Why I think Clottey "SHOULD" be able to beat Pacquiao!

I agree with most of what you say. Pac is favorite, but Clottey might surprise us all.. Indeed, he is the first defensively minded fighter Pac fights since JMM, but he's a good 30 lbs bigger than the Mexican warrior. Plus, he hardly had an easy time against him. Of course, he's not as good as JMM in a pound for pound sense, but his tremendous physical strength, tight defence and strong beard is a handful for any welterweight, let alone a former feather. When Joshua fought Cotto, i thought he looked to be in control and the more threatening fighter throughout most of the bout. He walked over Judah like he was nothing.

On the other hand, Clottey's workrate is somewhat low and in certain fight this made him prone to losing rounds, particularly late in the fight. We know that Pacquiao's stamina is extraordinary. I think he averaged over 80 punches a round against Diaz, despite Diaz applying plenty of pressure.

I think no one will get knocked down during this fight, but it could be a hard struggle for both nonetheless.

 

**** all that, I went and watched some Clottey film last night, and I know that he is definitely gonna get dusted the **** off by Punkiao.

 

good analysis...depends really on how active will be. and if he will be able to take pac's punches.

 

Which fight did you watch? Don't you think he's got good defensive skills and a strong beard? Plus, you gotta remember he's fighting a guy smaller than himself, so his physical strength will be far above that of his opponent, Pac.

 

I'm sorry but that is the dumbest analysis I've ever heard.

You are looking at it completely ass-backwards. Pacquaio has the ability to move laterally at a very fast rate, he can attack from different angles very effectively. This means the opponent facing him has to be able to defend and attack from different angles and move laterally as well.

If Clottey thinks he can walk in a straight line with his guard up and push Pacman back into the ropes he is out of his ****ing mind. I think Clottey will have success in this fight too! But it won't be from attacking in a straight line because Pacquaio will simply step to the side and circle constantly. Pacs footspeed is 2 x's what Clottey's is.

 

He will just stand there with his static guard, no head movement, trying to over power Pacquiao at times.

What we will see in this fight is Pacquiao flurry and move away, come back in show Clottey some more angles he didn't know about, then move back out. From round 5 onwards Pacquiao will start to dominate and mock Clottey.

 

I watched the margarito, Zab, Corrales, and Cotto fights. Clottey's big ass jughead can take some punishment but he is not active, accurate, or pressing enough to give it to pac. Plus, pac is still on "Da Shyt" and he gonna be a monster.

 

Also, his defense is pretty decent but its just solid defense, not slick defense. slick defense would allow him to set pac up, but it ain't happenin. But who knows, I may be eating these mu****in words in a few weeks.

 

Are you messing around? Seriously, I'm hesitant to respond because I think this might be a sarcastic post :deal

 

I see it being a close, relatively tough to judge fight. But I do think Clottey needs a knockdown or two to win. But even if that happens I see the ref taking a point away from Clottey for something stupid and then Pacquiao winning a controversial split decision. Basically, the fix is in. Clottey to get screwed again.

 

I'm not trying to flame or embarrass you, but if you were serious with this post, then you are 100% wrong. And have alot to learn dude. See Hopkins vs Pavlik for the most recent crash course in how lateral movement and angles KILLS a straight line fighter.

 

Clottey is not gonna surprise anybody for Crissake! He deserves a fight like this b'cause he is a warrior but his defensive shell is only gonna put him in trouble. Mothaf is gonna move and keep on holding up his defense and Pac keeps on nailing him from all angles, everything will be hit, arms, shoulders, head, face, gloves... God, there's no contest in here!