Thread: Do you feel bad for Clottey?

Here is a post fight pic of Clottey getting his knee examined at the hospital.





Seriously though, it was a close fight and he did enough to earn a rematch IMO. He lost the fight by coasting the last two rounds. Cotto gritted it out.

Originally Posted by Deanrw

Here is a post fight pic of Clottey getting his knee examined at the hospital.





Seriously though, it was a close fight and he did enough to earn a rematch IMO. He lost the fight by coasting the last two rounds. Cotto gritted it out.

Cotto deserved the victory he boxed better and hit clottey cleaner

No way, he just made bank, and didnt really lose too much credibility. He may even be ranked higher in some peoples minds after the fight. People that underrated him.

Originally Posted by OumaFan

I don't.

I have no problem with somebody giving him the fight.

But when the fight was his he turned off the gas in 10-12.

Dude's just got an issue, he threw the Baldomir fight away, he could have done more against Margarito, he made the Guttierez fight tougher than it should have been, etc..

Technically he's a hell of a fighter. Just don't understand his mindset.

He goes into sparring partner mode, alot of defense with lil offense.

Okay, I logged in real quick to pm Bilbo, and decided to throw in a few posts. You know I have to regarding a Cotto fight.


No, I don't feel bad for Clottey, he has no one to blame but himself. He took some rounds off, and gave the fight to Cotto. He fought well, but he lacks heart, and will.

I have to say, I did lose some respect for him and his over dramatic bullshit. It reminded me of this......

Originally Posted by Deanrw

Here is a post fight pic of Clottey getting his knee examined at the hospital.

And this was Clottey to the audience, as he walked around the ring after the fight.

Here just to show what I was talking about in my last post, Danny put this together for me.

IMO , Clottey got what he wanted , he thought with his acts would going stop the fight and definitely he wasn't consistently in the latest rounds to finish the Champion in where Cotto took the advantage , i would imagine if that cut would happened to Clottey ...............Would he finished the fight ? hmmmm

I dont feel bad for Clottey

If anything I lost repect for him . How many times did he try to get a DQ. He was always complaining trying to buy time or get out the fight . He was worse than Bernard vs Joe.

Originally Posted by Master

Cotto deserved the victory he boxed better and hit clottey cleaner

Maybe Miguel Cotto deserved to win a close decision, but i do disagree about Miguel Cotto landing the cleaner shots. I see Joshua Clottey landing the cleaner more accurate punches, and i hate to use punchstats because they are at times inaccurate.

But i think they were correct showing that Joshua Clottey landed at a higher percentage, because i certainly see it that way aswell before i even knew the punchstats.

Originally Posted by Diane

Here just to show what I was talking about in my last post, Danny put this together for me.

A bit harsh Diane, they were booing him & he was sayin 'no don't boo me', if he'd lapped the boos up he'd just look like an arrogant knob.

Clottey deserved the loss much more than Cotto deserved the win.

I kinda feel bad for Clottey because he may never get another shot at a big fight after this one. IMO the fight proved he was a better all around fighter than Cotto, but he doesn't have the heart of a champion.