Manny Pacquiao Moves On...and Into a Wall!

Wow you reckon Manny hits the wall by opting to fight Clottey instead? … firstly, it’s nice to know that you’ve also moved on and discuss this new fight. Team Pacquiao is also aware that this fight is a high-risk fight with low-reward (money wise) … but this is Pacquiao that we are talking about, he’s a fighter and if he losses to Clottey then Clottey deserves it and we will take our hat off to him … my question to this writer is will you see Pacquiao as a great fighter for getting into the ring with tough opponents or you’ll just bash him and say Pacquiao is overrated? – give credit where credit is due mate!!!… Now you’re aware that boxing fans are not stupid even if the media try to downplay Pacquiao – boxing fans see the real color of fighters inside & outside ring. Yes not only in the ring for being a great pugilist but also someone who is returning something back to his society. My take on this Pacquiao/Clottey fight … well definitely this is much interesting than fighting Mayweather, who now we think is a cheat for using a banned substance for his brittle hands. Clottey has a good counter punching skills with very good defensive stance. I agree with you in some points (of course) but Pacquiao is on a different level now compared to 2 or 3 years back. Pacquiao will overwhelm Clottey with punches in all angles with brute force, Clottey’s great wall even if it is a Trojan wall will be breached by Pacquiao … didn’t you hear it from Roach that Pacquiao is a virus.

Making this fight would be one of Arum’s strangest decisions. Why would he put the most exciting fighter in the sport against a granite statue? Clottey may not win the fight on the official cards, but he’s sure to make it a punshing night against anyone. Not exactly the type of match-up a promoter makes if he’s interested in preserving his pug’s prime.

Manny Pacquiao has the legs of a horse. That thick, intimidating base has had as much to do with this sucess as deadly speed. It is my opinion that the PacMan will have to use them to host a ballet, when compared to his usual blitzkrieg. He might as well come out to the ring in a No Fear tutu because running at Joshua Clottey is the absolute worst plan imaginable.

Slightly out of character, but certainly not impossible. Out, turn, combo, in, turn, combo, out…

Think, a safer version of what he did to Cotto. The fact that Pac is not likely to hurt anyone in there for the first time in his career should keep the animal within himself at bay.

I still have a feeling that this is mostly ego stuff going on. It’s possible that Arum is just using Clottey to keep some fans on his side of the mess that the Mayweather negotiations have become.

As a fight fan, Pac-Clottey could be greatness. I’m just worried about Bob’s mental health.

Ron,

   I agree with your thinking on this one. This will be a tougher fight for Manny by far than Cotto was. If Manny KO’s Clottey, he might as well move up to light heavyweight.

  As an aside, it will be disgraceful if Manny takes this fight and I hope all boxing fans skip this PPV.

Let me clarify…

Had Manny never backed down from fighting Money, and that fight never been close to a reality, I would applaud Manny for taking this fight.

And, Prod, I agree that Money-Paulie would be a farce. I only hope Money-Mosley happens. It’s my dream fight.

I am not really saddened that the Mega-Fight did not go throught. I did not mind the replacement at all. He is a Floyd look-a-like version, the only difference is that this guy wanted to fight while Floyd has to ask the approval of his dad. I expect tons of action between this two fighters. And who knows this may end up breaking the record match-up to the Mega-Fight. The popularity of Pacman fueled by the anticipated match-up of the century, location- Dallas cowboy stadium, also the under card such as Margarito’s return and the sickening Floyd Mayweather’s blood test nonsense… What else can you ask.?

Clottey is? How so?

But Pacquiao doesn’t run, he bulldozes his way at full speed and bulldozers usually tore down the wall. I totally dis-agree that Clotey is a Wall of defense. And if Cotto cannot hurt Clotey and barely won that match. It will be a different story with Pacquaio who many has said and believed that Dela Hoya, Hatton and Cotto are too big for the little guy but look what happened, he beat them into submission sending the two in retirement and one in deep thoughts about his career. You certainly didn’t learn from your boxing history and here goes again a writer casting doubts to the greatness of the fighter who fought for god and country and after the smoke has clear out, I will be the first one to find and read your after-fight article about what you wrote about the wall.