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Mayweather vs. Ortiz: Mayweather will give what the fans want!

2011-09-17T00:15:00.000-07:00

Many people are craving to watch the upcoming fight between Mayweather vs Ortiz this coming September 17, 2011 at the MGM Grand, Staples Center. Most of them want to see a good fight from Floyd as he is known to be the best match up with the pound for pound Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Can he able to satisfy the fans? Can the orthodox style of Mayweather knock down his opponent Victor?

Mayweather will really give his best in the upcoming fight as he will not want to stain his undefeated record. Usually, a fighter like Floyd will give his very best to make the fight more interesting and epic. He will make the fans pleased as he is expected to win the fight. If this is the expectation of many people, what would be the reaction of Ortiz? Will he lose confidence on the fight or will it be the reason for him to prove to the world that he can beat “Money”?

If Victor will not give his best in the upcoming fight, he will not be able to stand a chance against Floyd. The best thing for him to do is to train hard to prove it to the boxing fans that he can beat Mayweather. If he can really beat Floyd, there is a possibility that he can also have a chance to beat down “Pacman”. Whatever may happen on the event “Star Power”, I know it will be something worth watching. A lot of good fighters will also be competing in the event like Jesus Vargas vs. Joselito Lopez, Erik Morales vs. Pablo Cesa Cano and many more.

Are you now energized to watch the Mayweather vs. Ortiz Live fight? The fight is near, so don’t forget to watch it online as it will make you entertained and be thrilled.

Good Things About Mosley from Roach, Sale Strategy or Legit?

2011-04-24T08:31:00.000-07:00

Watch Pacquiao vs Mosley Fight - After I have watched the first episode of Fight Camp 360, which tackles the reality television series-documentary of the moment-by-moment fight between Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley, what I find peculiar is the fact that Sugar Shane Mosley looks a little old and weary; like he looks a bit painfully slow. Once more, Pacquiao’s management struck golf and hit rock bottom at finding someone who isn’t his equal, who isn’t at his best.

Just look at how Mosley changed over time, perhaps the tangible and imminent result of him worn out being optimistic over Manny Pacquiao. When you try to examine Mosley’s poor performance in his last two fights, I really thing he does not have an inkling of a chance to win over the people’s champ. So true! Fact is, he’s becoming too slow and old for the world of boxing, and just too timid to win. And as far as the first episode, it was rather a bit boring with an array of videos of Pacquiao and Mosley being shuffled around place to place, Pacquiao beaming for picture-perfect moments and with a lot of old fight clips combined.

In Mosley’s case, the video clips indicating the fight are quite obsolete, dating back to ages ago, with his fights with the prime De La Hoya in no way, 2000 and 2003. maybe if they are in cahoots trying to sell this fight, well, they’d do everything for it to hit the market, by all means, because if they continue to show how bad Mosley performed in his last two fights against Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sergio Mora, it would work like a PPV resistant. Another thing that I think really pisses off most fans is the fact that both Freddie Roach and Bob Arum are both like larks talking about how you can’t count Mosley off the hook because through it all, he’s just an exceptional fighter, by all means. Roach is one person who scarcely says good things about Pacquiao’s opponents, and the mere fact that he’s saying good things about hi, is one way to suggest that he’s really helping in selling out the fight to the public who already has raised eyebrows.

The episode was aired only on CBS so a lot of boxing fans can watch it. But the thing is, would these people be interested enough o pay in order to watch the fight? Maybe, maybe not. But if a good performance of boxers is what they have, well then count me in! Let us watch also the upcoming Pacquiao vs Mosley Fight Camp 360 Episode 2 due on April 23, 2011.

P4P King Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley Match up in Las Vegas on May 7, 2011.

2011-02-13T09:17:00.000-08:00

Pacquiao vs Mosley Fight

Now the fight of Pound for Pound king has been finally signed and prepared. When Bob Arum, promoter of the Top Rank Promotion signed the contract between people’s champion Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley for the Welterweight division having the limit of 147 lbs on May 7, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada. According to Bob Arum, Mosley has a long experience in boxing career. He added that it is official, that Manny Pacquiao is set to date and the biggest Pay day ever when he battle Sugar Shane Mosley. Coach Freddie Roach says that this fight would not be easy for Pacquiao. Top rank Promoter Bob Arum says that Sugar Shane Mosley has agreed to the terms of the fight. Arum has not revealed the terms of the deal, he says that this fight is the biggest pay out for Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao earn 20 million dollars after the fight with Antonio Margarito. Mosley a former 3 division champion has the professional record of 46 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.

He did beat Pacquiao’s last opponent Antonio Margarito with technical knockout in January 2009. This year, Mosley lost with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a draw with Sergio Mora. Like Pacquiao, he continues his 35 wins streak against Mc Clottey and Antonio Margarito.

Unlike Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mosley showed his support for Many Pacquiao’s political ambition, but other feels that Many Pacquiao,s future as a congressman is tougher than any fight despite in the ring. Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley, 2 of the world’s best fighters in boxing history are just some of the best paired with the p4p king. Although Mayweather is not facing many Pacquiao, boxing fans are still hoping to see a Pacquiao Mayweather fight in the future.

For now, let us all wait and watch Pacquiao vs Mosley Fight happening very soon. Las Vegas will once more bring us another spectacular fight that tickets had been already sold out.

Pacquiao to fight for a final time in November

2010-05-14T20:31:00.000-07:00

World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight for a final time in November against either Floyd Mayweather Jr., the winner of the Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto fight or against Antonio Margarito. The 31-year-old Pacquiao has received permission from his mother to fight one more time and then retire and then focus on his political career as a congressman in the Philippines. Pacquiao said to ABS-CBN “So many fans want me to fight Mayweather, so I asked my mother to allow me to fight one more time, and she said ‘Ok.’ My mother agreed.”

Unfortunately, Mayweather isn’t apparently all that interested in fighting Pacquiao now after having made a huge bundle of money in his last fight against Shane Mosley on May 1st. Mayweather, 33, made more than $40 million in that fight, which rang up an impressive 1.4 million pay-per-view buys – double the amount of Pacquiao’s last fight against Joshua Clottey on March 13th. While Pacquiao, his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank and trainer Freddie Roach now really want the Mayweather bout to happen, Mayweather isn’t showing much interest. Part of the problem is that there haven’t been any positive signs that Pacquiao will agree to take the Olympic style random blood tests that Mayweather wants.

Pacquiao wants limited blood testing, which doesn’t fall into the category of random testing that Mayweather wants. Last time they negotiated, Pacquiao and his team asked for the testing to be stopped at 24 days before the fight. Mayweather wanted 14 days. At this point, Pacquiao and his team walked away and settled for Top Rank fighter Clottey, which drew only 700,000 PPV buys at a half filled Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In hindsight, it was probably a bad decision on Pacquiao’s team to not negotiate further with Mayweather to make the fight happen at that moment, because now Mayweather’s position appears to be a lot stronger because of his better numbers in the Mosley fight.

Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz says "If Mayweather wants to fight Manny, then no problem, provided he doesn’t try to bully us into terms and conditions." That sounds well and good, but the problem is the power seems to have been shifted to Mayweather’s court with his better win and better numbers against Mosley. Pacquiao, if he really wants to fight Mayweather before retiring, will likely have to give him what he wants in terms of the blood testing or else Pacquiao will have to settle for fighting one of his fellow Top Rank fighters Margarito, Cotto or Foreman in his last fight. If I was to guess what will happen, I’d say Pacquiao ends up not giving in on the blood testing and ends his career against one of those fighters rather than Mayweather or someone like Andre Berto.

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Source: Boxingnews24.com By Chris Williams

Watch Mayweathe vs Mosley 24/7 Episode 2

2010-04-24T19:41:00.000-07:00

Subsequent to the first of Mayweather-Mosley HBO 24/7 Interview and Promo Videos last 2 weeks and the Mayweather vs Mosley 24/7 Episode 1 last April 10, 2010, Episode 2 of Mayweather vs Mosley 24/7 has been aired on HBO on April 17 9:30PM ET. The Video will be viewed below on HD. We do hope that you can decide Who R U Picking on this May 1st fight..

Episode 3 of Mayweather vs Mosley 24/7 will also be posted here in a while and the last or Episode 4 will be on the night before the fight, Friday April 30th at 8:30-9:00PM ET.

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Pacquiao could be facing Margarito in September or November

2010-04-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) could be facing Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in either September or November depending on how Pacquiao does in his congressional election next month. Either way, it looks as if Top Rank will be putting Pacquiao next. According to news from the Record, Pacquiao could face Margarito in November if he wins the political election in a fight that would take place in the United States in the Cowboys Stadium or possibly Mexico City.

If Pacquiao loses the election, he’ll fight in the U.S. It will depend on Margarito being able to get his boxing license back, though, because he won’t be able to fight in the U.S until he does.

The number #1 choice for Pacquiao to fight next, obviously, is the winner of the Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight that takes place next month on May 1st. However, Pacquiao will have to wait for awhile to fight Mosley if he emerges as the winner because there’s a rematch clause in his contract with Mayweather, so he won’t be free to immediately fight Pacquiao.

Mayweather is the fight that Pacquiao and the rest of the world really want. It will be interesting to see if Mayweather has a change of mind about the random drug testing that he’s been asking for. He could surprise some people by dropping this requests altogether if he realizes that this is the only chance he has to fight Pacquiao.

But then again, there’s perhaps an even better chance that he’ll stick to his wishes for the drug testing to take place before he’ll fight Pacquiao. In that case, we’ll likely see Pacquiao move on to fight Margarito. That option isn’t an appealing one because few people in the United States want to see Pacquiao-Margarito right now. Margarito has a strong Mexican fan base, but he’s not particularly popular outside of that and he is coming off a loss in his last fight.

It seems like a fight that is two years late in being made. It would have been good back in 2008 after Margarito beat Miguel Cotto by an 11th round stoppage, but it’s not nearly as interesting now that Margarito has been beaten by Mosley in a 9th round TKO defeat last year in January and especially because of the incident with Margarito’s hand wraps having an illegal substance found inside of the wraps.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Pacquiao fight Margarito after all this stuff dies down and Margarito has six or seven fights under his belt against welterweight contenders, but not now. It seems like a poorly thought out idea. Like I said, this fight should have taken place a long time ago, but having it fought now seems very odd. I just don’t see the appeal in this fight.

Watch Mayweather vs Mosley Fight on May 1, 2010.

Watch Pacquiao vs Clottey: The Event

2010-03-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

Update: Pacquiao wins in a unanimous decision.

NEXT: Mayweather vs Mosley on May 1, 2010...Let us see what happens next after this fight. will Pacquiao and Mayweather agree to meet in the same ring for a scheduled fight? Watch out!

Clottey’s lethal weapons – uppercut, headbutt

2010-03-10T20:31:00.000-08:00

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DALLAS – Freddie Roach said there are only two things to avoid when you’re up against Joshua Clottey.

One, the uppercut, and two, the headbutt.

“If you fall into the pocket with him, his best punch is an uppercut and his second best punch is a headbutt,” said Roach Tuesday when Manny Pacquiao held a media workout that turned out to be fans day as well.

More than 400 fans and media trooped to the Convential Hall of the Gaylord Texan Hotel here to watch the pound-for-pound champion break a sweat just four days before the big showdown at the Cowboys Stadium.

Pacquiao did a couple of rounds with the mitts, worked the speed bag, did a lot of crunches, and spent close to an hour fielding questions from the media. He sat with Roach on the edge of the ring to face the press.

Roach said Clottey could be a dirty fighter if and when he wants to, but said they’ve worked out a plan to avoid any of it.

“We’re not going to go in there. We’re going to fight him at a distance,” said Roach.

Over the last seven weeks at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, Roach and Pacquiao, the hottest tandem in boxing today, have worked on the moves that would keep Clottey guessing, not knowing what to do, what to expect.

They plan to run rings around the bigger, stronger but older fighter from Ghana, the way they did against Oscar dela Hoya or even Miguel Cotto. They had very little time to do it against Ricky Hatton who was out in two rounds.

“He’ll wait for you to throw a combination and then, when you’ve stopped, he’ll throw back. So if you stand in front of him, you’re an idiot,” he said. “We’re not going to do that. He’s not going to be able to find us,” said Roach.

“My quickness will be the key, my speed,” said Pacquiao, who will defend his WBO welterweight title for the first time, almost four months before he took it away from Cotto and became the sport’s only seven-time world champion.

Pacquiao and Clottey will come face-to-face Wednesday for the final press conference at the Cowboys Stadium, and on Thursday they should spend their last day at the gym in preparation for Friday’s official weigh-in.

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By: Abac Cordero
Source: boxing news update

Roach now predicting 6th or 7th round knockout win for Pacquiao

2010-03-07T21:01:00.000-08:00

Watch Pacquiao vs Clottey - Freddie Roach, the trainer that likes to make predictions, is now predicting for his fighter Manny Pacquiao to stop Joshua Clottey in the 6th 7th rounds on March 13th. Roach likes to start high with his knockout predictions and then come down in the rounds as the fights draw nearer. In this case, Roach started with a 12th round knockout win for Pacquiao, and then last week changed it to a 9th round knockout. Now suddenly Roach is shooting for the 6th or 7th rounds.

What’s weird this is that Roach isn’t picking one specific round for the KO. This is kind of a departure for Roach, because with his predictions he usually picks a specific round for his knockout predictions. It could be that Roach is feeling less confident about Pacquiao’s chances after seeing how strong Clottey has been looking as of late.

I just hope Pacquiao is getting some kind of motivation out of this because I don’t see him getting anywhere close to a knockout in this fight. In fact, I think Clottey is going to give Pacquiao a vicious beating that he won’t soon forget. Maybe Pacquiao wins, but maybe he doesn’t. But whatever the case, I see Clottey putting a serious hurting on Pacquiao and beating him up to the point where Pacquiao might not feel like singing after the fight.

Roach says “He’s [Clottey] going to last six or seven rounds. He’s going to be overwhelmed with the punches. He’s never been attacked like this before.” I guess Roach hasn’t seen Clottey’s fights against Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto.

If he had, he’d know that Clottey has been in with fighters that tried – and failed – at overwhelming him with punches. Clottey took the huge shots from both Margarito and was never hurt in the least by either one of them. Roach’s predictions are nothing but blather as far as I’m concerned. Clottey isn’t going nowhere for 12 rounds.

If there is anyone getting stopped in this fight, it’s going to be Pacquiao, not Clottey. Pacquiao has already been stopped twice in his career, so he would be the one more familiar with being knocked out than Clottey.

I know if Clottey is going to win, but I do know he won’t be getting knocked out and he’s going to be the one looking in better shape by the end of this fight. He’s going to be too big for the small Pacquiao to manhandle like his last three opponents Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto. De La Hoya was shot at the time of his fight with Pacquiao.

Hatton and Cotto are small fighters are not true welterweights in my view. Cotto may fight at welterweight, but at 5’7”, he’s more of a light welterweight than a true welterweight. Pacquiao will be matched against the biggest opponent size-wise of his career and I think he’s going to have a lot of problems with Clottey.

I expect Pacquiao to get really busted up in this fight unless he decides to stay on the outside and do a little running. If he gets too close to Clottey for any length of time, Clottey will beat Pacquiao black and blue with his bigger size and strength. I know I’m right about all of this.

Source: boxingnews.com by Dave Lahr

Pacquiao will going to overwhelm Clottey: Roach

2010-03-03T22:44:00.000-08:00

Freddie Roach as usual is predicting a knockout for his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, saying in an article at the Manila Times, “He’s [Pacquiao] going to overwhelm him” [Clottey]. With Manny’s speed and his combinations, I do believe he will be the first person to stop Clottey before the 12th round. I know Clottey is a big strong guy and a great fighter and we respect him as a real tough guy, but we also know his characteristic, we know his mistakes and we know his bad habits, which we can exploit to the hilt.” I agree with Roach.

However, I think Clottey is more of a bottom 10 guy rather than his inflated number #1 ranking by the World Boxing Organization. Pacquiao should be able to beat this guy without too many problems aside from an occasional shot thrown back from Clottey. Roach has talked about Pacquiao “not being there for Clottey” when it comes time for Joshua to try and land his own shots. This suggests that Pacquiao will use his normal in and out attacks to keep from getting hit by some of the big left hooks and uppercuts from Clottey.

Clottey tends to plod forward slowly, so it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to chase after Pacquiao and land anything when he backs away after landing his own shots. Clottey has little power with his right hand and tends to push with it while leaning forward. Pacquiao will eat him up with shots when Clottey does try and throw with this hand.

If Pacquiao doesn’t stop Clottey with a flurry of shots early on, he’ll get him later in the fight when Clottey runs out of gas by the 9th round. Although Clottey always looks in shape for his fights and talks about the long runs he makes during training, he fades fast and is largely ineffective after the 6th. This is the perfect opponent for Pacquiao to look good against.

The fight will be taking place at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, where it’s expected to be filled with as many as 45,000 fans. This is a major victory for Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, who showed that Pacquiao can get good numbers even against an obscure opponent like Clottey. Pacquiao doesn’t even need to take on a well known fighter to bring in large amounts of people.

If Pacquiao can continue to get good numbers like this against opponents that boxing fans have little knowledge of, there’s no point in risking his neck against the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, who would have a good chance of beating Pacquiao and upsetting the gravy train. Arum has talked about having future fights at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium.

However, it’s doubtful that it will involve Pacquiao facing Mayweather, because Floyd wants Pacquiao to agree to random blood tests to ensure he’s not taking any performance enhancing drugs, but Pacquiao prefers to follow the guidelines of the Athletic Commission for whatever state he’s fighting in. As of now, Texas and Nevada, two of the states where Pacquiao could possibly be fighting next, only require urine to be tested and not blood. This is why it’s unlikely that Pacquiao will be facing Mayweather in the future unless he agrees to some form of blood tests that Mayweather will find acceptable. By Sean McDaniel:

Source: boxingnews24.com

Joshua Clottey Highlights - HD

2010-02-27T23:04:00.000-08:00

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Joshua Clottey does have power in his hands and is very durable in fighting elite fighters. Clottey had proven how versatile his chin is and this will prove how strong the punches of Pacman is. Joshua did beat Judah and Coralles before. Even now team Clottey seems to concentrate on his physical training to ensure he will lasts 12 rounds and give Manny much difficulties so as to earn more lucrative fights. They seem to be not very interested in winning and didn't mind to solve Pacquiao's huge speed advantage.

Watch Pacquiao vs Clottey Online Free for a free passage to the truth of all the predictions coming out. Pacquiao will gonna win if Clottey loses focus and Pacquiao might losses if Clottey will prevail.

Pacquiao-Clottey, could sell 45,000 tickets

2010-02-26T06:58:00.000-08:00

This is another way of testing the aura of Manny Pacquiao to the people who loves boxing. Selling out huge amounts of tickets for the stadium only implicates that "The Event" is on the go!

Dallas Cowboy stadium will likely be filled with at least 45,000 fans for the March 13th fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey. According to ESPN, the fight is nearing a sellout of 45,000. If it reaches that total, the stadium, which can hold 100,000 fans, will be reconfigured from 45,000 to a larger number to accommodate additional fans that might want to travel to Arlington, Texas to see the fight.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says “Right now we’re on target to sell the 45,000 seats and we’ll be happy when we do that. We sold 35 tickets [on Wednesday] and are on target of doing that today.” Its unclear how many tickets have been sold at this time. Arum isn’t saying but he feels good about it reaching the 45,000 number by fight time on March 13th.That number is pretty phenomenal for a fight that appears to be a mismatch on paper.

Clottey, a fighter who doesn’t typically throw a lot of punches and who is coming off a loss in his last fight against Miguel Cotto, isn’t well known to casual boxing fans. He also has few wins over top tier fighters during his career. Clottey has lost to two out of the four good top fighters that he’s faced during his career. Read more...

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Joshua Clottey not focused on Pacquiao fight?

2010-02-20T19:25:00.000-08:00

Source: examiner.com

DALLAS - Am I confused or is Joshua Clottey having serious problems with everything from possibly losing his trainer to a recent desperation overseas flight home and just today (Saturday) settling into a real training camp just 36 days out from his fight with Manny Pacquiao?

Trainer Godwin Dzainie Kotey isn't being granted a visa from the American Embassy in Accra, Ghana. Vinny Scolpino, Clottey's New York - based manager says a statement will be forthcoming during the week, but as far as training he says everything was just fine and on track.

I don't believe him.

Co-promoter Jerry Jones and company can't afford for Clottey to put forth a half-ass or otherwise distracted effort and have ticket buyers heading for the exits early before making a few runs to the concession stands and soaking up the $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium experience.

Ultimately, Jones needs the fans to have a great time and want to come back.

Actually all of boxing, including Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Golden Boy Promotions, needs Joshua Clottey to if not win outright, to put on a respectable effort.

I wrote when Clottey was just being considered as the opponent that he was the most dangerous guy out there. I guess that makes me what Michael Marley would call an Everlast Einstein.

I need to start hearing Clottey is using up and running off sparring partners and no media is allowed in the gym because they have a top secret weapon and strategy for Pacquiao and a special punch just for him.

I believed it last month but I don't know if I do today.

I remember last summer Clottey pretty much coasted in the final two rounds against Miguel Cotto when most thought the fight was close and winnable for the Ghanaian.

Now I'm not at all saying Clottey would put up anything but a very polished professional effort, but if Pacquiao senses a weakness he would quickly exploit it.

I'm saying Team Clottey better get its act together because this is Manny Pacquiao and it's the big time.

If Bob Arum or any other big shots have a friend in an American Embassy or Port Authority, now would be the time to call in the favor and pull the trigger and make that call or Clottey is going into training today in Fort Lauderdale, FL at less than full speed and a lack of momentum.

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No Margarito return on Pacquiao card

2010-02-19T06:26:00.000-08:00

Top Rank has scrapped its plan for disgraced former welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito to make his comeback March 13 as the co-feature on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey pay-per-view undercard at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Last month, Top Rank signed Carson Jones to a contract to face Margarito in a planned 10-round bout at 155 pounds, pending Margarito being licensed in Texas. That fight has been canceled, Jones manager Bobby Dobbs told ESPN.com.

"[Top Rank] said the fight is off. It's dead. I didn't ask exactly why," said Dobbs, who said Top Rank told him not worry about Margarito being licensed when they signed the contract. "I don't know if Texas made a public announcement or just told Top Rank, but Margarito isn't going to get a license and he's not going to fight Carson at this time. I don't care about the specifics of why, I just know he's not fighting.

"We're heartbroken. Carson has been training for five week for the fight and didn't even get any training expenses for it," Dobbs said. "He was trying to get in the best possible shape for a fight that isn't going to happen now."

Although Top Rank did not mention Margarito, it announced on Friday that Humberto Soto and David Diaz would meet for a vacant lightweight belt in the March 13 co-feature.

Top Rank president Todd duBoef said the company had no comment regarding the change in plans or on Margarito.

Before the new fight was announced, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN.com that he would put Soto-Diaz on the card "if it looks like we're having problems" with Margarito's license. Arum also said before Soto-Diaz was announced that if Margarito wasn't licensed in Texas, he would likely make his comeback on a May 8 pay-per-view card Top Rank is planning in Mexico, which is under no obligation to recognize punishments handed out by regulators in the United States.

However, if Margarito fights in Mexico while under a revocation in the U.S., it could severely impact his ability to be relicensed in America, because regulators would not look kindly on a fighter who went around a U.S. revocation.

In one of boxing's most significant scandals in recent years, Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs) had his license revoked by the California State Athletic Commission last February for attempting to fight Shane Mosley with illegal pads coated in a plaster-like substance that were placed inside his hand wraps.

Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson objected to how Margarito's hands had been wrapped. And when the commission cut off his gloves minutes before he was to walk to the ring for the Jan. 24, 2009 fight, the illegal inserts, which had escaped notice of the commission inspector overseeing the hand-wrapping process, were discovered.

Margarito's hands were re-wrapped and Mosley dominated him before knocking him out in the ninth round to win a welterweight championship at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

At a hearing a few weeks later, the California commission voted 7-0 to revoke the licenses of Margarito and trainer Javier Capetillo. Margarito pleaded ignorance and Capetillo said the illegal pads must have been used by accident, but few believed either explanation.

The vote effectively barred Margarito and Capetillo from boxing in the United States, because commissions honor revocations and suspensions doled out by other jurisdictions. Both were eligible to reapply for licenses after one year, which Margarito did in Texas in advance of the possible March 13 fight.

The Association of Boxing Commissions, a national non-profit organization that represents state and Native American tribal boxing commissions, acknowledged in a Jan. 29 letter to Texas regulator Dickie Cole of the state's combative sports division, which is overseen by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, that Texas was within its rights to license Margarito now that the terms of his revocation has expired.

However, in the letter from ABC president Tim Lueckenhoff, he added that there should be a public hearing regarding Margarito's request for a license in Texas and that the "the ABC Board of Directors also opined that Mr. Margarito should not be licensed at this time due to the seriousness of the violations surrounding the revocation of Mr. Margarito's license by the CSAC."

Margarito could not be reached for comment.

Although Top Rank no longer plans to put Margarito on the Pacquiao-Clottey card, his license application is still pending in Texas, Susan Stanford, the public information office for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, told ESPN.com.

"The status of Mr. Margarito's application is that it is still under review," Stanford said. "That means we are reviewing it to see if it's complete or not, and if we need more information.

"He is revoked in the state of California. We will review the application and the applicable state and federal laws. In this case, the federal law with the Muhammad Ali Act is that all regulating states will honor suspensions and revocations in other regulating states."

Stanford said Texas made no assurances to Top Rank or anyone else that Margarito would be licensed if he applied.

"That was their prerogative to file the application," she said, adding that his past behavior in California would be taken into consideration when his application is reviewed.

Dobbs said Top Rank promised him that if Margarito-Jones didn't happen because of a licensing issue, that it would at least give Jones a spot on the untelevised undercard against another opponent. However, Dobbs said Top Rank is now balking at that promise.

Jones (24-7-1, 15 KOs), who notched an upset third-round knockout victory against previously unbeaten Tyrone Brunson on Dec. 4, was due to make a career-high $50,000 purse to fight Margarito.

"Now, we'll just see what's out there," Dobbs said. "He's in great shape and we have nowhere to go. I'm hoping one of these miracle phone calls come through like happens in boxing and we get something."

Source: espn.com

"Pacquiao First, Mayweather-Mosley Winner Next" - Clottey

2010-02-17T22:36:00.000-08:00

Pacquiao vs Clottey

Welterweight Joshua Clottey puts aside some time to speak with BoxingScene.com about his training camp to prepare for the biggest fight of his career. He faces WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13 in Texas. Clottey says that everything is running very smooth and he is confident of victory in this exclusive interview. He also touches on the significance of this fight in his native Ghana, Mosley vs. Mayweather and more.

BoxingScene.com: How is training camp going so far?

Joshua Clottey: Everything is good. Everything is fine. We are working hard and just getting ready for the fight on March 13th.

BoxingScene.com: Are you looking good weight wise?

Joshua Clottey: Oh yeah. That won't be a problem. I train hard and always come in on weight. That is something I really haven't ever had a problem with.

BoxingScene.com: What exactly happened with your trainers not getting their visas?

Joshua Clottey: I can't really get down or be too disappointed about it. Life always has to go on and I still have to train. I guess these things happen for a reason. I am working hard and will be ready for the fight. I still have a good team around me and am confident I will come out victorious.

BoxingScene.com: How is sparring going? I assume your team found some short quick southpaws?

Joshua Clottey: Sparring is going just fine. I am sparring with these two guys, real good fighters but I can't remember their names. Both undefeated guys. We brought in one who is real fast and he is shorter so I can get ready for the speed and the other one is big and has the power to help me prepare.

BoxingScene.com: Obviously this is the biggest fight of your career. Most of the experts are picking Pacquiao to win. What do you have to do to make sure you come out with the win?

Joshua Clottey: I have all my plans and that is what I am training for right now. I need to practice them so I can execute them when I step in the ring. I have all my plans in my head. He and his team is saying they are going to knock me out and really I don't mind them saying that. They can say whatever they want to say. I already know in my head what I am going to do and how I am going to win.

BoxingScene.com: Pacquiao hasn't said much but I have read articles where Freddie Roach said that he thinks Pacquiao will knock you out. Do you feel they are disrespecting you?

Joshua Clottey: Well you know I am not taking it like they are disrespecting me or taking me lightly. I always feel like I am getting respect from Roach. Whenever I see him or have spoken to him he talked to me with respect. Whatever he says is fine by me. He is hyping up the fight you know. He has every right to talk. It is a free country and he can speak his mind and say what he wants to say.

BoxingScene.com: How big is this fight in your native Ghana? What is the buzz like there?

Joshua Clottey: Everybody back home is real excited about this fight. I told them that they shouldn't worry because we always are hoping and trying to improve our lives. We keep trying and good things will come. I am going to go out there and fight my best and try to come out with the win. I am confident and my people are confident.

BoxingScene.com: If you pull off the upset and come out victorious what do you want to do after that?

Joshua Clottey: If I win the fight and beat Manny Pacquiao, the number one pound for pound fighter ,my country will be so proud. I would like to fight the Mosley-Mayweather winner. You know one thing about me Ryan. I will fight anybody. If I win this fight I will be ready and willing to fight anybody.

BoxingScene.com: Paul Williams is still looking for an opponent. I know you wanted to fight him in the past. Would you fight him?

Joshua Clottey: If he wants to fight me I can fight him. I will fight anybody who wants to fight me.

BoxingScene.com: Who do you think wins the Mayweather vs. Mosley fight?

Joshua Clottey: It is a very tough fight. Shane Mosley is going to come out ready and hungry because he has wanted this fight for a long time. He has wanted a big fight for a long time. Now that he has one he will come in prepared and give Mayweather everything he has but Mayweather is a very smart guy who has a great defense and is a great boxer. This is a very tough one to call so I can't really pick a winner.

BoxingScene.com: Do you have a message for the fans?

Joshua Clottey: Well I just want to tell everybody that I am going to fight with the best fighter in the world and I am going to come in the ring prepared and do something that no one thinks I can do. That is the only thing I can say now. I have a plan and I will make it a good fight.

Source: examiner.com

If Clottey lays on ropes, he’s dead: Roach

2010-02-14T01:44:00.000-08:00

Pacquiao vs Clottey

MANILA, Philippines — Prized boxing trainer Freddie Roach has seen a loophole in Joshua Clottey’s defense that Manny Pacquiao could take advantage of when the two fighters slug it out on March 13.

“He’s pretty strong and he has a good chin and he’s a durable guy,” Roach said of the Ghanaian boxer in an interview with FightFan.com.

However, he described Clottey’s defense as very “passive”.

“Sometimes he goes to the ropes. I can’t figure it out if he’s being lazy and resting or he’s trying to punch yourself out. But if he lays on the ropes and he has that passive defense on us, we’re gonna kill him,” said Roach.

The trainer said that although Pacquiao did some “rope-a-dope” tactic during his fight with Miguel Cotto last November, he said the Filipino merely tested the Puerto Rican’s punching power.

“He was there for a reason. If he’s just being lazy, then there’s a problem with it but he has a reason, it’s okay. I told him, ‘I don’t get the idea’, but that’s being Pacquiao,” said Roach.

The controversial trainer is currently overseeing Pacquiao’s training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California.

He said he’s very impressed with the conditioning of the 7-time world champion, who is making his first title defense against Clottey.

“He looks pretty good… I was very happy with his performances,” said Roach.
Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao will stake his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown against the Ghanaian at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas on March 13.

Roach attributed Pacquiao’s superb conditioning partly to his brief down time after the Cotto fight. He said the “rest days” have worked wonders for the Filipino.

Pacquiao took a two-month vacation from boxing following his sensational 12th round technical knockout win over Cotto.

“He plays basketball everyday… it’s like his favorite sport. He runs and runs the court and he came in to the New York press conference [for the Clottey fight] at 148 pounds,” said Roach.

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Source: abs-cbnnews.com/sports

Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey: Analysis and Prediction

2010-02-09T18:46:00.000-08:00

Now that the pesky Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight that nobody wanted to see is finally dead, it’s time to get down to some real business.

Although, which fighter do you think was actually at fault for that whole…

Just kidding. I think we’ve all had enough of that crap for a while.

Well, the players have changed but the game remains the same—and the name of the game is: Whose ass is Manny Pacquiao gonna kick next?

And our next contestant is…Joshua Clottey!

Actually, I’m having a little too much fun here and getting a bit carried away. Clottey is no supersonic-breasted villain in a Wapakman movie. He shows up ready—and quite able—to tangle.

The 33-year-old Clottey has a record of 35-3 with 20 KOs. He is a tough, physical pressure fighter who stalks his opponents behind a tight, high-handed defense.

He is a quick-fisted, accurate counterpuncher with an excellent left hook. And he has a good jab when he decides to use it.

His most recent fight was in June against Miguel Cotto. He lost a split-decision in a fight in which many thought he was punked by the judges.

He also lost by decision to Antonio Margarito in 2006. He had won the early rounds before breaking his hand in the fourth. Perhaps if that hand had been wrapped by the trainer of his opponent, the injury could have been avoided.

His only other loss was by 11th-round disqualification for repeated, intentional head-butts to Carlos Baldomir in a 1999 bout that Clottey was winning.

He’s managed to win a few fights, too. He beat Zab Judah via nine-round technical decision in 2008 and had a dominating win on points over a beefed-up version of the late Diego Corrales in 2007.

And for those who have just returned from a lengthy Antarctic expedition, a record-breaking stint on a Russian space station, or have recently awoken from a prolonged comatose state, there is a Filipino fighter named Manny Pacquiao who has been on a bit of a roll himself.

In a November fight with Miguel Cotto, after a competitive first five rounds during which Manny dropped Cotto twice, Pacquiao reached cruising speed and began to dominate, winning by 12th-round TKO.

This fight came, of course, after Pacquiao stuck Ricky Hatton like a Pamplona Bull putting its horn up the ass of a moron who had the bright idea of trying to run with it through the streets of Spain.

Pacquiao is a very fast-handed, hard-punching southpaw. He uses rapid in-and-out and side-to-side movement to set up stinging punches from angles that may have made Isaac Newton rethink his work.

The story of the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight is going to be about whether Clottey’s pressure and counterpunching can overcome Pacquiao’s foot speed and quick-handed, sharp-punching attacks.

Clottey has been a difficult opponent for everyone he’s faced and Pacquiao probably won’t be the exception. Especially for the first eight rounds or so.

Trying to penetrate Clottey’s guard is like trying to get near one of Pacquiao’s veins with a needle—no easy task, even for someone with the speed and offensive capabilities of Pacquiao. At the same time, Pacquiao is not going to be there for Clottey to hit either.

Clottey is the type of fighter who needs to be set before he can throw. Pacquiao’s foot speed and movement are going to create all manner of vexation for Clottey, as he’ll have a hard time planting his feet to mount any type of sustained offense.

I see Pacquiao outworking Clottey and building a small lead early, although possibly without getting a whole lot of hard, clean punches through Clottey’s guard.

At some point, Clottey is going to have to open up a bit and try to slow Pacquiao down, probably by throwing his customary left hooks in the direction of Manny’s body. When he does, look for Manny’s right hook to counter effectively.

I think that by about the eighth round, Pacquiao will have assumed command and forced Clottey to either fight a losing battle of exchanges or spin himself into a defensive cocoon that he won’t be able to chew his way out of.

Clottey will have his moments along the way. But being light on power, he won’t be able to do enough damage or land a high enough volume of punches to slow Pacquiao to the point of submitting to his pressure game.

Clottey is more of a contender than a contestant playing the “Whose ass is Manny gonna kick next?” game, so I think he'll find a way to make it to the finish line. I’m going with Pacquiao by solid decision.

Source: bleacherreport.com

Pacquiao awes Cowboys' billionaire owner

2010-02-04T01:30:00.000-08:00

Texas billionaire Jerry Jones had an unforgettable experience during the ongoing whirlwind tour of Mexico to promote his ambitious project – the March 13 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey.

“Manny Pacquiao is an enigma,” Jones told the Bulletin in his Texas twang Wednesday from Mexico City where he is holed out with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum.

Jones, who owns the Dallas Cowboys and the Cowboys Stadium that will be the site of the Pacquiao-Clottey bout, said he marveled with the way the Mexican media and public responded to the event and specially to the Filipino fighter.

“Manny is well-respected, well-liked and beloved by Mexico, whose men he had beaten up,” said the awe-inspired Jones, who is joining hands with Arum‘s Top Rank Inc. in staging the world title match.

“The reception (here in Mexico) is unbelievable” added Jones, whose next stop will be the city of Monterrey where he and Arum are expected to preside over another press conference.

Jones and Arum decided to visit Mexico to further hype up the fight with the inclusion of Mexican fighters – featuring one-time Pacquiao sparring partner and ex-world champion Jose Luis Castillo – on the undercard.

“We are mesmerized with the reception given to us,” said Arum.

Meanwhile, Clottey is back in New York after a week-long stay in his native Ghana.

Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels could not confirm if Clottey was able to bring in his trainer-of-choice, Godwin Dzanie Kotey, whose application for the renewal of his US visa was denied in the capital city of Accra.

Samuels said Clottey made sure he did not let up in training while he was in Ghana.

“I was told by his manager Vinny Scolpino that Clottey trained hard while he was in Ghana,” said Samuels.

Team Clottey is headed for the Contenders Gym in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this weekend.

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source: mb.com.ph

PACQUIAO OVERWHELMS MAYWEATHER IN BOXING WRITERS VOTE FOR ‘FIGHTER OF THE DECADE’

2010-02-02T23:18:00.001-08:00

The president of the Boxing Writers Jack Hirsh says pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao won the "Fighter of the Decade" award by a huge margin.

Although stating he would "rather not give a vote breakdown" of how the members balloting for "Fighter of the Decade" turned out, Hirsch told us "the margin of Pacquiao's victories were enormous" although he conceded a handful of members voted for someone else.

The respected president of the BWAA said "the decisiveness of Pacquiao's victory for 'Fighter of the Decade' surprised me."

He said Pacquiao "got more than twice as many votes as the second place finisher, Floyd Mayweather Jr."

Hirsch said the BWAA was negotiating with Madison Square Garden to have the dinner at the famed venue on June 11 and said he was hoping they could work something out but that "right now it's no better than 50-50."

He indicated that after last year's awards dinner Madison Square Garden had reached out to the association asking to host this year's dinner and Hirsch said he was hoping MSG would give them "a good enough deal to make this a reality."

He said Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had already guaranteed Pacquiao’s attendance at the awards event.

At the same time Hirsch said he hopes to have a major international personality to present Pacquiao with the "Fighter of the Decade" award.

Aside from Floyd Mayweather Jr whom he beat overwhelmingly in the boxing writers association voting by its members, Pacquiao also bested such greats as Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera.

Pacquiao was clearly overjoyed and humbled by the honors bestowed upon him and thanked the members of the BWAA for their support and respect for his achievements the past decade where he emerged as the most exciting boxer in the world today and a genuine box office hit.

The awards notwithstanding Pacquiao was in the Wild Card Gym of celebrated trainer Freddie Roach who was named "Trainer of the Year" for the fourth time and cemented his position, like Pacquiao, of being regarded as one of the greatest of all-time.

Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz said Pacquiao had another fine day at the gym, going through his regular routine and looking better than ever in preparation for his March 13 showdown with Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboys state-of-the-art $1.2 billion stadium.

Author: Ronnie Nathanielsz

Pacquiao vs Clottey

Source:PhilBoxing.com

Pacquiao vs Clottey Best Fights

2010-01-28T19:09:00.000-08:00

This Pacquiao vs Clottey Fight happening at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium had made up many predictions even if the Philippine Hero is coming in victorious campaign against his previous opponents with big names in the world of boxing today.

Below are videos from their best fights. Watch it and predict who will gonna bring another glory and who will go home with frustrations.

Pacquiao's best fights:

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On the other hand you can watch this video of Joshua Clottey and see for your self what he can do to defeat Pacman.

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Ticket sales booming for Pacquiao vs Clotteyfight

2010-01-26T14:37:00.000-08:00

According to the latest boxing news, over 24,000 tickets have already been sold after only three days for the March 13th mega fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas.

At this rate, the stadium could wind up being filled with as many as 60,000 screaming fans for the March 13th bout.

This is an outstanding number considering that the fight really isn’t much to get excited about because of Clottey’s lackluster resume filled with few top tier opponents. Clottey is coming off a loss to Miguel Cotto, who as most people know was just stopped in the 12th round by Pacquiao in November.

That alone would seem to be a turn off for knowledgeable boxing fans. However, a great deal of the tickets sales are obviously coming from fans of Pacquiao who careless about his opponent. The name of the victim isn’t import just as long as Pacquiao is in there fighting.

Tickets usually go fast in the first few days of being put on sale. However, if this trend were to continue at the rate that they’re being purchased, there’s a chance that the entire 100,000 seat arena could sell out for the fight. That would truly phenomenal for a fight that only has one star involved and one that really amounts to being a mismatch.

Clottey doesn’t have the credentials going into this fight to suggest that he will do anything other than lose to Pacquiao on March 13th. This is why it’s pretty exciting to see the way the tickets are being scooped up. If the tickets are being bought like this for a fight between an over-matched little known opponent like Clottey, what will the numbers be like when/if Pacquiao ever fights Floyd Mayweather? That fight will clearly sell out the entire 100,000 seat stadium in Dallas, if the Pacquiao-Clottey fight doesn’t.

Former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Antonio Margarito could end up fighting on the undercard against Carson Jones, if Margarito gets his boxing license back by the Texas Athletic Commission. Once it’s known for sure whether Margarito is going be fighting on the undercard, you can expect a huge amount of tickets to start getting bought up by boxing fans in both Texas and Mexico, where Margarito has a huge amount of fans.

Margarito lost his boxing license last year after a foreign plaster-like substance was found in his hand wraps before his bout with Shane Mosley in January 2009. However, Margarito still has a ton of fans that have stood behind him through this ordeal and will no doubt gladly purchase tickets to see him fight on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium.

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Source: boxingnew24.com

Pacquio vs Clottey on March 13 at Dallas Stadium

2010-01-26T14:10:00.000-08:00

Pacquiao-Clottey - You are all all here once again to witness for another spectacular fight between Pacquiao-Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. How good it is to know that even if there is not Pacquiao vs Mayweather which has been cause a lot of issues, we are about to see another level of boxing fight against these two.

Manny Pacquiao who is also known as the Peoples champ from the Philippines will be defending his title belt against the No. 1 contender from this title will to take revenge on losing fights against Margarito and Cotto. Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) somehow gets by his next opponent WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, Clottey, 32, will have an easy time selecting his next fights. Clottey still is interested in avenging his defeats to Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, and would like to face both of them in the future to get revenge for those bitter losses.

Let us just wait and see if Clottey will claim all the glory against Pacquiao or Pacquiao will crash another opponent and put a tally on his triumphant wins.

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2010-01-10T23:40:00.000-08:00

This is a blog dedicated for the Pacquiao vs Clottey fight this March 2010. You will find updates, pictures, videos for this upcoming and the twisted fight match-up this year.