Clottey planned on Pac slowing down, and it didn't happen.

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

Stop being a prick... it wasnt a good night for him... hes not a top echelon fighter. But he is not a coward.

Stop being sympathetic towards him you giving him too much credit my dude. Hes a coward. DeJesus looked him in his eyes and told him to punch. Clottey said "no". He was terrified to throw punches. He felt his power in his arms and on his body and he didnt want to feel him in his face. Hes a disgrace. Even Pac diehards said he has no balls. Oh and so did his own trainer. Hes patheitc man. Simple.

[THE REED]

Stop being sympathetic towards him you giving him too much credit my dude. Hes a coward. DeJesus looked him in his eyes and told him to punch. Clottey said "no". He was terrified to throw punches. He felt his power in his arms and on his body and he didnt want to feel him in his face. Hes a disgrace. Even Pac diehards said he has no balls. Oh and so did his own trainer. Hes patheitc man. Simple.

I have no respect for this mindset.

[Chups]

I have no respect for this mindset.

Forgive him.....he's trying hard to be a boxing fan.

[AllEyesOpen]

It's his fault for thinking that. But regardless, Clottey went into this fight making it known how he felt.

"You slow him down by hitting him.. when I hit him, he will slow down" - This is what Clottey was saying in the countdown...

If anything it was the opposite... as Clottey would land, Pac only UPPED his offense. Clottey planned on pacquiao slowing down in the later rounds so he could take advantage.. and it didn't happen.

I felt Clottey would maybe win 3 rounds in this fight as I said before the fight.

Clottey is an ON and OFF fighter... he is not a counter puncher.

While you are PUNCHING.. he is DEFENDING. When you are DONE, then he will punch.

Couple that with Pac setting a compu box record for punches thrown.. and what do you have?

You have Pacquiao throwing punches nonstop upwards of 100 punches PLUS a round, and you have Clottey almost constantly on defense. This is the Clottey we have always seen. Only difference he was in there with the best fighter in the world.

Margarito also threw a compubox record on Clottey.. but the difference is Margarito is not Pacquiao... he is there to be hit a LOT more than Pac... Pac may not have the BEST defense in the ring but it is certainly worlds apart from Margarito... Margarito also stands directly in front of you, you can hit him at will.. this is why Clottey did so much better.

Not only was Pac throwing 100 punches a round, but he was doing it with movement, speed, angles, and FEINTS.

I hoped Clottey would have made a better account of himself.. but who exactly were we expecting to show up? Maybe our expectations we're a little too high.. on top of a stylistic mismatch..

He's done this on the world stage over and over. Clottey was expecting Pacquiao to slow down, but did nothing to help that along. He was OFF the whole night, you'd think that at some point he would have realized that he was losing the fight unless he took a chance. I give Pacquiao all the credit for such a great win, but I feel Clottey did nothing to try to win this fight.

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

Forgive him.....he's trying hard to be a boxing fan.

Man you cant watch that fight and say Clottey is this warrior. He fought to survive. Pac fought to win.

[peyk-peyk]

I have no respect for this mindset.

co-sign, he's an embarrassment to all members on this site.

[rao007]

I have no respect for this mindset.

He felt Manny's power, saw his movement, elusiveness and what did he do? He covered up and punched ONLY when he felt safe of not getting hit...coward.

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

co-sign, he's an embarrassment to all members on this site.

Man please. Lenny DeJesus SAID THE SAME THING.



Clotteys trainer.

[Drunk Punch]

Ha ha. So Clottey's masterplan was to slow Pacquaio down by doing nothing. Yes, Joshua, of course, because Manny is known for slowing down. Is the crack good where you're at?

[deanrw]

I made the post below in another thread, but it would be better suited here:

I think much of Clottey's issue was the fact that he was coming off a loss. Did not have the trainer he wanted and had no confidence in the one he did have. Was brought in as a sacrificial lamb and saw the headlines etc etc etc.

It is not hard for anyone, even a fighter to lose confidence in the midst of chaos like that. Tyson beat many solid fighters before they even stepped into the ring. Manny has some of that same type of aura. It can affect the mindset of any fighter.

Before jumping all over Clottey, remember that there have been scores of fighters before him that basically failed and fell apart at the ring walk also.

The only reason he is being questioned, is because he is tough and defensively tight and lasted 12 rounds. If he got sparked out due to being nervous, nobody would be complaining.

The fact is, Manny is at the stage and reputation that nearly anyone who fights him is going to be very wary. Some have even built him up to be super human and thinking he must be cheating in some grand way. Look at how Floyd Sr. Looks at him, his eyes get all bugged out etc.

Clottey kept himself in the fight maybe hoping Manny would hurt his hands or tire. Who knows what he was thinking. That is my guess though.

I am not about to place any noose around his neck. He is human after all and we all have bad nights.