Let's analyze Clottey-Pacquiao for a sec.

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    #31
    Originally posted by Spray_resistant
    This is a more dangerous fight in my view than Floyd.....Clottey may have a lower ko rate due to inactivity in fights not necessarily than him being featherfisted.
    More dangerous than Floyd? I will have to disagree. Clottey will be there right in front of Manny and that what he wants. He needs a body to tee off on. Now Floyd would move and make him miss then make him pay for his misses. That is something that his team definitely does not want. Just look at the fighters he has fought lately. They were aggressive stationary targets. He looks his best against them but against boxers/counterpunchers he digress.

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    • Spray_resistant
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      #32
      Originally posted by BoxingHistory
      More dangerous than Floyd? I will have to disagree. Clottey will be there right in front of Manny and that what he wants. He needs a body to tee off on. Now Floyd would move and make him miss then make him pay for his misses. That is something that his team definitely does not want. Just look at the fighters he has fought lately. They were aggressive stationary targets. He looks his best against them but against boxers/counterpunchers he digress.
      Clottey for sure is not going anywhere, and no matter what ppl think can hurt Manny he being much bigger than him and having underrated power.

      Floyd will not go for the ko, or make any attempt to take out Manny putting himself in more danger than necessary....he just tries to win the fight, that was never more evident than when he let JMM make it to the end even though it was obvious JMM was no real threat to him.

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      • Pugilistic™
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        #33
        I see Clottey having his moments because of his counter punching ability but overall i can see Pacquiao outworking him to a UD win.

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        • illmatickid
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          #34
          to think that boxer A cant hurt boxer B or vice versa.. would be dumb

          its possible
          , its just that the likelihood of it happening ...well its a different story

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            #35
            Originally posted by Spray_resistant
            Clottey for sure is not going anywhere, and no matter what ppl think can hurt Manny he being much bigger than him and having underrated power.

            Floyd will not go for the ko, or make any attempt to take out Manny putting himself in more danger than necessary....he just tries to win the fight, that was never more evident than when he let JMM make it to the end even though it was obvious JMM was no real threat to him.

            Boxing is not about how tough or big u are. It's about skills. Clottey is tough and big but to beat Manny u most box, move, and counter. I do believe that Clottey will trouble Manny and possibly beat him. See that's the thing I kind of waver on that and it has nothing to do with Manny's abilities but more on Clottey as a closer.

            Floyd don't need to go for the KO if he is winning the fight. That's his mentality and that's his style. But I do think that he would TKO Manny in the late rounds if they ever fought. It would come from an accumulation of punishment that Manny would suffer would being countered all night.

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