Comments Thread For: Atlas: "Clottey is More Dangerous For Pacquiao Than Yuri"

[al22tec]

fighting foreman at 154 will automatically mean 10 oz gloves, no ifs, no buts. But staying at 147 gives the option of 8 oz gloves. This aside from foreman being 5 inches taller, may have swayed Pacquiao to consider someone like Clottey instead of Foreman.

Question: What are the gloves sizes based on the boxer/kickboxer's weight?
Answer: Athletes (boxers/kickboxers) weighing-in up to and including 135 pounds must wear 8 oz. gloves in competition, while athletes weighing-in over 135 pounds (junior welterweight class and above) must wear 10 oz. gloves in competition. However, athletes weighing in over 135 but not more than 147 pounds may wear 8 ounce gloves in competition if both athletes agree to do so in writing.

[BadBrains]

heard to say how manny takes these fights as he is new to the welterweight...

he made a show of Oscar & He beat Cotto Which i thought that fight was going to be tough one & look what manny did there...

i think this fight is alot tougher than the mayweighter fight!!!

a lot tougher, but for me, easier. Mayweather is harder to fight because of his style, but he's nowhere close to being a dangerous fight.

[check hook]

Pacman never cares about an easy fight..He is a risk taker, unlike uglywaether. He is a daredevil. Who is this Atlas anyway. He bet against Pacman in all of his fights.

Yeah...but he won't take the risk of random testing?

[BadBrains]

Yeah...but he won't take the risk of random testing?

yeah and pbf wont take the risk of fighting in texas cuz of his painkillers

[check hook]

If floyd wants the bloodtest, the fight should then takes place in texas where it can be more even. Why? Because the painkillers floyd uses for his hands are illegal in the state of texas.

Irrelevant...they are not illegal in nevada.....which means any figther with hand problems uses it when they fight in nevada and prob in all likelyhood even fighters with good hands..........also irrelevant as Pac wanted the fight in Vegas

[check hook]

yeah and pbf wont take the risk of fighting in texas cuz of his painkillers

see my reply to that below.....you are reaching...why??


It's perfectly legal...that means if pac wants to use them or any fighter in nevada they can.....= a level playing field.....

If PED's were legal in Nevada but not in the other states then they wouldn't bother testing at all because any fighter who has a match in Nevada could legally dope therefore again the playing field is even......

[StarRican]

Disagree. Foreman's lateral movement and angles would give Manny all kinds of trouble in my opinion.

I guess you're a better trainer then Atlas right?!

[check hook]

You guys are insane!

Yes Clottey lost vs Margarito and Cotto, however, Margarito fight he broke his hand, Cotto fight he inexplicably eased up on Cotto and left the result in doubt.

If he has learnt his lesson, he will not make that mistake this time, and plus there's a lot more at stake now vs Manny.

But seriously, Clottey comes into the ring at 165-170lbs usually, he isn't much taller than Manny, but the sheer weight advantage he will have will be substantial, giving away 15-20lbs as Manny will have to do is a lot to give away vs a good fighter, well vs anyone really. He is very good defensively, goes to the body, has good timing, and when he gets going and starts fighting he is so strong and hard to keep off, especially when he is 15-20lbs heavier than you.



Not an easy fight for Manny. He needs to use lateral movement, angles to come around Clottey's guard, and fast potshots to score points, in an out in and out. And he will need to be in superb shape.

He still beat Cotto, wether he eased up or not....

[the mesiah]

i see manny wins in UD, CANT SEE CLOTTEY GETTING KNOCKED OUT. CLOTTEY IS COMING WITH HIS OLD TRAINER FROM THE AMATEUR SAYS "CUTI" SO IT MAY HELP CLOTTEY MORE,BUT NOT OF COURSE TO WIN THE FIGHT. CLOTTEY SHELL DEFENSE THAT HE HAS WILL EVENTUALLY LOOSEN UP FOR PACQUAIO TO EASLIY WIN THE ROUNDS WHEN CLOTTEY DOSENT THROW ENOUGH PUNCHES. JUST LIKE THE COTTO FIGHT ,COTTO HAD MORE WORKRATE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS TO SQUEEK OUT THE SD. HOPEFULLY CLOTTEY STEPS UP THE AMOUNT OF PUNCHES HE THROWS TO MAKE IT DECENT FIGHT,NOT JUST DEFENSE.

[BadBrains]

see my reply to that below.....you are reaching...why??


It's perfectly legal...that means if pac wants to use them or any fighter in nevada they can.....= a level playing field.....

If PED's were legal in Nevada but not in the other states then they wouldn't bother testing at all because any fighter who has a match in Nevada could legally dope therefore again the playing field is even......

if pbf wants blood testing, then pac should also say the fight should be in texas. That's exactly the reason why schaefer just erased cowboys stadium out of his mind. Also, why can't anyone also try to detract de la hoya's use of a similar substance before his fight with bernard hopkins which was also illegal at the state of nevada. Seems like everyone just try to brush it off because de la hoya got whooped in that fight anyways.