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My thoughts on Pacquiao/Clottey and Mayweather
Javier:
Mayweather gets a lot of shit talked to because of his get a punch or two in, and "run away". Or as I like to call it, "boxing". Tonight was a perfect example of somebody who actually does run and not do anything with Clottey. Hopefully more people realize that Mayweather is a boxing genius, and should really treasure the remainder of his fights but his type of genius boxing is very rare to come by in boxing. You always have counter punchers, sluggers, explosive, etc type of fighters but none have the highly accurate offensive style and tremendous defense of Mayweather.
Pacquiao landed 20% of his punches on Clottey, this is really not good news for Pac if he were to face Mayweather. You would see a similar percentage against Mayweather, but the difference is that Mayweather will know when to attack with precision.
D-Nice:
Agreed, but at the same time Manny would not fight Floyd like that. Freddie Roach even said before the fight that Clottey is more counter punch 1st minded and with a volume puncher he takes too long to counter. That is why Manny fought the way he did and until the later rounds had little resistance. He would get knocked out with the quickness fighting Floyd like that but for tonight it worked.
Nutty:
Forgot to book the fight today. Pacman won by decision, was it a good fight?
Javier:
--- Quote from: Nutty on March 13, 2010, 11:08:57 PM ---Forgot to book the fight today. Pacman won by decision, was it a good fight?
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Not at all. It was so boring that Lampley tried to spice things up in the middle of the fight by screaming "BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG" while Pacquiao was hitting Clottey's gloves. LMAO
The entire fight was basically Pacquiao landed a few shots while throwing over 100 punches per round and Clottey throwing 35 punches while having his guard up the entire time.
Top Rank just collected money with no entertainment. The undercard was even worse.
Javier:
--- Quote from: D~Nice on March 13, 2010, 10:43:05 PM ---Agreed, but at the same time Manny would not fight Floyd like that. Freddie Roach even said before the fight that Clottey is more counter punch 1st minded and with a volume puncher he takes too long to counter. That is why Manny fought the way he did and until the later rounds had little resistance. He would get knocked out with the quickness fighting Floyd like that but for tonight it worked.
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That's Pacquiao's only chance against Mayweather though, I think. Having a high volume of punches throughout the fight. If he decides to be more selective, then I think Mayweather will just pick him off much more easily.
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