Comments Thread For: Clottey Breaks Silence: Talks Pacquiao, Cotto, Margarito

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Former welterweight champion Joshua Clottey had disappeared from the media spotlight after losing a lopsided decision to Manny Pacquiao on March 13th in the inaugural boxing match at the new Cowboys stadium in Dallas, Texas. krikya360.com spoke to Joshua Clottey about what went wrong in that fight and also spoke to Ghanan on his planned ring return and more in this exclusive interview.
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clottey as he said can "tek everyones pounches" yet in his last fight he barely threw any punches and just curled up into a defensive shell.....in his last other fights he looked good but apart from that in his fight against pac he probably only threw 5 punches a round which was dissapointing....

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People tend to ignore the fact that even clottey admitted that he felt whenever he opened up, Manny would tag him every single time.

You seem to ignore the fact that Clottey said this.....

1.) " I don't know how to explain..... "

2.) " I really don't understand what happened to me in that fight..... "

3.) " I just think it was one of those things..... "

4.) " I don't know what happened..... "

5.) " I knew I could hurt him when I threw my power shots..... "

6.) " I didn't feel like his punches really hurt me..... "

7.) " I felt OK after..... "

8.) " there are so many reasons the fight happened the way it did..... "

Clottey gave each and every one of those excuses within a different sentence, don't think for one second that I pulled one sentence to pieces and extracted all that ****

Maybe you need to look for a more credible source, because Clottey said a lot of funny things in that interview.

And he did not get countered into submission in that fight.

That is total bull****..... people need to watch that fight again and tell me when that happened. Everyone know what counter-punching is?

Watch Pac/JMM II

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You got it

You missed it..... again

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You seem to ignore the fact that Clottey said this.....

1.) " I don't know how to explain..... "

2.) " I really don't understand what happened to me in that fight..... "

3.) " I just think it was one of those things..... "

4.) " I don't know what happened..... "

5.) " I knew I could hurt him when I threw my power shots..... "

6.) " I didn't feel like his punches really hurt me..... "

7.) " I felt OK after..... "

8.) " there are so many reasons the fight happened the way it did..... "

Clottey gave each and every one of those excuses within a different sentence, don't think for one second that I pulled one sentence to pieces and extracted all that ****

Maybe you need to look for a more credible source, because Clottey said a lot of funny things in that interview.

And he did not get countered into submission in that fight.

That is total bull****..... people need to watch that fight again and tell me when that happened. Everyone know what counter-punching is?

Watch Pac/JMM II

Funny thing. Those statements could easily be attributed to Cotto, Hatton, ODLH and Clottey. I'm not saying they said it, but based on their performance against Pac, they might as well could have said those things.

Its a known fact that Manny is an effective counter-puncher. Morales, Marquez, Hatton and Cotto were all knocked down by counters from Manny. If you can't see him counter Clottey in the fight, then nothing i'd say would really change your mind and i won't force the issue.

Its different watching Manny fight and actually face him in the ring. Just ask Diaz. His speed just makes you look bad. Morales and Marquez were able to take his speed though, so its a testament to their skills.

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Funny thing. Those statements could easily be attributed to Cotto, Hatton, ODLH and Clottey. I'm not saying they said it, but based on their performance against Pac, they might as well could have said those things.

No, those statements could not easily be attributed to Cotto, Hatton, or ODLH..... and the real funny thing is..... Clottey had more success than ALL of those guys, and he was the only one who could easily get to Manny and back him up, and yet he chose not to ?

Let's keep it real and forget "attributed" bro, Clottey actually "made" those statements.

Its a known fact that Manny is an effective counter-puncher. Morales, Marquez, Hatton and Cotto were all knocked down by counters from Manny. If you can't see him counter Clottey in the fight, then nothing i'd say would really change your mind and i won't force the issue.

Rubbish.

Manny is not traditionally a counter-puncher.

Morales? No way, look closer. Manny hardly countered at all. He waits/creates openings. Watch both times....


Marquez? Manny does return fire, which is technically countering I suppose, but it is not counter-punching..... and he did not return fire against Clottey. When Clottey punched, Manny would either cover up, or back up..... then when Clottey stopped, Manny would fire away again.

Here, before the knockdown..... in round 3 on at least 3 occasions Marquez threw a wild hook, 2 were counters. Manny did not respond to any of them. Usually, he waits, or punches his way in......


And the punch that knocked Hatton out was not a counter, it was a lead no-look hook. I'm not even looking for that link for ya

ODLH ? Shrink-wrapped ODLH was a joke, he said he couldn't see anything. And he didn't punch, so he wasn't countered, he was simply bombarded from everywhere.

It is ridiculous for you to suggest that Manny is an effective counter-puncher, and then bring up the JMM/Pac II fight as an example

Not only did Manny not counter-punch, he hardly even returned fire in that fight..... when Clottey punched, Manny either backed up, or covered up..... then when Clottey stopped punching, Manny would go on the attack again.

Clottey had no reason to go easy on Manny.

Punching Manny was working for Clottey, and he knew it

Its different watching Manny fight and actually face him in the ring. Just ask Diaz. His speed just makes you look bad. Morales and Marquez were able to take his speed though, so its a testament to their skills.

Sure, speed kills...... but Clottey negated most of Manny's speed with his shell, and he could punch through Manny's guard..... which he did on a number of occasions.

But he did it like a fountain on a timer, he kinda spouted every 60 seconds or so..... it kinda looked like token resistance with a touch of politeness

I think that we may have to agree to disagree bro, just like me and IMDAZED, which is fine. A good chat.

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Hey, by the way..... not talking to anyone in particular.....

..... but don't think for one second that I am Manny-bashing or anything here.

Manny looked superb, as usual.

He did his job, and he did it well.

This has got nothing to do with Manny.

Well..... it kinda has

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Just one final thought.....

If Top Rank cannot sign a fight with Mayweather, the only realistic options currently available for Manny, are Cotto and Margarito. And the only one really interested in Margarito anymore seem's to be Bob Arum.

When the initial negotiations with Mayweather failed back in January, Cotto and Margarito were not even an option. Margarito had not yet served his 12-month suspension, and Cotto had not yet beaten Foreman for the WBA title at 154lb.

As soon as the initial negotiations failed, it was clearly obvious that there would be a second round of negotiations with Floyd further down the line, both Manny and Arum can be quoted as stating so.

As mentioned earlier, Clottey was only a fill-in fight for Manny. Designed to gain exposure, and raise Manny's stock heading into the second round of negotiations with Mayweather.

Clottey was thrown a life-jacket, but was not pulled up into the dinghy.

He was left floating, and used as shark bait

In boxing, as in life, when the following four things happen all at the same time, be sure to look a little closer and examine the situation in more detail, instead of innocently taking things at face value......

1.) a potential $50,000,000 payday is on the line

2.) the people involved, are proven to be unscrupulous and corrupt

3.) a highly unusual, or extreme, set of circumstances occur

4.) as a result, an extremely unpleasant odor is left lingering in the air