"Clottey Doesnt Have The Cojones" - Clotteys Trainer Lenny De Jesus

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Now that is unprecedented (for me at least).

A boxer not following the fightplan and wouldn't even try to be at his fighting best JUST TO DISS an opposing fighter's foulmouth prediction???

Man Clottey's a nice guy but this is just plain disrespect! Don't wanna join any wagon here but if that's his mentality he shouldn't box at all!

agree!!!!!!!!

[Roy Hobbs]

"He had no courage" Lenny De Jesus

Written by Rey Colon, Special Envoy Sunday March 14,


TEXAS - More than defeated, the Puerto Rican coach Lenny De Jesus face reflected frustration that Joshua Clottey did not meet the agreed plans to face Manny Pacquiao, he strictly got imited to remain upright for 12 rounds and so to show up Freddie Roach.

He had no balls, in spanish, No te tuvo los cojones, De jesus said. The training that was given was terrific but changed when Pacquiao began to throw lots of punches. He was honest with me and said 'Lenny I didnt wanted to give Roach the satisfaction of Pacquiao stopping me in the fight. I wanted to last the 12 rounds. "That's what he told me later in the clubhouse. I would have liked to have taken this fight to Wilfredo Gómez to teach Clottey how a real man fight. Gomez was a real man," revealed the Ponceño trainer.

Between rounds, De Jesus was trying to convince Clottey to be more aggressive but the African refused to follow those instructions and has apparently opted to make his own game plan.

"I told him he had to throw more punches, be creative and open up a bit to throw his own. But you saw, got stuck. No shot. He lost all the rounds. He wanted to last the 12 rounds. I could not put to fight for it. And he did not heed what he explained. He knew and I said it, did not want to open the guard. He threw two or three right uppercuts and not let go. The left stagnant, "he said.

The 160 pounds that Clottey weighted in the fight did not affect him or his performance.

"No, that was no factor. This weight is perfect. Maybe he got into his mind or which was to last twelve rounds to not give the satisfaction to Roach. I wasnt with that mentality. He didnt want to take the chance because most WW's have big power. The little man won, the big one didnt do what was expected.

De Jesus said that following the fight and above the ring, Pacquiao admitted that he came to feel the force of Clottey.

"Manny came up to me and said, Lenny, he hit me several times. He thanked me and I him and I think I will be given the opportunity to work with him. I told him in the ring. I will consider for the next fight, "settlement.


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that is an amazing revelation by clottey's trainer. im still shocked at how timid clottey fought. i would think that all the criticism he recieved from the cotto fight about not stepping on the gas pedal combined with the fact that he is fighting the biggest star in boxing in the biggest stage you would think clottey would go all out & try to win it.

Clottey made Roach look like a fool. Stick to training Freddie.

that's one way of looking at it. another would way would be roach completely took out clottey from their gameplan & he got into clottey's head. just listen to de jesus, he said clottey never followed the game plan & he was more concerned with proving freddie wrong than actually trying to win the fight. looks like freddie used a little reverse psychology on joshua.

[-GDS-]

At some point Clottey, wheather during the fight or before it, became complacent with the idea of failure. That should be totally unacceptable for a professional athlete, especially one in the brutal sport of boxing.

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[Mr. Philadel]

People said this guy sounded like an idiot on 24/7 which I didnt see but he kept it real in the corner and he's keeping it real now. People can say what they want but Im the biggest Clottey fan there is but Ive lost a ton of respect for him in his last 2 fights. I felt he tried to quit against Cotto over some BS and now this. I also felt that he punked out in the Margarito fight, hand problems or not. I think he acts like he's hard but if anything goes wrong then he goes soft quick

kinda hard but I feel you......the bull Clottey let me down big time as well.......I'm still tight about this dude not firing back and let Manny embarass him like that......I still give him the Cotto fight, but this one that just passed opened my eyes.......something is missing and Lenny may have nailed it....Clottey has no balls!!!......it hurts to say it but I was taught that the TRUTH was a harsh thing and that only the strong could speak it and take it......and the TRUTH is that my dude Clottey aint bulit for this boxing game.....he doesn't have the proper mental for this boxing game!!......he should go play soccer and leave the boxing alone!!

[hateinyaeyes32]

"He had no courage" Lenny De Jesus

Written by Rey Colon, Special Envoy Sunday March 14,


TEXAS - More than defeated, the Puerto Rican coach Lenny De Jesus face reflected frustration that Joshua Clottey did not meet the agreed plans to face Manny Pacquiao, he strictly got imited to remain upright for 12 rounds and so to show up Freddie Roach.

He had no balls, in spanish, No te tuvo los cojones, De jesus said. The training that was given was terrific but changed when Pacquiao began to throw lots of punches. He was honest with me and said 'Lenny I didnt wanted to give Roach the satisfaction of Pacquiao stopping me in the fight. I wanted to last the 12 rounds. "That's what he told me later in the clubhouse. I would have liked to have taken this fight to Wilfredo Gómez to teach Clottey how a real man fight. Gomez was a real man," revealed the Ponceño trainer.

Between rounds, De Jesus was trying to convince Clottey to be more aggressive but the African refused to follow those instructions and has apparently opted to make his own game plan.

"I told him he had to throw more punches, be creative and open up a bit to throw his own. But you saw, got stuck. No shot. He lost all the rounds. He wanted to last the 12 rounds. I could not put to fight for it. And he did not heed what he explained. He knew and I said it, did not want to open the guard. He threw two or three right uppercuts and not let go. The left stagnant, "he said.

The 160 pounds that Clottey weighted in the fight did not affect him or his performance.

"No, that was no factor. This weight is perfect. Maybe he got into his mind or which was to last twelve rounds to not give the satisfaction to Roach. I wasnt with that mentality. He didnt want to take the chance because most WW's have big power. The little man won, the big one didnt do what was expected.

De Jesus said that following the fight and above the ring, Pacquiao admitted that he came to feel the force of Clottey.

"Manny came up to me and said, Lenny, he hit me several times. He thanked me and I him and I think I will be given the opportunity to work with him. I told him in the ring. I will consider for the next fight, "settlement.


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Wow **** Lenny I was disappointed with Clottey's performance too but you dont say that about your own fighter.... Low budget ****ing scum

[djsygo]

lol, maybe this guy put his purse on the fight going to a decision, or even on Pac by decision and doubled it at the end of the night.

Lol seriously, it was so clear the guy wasnt there to win, he alredy knew he couldnt win and he didnt want to get koed like Hatton. What a waste.

[miron_lang]

Lol!!!!

His own trainer saying he didnt have the ballls to try. Damn!!

Steward said something similar while training Jermaine Taylor. but not stright up like that lol

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Yeah he was scared of Pac. The shots he was feeling in his body and arms he didnt want to feel in his face.

[Grimmer]

His performance was abysmal....it's not just that he got outboxed against a better fighter. That I could respect....it's that he didn't take any risks and clearly tried just to still be standing after 12 rounds. Pacman did all he could and he's top fighter....but Clottey proved he had no heart, or passion. And I hope he doesn't get a World title shot again, because he doesn't deserve it. If he took a risk (even if he got TKO'D or battered) I'd be of a different opinion, but he didn't go into that fight with any winning mentality. Cotto wasn't "shot" when he faced Pacman, he did as well as he could, he took risks and took a beating as a result and almost went the distance....Cotto went on on his shield. Clottey turned up for a paycheck. I thought Cotto beat Clottey fairly, although some people thought otherwise, there's no doubt in my mind who the better fighter is. Cotto has heart, he had a go against Pacman. Clottey was in their for a paycheck and to go the distance.

And I'll say this, if I was in a ring with Pacman I'd have given it more heart than Clottey did, even if I was sparked out after the first punch.

[al22tec]

with that kind of performance, clottey deserves to be dropped from being ranked in the top 10.