Afterthoughts on Pacquiao vs Clottey Fight
The match failed my expectations. I was expecting Pacquiao to demolish Clottey within 6 rounds. But it didn’t happen. Now I have to treat an officemate for lunch at my expense. The whole twelve rounds was a boring fight, and lots of my facebook friends agree. Maybe it would take another twelve rounds to finally bring Clottey down. Why is he so tough? Why isn’t he throwing lots of punches? Why isn’t he fighting? I am not sure of the sentiments of the 50,000 plus attendees at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. They must have expected Pacquiao to win, but not on a boring 12-round unanimous decision.
Clottey’s Defense
Clottey stood in front of Manny with his arms covering his lowered head and a large chunk of his body. It seemed that his pants were raised a bit, exposing only a smaller portion of his hard body. The defense was so tight that even bullets from a Gatling gun couldn’t get through. He arms must be as hard as iron, because no matter how Manny bombarded it with jabs and power punches, it won’t let down.
It wasn’t cowardice on Joshua’s side, as he was not backing out. He was just absorbing the shocks brought about by Pacquiao’s fists. “I really did not feel much of his power” he said in an interview after the fight. “But it is his speed that I’m wary of”.
From the looks of it, it was like Clottey’s aim was not to win but to remain standing at the end of twelve rounds. Remember that the last few great fighters Manny fought had been knocked down. Some even, he stamped their boxing retirement papers. At the end of the day, Clottey can gallantly claim that Manny had not knocked him out. It would be his selling point in the future.
Clottey’s Offense
Clottey connected a few strong punches. He could have outpointed Manny on a few rounds had he thrown a lot of those. His trainer, Lenny de Jesus, urged him to take his chances. They knew that they can only beat Pacquiao through a knockout. But he just hid in his shell.
Pacquiao’s Speed
Pacquiao was relentless in his barrage of punches directed towards the wall of Clottey. A punch connected every time Clottey opened up. It flew from different angles, directed at different parts of the Ghanaian’s open spaces.
Pacquiao’s excellent fitness was evident. He has the same speed from round 1 to round 12 showing no sign of fatigue. I believe that he can still go for another 12 rounds if only to bring Clottey down.
According to statistics gathered by Compubox, Manny threw a total of 1,231 punches as compared to Clottey 399. Percentage-wise, Pacquiao landed 20% while Clottey landed 27%. As to power punches, Pacquiao threw 682 of them connecting 34%. These are career-high records for Manny.
Boring Fight
I knew we expected a lot from Manny. He didn’t fail us though. He even tired to make us all laugh. It was the other side of the equation that didn’t give us all the boxing we deserve. Or maybe we should blame Bob Arum for putting up an opponent who’s not entertaining enough, and who’s not boxing enough. It should have been a brawl, and not like a game of chess.
Other Matters
If any of you tried to search online for results, analysis or live video streaming and ended up getting frustrated because the first few pages of Google search gave you sites that are either annoying or confusing, blame SEO. Or shall we say the ugly side of it. The legit sites and better-written articles were nowhere near the top pages you know. And it’s now time that they learn it.
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March 15th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
yeah, everytime Clottey would go offense he opens up, allowing Pacquiao to move in. It was wise for him to stay covered and only throw some punches. As he said before the fight, he’ll throw a few punches but will connect. After the fight, he did admit that he won’t take chances because Manny takes the advantage with his speed, and he wants to take his time. Well, there never really was time because Manny didn’t tire out.
On another note, the National Historical Institute is filing a case against Pineda. Funny, we can’t even fix our damn flag to represent the Philippines. I understand that it’s a law, and I guess it’s time to either fix the law, or fix our mentality.
March 15th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
the next time, maybe we’ll let pacquiao sing the national anthem himself. why can’t the others sing it the right way?
March 15th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Not getting knocked down by Pacquaio preoccupied Clottey. Sure he got his prayer answered but at a price – he didn’t win. Just as well. No guts no glory. Perhaps he should try knitting as the next viable profession.
March 15th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Damn the Clottey-SEO, they covered their site with tags like Clottey covering his face and body. I didn’t stepped on their shoes like Clottey. I used fair and legal punches. I provided the real deal with real contents and links.
My punches can’t get through on page 1. I know I’m late on the game, but still I was able get some points (c/o Mr. G).
Good thing I was able to promote my game on other venues.
March 15th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
@Eric, so how was your earnings on that day? mine was good enough for a Starbucks Frappe. hehe.
@jan, maybe clottey should apply as a punching bag instead of being a boxer.
March 16th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Pacquaio showed his best but Clottey should’ve put up a better fight and took the chance. This made the fight look so lame even if Manny was on top of his game.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
@archon, there’s no problem with manny. it’s clottey who failed all of us. and that was immediately picked up by mayweather.
March 21st, 2010 at 7:13 am
I do agree with you. I still consider it as a superb performance of Manny.