards a few times, and scored more effective punches, not as many, but more effective in a few of the rounds, so i gave them to clottey. Saying that though he did not win a single round significantly, i agree with that, but i feel they were close and he edged a few. I scored two rounds even which couldve gone to pac, but i feel they were two close to pick a winner.

It most definatley was a blatant, obvious UD for Pac, but i believe Clottey's performance was spited maybe a little by commentators and the fans.

 

I never put much faith in Compubox when it comes to punches landed.

 

Ya,
but the poofter sings like Tiny Tim.

 

Thats a pretty insane scorecard to be honest.

I gave Clottey round 11. There were some closeish rounds if you go on the basis of clean shots, but no more then 2 or 3.