Comments Thread For: Clottey: "Pacquiao is Worried"; Juanma is Backing Bruseles

[Spray_resistant]

Bruseles is going to get sparked against Jones, I expect big things from Mike Jones in the future.

[Marciano90s]

everything can happen inside the ring.we will see...im going with pac 100% tho.

[Illdil]

Clottey better b jabing before u throw cuz PAC is gona uppercuts and left crosses at u all day..and if he stands there somtimes witout moving his head and just keeping his hands up PAC if gona start throwing very straight haymekers at him and u better belive he b throwing atomic bombs at clottey but if clottey can jab he can give PAC poblems and clottey has a good right hand and good hand speed..but In the cotto fight clottey somtimes backed up In to the ropes and cotto started throwing alot of combinations at him!!..but if..if he does the same thing wit PAC is literely gona make mince meat out of him but we probebly won't see that since clottey will b very big at fight night..PAC v clottey WAR!!!!

[-Spinal-]

Finally Clottey is starting to get some light lately. It's not all about Pacquiao I see.

[The_Sneaky]

Why people over rating Clottey all of sudden? didn't he struggle against a shot Cotto in his last fight

He didn't struggle. Cotto struggled to survive the last 6 rounds. Cotto took a beating from rounds 7-10 and got on his bike actively for the last 2 rounds to survive.

[The_Sneaky]

Clottey better b jabing before u throw cuz PAC is gona uppercuts and left crosses at u all day..and if he stands there somtimes witout moving his head and just keeping his hands up PAC if gona start throwing very straight haymekers at him and u better belive he b throwing atomic bombs at clottey but if clottey can jab he can give PAC poblems and clottey has a good right hand and good hand speed..but In the cotto fight clottey somtimes backed up In to the ropes and cotto started throwing alot of combinations at him!!..but if..if he does the same thing wit PAC is literely gona make mince meat out of him but we probebly won't see that since clottey will b very big at fight night..PAC v clottey WAR!!!!

Pac doesn't have more punch power than Cotto. He just has an element of surprise in his punches that catch you off guard and off balance. He won't do much damage to Clottey when Clottey is on the ropes and can see and anticipate Pac's flurries.

Clottey, even when he goes on the ropes is extremely hard to hit clean. He has a tight, tight guard. Don't take my word for it, watch his fights with Cotto or Judah. They could throw 10-15 punches at him when he was on the ropes and they'll end up backing up after been punched out and having little effect on Clottey.

Pac can be more effective in the centre of the ring if he can catch Clottey's guard down. An unlikely situation because Clottey keeps his guard up all the time. Pac should prepare to counter punch Clottey or throw punches when Clottey is also throwing and hope to score with his speed. That is also unlikely because Clottey rarely exposes himself when he's punching. He punches quick and fast combinations, mostly after you've finished punching or single shots in the middle of your combination.

[The_Sneaky]

clottey forgot that delahoya and cotto were much bigger the night they fought pacquiao but pacquiao made mincemeat of them.

Wrong. I don't know about Pac-Cotto fight night weights but de la Hoya was actually smaller in weight than Pacquiao on fight night. I don't think Cotto will have been much heavier than Pac on fight night maybe 2-5 pounds.
You can also check with the last five fights of Pac, the weight difference wasn't much, at most 5 pounds and he actually outweighed Marquez on fight night.

Clottey will be about 165 on fight, Pac, at most, will be 150(if he wants to retain his speed). That's 15 pounds in weight difference.

That is what is meant by being much bigger, not height alone.

[Illdil]

:sneaky: PAC may not have more damageing shots than cotto but PAC catches up to u very fast in damage wise cuz he throws more shots and all of em r coming at u very fast and u r not gona block all of his shots I don't care how good your defence is and most of his shots r straight power shots the only hooks he throws r when your coming In he always throws his right hook and he uppercuts u when u come in too O u never know what he's doing and he's not gona stand in front of clottey like cotto!!! PAC is gona do donuts around clottey cuz of his high endurance and stamina and u better belive PAC is not gona slow down and not throw shots idk how clottey can handle all this movement by PAC..yes he fought Judah who has lightning fast hands but Judah doesn't throw enough and his punch numbers drop after 6rounds..and judah doesn't have power and doesn't throw alot of haymakers like PAC does..and if clottey is gona do damage to PAC he needs to get PAC on the ropes but idk how's he gona do that cuz clottey is a pressure fighter but he doesn't fight u in the pocket and very close to u he needs an arm lenth for him to punch idk how pac Is gona hurt clottey cuz he's gona out wigh PAC by at least 15 pounds!! Will b very interesting fight and u know it's gona b WAR!!!!

[Grimmer]

I thought Hatton would beat Pacquiao....then I thought Cotto would demolish him.

I can't really think he'll come undone against Clottey. Pacquiao UD for me.

[The_Sneaky]

:sneaky: PAC may not have more damageing shots than cotto but PAC catches up to u very fast in damage wise cuz he throws more shots and all of em r coming at u very fast and u r not gona block all of his shots I don't care how good your defence is and most of his shots r straight power shots the only hooks he throws r when your coming In he always throws his right hook and he uppercuts u when u come in too O u never know what he's doing and he's not gona stand in front of clottey like cotto!!! PAC is gona do donuts around clottey cuz of his high endurance and stamina and u better belive PAC is not gona slow down and not throw shots idk how clottey can handle all this movement by PAC..yes he fought Judah who has lightning fast hands but Judah doesn't throw enough and his punch numbers drop after 6rounds..and judah doesn't have power and doesn't throw alot of haymakers like PAC does..and if clottey is gona do damage to PAC he needs to get PAC on the ropes but idk how's he gona do that cuz clottey is a pressure fighter but he doesn't fight u in the pocket and very close to u he needs an arm lenth for him to punch idk how pac Is gona hurt clottey cuz he's gona out wigh PAC by at least 15 pounds!! Will b very interesting fight and u know it's gona b WAR!!!!

Pac has one welterweight fight. Against Oscar. A hands-down slow footed Oscar. Even then he didn't rock or have Oscar seriously moved by his power. And you believe he'll do that with Clottey?

Cotto tried to use slick boxing as his defense, he obviously is not slick enough, his fights with Margarito and Clottey should have told him that but he still tried to go in with hands down defense, relying on his footwork and reflexes against a speed demon.

Clottey is none of those. He pressures from behind a tight guard. You can move all you want, throw as fast and as powerful as you want. It highly unlikely you'd be scoring much. Not one of his 38 opponents have managed to do that. And his fought at 154 more than 3 times. Being in there against at least 4 former world champions. Against all style, stance, volume, power and speed punchers. You believe Pac will get through that? You are entitled to your opinion but I don't believe he can get through that guard.

Clottey can and does fight in the pocket very effectively. Watch his fight with Corrales.

Judah was throwing 70-80 punches in the first four rounds against Clottey and landing very little. Judah's money punch is the quick, powerful left upper cut that he throws without warning, it's as fast and powerful as any single punch Pac can throw. He rocked Cotto and caught even Mayweather with it. He didn't land even a single one against Clottey.

How many punches a round do you think Pac can throw to keep Clottey off him 100,120? because that is what Margarito was doing in the first 4 rounds against Clottey and was still getting beat up.

Pac's gameplan in this fight shouldn't revolve around haymakers. Clottey's defense can pick that off easily. He should concentrate on just being busy and looking to avoid getting timed or countered whiles doing that.

Clottey won't be trying to be slick or fleet of foot. He will be right in front of Pac and pushing him back. Can Pac fight effectively on the back foot? If he tries to be aggressive Clottey will be extremely prepared for that. This fight will determine whether Pac can be a technical and tactical fighter. This is not a fight he'll win on overwhelming offense.