By Mark Vester
When Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Texas, the fists will be flying. Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach recently said the overall goal in the fight is to knock Clottey out. Clottey has a jaw of steel and that gives him more motivation to train Pacquiao for a KO win.
"I think we're going to get him out in twelve easily, but he's definitely a tough guy to knockout though. That's our goal, to knock him out and be one of the first ones to do that," Roach said to Fighthype.com's OnTheGrind radio show.
As expected, Roach will train Pacquiao to fight Clottey in a similiar manner as he did with Oscar De La Hoya in 2008. There will be a lot of movement and explosive, fast combination punching to break Clottey's good defense.
"We have to box this guy, in-and-out, side-to-side motion, and really, really be very tactical because he's a very strong and big puncher and has a good chin of course. Again, it's not an easy fight, but it's a fight that we want to fight because it's a fight that the fans will enjoy and that's what we want."
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