Manny Pacquiao - Boxing's New Golden Boy

Manny Pacquiao, the fast and furious Filipino fighter who is considered pound-for-pound the best boxer in the world, is still the sport's top draw.

His easy victory over Joshua Clottey in March raked in 700,000 pay per view buys and $35 million in revenues.

Pacquiao has been on an unprecedented winning streak, including sending Oscar de la Hoya into retirement, beating him so badly that the former Olympic Gold Medalist quit on his stool in between rounds.

The big fight for Manny Pacquiao, against Floyd Mayweather, remains elusive. The two could not agree on terms for pre-fight drug testing and a fight in March between the two fell apart. The fight would likely break all-time boxing pay-per-view records.

Source: Joshua Molina | hispanicbusiness.com

Pacquiao Hints at Retirement if Political Seat is Won

Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao has hinted at possible retirement which is more likely if he wins the lone seat representing Sarangani province in the May 10 elections according to people close to the “Fighter of the Decade” shortly after he arrived to another hero’s welcome by adoring fans at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and then during a colorful welcome at the New World Hotel in Makati City.

BoxingScene.com, Insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports has been told that Pacquiao simply doesn’t want to talk about a multi-million dollar fight in the future against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr who faces Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 

Most likely Pacquiao will discuss the possibilities of a fight with the winner after May 1 since Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer himself has said he will not discuss a future fight until after the Mayweather-Mosley showdown is over.

Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz  has indicated in the recent past that Pacquiao doesn’t wish to discuss a Mayweather fight because he doesn’t wish to give such importance and create the impression that he (Pacquiao) is running after Mayweather Jr for a fight because he believes he doesn’t need him as much as Mayweather needs Pacquiao to make the kind of big money he wouldn’t earn fighting anybody else.

Pacquiao noted that his mother Dionesia has been asking him not to fight anymore considering the dangers of the sport and has said she would go down on her knees and ask him to stop fighting. She first made the plea after he hurt his ear in the Miguel Cotto title fight late last year.

Pacquiao remarked “I don’t want to see my mother like that” he told reporters at a brief talk in the hotel lobby where he was accompanied by his family and members of his entourage.

Among those who welcomed Pacquiao and his wife Jinkee at the airport were Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar who has been strongly endorsed by Pacquiao who swore that he never received one centavo from Villar for his endorsement although he would clearly benefit in his congressional campaign with the NP party machinery and organization behind him. Also in the group were regular fixtures , former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson and former environment secretary Lito Atienza who is seeking to regain his Manila mayoralty post against popular incumbent Fred Lim.

On his arrival at the hotel Pacquiao’s party was greeted by dancers lining the driveway wearing colorful outfits while  staffers waving small Philippine flags cheered the boxing superstar as he entered the lobby. Later this morning Pacquiao and wife Jinkee would hear mass as always, at the Quiapo church after which he would pay the normal courtesy call on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who has been a staunch supporter and admirer of Pacquiao long before he emerged as the hero he is today, internationally.

Later in the day Pacquiao will be welcomed by millions of Manila residents in a motorcade organized by Atienza.

Pacquiao confirmed that he would attend the grand Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Annual Awards at the Sofitel  Plaza Harbour Tent on Thursday where he is the guest of honor and speaker and will be honored as “Fighter of the Decade.”

Source: Ronnie Nathanielsz | boxingscene.com

Pacquiao: Mayweather Needs Me, I Don't Need Him

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao spoke to reporters in the Philippines about a possible fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

Pacquiao sees no reason to chase after Mayweather or call him out in public. 

Pacquiao said he will fight Mayweather at any time - all Mayweather has to do is call for the fight. 

Pacquiao doesn't think his career needs Mayweather. He sees the situation as Mayweather being the one who needs the fight to happen for his own legacy.

"I came this far in my boxing career without Mayweather, so I see no need to call him out," Pacquiao told reporters. "He needs me to bolster his career. I am open to him fighting me anytime he wants to."

Mayweather will fight WBA champion Shane Mosley on May 1. If Mayweather is beaten, Pacquiao is open to fighting Mosley. With Mayweather, Pacquiao would have to agree to undergo a random drug testing protocol.

"He should win against Mosley. If not, Mosley and I will fight," Pacquiao said.

Source: Mark Vester | boxingscene.com

Pacquiao-Clottey: Largest Boxing Crowd in U.S. Not Featuring an American (Prelude to Mayweather?)

source: Steve Lewis - boxingnews24.com

As already announced, the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey bout was the third largest indoor crowd for a U.S. boxing event, tallying a total of 50,994 spectators at the opulent Cowboys Stadium. 

It is however, the largest indoor crowd for a U.S. boxing event NOT featuring an American fighter. The largest U.S. crowd, with 63,350 spectators, was the 1978 rematch between Americans Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome, while coming in second, at 59,995, was the 1993 controversial draw between American whiz Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker and Mexican icon, Julio Cesar Chavez, held at the Alamodome.

Who would have thought that a Filipino and a Ghanaian would draw the third largest crowd in Arlington, TX, during a time when boxing is trying to regain the level of popularity it once held? That Pacquiao drew close to 51,000 spectators against a relatively unknown commodity (though quite familiar to those of us who closely follow boxing) is even the more astounding and a testament to the drawing power of Pacquiao.

It is too bad, given the backdrop, that only Pacquiao came to fight.

If the Pacquiao-Clottey fight was considered “boring,” and there are some fans out there that have characterized it as such, one can only imagine how things would have turned out if Pacquiao, the ever-moving whirlwind, were taken out of the equation and a counter-puncher or “defensive specialist” was inserted in his place instead. Sounds like the makings of “Must-See-TV.”

Perhaps Pacquiao-Clottey served as a preview of a potential Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather match-up? Of course, Mayweather would not be as stationary and would probably have his gears on reverse for the majority of the fight. At least you can expect more movement in that regard. And there would probably be more punches of the pitty-pat variety being thrown towards Pacquiao, which would be more than the occasional thunderous uppercuts thrown by Clottey.

As the Clottey fight demonstrated, you need some offense to score points and win rounds. Mayweather will need to throw some punches. And Pacquiao, as seen during the Miguel Cotto and Clottey fights, is willing to absorb punishment to get an opponent to engage with him. And if he was able to withstand firepower from both Cotto and Clottey, he should also be able to weather through a Mayweather patty-cake attack.

Pacquiao detractors will say, “If you can’t even put away a stationary target like Joshua Clottey, how are you even going to knock out a moving and shifting Floyd Mayweather?” Well, first of all, Clottey was not exactly opening himself up, and would not engage with Pacquiao. So if even bigger welterweights who have engaged a more aggressive Clottey cannot knock him out (and no one has), how is a smaller Pacquiao suppose to do that to a non-engaging shell? If you have to commend Clottey for something, he made it difficult for Pacquiao to land a clean shot! And Clottey must have had iron ribs, because he sure took his fair licks to the body and did not wilt.

Which leads us back to Pacquiao-Mayweather: If Mayweather is too busy defending from a buzzsaw attack, and Pacquiao can withstand the counter-punches from Mayweather, can Mayweather garner enough points to beat Pacquiao? Some judges favor the busier, forward-moving aggressor over the defensive back-peddler who throws single counter pecks at a time, even if those single pecks are landing.

The Pacquiao detractors will once again chime in with, “Well, it worked for Juan Manuel Marquez, and Mayweather is of an even higher caliber than Marquez.” That’s why Marquez has zero wins to show for. And before people start arguing over subjective scoring, let us not confuse the Pacquiao at 130 with the Pacquiao at above 130. More weapons, improved defense, improved footwork, improved everything. Most people call that “development of skills.” Mayweather and Paulie Malignaggi call it “PEDs.” A new Pacquiao was born after he left the super featherweight division, a division in which he won his first Fighter of the Year Award in 2006.

But will we even get to see Pacquiao-Mayweather later this fall, even assuming they get past the negotiations hurdle? Word has it that there is a rematch clause in the Mayweather-Shane Mosley deal. It is uncertain whether the clause can only be exercised by Mayweather, or if Mosley can exercise that option too. If both have that option, then a return match is very likely (unless the fighters allow the rematch to take place after the winner takes on Pacquiao).

If the Nevada State Athletic Commission wants to avoid another negotiations impasse, then they should institute new rules regarding Olympic-style testing. As Pacquiao already stated, he is willing to abide by the NSAC’s rules, whatever they may be. But what he will not do is give in to baseless demands made by a reluctant opponent, one who apparently was OK with a 14-day testing window, when his primary concern was that PEDs can conceivably be used and flushed out of the system within a couple of days before fight night. How does the 14-day testing window really address his concern, if it wasn’t mere pretext and posturing in the first place?

With the cost of conducting Olympic-style testing, don’t count on the NSAC adopting it any time soon.

Erik Morales v Manny Pacquiao? No chance. Morales against Hatton maybe…

source: Gareth A Davies - blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Erik Morales expressed his desire for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao as he prepares to return to the ring after a two-and-a-half-year absence. Poppycock. Yes, they had memorable battles, but those inside boxing know that Morales’s best days are well behind him. In the thirty months he has been away, Pacquiao has gained in thought and deed. The idea of matching them now seems ludicrous.

But Morales versus Ricky Hatton at 147lbs, might not be such a bad idea. ‘El Terrible’ (48-6, 34 KOs) remains the last man to beat the current pound for pound No 1 having outpointed Paxquiao when they faced off at the MGM Grand in March 2005.  Yes…five years ago.

The three-division world champion is preparing to fight WBA lightweight champion Jose ‘Jicaras’ Alfaro for the vacant WBC intercontinental welterweight crown in March 27 in Monterrey, Mexico. But he is already eyeing future challenges.

At a Televisa event honouring Mexico’s best athletes of the last decade, he said: “The two opponents who have defined my career are Junior Jones and Manny Pacquaio. Defeating Jones was important to me because he had stopped something like 32 Mexicans in previous fights. Defeating Pacquaio is my greatest accomplishment in the ring. I would love another chance at Pacquaio and I also look forward to fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in the future. At 147, I’m faster than ever and freer with my body so I can get the most out of it.”

He added: “Alfaro is a great young fighter and a former world champion. A wicked puncher who will bring his best. He has a big heart and always gives fans everything he has.”

If Morales comes through the Alfaro challenge, he should look to another challenge. Hatton. If Hatton really is coming back…

Pacquiao's next possible opponents

source: Boxing fan's

This are my thoughts on Pacquiao's should be/would be opponents in the future.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This is the fight the i have been wanting to see and everyone wants to see. it should have been the one that took place in that wonderful stadium in dallas. i believe mayweather will win his next fight with mosley to a cat and mouse game that would end in a decision. but still there's a chance that this fight might not happen! why? just in case if pacquiao won't take the test will floyd give way? i dont think so! but if pacquiao suddenly agrees to take the test but demands the fight to be in dallas where xylocaine can't be used although it's not illegal, will floyd say yes? or if pacquiao demands something to counter the drug test if he ever agrees to it, will it be enough for the fight to take place? we will see!

Till then there are other options. although not as great but atleast something something to keep us entertained before retiring.

Shane Mosley
If by surprise shane wins his fight with money may maybe before he goes on with his rematch there might be a chance for him to square off with pacquiao. it will be a good fight in my opinion. both guys comes to fight toe to toe. it will be nice for pacquiao to have another fight with another great fighter.

Antonio Margar[i]ito
I say forget this fight. this shouldn't even be happening nor be mentioned. pacquiao has a great status now. he shouldn't ruin it fighting with a cheater and a disgrace to boxing. although i see bob arum making an offer pacquiao can't refuse. the only place it would take place is either mexico or philippines but i dunno really. fuk this fight seriously!

Juan Manuel Marquez
This is a fight i would also want to see just to finish the doubts. but in my opinion if pacquiao defeats him people will just say marquez is old and slow at welterweight. to make it exciting maybe pacquiao has to go down somewhere below 147 maybe at 145. i dont see it going that way since pacquiao is the man now and marquez has to be the one to make adjustments. but i really hope pacquiao will come down just to make this fight exciting for us. but like i said if he beats marquez he wont get that much credit!

Tim Bradley, Andre Berto, Devon Alexander
Good up and coming fighters but i still think they are green for the pacman. they will give him a little trouble early but experience and pacquiao's ability will still be the outcome. maybe they can have an elimination fight. something that didn't happen with the featherweights and the lightweights who wants to challenge the pacman. again i just dont see the public going for this because it's just another unknown fighter for them, they dont want to see another clottey type(im not talking about his style) who would just be another addition to pacquiao's victory. casual fans which is the majority in the world wants a good fight with a great fighter.

Edwin Valero
a fight with a guy like valero is the lowest he can go. but the good thing about it is that it will be the most action pack fight for 3-5 rounds. im not too sure with how long it will last but there will be a fuking knockout! but again this will be a fight in dallas or philippines. but i would say philippines is the best place to put this fight. i dont think a fight with valero will fill the dallas stadium. it happened with a guy like clottey but i dont think fans wont but into that type again unless it's mayweather.


My final thoughts is that if pacquiao-mayweather happens floyd will have difficulties with pacquiao's speed, angles, and power. but according to experts floyd is really a smart fighter who can adjust. if he ever does adjust well against pacquiao i see him winning a decision if he sticks to the plan which is back off, block and counter to decision. but because of the criticism that he's been getting from everybody he would need to throw more punches. if he does that pacquiao might get a chance. if pacquiao does something extraordinary and win im pretty sure there's a rematch. which is a good thing so we got something to wait for on 2011 since after this there's not a lot for boxing to be excited about.

Pacquiao-Valero is what I want, Not Margarito: Says Roach

source: Rick Reeno - boxingscene.com

BoxingScene.com spoke with trainer Freddie Roach about the possibility of Manny Pacquiao defending his WBO welterweight title against Antonio Margarito in November. Roach is not even thinking about Margarito because the Mexican fighter has yet to obtain a license to box in the United States.

Last February, the California State Athletic Commission revoked Margarito's boxing license. Margarito was punished over an illegal substance being discovered in his handwraps moments before the fight with Shane Mosley on January 24.

Margarito is making a ring return on May 8 in Mexico. The former welterweight champion has the ability to request a new license, but there is no guarantee the California commission will grant his request. As an alternative to the problem, Roach was approached with the idea of holding the Pacquiao-Margarito fight in Mexico, which the trainer quickly shot down.

Roach views undefeated Edwin Valero as the best fight for Pacquiao in November. Valero is licensed to box in the state of Texas. If the fight is held in Cowboys Stadium, Roach believes the entire venue will be sold out. But, Valero has some issues of his own. In early 2009, Valero was busted in Texas for driving under the influence of alcohol. Because of the charge, he's been unable to obtain a visa to enter the United States. Roach is confident the visa issue will be cleared up.

"[Margarito] has no license. They said we could fight in Mexico but that's not going to happen. That would be a real bad move for Manny Pacquiao - to slap the commissions in the face. I'm thinking about it and the number one contender in my mind right now is Valero," Roach told BoxingScene.com.

"Valero is licensed in Texas. If we do Valero there, we could sell out the whole place. You don't have to close half of it down. I've been watching him a little bit. I know he's a big puncher. He's a southpaw and does pose some difficulties. He's better than just a guy who could punch but I think that's the best marketable fight out there for us."

I mentioned a few other possibilities like undefeated WBC/IBF 140-pound champion Devon Alexander and unbeaten WBO champion Timothy Bradley, who makes his HBO debut on June 26 - at welterweight. Once they become bigger names, Roach will consider them as opponents for Pacquiao.

"Once they start selling tickets, and we could get them on pay-per-view and start making money - [then] we'll fight those guys," Roach said.

And of course there is the option of a trilogy fight with Juan Manuel Marquez - which is Freddie's personal favorite to take place.

"Personally, that's the fight I want. Nacho [Beristain] is a good trainer and we're competitive and I'd love for Manny to knock him [Marquez] out," Roach said.

All of the names previously mentioned are "Plan B" opponents. The immediate goal for Roach and Pacquiao is to fight the winner of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley, taking place on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas beat AIS - Australian Nat'l Team B, 79-73

Smart Gilas Pilipinas defeats AIS - Team B of Australian Men's Basketball National Team, 79-73

Smart Gilas Stats:
28/59 (47%) 2pts FG
2/20 (10%) 3pts FG
21/26 (81%) FT
Rebounds 40
Assists 10
Steals 6
Blocks 7 (Slaughter 4)
Turnovers 18
Points in the Paint 40

Boxscore:
Slaughter 16, Barroca 13, Tiu 12, Ballesteros 9, Aguilar 8, Baracael 8, Lassiter 7, Jazul 6

Quarters: 19-16, 39-35, 63-53, 79-73

Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs AIS (Complete Game Statistics)
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/13/01/65/97/2867BhIZMq3eg/

Smart Gilas Pilipinas - Australian Tour Schedule:
March 15 - Smart Gilas def. Australian U19 NT, 78-67
March 16 - Smart Gilas def. AIS, 79-73
March 17 - Smart Gilas vs. AIS
March 18 - Smart Gilas vs. Canberra Gunners
March 19 - Smart Gilas vs. NSWIS
March 21 - Smart Gilas vs. Sydney City

Pacquiao: I don’t think he’s ready to fight me

source: Lance Pugmire / Los Angeles Times- sports

ARLINGTON, Texas—What Manny Pacquiao most effectively accomplished in his one-sided punching-bag treatment of Joshua Clottey is that he has kept the intrigue of a future showdown with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. as topic No. 1 in the boxing world.

There remain troubling signals fired by important people around that possible mega-event, however, that cast uncertainties about whether the bout will happen.

Mayweather isn’t taking questions about Pacquiao, making that clear at a recent Los Angeles news conference in which his people even veered him from Filipino reporters. Questions about why Mayweather’s call to exceed Nevada State Athletic Commission drug-testing standards needed to be intensified for this fight went mostly unanswered beyond Mayweather’s dubious stance that he is the face of the sport and that boxing needs to be cleaned up.

Valid point, suspect timing.

On Saturday Pacquiao outpunched Clottey by better than a 3-1 advantage and won every round but one on two judges’ scorecards to defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight title in front of 50,994 at Cowboys Stadium.

His promoter, Bob Arum, then turned to what’s next for his boxer and told reporters he was still kicking himself for agreeing to make an alternate, Olympic-style drug-testing plan part of negotiations with Mayweather.

A compromise—even through mediation—was never reached, and the super-fight planned for Saturday was scrapped.

“The only way a fight can be made with Mayweather is if he signs the contract, terms are already agreed upon, and lets extraneous issues be handled by the boxing commission who has the authority to handle those issues,” Arum said. “Stupid Bob Arum made like [former British prime minister] Neville Chamberlain did with Hitler and negotiated something I never should have.”

Pacquiao made it clear in the ring and at the postfight news conference that, “I want to fight Floyd Mayweather. The people want to see that fight. It’s up to him. For me, there’s no problem, but I don’t think he’s ready to fight me.”

Asked what compromise could help resolve the stalemate, Pacquiao told HBO that if Pomona’s Shane Mosley upsets Mayweather (40-0) on May 1 in Las Vegas, then it would remove Mayweather from his perch as one of the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the world.

“And then I’ll fight Mosley,” Pacquiao.

It’s not that easy, of course. Mayweather negotiated a rematch clause that would force Mosley to fight him again if he’s victorious.

Pacquiao’s cut-to-the-chase trainer Freddie Roach added, “Floyd, let the commission do its job and get in the ring and fight us.”

To which Mayweather promoter Richard Schaefer said, “There we go again. All this is disrespectful to Sugar Shane Mosley, who has an incredible fight with Mayweather coming up.

‘The best course of action is to stop talking about Mayweather. [Team Pacquiao] says it wants the fight, but then they say there’s this, then and that for it to happen. Maybe there’ll be a time a fight with Mayweather... and Pacquiao will be discussed, but that time is not now.”

Roach said he’s confident of a victory in a would-be match, of course, and Clottey said he’d like stablemate Pacquiao over Mayweather, too.

“I’m very strong, but this guy [Pacquiao] is so very, very fast,” Clottey said. “Manny Pacquiao will give anyone he fights a lot of problems, a lot.”

The possibility of landing Mayweather is viewed as so remote within some at Arum’s Top Rank promotional company, though, they say the 2010 plan for Pacquiao goes like this:

Let him get through the process of running for a congressional seat in the Philippines (elections are on May 10), inspect the Mayweather-Mosley outcome, and see whether Mayweather’s team initiates any contact or shows an interest in softening its drug-testing demands.

Another wild card in this process could be the involvement of HBO, which stands to benefit in a lucrative way if network powers can play a role in resolving the conflict.

For now, Pacquiao is said to have three options for a fight in November: a third match against Juan Manuel Marquez (they had a 2003 draw and 2008 narrow decision won by Pacquiao), Tijuana’s former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito or the unbeaten lightweight champion from Mexico, Edwin Valero.

“It’s up to my promoter,” Pacquiao said.

Arum said he was “blown away by the presentation” of Jerry Jones’s mammoth stadium, and wouldn’t hesitate to bring Pacquiao back in November.

“Boxing should never be the same again after [Saturday] night, we took this sport to a new level,” Arum said.

Margarito will return on May 8 from his license revocation caused by nearly boxing last year with hand wraps containing plaster. Arum said he’d like Margarito to then headline a June card at Cowboys Stadium that will be heavy on Latino fighters.

Mayweather?

“You think Floyd wants to fight Manny after all that happened in this last negotiation?” Top Rank’s veteran matchmaker Bruce Trampler said. “The past is prologue. We just tried to make that match, and what happened? Insurmountable complications. Manny can’t fight Mayweather because Mayweather won’t fight. The fight was there.”

There are attempts being made by those around Pacquiao to help finesse Mayweather’s path to a date.

“I don’t think Floyd’s scared,” Roach said. “I think maybe he just needed more time after his [21-month-long] layoff and just having one fight since. He’s taking on a tough fight now. We’ll see how he does.”

Top Rank president Todd duBoef said “the disconnect” revolves around the principle Mayweather says he’s applying to his drug-testing call: what’s best for the sport.

“The sport is the most important thing,” duBoef said. “Fighters aren’t promoters, because promoters work to maximize the product to the audience for the future, not just one fight. Let us, who want to help the brand, do that. There’s an incredible opportunity here if we just take a step back and think about what’s best for the brand. The framework of the [Mayweather-Pacquiao] deal is done. Let’s get it done. What else is there to discuss?”

Arum: Floyd’s a chicken, he’s ducking Manny

source: Tobias Xavier Lopez / Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sports

ARLINGTON, Texas—Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum went ahead and made it official  on Saturday. Floyd Mayweather is a chicken. “Floyd Mayweather is ducking Manny Pacquiao,” Arum said. Arum, Pacquiao and Jerry Jones celebrated late into Sunday morning after a thrilling night of boxing at Cowboys Stadium. Pacquiao kept his World Boxing Organization welterweight title with an overwhelmingly unanimous decision against Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao’s utter dominance against a woefully cautious Clottey only renewed talks of a super bout between Mayweather and Pacquiao. Mayweather would be wise to jump on the PacMan money train before he gets left behind. Arum said Pacquiao will make around $17 million to $20 million off of Saturday’s fight once the pay-per-view totals are complete. The Pacquiao-Clottey fight is scheduled for replay on HBO at 10 p.m. on Saturday. A Mayweather bout could certainly produce the richest purse in boxing history. Jones confirmed last week he’d initially bid $25 million to host the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. However, Pacquiao isn’t going to wait. Mayweather is slated to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in May. Pacquiao said he’d take on Mosley, as well, should he knock off Mayweather. “It’s up to my promoter, whoever he gives me as an opponent I will fight him,” Pacquiao said. “My job is to prepare and fight in the ring, and that’s my promoter’s job to give me a fighter.” It’s getting harder to see things from the Mayweather camp’s point of view. The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was yanked after Mayweather’s team demanded stringent blood testing, which isn’t required by the sanctioning bodies of Nevada, California or Texas. Arum and Freddy Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, repeatedly said last week that the reason for having sanctioning is so that state-run organizations create the guidelines, not the fighters. Pacquiao’s camp filed a libel lawsuit against Mayweather in response to his allegations of using performance-enhancing drugs. It doesn’t help Mayweather’s case that he didn’t insist on such measures for the Mosley bout. Mosley admitted using Balco designer steroids, although he claimed he “unknowingly” did so. Meanwhile, Pacquiao said he’d love to return to Cowboys Stadium and left that up to Jones. As for Clottey, he discovered firsthand the speed of Pacquiao’s punches. “A fight with Mayweather is going to be very, very tough for Mayweather, very, very tough,” Clottey said.  “He’s fast, that’s what he does, he throws punches and Mayweather doesn’t throw punches too much. But Mayweather leads, he always jabs. So I think Pacquiao would give him a lot of problems, a lot.”

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AIR PACQUIAO LANDS IN LOS ANGELES

After a three hour delay in Dallas because of a spare part needed by the chartered aircraft from Atlantic Aviation, the Air Pacquiao jet took off from Texas and landed a short while ago in Los Angeles.   Read Full Story

Manny Still the King - BoxingScene’s Pound for Pound Top Ten

With the first man on this list having made his first start of 2010, boxing’s elite are in full swing with some anticipated twists and turns pending.

Manny Pacquiao didn’t add his latest knockout to the ledger on March 13^th, but he did add his second top-ten Welterweight in as many tries and put some distance between himself and his arch-rival for the top spot.  In Joshua Clottey and Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao’s two big wins over Welterweights trump what Floyd Mayweather put together with Carlos Baldomir and Zab Judah in 2006. 

Mayweather can answer back with Shane Mosley in May…if he can lift the scalp.

Contrary to the way it occasionally feels, boxing isn’t all Pacquiao-Mayweather.  Bernard Hopkins will go a long way towards determining where, if at all, he really still belongs.  After a lengthy layoff, he returned late last year with a tune-up and now he’s going Ray Parker Jr., a ghostbusting appointment scheduled in April with what used to be Roy Jones. 

Japan’s Hozumi Hasegawa faces a fellow titlist at Bantamweight in the spring while Light Heavyweight Chad Dawson will have to wait for the summer for his spotlight time, but there’s plenty to look forward to among the game’s best.     

These are the Boxing Scene Pound for Pound ratings. 

1) Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO)
Age: 31
Current Titles: WBO Welterweight (147 lbs.); World Junior Welterweight (140 lbs.)
Career Titles: World Flyweight/112 lb. champion (1998-99); World Featherweight/126 lb. champion (2003-2005); World Jr. Lightweight/130 lb. champion (2008); additional alphabelts at 112, 122, 130, and 135 lbs.
Last Five Opponents: Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, David Diaz  

Next Opponent: TBA

The Take:  This is Pacquiao’s spot to lose and Mayweather’s to take.  Some would say take back, but unlike Pacquiao, Mayweather never made the demands on the top slot Pacquiao has.  Mayweather sort of inherited it based on past accomplishment and visible talent as Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones faded from their peaks, later strengthening his position with a solid 2006-07 campaign.  Conversely, Pacquiao has become nothing short of a phenomenon.  His knockout win over Miguel Cotto on November 14, 2009, gave him a title claim in his record seventh weight class from Flyweight to Welterweight from ages 19-30.  It adds more shine to a resume which featured a record fourth lineal World championship after Pacquiao’s May drubbing of Ricky Hatton.  He skipped two classes, Jr. Bantamweight and Bantamweight, altogether.  In six of seven classes, Lightweight excluded, he defeated either the perceived best man in class or someone with a strong claim to the top, defeating three easy future Hall of Famers in Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez at Featherweight and Jr. Lightweight.  Once upon a time, Jimmy McLarnin and Tony Canzoneri were able to compete with world class talent across a similar scale variance.  That was over seventy years ago.  Roberto Duran did it in more recent vintage and Tommy Hearns started bigger but also played huge spreads.  Only all-time greats have ever done what Pacquiao is doing right now.  Readers may draw what conclusions they will from that. 

2) Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO)
Age: 32
Current Title: None
Career Titles: World Jr. Lightweight champion (1998-2001); World Lightweight champion (2002-04); World Welterweight/147 lbs. (2007-09); additional alphabelts at 130, 135, 140, 147 & 154 lbs.
Last Five Opponents: Juan Manuel Marquez, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Carlos Baldomir, Zab Judah 

Up Next: May 1, 2010 vs. Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO)  

My Take: Mayweather has taken so many lumps for his choices of opposition over the last few years that the general quality has become underrated.  The underwhelming 2003-05 run was a disappointing waste of prime, but most his last five wins have come against good, sometimes very good, if not great opposition.  It’s really the story of his career, even when he was fighting some beasts at 130 and 135 lbs.  There’s a lot of good, even some very good, which make the picture of a great fighter, but Mayweather has lacked most what lays before him.  In Manny Pacquiao, he could have had an undeniably great opponent.  Against a 39-year old Shane Mosley coming off a lengthy layoff, we’ll see.  Being Mosley, an experienced pro who is never out of shape, one can presume he’ll still be one hell of a challenge.  Mayweather’s accomplishments already make him a Hall of Famer, with genuine World championships at 130, 135 and 147 lbs. along with belts at 140 and 154.  Mosley gives him an opponent people have genuinely wanted to see him face for over a decade and, importantly, an opponent who his fans can point as every bit as impressive as those who have made up Pacquiao’s run.

3) Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO)
Age: 38
Current Title: WBA Welterweight
Career Titles: World Welterweight (2000-02); World Junior Middleweight (2003-04); Additional Alphabelt at Lightweight
Last Five Opponents: Antonio Margarito, Ricardo Mayorga, Miguel Cotto, Luis Collazo, Fernando Vargas (twice)

Next Opponent: May 1, 2010 vs. Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO)  

The Take:  It was supposed to be a unification contest in January with Andre Berto.  Now, it’s something more.  It’s everything Mosley could have asked for.  On the heels of his mammoth knockout win of Antonio Margarito in early 2009, Mosley was the perceptual man at Welterweight.  Inactivity, the rise of Pacquiao, and the man who briefly retired and vacated the lineal Welterweight crown without losing it, Mayweather, made his position tenuous.  Mosley earned high regard with Margarito and string of mostly solid performances in a 7-1 run since a pair of losses to Winky Wright in 2004.  It wasn’t entirely his fault that the fights he earned couldn’t get made last year.  The Berto fight went away due in part to a natural disaster.  Any other fighter, off for this long, likely falls out of the ratings.  Mosley has a chance to say where he stays or goes of his own accord May 1. 

4) Paul Williams (38-1, 27 KO)
Age: 28
Current Title: None
Career Titles: Two alphabelt reigns at Welterweight
Last Five Opponents: Sergio Martinez, Winky Wright, Verno Phillips, Andy Kolle, Carlos Quintana (twice)

Next Opponent: TBA  

The Take:  Williams continues to find new ways to impress.  In his last outing, he was hurt badly and dropped at the end of the first round and yet found a way, a will, to win by night’s end even if the scoring of the fight left the verdict with a less than ‘official’ feel.  That the fight with Sergio Martinez took place at all is just as impressive.  In a situation like what Williams found himself in, when a crack at World Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik fell apart, many a fighter would have looked for a placeholder opponent until the money fight could be resuscitated.  Williams instead took on one of the elite Jr. Middleweights in the world and wound up in a Fight of the Year candidate.  Few big names have had interest in Martinez just as few, once upon a time, had much interest in Antonio Margarito.  Williams is building a big name by being the interested party and keeps passing tests.  Avenging a loss?  Williams came back from a decision defeat to stop Quintana in one round.  Pushing aside the past?  Williams became the first man to stop Phillips since the Reagan Administration and shut out Winky Wright.  Now we’ve seen just how much heart he has in the Martinez war.  The one-time Welterweight (who still claims he can make it that far down the scale) is poised for a make or break year in terms of just how elite he will be…as soon as he can find an opponent for May.  He’ll look for the winner of April’s Kelly Pavlik-Sergio Martinez Middleweight title fight after that.      

5) Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO)
Age: 27
Current Title: Interim WBC Light Heavyweight
Career Titles: Another Alphabelt at 175
Last Five Opponents: Antonio Tarver (twice), Glen Johnson (twice), Epifanio Mendoza, Jesus Ruiz, Tomasz Adamek 

Next Opponent: August 14, 2010 vs. Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO) 

The Take: This Light Heavyweight star in the making has put together an impressive run since toppling veteran Eric Harding in 2006.  His win over Adamek was almost bell to bell control; Adamek has since established himself as the best Cruiserweight in the world and is now busting up Heavyweights.  Johnson and Tarver give him wins over two recent, popular choices for Light Heavyweight champion of the World.  Johnson was hell the first time around but Dawson showed his learning curve in a decisive technical victory in their November 2009 rematch.  What Dawson has lacked is a compelling young opponent who can match his speed and play on his willingness to fight, sometimes to his own detriment.  The Johnson rematch victory gave Dawson the interim WBC belt at 175.  The full belt is held by the athletic and exciting Jean Pascal.  The two are headed for a clash and, given the speed and willingness to battle both men have, it should be a circled date on any boxing fan’s calendar. 

6) Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO)
Age: 45 Years Young
Current Title: None
Career Titles: Ring Light Heavyweight/175 lb. titlist (2006-2008); World Middleweight/160 lb. Champion (2001-2005); Alphabelt titles at 160 lbs. from 1995-2005
Last Five Opponents: Enrique Ornelas, Kelly Pavlik, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver

Next Opponent: April 3, 2010 vs. Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO)  

The Take: After taking over a year off, Hopkins returned in December with a nice workout against the Middleweight Ornelas.  It was supposed to be a shake the rust off moment as he prepared for a ‘generation in the making’ rematch with Roy Jones.  Jones went and got dusted by Danny Green in Australia in the first round. Hopkins is fighting the rematch anyways.  It’s a riskier fight than it looks.  Jones might be a ghost of who he was, but he’s not dead.  If he wins, what is the impact on Hopkins’s legacy in terms of the peaks of his times?  The outcome seems so foregone as to not be worth pondering, but the question is out there.  For now, it’s observed that Hopkins has talked about fighting real fights since his win over Kelly Pavlik in 2008 and hasn’t.  Everyone around him is.  He slid and could slide again shortly but, really, does it matter?  The only real ratings that matter come when a fighter is gone and Hopkins has shored those up.  He’s one of the game’s living legends and he’s earned the right, from a business perspective, to whatever he wants.  Heading into 2010, others have earned the right to move ahead of him until Hopkins (inevitably?) reminds the world again just why he’s so special in the first place.    

  7) Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO)
Age: 36
Current Title: World Lightweight/135 lb. Champion (2008-Present)
Career Titles: Alphabet titles at 126, 130 lbs.
Last Five Opponents: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Diaz, Joel Casamayor, Manny Pacquiao, Rocky Juarez 

Next Opponent: TBA 

The Take:  It may have seemed unfair for Marquez to drop in the ratings after Mayweather.  He made a bold move, challenged the scale, and lost to a man who probably beats him at any weight.  Life, much less boxing, is not fair and the calendar has much to do with his fall on this chart.  The list of men who moved up in middle age, took a bad loss, and returned to be champions is short for a reason.  Shane Mosley has done it but Marquez isn’t quite the same caliber athlete.  History says his best days will be behind him, particularly faced with the speed of young Lightweights or Jr. Welterweights.  He could prove the world wrong but he’ll need to do so to move back to where he was.  As it stands, he is a testament to patience.  A fighter who waited years for his first belt, still more for a chance to be a star, has gone from good fighter to Hall of Famer all since 2004.  The loss to Mayweather cannot change that and a proposed match with former Jr. Welterweight champ Ricky Hatton could be a nice reminder for all.

8) Hozumi Hasegawa (28-2, 12 KO)
Age: 29
Current Title: WBC Bantamweight
Last Five Opponents: Alvaro Perez, Nestor Rocha, Vusi Malinga, Alejandro Valdez, Cristian Faccio 

Next Opponent: April 30, 2010 vs. Fernando Montiel (40-2-2, 30 KO)  

My Take: The old saying goes that punchers are born, not made.  How then to explain the explosions coming from the fists of Japan’s Hasegawa, the world’s premiere 118 lb. warrior?  For the fifth fight in a row, Hasegawa sent his opponent home early.  To Alvaro Perez’s credit, he lasted longer than the four men before him, making it all the way into round four before being flattened.  It’s not that his opponents have been world beaters.  They have merely been good, solid professionals for the most part but two of them (Rocha and Malinga) had never been stopped.  Hasegawa did both challengers in the first round.  It’s an exciting turn for a fighter who looked like a win-by-work rate sort when he defeated the excellent Veeraphol Sahaprom for his belt in 2005.  The way Hasegawa is dispatching of foes speaks to a fighter who, with ten title defenses under his belt, has reached the peak of his powers.  Those powers are set to be tested in a big way with WBO Bantamweight, and three-division total, titlist Montiel headed to Japan in April.  It’s the first showdown between reigning Bantamweight title holders in decades and a chance for Hasegawa to show off what Japan has been privilege to watch for the last few years. 

9) Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO)
Age: 26
Current Title: WBO Jr. Welterweight
Career Titles: Additional alphabelt at Jr. Welterweight
Last Five Opponents: Lamont Peterson, Nate Campbell, Kendall Holt, Edner Cherry, Junior Witter

Next Opponent: June 26, 2010 vs. Luis Abregu (29-0, 23 KO)  

My Take: Bradley is the best active fighter in arguably boxing’s deepest pool of talent today.  There are some divisions which struggle to field more than five real candidates for the top of the class.  Jr. Welterweight has a top ten which isn’t big enough for all of the talent swimming around.  Bradley burst from the pack in 2008 with an upset win, on the road, over the long avoided Brit Junior Witter to win the WBC belt.  Since then, he’s only faced one fighter (Cherry) who would be considered a softer touch and through 2009, Bradley found ways to look better in each outing.  He came off the floor to win a unification battle with Holt and was dominating veteran former Lightweight titlist Nate Campbell before an accidental cut shortened their affair in the third.  Perhaps most impressive, Bradley bested the unbeaten Lamont Peterson while showing off a fully developed toolbox.  Bradley began aggressively, dropping Peterson, and then met him in the trenches for sustained warfare as Peterson willed himself back into the fight.  As Peterson got close, Bradley changed tactics again, moving and boxing to contain the affair.  He has become a genuine jack of all trades, a combination of elite speed, footwork, defense, and offensive activity who reminds that the application of the sweet science need not be dull.  Is the pending Abregu non-title fight a sign of Welterweight risings to come?  If so, maybe the unification at 140 with Devon Alexander really should come as soon as possible.               

10) Ivan Calderon (33-0-1, 6 KO)
Age: 35
Current Title: World Jr. Flyweight/108 lb. Champion (2007-Present)
Career Titles: Additional alphabelts at 105 & 108 lbs.
Last Five Opponents: Rodel Mayol (twice), Hugo Cazares (twice), Nelson Dieppa, Juan Esquer, Ronald Barrera

Next Opponent: TBA  

The Take: Calderon, inactive since September and with no fight currently locked in place, teeters on the brink of removal but an interesting mandatory with Johnriel Casimero looms.  It should happen sooner than later.  Struggles with Rodel Mayol in 2009 didn’t help Calderon’s standing but perhaps they weren’t what they appeared.  While the circumstances were controversial, Rodel Mayol followed two competitive affairs with Calderon (a technical draw and loss, both shortened by cuts) with a win over the 108 lb. division’s longest reigning titlist, Edgar Sosa.  Hugo Cazares, since his second loss to Calderon in 2008, has emerged as a serious force at 115 lbs.  Arguably the best pure boxer of the decade, Calderon is certainly aging.  He needs a big fight before his legs don’t have the bounce for him to win it.  Are there any big fights to be had?  Mexico’s Giovanni Segura would certainly be close to the real deal.

Five More Who Could Easily Be Here: Chris John, Nonito Donaire, Arthur Abraham, Celestino Caballero, Devon Alexander

Five More Who Could Be Here Shortly: Andre Ward, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Berto, Roman Gonzalez, Sergio Martinez As always, feel free to agree…and disagree.  This list is for entertainment purposes only and based purely on imagination, hypotheticals and conjecture just like every other pound for pound list ever written.  Neither it nor any other such list made up of such illusory ingredients should be used to forward corporate agendas of any kind. 

That doesn’t make it any less fun to argue about.

Rug to riches: Pacquiao certified billionaire

source: Abac Cordero - philstar.com

DALLAS – Manny Pacquiao is now a certified billionaire, based on his earnings on the ring.

Counting his guaranteed purse $12 million for his fight with Joshua Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium, the 31-year-old icon has reached the $53 million mark in his last four fights in the United States.

And while it doesn’t mean that he has taken home as much, since there are huge deductions to be computed, what’s certain is that Pacquiao is now rated as one of the world’s highest-paid athletes.

Pacquiao, who said he earned the equivalent of $20 in his first professional fight in 1995, got $15 million for facing Oscar dela Hoya in 2008, and $13 million for each fight against Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto last year.

With these four fights alone, he has earned, on paper, a grand total of P2.438 billion, which is enough to fund a presidential campaign in the Philippines.

Aside from his guaranteed purse, Pacquiao also stands to earn through the pay-per-view sales, ticket sales, gate receipts, merchandise and television rights. For the Dela Hoya fight, he earned close to $20 million in all.
And this won’t stop as long as he continues winning.

Before the Clottey fight was sealed, Pacquiao faced the possibility of earning as much as $30 million to $40 million for a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. But the negotiations fell apart and the fight did not push through.
Now that Clottey is out of the picture, the question is “Will the Mayweather fight now happen?”

Pacquiao said it might.

“Yes, I want the fight. The people want that fight. So, it’s up to him,” said Pacquiao of the ex-pound-for-pound champion who puts his undefeated record at stake against WBA welterweight king Shane Mosley on May 1 in Las Vegas.

“I have no problem fighting him. Anytime. But I don’t think he’s ready now. Or he should win against Mosley. If not, maybe Mosley and I will fight,” said Pacquiao.

The Pacquiao-Mayweather fell apart after the flamboyant American demanded an Olympic-style drug-testing that would require blood tests on days very close to the fight.

Pacquiao said he’d have none of it, saying drawing of blood close to the fight makes him weak, and offered a compromise that blood be taken 24 days before the fight and right after the fight.

And the fight that should break all previous records in boxing went up in smoke.

Pacquiao earnings through the years

1. Lehlo Ledwaba	2001	$40,000
2. Agapito Sanchez	2001	$120,000
3. Fabbrakob Rakkiatgym	2002	P1 million
4. Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov	2003	P1 million
5. Jorge Julio	2002	$70,000
6. Marco Antonio Barrera	2003	$500,000
7. Juan Manuel Marquez	2004	$750,000
8. Fashan 3K Battery	2004	P3 million
9. Erik Morales	2005	$1.75 million
10. Hector Velasquez	2005	$750,000
11. Erik Morales	2006	$2 million
12. Oscar Larios	2006	$1 million
13. Erik Morales	2006	$2.5 million
14. Jorge Solis	2007	$2 million
15. Marco Antonio Barrera	2007	$3 million
16. Juan Manuel Marquez	2008	$3 million
17. David Diaz	2008	$3 million
18. Oscar dela Hoya	2008	$15 million
19. Ricky Hatton	2009	$13 million
20. Miguel Cotto	2009	$13 million
21. Joshua Clottey	2010	$12 million

Prayer: This is the evidence of Pacquiao's victory

                      

Vivid HD "72-by-160-foot dual video screens" 

in Jerry Jones Cowboys Stadium

Jim Lampley 'Bang Bang Bang' a Bizarre Blow-by-Blow (FanHouse)
This is one of those internet buzz things that's never going to go away. This is probably going to become a meme. I didn't want to make, like, a feature commentary out of it or anything, but let me throw in my additional two cents to the Jim Lampley Sounded Like An Idiot Fund. BANG. BANG BANG! BANG! BANG! Just horrible.



Manny Pacquiao - Too Good for Joshua Clottey (The Boxing Bulletin)
Our friend Andrew Fruman from our sister site The Boxing Bulletin analyzes Pacquiao's easy victory.

No sense in ducking Pacquiao-Mayweather (Yahoo! Sports)
Dan Wetzel offers this thought: "Boxing put on a heck of a show Saturday, with almost 51,000 fans making Cowboys Stadium an electric environment. It just didn’t stage much of a fight."

'IT'S ABOUT NUMBERS': Cowboys' Jones major player (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jerry Jones isn't out to hurt Las Vegas, he's out to get boxing more exposure: "Here's how it helps Las Vegas. By having a fight like this here (in Cowboys Stadium), it creates more visibility and interest in fighting. So when Las Vegas hosts a fight, that interest transfers over. These fights lift all boats."

What we learned from Pacquiao-Clottey (Sports Illustrated)
Bryan Armen Graham has five things learned from the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, leading off with the prevailing thought about last night's challenger: Joshua Clottey did not come to win.

Pacquiao pounds Clottey, calls out Mayweather (Yahoo! Sports)
Pacquiao had some interesting post-fight comments about Floyd Mayweather Jr., including saying his style "isn't difficult" (a comment that led Max Kellerman to ridiculously request Manny show him, right then, how he would fight Mayweather). I'm a bit sick of talking about Pacquiao-Mayweather until it actually gets signed, but hey, it happened.

Manny Pacquiao proves his worth against Joshua Clottey (ESPN)
Like others, Clottey says it's Pacquiao's speed that killed: "I didn't feel Manny's power. It's just that his speed was too much for me." Clottey's replacement trainer, Lenny DeJesus, offered this: "We clearly got beat. i don't think we won a round."

Arroyo lauds Pacquiao's patriotism, perseverance (GMA News)
I hear this guy Pacquiao is some sort of big wheel in the Philippines.

How tough Joshua Clottey to absorb punches

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Manny Pacquiao outclassed Joshua Clottey as expected but not in the way of giving more than 100 punches of every round to Clottey.

Most of the fans expect Pacquiao will knock down Clottey with his vicious right and left hook combination as we've seen how he dominated his last three fights against Oscar dela Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto.

Yesterday morning when I woke up, I was so excited to obtain updates for the fact I don't have the pay-per-view. I went directly to my computer, open the internet and went to the site where the live-streaming was found. Surprisingly, I thought the fight was tough for Pacquiao but sad to say fans was so disgusted the way Clottey works in the ring.

Challanger 
 

Clottey is the challenger in the fight, he should be aggressive in offense not in other way around. He (Clottey) has given the opportunity to beat Pacquiao, Clottey rather maximize situation and prove in boxing he (Clottey) has the shot to beat Pacquiao possibly put into the canvass.

For Clottey doesn't meant he lose the fight yesterday he is not a good fighter, indeed, he remains one of the six fighter in the welterweight division. But Clottey will never be a great fighter of his own, he is rugged fighter, defensively excellent, tough yet limited in skills. He trains hard not to win but for him to survive the fight.

Awkward fights to watched
 

The undercard fights was pretty awkward and dreadful as what we've expected to watched. That even the main event was lackluster cause the fans drains energy to follow the whole fight.

Clottey doesn't lose credibility of the fight

I still respect Clottey for being a man with dignity, he admit he was beaten by Pacquiao though he claim he wasn't hurt that much because he trains hard for the fight. Yes, Clottey is a good fighter in and out side the ring for being a gentleman. However, he's no match for Pacquiao in the ring. 

Last fight is really a tough fight for Clottey, but for Pacquiao would be dammed easy fight for him. One definite reason is Joshua wasn't good enough for Manny in the ring.

Manny Pacquiao made Joshua Clottey look bad in the ring as he (Clottey) deserved of having it because of his motionless and hesitant to bang to win.

Article by: zilljanmark

Clottey is the most expensive punching bag Manny Pacquiao have

zilljanmark insight: Bob Arum should bought typical punching bag rather of putting human machine as a punching bag for Manny Pacquiao basically to save money. Clottey was paid to stand in the middle of the ring succumbed various punches of Pacquiao with minimal retaliation. Many said this is ridiculous opponent Manny Pacquiao has ever had in his career. 

The whole fight seem boring to watch. Less excitement and minimal encounter in the ring that make fans bore and out of focus to follow the whole fight. It was really a lopsided victory by Manny Pacquiao, his opponent not to bother to throw punches instead hiding in his shell afraid being knock down in the middle of the fight.

Despite Clottey performance Filipinos are thankful to Manny for delivering again another marvelous efforts to retain his WBO welterweight title and the road to the fight against Mayweather or whoever win on May 1 bout will be the possible opponent for him (Manny).

Article by: zilljanmark

Lopsided victory by Manny Pacquia against Ghanaian, Joshua Clottey

zilljanmark insight: It was another lopsided fight by Manny Pacquia. Joshua Clottey absorbed bunch of great punches from Manny Pacquiao. He (Clottey) has no other way but to cover his face and block punches preventing himself from going down on the floor. This is again an awesome performance by Manny Pacquiao, spectacular win for him that make all the Filipinos proud by his achievements. The victory retain his WBO welterweight title and still the pound for pound king.