~The REAL Consequences of Last Night~

Forget the fact that 51,000 people poured into the stadium to watch "The Event" which turned out to be Manny Pacquio going to town on a black punching bag for 12 rounds with virtually NO result, putting most everyone to sleep. The real consequences of last night's show go beyond the end of the 12th round. The fact is, the fight everyone wants to see is Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, and if you examine the last 3 fights of both those fighters, they were performances that left you with images, images of both men slamming their opponents. You remember Pacquiao battering De La Hoya into the corner. You remember those sniper lead right hands Mayweather was tagging DLH with, you remember Pacquiao pummeling Cotto and beating him into the ground. You remember Mayweather slipping 5 punch combos and flooring Marquez with a lightning left hook. You remember Pacquiao AND Mayweather finishing Hatton. That lighting left putting him to sleep, and that check hook sending him flying for the corner post. Last night? I don't remember A SINGLE FLUSH PUNCH landing on Clottey. Not a single shot that provoked a noise from the 20 plus people I was watching with. No one. He slammed Clottey's gloves and obviously pitched a shut out - but all the MOMENTUM that was building between these two fighters seemed to die off. Pacquiao had 12 rounds to figure out an obviouslt 1 dimensional fighter, and though he shut him out on the cards, couldn't figure out ANY angle to get in on Clottey. And we're still supposed to believe that Pacquiao vs. Mayweather is going to be epic? He couldn't get in CLOTTEY'S defense, but he's going to be competitive against the greatest defensive fighter of the era, possibly ever? Who also is as or even faster than Pacquiao? Too bad. We needed a big fight to keep that momentum going, and that was not it. What we really learned is that Pacquiao's speed and power is the real deal b/c Clottey wasn't covering up for nothing. Get over it and stop hating Berto,Mosley and Mayweather never wanted to fight Joshua Clottey at the end of the day Pacquiao gave him his biggest payday

I though pac landed plenty of good punches and did extremely well against a totally defensive fighter, pac did nearly everything right imo

Well if you're talking about momentum then we are fcuked after May 1st when that turns out to be a boring fight. But for some reason i don't think you'll say the same thing........ may 1st won't compare to that atrocity we saw last night.

those body combinations were a beauty. add that to his usual repertoire of attacks... he did sumthing different again.

Forget the fact that 51,000 people poured into the stadium to watch "The Event" which turned out to be Manny Pacquio going to town on a black punching bag for 12 rounds with virtually NO result, putting most everyone to sleep. The real consequences of last night's show go beyond the end of the 12th round. The fact is, the fight everyone wants to see is Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, and if you examine the last 3 fights of both those fighters, they were performances that left you with images, images of both men slamming their opponents. You remember Pacquiao battering De La Hoya into the corner. You remember those sniper lead right hands Mayweather was tagging DLH with, you remember Pacquiao pummeling Cotto and beating him into the ground. You remember Mayweather slipping 5 punch combos and flooring Marquez with a lightning left hook. You remember Pacquiao AND Mayweather finishing Hatton. That lighting left putting him to sleep, and that check hook sending him flying for the corner post. Last night? I don't remember A SINGLE FLUSH PUNCH landing on Clottey. Not a single shot that provoked a noise from the 20 plus people I was watching with. No one. He slammed Clottey's gloves and obviously pitched a shut out - but all the MOMENTUM that was building between these two fighters seemed to die off. Pacquiao had 12 rounds to figure out an obviouslt 1 dimensional fighter, and though he shut him out on the cards, couldn't figure out ANY angle to get in on Clottey. And we're still supposed to believe that Pacquiao vs. Mayweather is going to be epic? He couldn't get in CLOTTEY'S defense, but he's going to be competitive against the greatest defensive fighter of the era, possibly ever? Who also is as or even faster than Pacquiao? Too bad. We needed a big fight to keep that momentum going, and that was not it. Well if you're talking about momentum then we are fcuked after May 1st when that turns out to be a boring fight. But for some reason i don't think you'll say the same thing........

It's hard to hit someone with a tight guard who is bigger and stronger and has no intentions of doing any damage. Anyone has boxed before knows what a pain in the ass it is to land big shots on someone who isnt trying to fight back. Clottey stayed in his Shell all night, there was nothing more Pac could do. It wasnt a great fight and its to bad, but it sure isnt pacs fault. Fighting a guy like Clottey is a give and take, sure hes not the most dangerous fighter offensively, but you probably wont look good beating him either. The fact pac had him locked in his shell from round 1 to round 12 shows just how good Pac is, those body combinations were folding Clottey.

yea, Im kind of getting irritated hearing that 'Pacquiao didnt land a single flush punch all night'. what, do you guys not count body shots at all? geez. I know to the casual fan theyre not the most aesthetically pleasing compared to head shots, but body shots count a LOT more than most people think and people need to score points for them. and I remember plenty of beautiful multi punch combos from PAcquiao, although point taken in that there wasnt realyl an 'event' in the fight that was super memorable. oh wait, thats not true. Pacquiao's double hand punch taunt was pretty damn funny, lol. but yea I get what youre saying.

Actually Pacquiao landed a SHIT LOAD of body punches. The most he's ever landed in a fight, actually. Don't forget about that. Shit, you and I could fight for 30 minutes straight, and I bet you wouldn't get a clean shot on my face if I just covered up like Clottey did.