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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..
"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..
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