Floyd vs Shane is making Pac vs Clottey look boring...

Floyd Vs Shane is making Pac Vs Clottey look boring...

Ofcourse it does. You have 2 mainstream future hall of fame fighters there, an aggressive boxer puncher vs a pure defense boxer.

In saying that, I doubt Clottey v Pacman will be a boring fight.

 

If you actually watch his fights objectively you'll see how fundamentally and technically sound he is even if he is not as exciting\dynamic as needed to make him popular. He makes few mistakes, gives few openings and is accurate with his offense. Like Mayweather.

Given that Clottey is not a marquee name boxer, he does have notable wins. Please note that most of the name boxers have been avoiding him like the plague. That includes Cintron, Mosley, Quintana, Berto, Paul Williams. He even gave Cintron a shot when he was IBF champ and Cintron ducked.

That said he does have notable wins.

1. He totally dismantled Diego Coralles. Only Mayweather was as dominant against Chico.
2. He thoroughly beat up Zab Judah. No one has beaten up Judah that bad, not Cotto, not Mayweather. He was on the verge of knocking Judah out in the 9th round.
3. He beat undefeated prospects Richard Guitterez and Shamone Alvarez.
4. He TKO'd Jose Luis Cruz(the only man to have KO'd Jose Luis Cruz). The same Jose Luis Cruz who went 12 hard rounds with Shane Mosley.

Besides, he has never looked bad in any fight, even his losses. If anything the complain is always, why did he give away the win. Not that it was taken from him. He was completely dominating Baldomir, Margarito and Cotto. He gave away the fights, not the opponent finding a way to win.

He was unanimously ahead against Baldomir before the DQ, he was outclassing Margarito before the hand injuries and he dominated Cotto from rounds 4-5, 7-10, Cotto didn't look good even in the rounds he's supposed to have won. Watch the fights, no audio. You'll see what I am trying to get across.

He might not win against Pac but he'll make make Pac look human. A motivated, prepared Clottey is a serious threat to Pac and even Pac, with all his speed and power, has to be perfect and disciplined tactically to win.

 

Surely Mayweather-Mosley weill generate more PPV buys simply because you have two american fighters who are household names fighting each other. It does not take economic majors to know that. But that does not what concerns me.

PPV numbers are for their accountants and Bob Arum to ponder or think about, while I, as a fan, just wants action in the ring.

Now if it becomes an issue if in case Pac- Mayweather negotiation happens (and I am sure that it will be, just as I am sure that the Floydettes will use the PPV numbers as a gauge for who is the number 1 P4P, more exciting fighter, or any agenda that fits their criteria)., then so be it.

However, this is my 1000 per cent guarantee - there will be more action in the Pac - Clottey fight than in the Mayweather-Mosley fight. Meaning that for your buck per minute, Pac fights are worth it. Example - Pac-Hatton fight - 5 minutes 58 seconds- that is almost 10 dollars per minute for every person who paid PPV, but it was worth it.

 

I wouldn't call Pac v Clottey boring at all. Just that Floyd V Mosley is THE fight of the welterweight division.

 

pacquaio and clottey will most likely turn out to be the more exciting fight due to their styles, but floyd and mosley is the fight that is the more meaningful fight, it's the bout the boxing world wants to see.

 

You're boring.:tired

 

both fights are going to be good.

 

Nobody has never really convicingly beat Clottey. If Pac can KO him, or score a wide UD, it'll say alot.

 

No it wasn't. That PPV was a waste of money. Nobody wants to pay $50 for a fight only to see it last two rounds. That's what used to **** people off about Tyson's fights.

 

Totally agree, although I was more pissed off at Hatton's lack of learning than Pac dominating him.

I believe the Mayweather v Hatton fight was a lot more entertaining, Hatton was also unbeaten at the time and the hostility between the fighters created a great hype for the fight.

 

As a fan you also have to deal with negotiations in hopes fights come off.

So while you may not care now, you will later.

You can say that there will be more action, but that depends on what you like.

 

So you actually want to watch fights where the fighter at the start decided that he will win by decision?

I don't know where you got the idea that people are pissed about tyson's fight because I grew up during tyson's reign of terror that people are more disappointed if it last more than 1 round.

I remember telling people not to blink otherwise, they will miss the highlight.

Tyson fights lasting the distance is actually a disappointment.

Quality over quantity is always my dogma.

However to each his own, and the styles of fights you like is not my cup of tea, just as watching Mayweather-JMM is a torture. Sure, it lasted the distance, sure there was tactical and technical side to it, but I felt cheated of my 50 dollars when one fighter never committed to knock out someone because he can win safely.

 

Going the distance and lasting 1 or 2 rounds is a big difference. Just because I feel ripped off when I pay $50 for a fight that lasts 1 or 2 rounds, doesn't mean that I want every fight to go 12 rounds. Everyone loved Tyson, but most people I know felt jipped when they paid good money for his fights and then it was over in like 2 minutes. Does that mean they wanted to see a 12 round decision? Not neccesarily, but they for damn sure weren't satisfied with a round or two.

 

A tyson fight will always give ambivalent reaction - you want it to finish spectacularly and fast, yet you want it also to lkast longer so that you get your money's worth.

YOu have your own style of fight that you prefer and we differ on that.

I like my fighters to comne otu swinging with the malicious and bad intention of beheading his opponent. You want yours to have technical and tactical fighting.

LIke watching Tyson vs. Spinks which lasted 81 seconds. I felt cheated because it was expensive to be watching 39 dollars worth of action in 81 seconds, but it surely was worth that 39 dollars despite that the introduction and the pre-fight was 10 times longer than the actual fight.

 

No doubt, Clottey was hand (cherry ?) picked because, as usual, his style suits Manny... he`s too slow & methodical & it all but gaurantees a Pacquiao clear UD or late TKO victory.

Mosely is one of the most threatening styles out there for Floyd as he can match his speed & hits way harder.

Pac just has to go out & throw his cluster of punches, dart in & out & avoid getting trapped for lengthy spells... should be a piece of cake vs a slow assed guy like Clottey.

Mayweather will likely have to produce one of his best performances to beat Mosely, a boxing masterclass with close to 0 mistakes (even Roach said they wont fight Shane at 147, it would need to be 143)

Mayweather is the best fighter in the sport, Pacquiao let himself down bigtime by backing out of that fight, he should have just taken his boxing lesson & been content with the p4p no2 tag, at least he would still be respected by the majority.