Why is that fighters refuse to fight Clottey? Shane has had numerous offers to fight Clottey and passed same with Paul Williams?
I mean Cotto took the chance and it was closer than we expected, so dismissing Clottey and calling my opinion a joke doesnt make any real sense. (blame it on the headbutt or what you will but thats what you deal with when you fight big clottey)
Clottey put just almost as much damage on pacquiao as Cotto did. See if rankings spoke for the world then we wouldve seen more of Paul Williams at welter since he defeated margs back in 2007. However fear is a factor which kept PWill out of the limelight and the same with Joshua Clottey.
If you ask me I feel Joshua could beat Mosley right now given the right gameplan. As for Margarito, I mean what does margarito REALLY possess that makes him a dangerous fighter? Well its his ability to take punishment along with dishing out pressure. We can talk plaster all we want but in retrospect what wins fights for margarito is wearing down his opponent by taking everything he has to offer ( IE Miguel Cotto Kermit Cintron ). Weve seen Cotto ( who has a power punch) against pacquiao and although Cotto had more success in attacking pacquiao and landing shots he rarely seemed hurt. However against margarito (who supposedly never had a punch until plaster wraps) he was definitely hurt with a body shot. So to say Margarito at 150lb against the greatest fighter in the world couldnt have beaten top welters that night is pretty nuts if you keep up with boxing and have watched these fighters progress
I mean Cotto took the chance and it was closer than we expected, so dismissing Clottey and calling my opinion a joke doesnt make any real sense. (blame it on the headbutt or what you will but thats what you deal with when you fight big clottey)
Clottey put just almost as much damage on pacquiao as Cotto did. See if rankings spoke for the world then we wouldve seen more of Paul Williams at welter since he defeated margs back in 2007. However fear is a factor which kept PWill out of the limelight and the same with Joshua Clottey.
If you ask me I feel Joshua could beat Mosley right now given the right gameplan. As for Margarito, I mean what does margarito REALLY possess that makes him a dangerous fighter? Well its his ability to take punishment along with dishing out pressure. We can talk plaster all we want but in retrospect what wins fights for margarito is wearing down his opponent by taking everything he has to offer ( IE Miguel Cotto Kermit Cintron ). Weve seen Cotto ( who has a power punch) against pacquiao and although Cotto had more success in attacking pacquiao and landing shots he rarely seemed hurt. However against margarito (who supposedly never had a punch until plaster wraps) he was definitely hurt with a body shot. So to say Margarito at 150lb against the greatest fighter in the world couldnt have beaten top welters that night is pretty nuts if you keep up with boxing and have watched these fighters progress
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