Pacquiao vs Clottey
This past weekend HBO replayed the mega fight between pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and Ghana’s pride Joshua Clottey. I sat there for a second time and watched Manny be Manny and unfortunately watch Clottey be Clottey. If anything could’ve been a tell all precursor to the lopsided event to come was the pre fight weigh in. After the initial weigh in both fighters meet in front of the scales face to face for the battle of intimidation. In the Mike Tyson documentary Tyson claimed this was the first battle to win and once he won the intimidation factor the fight would already be over. In this particular post weigh in stare down Pacquiao met Clottey in front of all the people and cameras and proceeded to work the intimidation factor. Which in seconds of this Pacquiao breaks the tension with a smile which causes both fighters to start laughing and everyone that seen the fight knows Clottey’s performance was just as laughable. Keep in mind that Joshua “GrandMaster” Clottey is not a bad fighter he has wins over good boxers like Diego Corrales and Zab Judah. Clottey also has debatable losses against Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto both fights being for championship belts. Cotto literally only beat Clottey by one point in there fight it came by way of knockdown in the first round and we all remember what Pacquiao did to Cotto. Pacquiao completely out classed him every single round. What I’m getting at is Clottey isn’t to blame completely for the disappointing performance it was Pacquiao completely out classing another top fighter. Everyone knows that he is a defense first fighter which works well against slower and stamina lacked fighters. But Manny Pacquiao has neither of those qualities in his fighting arsenal. Now by compustats, a system that tracks punches thrown, landed etc…, the fight wasn’t even close Pacquiao destroyed Clottey by a landslide.
Punch Stats
This past weekend HBO replayed the mega fight between pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and Ghana’s pride Joshua Clottey. I sat there for a second time and watched Manny be Manny and unfortunately watch Clottey be Clottey. If anything could’ve been a tell all precursor to the lopsided event to come was the pre fight weigh in. After the initial weigh in both fighters meet in front of the scales face to face for the battle of intimidation. In the Mike Tyson documentary Tyson claimed this was the first battle to win and once he won the intimidation factor the fight would already be over. In this particular post weigh in stare down Pacquiao met Clottey in front of all the people and cameras and proceeded to work the intimidation factor. Which in seconds of this Pacquiao breaks the tension with a smile which causes both fighters to start laughing and everyone that seen the fight knows Clottey’s performance was just as laughable. Keep in mind that Joshua “GrandMaster” Clottey is not a bad fighter he has wins over good boxers like Diego Corrales and Zab Judah. Clottey also has debatable losses against Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto both fights being for championship belts. Cotto literally only beat Clottey by one point in there fight it came by way of knockdown in the first round and we all remember what Pacquiao did to Cotto. Pacquiao completely out classed him every single round. What I’m getting at is Clottey isn’t to blame completely for the disappointing performance it was Pacquiao completely out classing another top fighter. Everyone knows that he is a defense first fighter which works well against slower and stamina lacked fighters. But Manny Pacquiao has neither of those qualities in his fighting arsenal. Now by compustats, a system that tracks punches thrown, landed etc…, the fight wasn’t even close Pacquiao destroyed Clottey by a landslide.
Punch Stats
Pacquiao
1,231 Punches thrown
246 Connected
20% Percent
549 Jabs Thrown
14 (3%) Jabs Connected
682 Power Thrown
232 (34%) Power Connected
1,231 Punches thrown
246 Connected
20% Percent
549 Jabs Thrown
14 (3%) Jabs Connected
682 Power Thrown
232 (34%) Power Connected
Clottey
399 Punches thrown
108 Connected
27% Percent
162 Jabs Thrown
26 (16%) Jabs Connected
237 Power Thrown
82 (35%) Power Connected
399 Punches thrown
108 Connected
27% Percent
162 Jabs Thrown
26 (16%) Jabs Connected
237 Power Thrown
82 (35%) Power Connected
Pacquiao was recorded throwing 1,231 punches that’s roughly 103 punches per round just banging away at Clottey’s guard. Pacquiao literally through more power shots than Clottey through all together. This just goes to show that it wasn’t just a bad performance by an overestimated figher in Clottey. It was the complete opposite of that it was an overwhelming stellar performance by the best boxer in the world Manny Pacquiao. To the near 51,000 people that crowed Cowboy Stadium in Dallas that day I apologize as a fan for the boring fight but Dallas you were treated to a full movie story of how dominate Pacquiao really is. Boxing for the sake of the fans we have to make the Mayweather – Pacquiao happen although I honestly believe the fight would be extremely similar to the Clottey-Pacquiao fight. In the sense that Mayweather is a defense first fighter and Pacquiao would have to figure out how to break Mayweather down otherwise welcome to snore town! If I had to make a fight that would be an all out epic brawl ending in knockout for the fans it would be Mosley-Pacquiao!
Vic.P
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