HBO Drops Gun-Shy Clottey!!!!

And you wonder why Floyd isn't being dropped yet. Oh wait......he has a filthy mouth. He has the skills, talent, and he can back it up. Who beat Lil' Floyd?

they should because who WANTS to see clottey fight, not me, not anymore, that shit was a weak ass performance last time out............ he shot his career in the face with that last performance.

"His reputed knockout punches"... Yeah, okay... KO artist Clottey.

im not surprised

Arum and HBO knew exactly what Clottey was and what he would do and now they throw him under the bus...smh. The true disgraces are them and the idiots in this thread calling Josh a disgrace.

http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_large/2008/08/03/joshua-clottey-beats-zab-judah.jpg HBO, the giant TV cable network and a partner of boxing promoter Bob Arum, will no longer tap the services of Joshua Clottey, the unimpressive challenger from Ghana who escaped a knockout loss to defending champion Manny Pacquiao in their recent title fight at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Covering his face from bell to bell and seldom throwing his reputed knockout punches, Clottey lasted the distance, leaving Pacquiao with a lopsided-albeit dull-12-round unanimous decision in retaining his World Boxing Organization welterweight title before a crowd of 50,994, recorded as the biggest boxing crowd in the United States in 17 years. "He (Clottey) was satisfied with going the distance with Manny Pacquiao," said a visibly disgusted Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's American trainer. "And he did. But HBO will never use him again." "They told me that if you fight for a world title, you don't go on a survival mode. You try to win the title because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." "Clottey will never get another title shot in his life," added Roach, a four-time Trainer of the Year. Many sports fans shared Roach's anger. They felt Clottey, who has never been knocked out in more than 50 fights, was simply afraid of suffering his first KO loss against Pacquiao. "That's why Clottey came into the fight with that kind of defensive strategy," the fans explained. "At least Clottey succeeded, escaping a similar disaster that had earlier befallen David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto-all of whom lost by stoppage to the Filipino boxing idol." Against the heavily favored Filipino champion, the challenger from Ghana was clearly outboxed: Pacquiao threw 1,231 punches to Clottey's 399, connecting on 232 power blows to the Ghanaian's 82. "It looked like Pacquiao was simply sparring," the aficionados noted, adding "that while Pacquiao was delivering the blows in reckless abandon, Clottey-who was expected to be the more aggressive being the challenger-was merely receiving them." "For sure, it was not Pacquiao's best fight," said another boxing diehard from my hometown in Marilao, Bulacan. But despite all these critical comments, Pacquiao, who is due to arrive on Monday from the US, would be getting a guaranteed purse of $12 million apart from the pay-per-view income and gate receipts. Clottey was assured of $1.5 million-his biggest paycheck ever as a boxer. Link it's got nothing to do with clottey. it's all about bob arum... think about it...

lol people mad pac could not knock clottey out. so they don't want him to fight on hbo no more

Another thing, because of how dull Pacquiao vs. Clottey was, this could be the reason why Arum wants to make Margarito vs. Pacquiao.

Best news I've heard in days, so long Joshua "Disgrace" Clottey.

Clottey usually is a defensive, thinking, counter-punching fighter. However vs Pacquiao, Clottey didn't display any of these skills. He simply protected his head and body the best he could and rarely threw any punches. He wasn't fighting to outbox Pacquiao and he also wasn't fighting to KO Pacquiao. He was only in there to survive and not get knocked out. He wasn't trying to win. Their was nothing thoughtful about the way he fought, it was a shameful performance as a challenger in a title fight to not try to win. No one thought he was going to change his style and throw more punches than Manny or anything like that. We did expect him to FIGHT TO WIN like all challengers should. We expected to see him counterpunching and throwing combinations. He didn't do this and that's why he won't ever be considered to be a serious contender again. The best example of a defensive, thinking, counter-punching fighter in the sport today is Mayweather. If Pacquiao and he ever fight we will see him employ the gameplan Clottey should have used against Manny. He won't go in thinking he's going to throw more punches than Manny either. He will be economical with his punches but he will be TRYING TO WIN. Clottey should have tried the same thing... His style simply didn't work against Pacquiao (as most predicted it wouldn't). I don't think anyone can accuse him of not trying to win. He went in there, attempted to do what he did best, but ultimately couldn't impose his game plan on Pacquiao as he's too good and too relentless. When I was watching the fight I never for a moment thought Clottey had given up or prematurely conceded victory, I just saw a fighter who didn't have an answer for his opponent's style and physicality. What is it that you expect him to have done? Abandoned his defense which has served him so well up until this point and just run at Pacquiao, face first, arms flailing and ready to "go out on his shield"--i.e., end up comatose a la Ricky Hatton.

Honestly thats messed up. That was the only dull fight Clottey has ever been in, you can't possibly name another. Fact is, Clottey would only be getting dropped because he didn't make Pacquiao look that much more impressive. It was the style clash; they can go eat a dick!

clottey fought clotteys fight. thats who he is, thats what you get. everybody knew this, including roach. now hes trying to play it off.

Clottey was never an HBO fighter.

This is dumb. HBO is acting like this is the only time something like this has happened. They're just mad that their boyfriend, Manny Pacquiao, wasn't able to add another KO to his record. I don't think they're mad at or by pacquiao, i truely think they gambled that this time clottey would go for it, and he didn't. They realise how stupid they look and they're trying to play the "we're so dissapointed that he acted that way, he's not welcome on our station again" HBO and Arums fault, they knew he fights this way, and for some reason expected(gambled) he'd be out of character and he wasn't.

And you wonder why Floyd isn't being dropped yet. Oh wait......he has a filthy mouth. That and he wins. A defensive fighter who actually wins lopsided victories tends to be more impressive then a defensive fighter who just survives.

Good. Get this pathetic fighter off my favorite network.

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good riddens

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Stupid. They televise a defensive, thinking fighter and then drop him when he goes out and fights in a defensive, thoughtful manner. If the majority of the posters on this site could predict how the fight was gonna play out to a tee, surely HBO has someone at hand who could advise them in advance of the style of the boxers they are paying. Clottey usually is a defensive, thinking, counter-punching fighter. However vs Pacquiao, Clottey didn't display any of these skills. He simply protected his head and body the best he could and rarely threw any punches. He wasn't fighting to outbox Pacquiao and he also wasn't fighting to KO Pacquiao. He was only in there to survive and not get knocked out. He wasn't trying to win. Their was nothing thoughtful about the way he fought, it was a shameful performance as a challenger in a title fight to not try to win. No one thought he was going to change his style and throw more punches than Manny or anything like that. We did expect him to FIGHT TO WIN like all challengers should. We expected to see him counterpunching and throwing combinations. He didn't do this and that's why he won't ever be considered to be a serious contender again. The best example of a defensive, thinking, counter-punching fighter in the sport today is Mayweather. If Pacquiao and he ever fight we will see him employ the gameplan Clottey should have used against Manny. He won't go in thinking he's going to throw more punches than Manny either. He will be economical with his punches but he will be TRYING TO WIN. Clottey should have tried the same thing...