what do you think about joshua clottey?

Hes an A level gatekeeper. The guy who loves to stand in the center of the ring with a safety first approach capable of getting a nice shot here and there.

Hes not dynamic, doesnt have a killer instinct, hes just not a great fighter.

Floyd will beat him just as bad as JMM. JMM at least tries

 

Overrated.

 

Nice guy, good fighter, sort of overrated here though not quite on the elite level.

 

Yeah he is overrated on this forum

 

Just a tad below the "elite". His lack of activity has cost him fights against Margarito and Cotto. It's weird watching him not sustain his activity time and time again. He's just too inactive for his own good.

Great left hook. Granite chin. Decent hand speed. Very good defense. Lacks pop though. Really, his level of inactivity is what's keeping him from going to that "elite" level. I don't know if he conserves energy because he knows he's going to get tired but that's his main issue. Or maybe he lacks heart and goes into a semi-shell when he's attacked. So it might be a mental issue.

 

high risk low reward kind of fight. very highly skilled and always in shape but lacks that zip to take it to the next level

 

His low punch output will never give him a chance against PBF.

PBF by an easy UD. :deal

 

He's a b-level fighter. No way can Clottey beat Mayweather.

 

Hes a good fighter and imo i think he could even be a contender in any era of WW.

He has a strong chin, good strength and good mentality. From a kid from Ghana, he's done good for himself and I think will make some noise sometimes in the near future.

 

A very good fighter who somehow falls short. Someone in an earlier post said something like a gatekeeper to the elite. I agree with this somehow. I think Clottey need to find his mean streak, go in the ring not to win rounds but to hurt the other man. If he could do this he could go far. His defence is great and his accuracy is laser-like in his precision. He's very good when he's fighting on the inside too.

 

No.

Clottey, as I mentioned many times but no one wanted to read, is a gatekeeper at best, he's NOT a champion quality fighter. He has decent skills but lacks the stamina and heart, any fighter that relies a lot to obvious cheating tactics has no confidence in his self and that's why I question his heart. He could give anyone out there, including Mayweather, a decent fighter for three rounds. After that watch him go inactive and do silly faces with a few flurries here and there.

Against Margarito his stamina was exposed very well, Margarito is a one dimensional aggressive wide open fighter, you need stamina to keep throwing to keep that guy off you as the fight goes, Clottey did good for the first 4 then claimed he injured his hand. Why do I question the hand injury claims?, because he also ran out of gas against many others from round 4+.

The man fought a blown up, beyond shot and mentally/physically broken Corrales coming off two major losses nearly TWO weight divisions below at a catchweight of 150 and even though Corrales was CLEARLY out of it from round 7 to 10, Clottey had no stamina to finish. He would land a few punches that would clearly show Corrales wide open for more to be finished and he didn't throw anything because he was clearly tired.

No stamina but decent skills = gatekeeper.

 

There are a number of solid opinions of Clottey on this thread. He's a bit like Chuvalo in the 60's, Sutherland in the 70's, or McKart in the 90's. A really solid fighter who will hang around the top ten for a long time, but lose his most important fights.