Pacquiao - Clottey Fight Discussion

[blegit]

Clottey is the same ol' Clottey. I never expect much of an effort from him and he never gives it.

[Majesty]

See the thing is, looking at Pacquiao's face, and how much damage Clottey was able to do to him tonight. It makes it all the more frustrating that he didn't push the fight more, it was a VERY winnable fight for him, and he could actually have used his size and jab and everything on Pacquiao, whenever he let his hands go he moved him. When Clottey looks back at the tape and back at his career he will realize he could have been undefeated and p4p maybe the top 3 in the world if he had just stepped on the gas, he will see how much of a waste it was. Hell he made Pacquiao miss 1000 times. How do you make someone miss a thousand punches and still lose?

That said, considering how often Pacquiao was hit with the straight left whenever he threw it and how roughed up he was on the inside when he decided to stay there. I have even more doubt that Pacquiao would beat Mayweather now. In fact, looking at the way Pacquiao performed tonight, Mayweather would have probably stopped him.

Even though once Floyd beats Shane it will build even more enthusiasm for a Pacquiao fight(though Roach seems to want it more then Pacquiao) from what I saw tonight, pacquiao would get the worst beating of his career against Floyd. If he can't avoid Clottey's straight right how the heck is he gonna stop Floyds?

[djcione]

All that fight did for me was to speculate what would happen if Manny and Floyd ever met in the ring.

Manny's defense is still suspect; Clottey tagged him a lot and seemed to hurt him a few times with some nice counters. On the other hand, does Floyd have the chin and heart to withstand Manny's power just in case Manny lands a few solid shots ? Manny is fast enough to land some heavy shots even against Floyd.