Comments Thread For: Joshua Clottey: The Critics Forget My Good Performances

[LouIE G]

Exactly. People still sleeping on clottey. I think that if canelo doesn't hurt him, clottey will be more offensive. I also think that this is a more comfortable weight for him compared to 147 lbs.

Clottey has a superb peek-a-boo defence that is very hard to penetrate. Canelo would have to maintain a good pace and pick his shots, while defending himself from the incoming... this is going to be a 12 round fight and for canelo to gas out especially down the stretch it could be disastrous.. and the extra weight will definately be beneficial for clottey especially at this point of his career...its going to be a good fight maybe one that will warrant a rematch, who knows.

[lopez36]

I am not upset at all about this fight..Canelo just fought Trout,Mayweather,Angulo and Lara bavk to back..and Clottey in no bum or anything..plus is it on regular HBO..

agree,, hes faced tough fighters lately, he deserves a somewhat easy fight,,its on regular hbo, if this was ppv yeah inwould say no, but its not like hes a champion and only fighting stiffs in his last 4 fights

[LouIE G]

clottey shouldn't show his face in boxing after what he didn't do in the pacquiao fight. anyone can stand in the ring and be a punching bag. What a disgrace to his country he is.

I can agree, he dropped the ball in that debacle of a fight.

[bigjer88]

I gave it to cotto by slight edge. He did more work than clottey in the latter of the fight, cotto also had a kd in the 1st round. But that cut over the eye of cotto in the 3rd didnt help matters either.

Agree with this. Cotto could have stopped after the 4th round and let the fight go to the scorecards -- where he would have won due to the kd in the first round. Instead, he fought three-quarters of the fight with a huge gash over his eye, caused by Clottey's head, while Clottey took his foot off the gas in the championship rounds. It was a close fight -- the 116-111 score was ridiculous -- but I had no problem with Cotto winning it. He behaved like a fighter. Clottey did not.

[bigjavi973]

Clottey has a superb peek-a-boo defence that is very hard to penetrate. Canelo would have to maintain a good pace and pick his shots, while defending himself from the incoming... this is going to be a 12 round fight and for canelo to gas out especially down the stretch it could be disastrous.. and the extra weight will definately be beneficial for clottey especially at this point of his career...its going to be a good fight maybe one that will warrant a rematch, who knows.

Word. I just hope they don't stop the fight off of ONE PUNCH like they did to angulo lol

[LouIE G]

Word. I just hope they don't stop the fight off of ONE PUNCH like they did to angulo lol

Angulo got ***ed up bad in that fight! Clottey wont get stopped, he will be there for the entire 12 rounds unless some freak accident occurs.

[delpilar]

Leave Clottey alone. Cotto will use him as a measuring stick against Canelo. Clottey might surprise Canelo.

[bigjavi973]

Agree with this. Cotto could have stopped after the 4th round and let the fight go to the scorecards -- where he would have won due to the kd in the first round. Instead, he fought three-quarters of the fight with a huge gash over his eye, caused by Clottey's head, while Clottey took his foot off the gas in the championship rounds. It was a close fight -- the 116-111 score was ridiculous -- but I had no problem with Cotto winning it. He behaved like a fighter. Clottey did not.

I had it 114-113

[LouIE G]

I had it 114-113

I had it 115-112...so your score reflects a draw on rounds and that the knockdown decided the fight on your card...thats a good score.

[chepe009]

Seriously? If he was able to cut off the ring properly he wouldve hit lara alot more.

All Lara did was run and use his legs in the fight. watch the fight again and you'll see canelo repeatedly getting Lara against the ropes and tagging his body. This dumbass YouTube post you attached means nothing. Is a dude talking, for I know it could be you talking the same Bias Ish you're always on. Post actual footage of the fight and you'll see canelo constantly tagging Lara's body after cutting him off