Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Puts on a Masterful Performance in Texas

[nosvemos]

More questions than answers

Well...I don't know how I feel about last night's fight. If you follow boxing, then you know this is exactly how the fight would play out - Pac throwing like crazy and Clottey blocking like crazy. Pac fights going forward and Clottey fights out of a shell. They have two completely contrasting styles. Too be honest, I was expecting Pacquiao to knock the bigger Clottey out for two reasons. The first is because of the sheer volume of punches Pac puts out to overwhelm his opponents and secondly because although Clottey is a defensive fighter, he IS NOT a counter puncher. So, as some have said, I believe this fight was tailor made for Pac. If you look at the compubox stats, the proof is in the numbers.

I will tell you what though...I'm a little perplexed at Pac walking out of the fight with two shiners. I ask myself, "If Clottey's output was so low, if he truly was so ineffective, then how in the world did Manny's face end up like that?" and conversely, "If Manny put on such a masterful performance, then why doesn't Clottey's face show it? Why wasn't he wobbled? Why was his spirit not broken?"

Rather than giving me more insight into Pacquiao's greatness, this fight leaves me asking more questions than it does answers. How would Pac fare against the likes of Mosley, Alexander, or even Bradley? These guys are not only able to slip and block punches, but they hit back have great ring generalship and are just as fast as he.

A fight against any of the fighters mentioned above would prove to be among the likes of which we have not seen in a very, very, long time.

[hugh grant]

I love joshuas comment, "this is the first time i think i lost a fight. He was too fast for me to land my power punches."

If pac fights floyd, floyd wont be trying to land power punches and will just be hoping to land punches with speed of his own. So it will be a different fight with Floyd.

[AmericanFighter]

any fighter can do this if the other won't throw punches.this whole night was garbage exept for texas stadium.the undercard was garbage manny looked like a ameteur fighter just starting off his career and clottey just stole money.no way pac beats mayweather.he better hope mosley wins.

Dude, you are FUNNY!!!

[MurderDeathKill]

Not masterful, but fun to watch. He did what needed to be done against a shell defense fighter.

[switchsouthpaw]

wow looking at the pics pac has alot of damage to his face and for as little as clottey did and threw that is a surprise.

remember what roache said about dlh..........? he said from the forbes fight he saw the physical damage dlh had, which was a sign that he was past his prime and aging too much for the sport..

i think pac fights one more and is done, and i say it is gonna be shane no matter what..

no matter what happens in the floyd shane fight shane will get the fight against pac.

it would be an absolute war with two warriors.....the public doesnt want to watch floyd run all night from pac they want to see a war.....

plus floyd wont sign the contract

Forbes was at the very least competitive in certain moments against ODLH, at no point was Clottey even close to competitive. That is what it comes down to now, instead of giving Pac credit for completely winning each round against a man no one has ever dominated before, it's now sunken to "he had swollen eyes" after the fight.

Clottey is physically bigger than Pac, so if he lands solidly swollen eyes is an expectation, at no point was Clottey even in the same vicinity as being close to "competitive".

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

I couldve watched Pac hit a punch bag for 12 rounds on youtube. Good workout last night Pac.

[jtiger78]

The entire show was boring. I couldn't keep any of the 29 people at my house entertained with that POS fight. Yes we all knew Pac would win. I mean come the **** on, its Clottey. Who EVERYONE knew cant pull a trigger......

It was **** under cards, **** main event. The best part about it all was listening to the HBO commentary Jim Lampley say BOOM over and over and even that got disstrubing. Someone asked "why the **** does he keep saying that"?

So disappointed in boxing.

UFC® 111 ST-PIERRE vs HARDY is going to be something to watch. UFC is actually entertaining. Im not a huge MMA fan but for **** sake $60 bucks for that garbage last night is the reason NOBODY gives a **** about the sport.

man i watched it with pops he fell asleep i paid 60 for no reason damn cant wait to see gsp

[jtiger78]

wow looking at the pics pac has alot of damage to his face and for as little as clottey did and threw that is a surprise.

remember what roache said about dlh..........? he said from the forbes fight he saw the physical damage dlh had, which was a sign that he was past his prime and aging too much for the sport..

i think pac fights one more and is done, and i say it is gonna be shane no matter what..

no matter what happens in the floyd shane fight shane will get the fight against pac.

it would be an absolute war with two warriors.....the public doesnt want to watch floyd run all night from pac they want to see a war.....

plus floyd wont sign the contract

just funny that all pac fans say they dont want him to fight pbf because it would be boring they would rather much see him fight someone (like all of his last opponents) that tries to slug with him. wont move, not fast, coming off a loss, with nothing to lose... thats just funny to me anyone else feel me?

anyway cong**** to pacs victory very wack fight but he handled his bis hes a warrior in the ring just would love to see him fight a guy with footwork and technical skills and hand speed

[Mike_R]

it started out with joshua clottey just having absolutely no idea how to win. then by round 6 he had given up on winning and just wanted to stay in with pac and not get KO'd.

the only way pac could have stopped him was if his right hook to the body had landed in the right spot. that body hook was looking perfect all night long. but clottey is rigid to say the least, and he didn't fold to it.

pac couldn't have done anymore than he did, if clottey had been any more offensive than he was (which was average of 7 or 8 seconds per round) he would have been put to the canvas.

there were a couple instances where pac succeeded in just pounding straight through clottey's guard which i didn't expect him to be able to do. but those were in the same instances where clottey landed some nice shots of his own.

[royjonesjrKTFO]

Totally disagree,

Manny outboxed easely Clottey and Cotto but still doesn't get props.

Manny has never "outboxed" anyone. He outslugged Cotto in the second half of their fight where the first half was competitive when Cotto didn't exchange and was boxing. Last night, he outworked Clottey.