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I don't like how people are not objective about Clottey's performance against Margarito. He performed well but is not the underrated beast people make him out to be. Here are some facts that people tend to ignore that played a role in the fight
1. Margarito was coming of off a 9 month layoff, in which he had fought 1:38 against Manuel Gomez, in effect he hadn't really fought since his victory over Cintron 20 months earlier.
2. Margarito hurt his ankle in training camp and it was widely reported that he had to be off of his feet for a few days before the fight.
3. Clottey did not break any hand, in fact he admitted in his next fight against Corrales on showtime in the interview that he had only suffered from swollen hands.
4. Margarito injured his wrist in the fight, to the extent that he did have surgery on his wrist after the fight and before he was able to resume training.
I'm not saying Clottey is not good or not worthy of another shot, I just see Margarito breaking him down this time. Margarito was able to throw a record amount of punches and still win despite actually being injured and out of peak condition, Clottey completely disappeared because he had pain in his fists. Style wise Clottey was making him look bad but so has just about everyone else early, I see the rematch turning out differently and I'd bet all my points on it. One more thing Clottey fades late and seems like he doesn't want to fight anymore, aside from the Corrales fight it has always happened, even in recent fights against very average competition.
1. Margarito was coming of off a 9 month layoff, in which he had fought 1:38 against Manuel Gomez, in effect he hadn't really fought since his victory over Cintron 20 months earlier.
2. Margarito hurt his ankle in training camp and it was widely reported that he had to be off of his feet for a few days before the fight.
3. Clottey did not break any hand, in fact he admitted in his next fight against Corrales on showtime in the interview that he had only suffered from swollen hands.
4. Margarito injured his wrist in the fight, to the extent that he did have surgery on his wrist after the fight and before he was able to resume training.
I'm not saying Clottey is not good or not worthy of another shot, I just see Margarito breaking him down this time. Margarito was able to throw a record amount of punches and still win despite actually being injured and out of peak condition, Clottey completely disappeared because he had pain in his fists. Style wise Clottey was making him look bad but so has just about everyone else early, I see the rematch turning out differently and I'd bet all my points on it. One more thing Clottey fades late and seems like he doesn't want to fight anymore, aside from the Corrales fight it has always happened, even in recent fights against very average competition.
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