Pacquiao vs. Clottey result

Everybody is ready for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout this Saturday evening, and the mannypacquiao.i.ph is going on the record with our official picks and predictions. Does anybody see Clottey pulling off the huge upset? Do they think Pacquiao will win by knockout or by decision, or what will happen in the bout?

Scott Levinson: Does anyone else feel this is more dangerous for Pacquiao the closer we get to March 13? Something inside is telling me Clottey is going to put forth a great effort. I think he will pursue and punch with purpose, which will only give way to a better Pacquiao. I see Pacquiao using his movement, speed, and fast combination punching to stay a step ahead in the early going. I picture a fast-paced and exciting bout. Pacquiao’s attack will begin to put a dent in Clottey’s resolve over the second half of the bout, causing his workrate to dip. Manny will sweep the final rounds and wind up winning about 10 rounds. I think Clottey will earn a moral victory in making it to the final bell.

Prediction: Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision

Rich Thomas: Joshua Clottey is a tough fighter in the great Ghanian tradition of tough fighters, but I fear he is more like Ike Quartey than Azumah Nelson. He is a tough fighter and a serious threat to anyone who gets in the ring with him, but there is something in there that leaves him just short making the transition from being a good fighter into an excellent or a great fighter. Like Quartey, he is one of these guys who always seems to come just short when matched with a boxer who truly has the right stuff.

That said, Clottey is tough as nails. Miguel Cotto was looking somewhat fragile even before Pacman got to him, and I am starting to think that he might be one of these boxers who has a short, bright career with an early end, ala Donald Curry or Wilfred Benitez. Clottey might not have the championship grit, but his body is made of tougher stuff. He will be game going at least as far as the late rounds, although when it comes to making that last big push to pull himself out of the hole, Clottey won’t make it.

Prediction: Pacman UD12.

Nathan Nau: In a bout that most experts think is a mismatch, Manny Pacquiao will use his superior footwork, hand speed, and combinations to hold off the tough and larger Clottey.  I believe this fight will be closer than most experts think, with Clottey having his moments, but ultimately failing in an upset bid via a closer than expected unanimous decision.

Prediction: Pacquiao by unanimous decision

Scott Dryden (ProFighting-Fans.com): Clottey is a very tough competitor who has a ton to gain with a victory.  He will bring it to Pacquiao which will make for a very exciting fight, at least for awhile.  As he often does, Manny will take over the fight in the 5^th round and will dominate from there on out.  Pac-Man adds to his impressive victory with an 8th round KO.

Prediction: Pacquiao via 8^th round KO

Ryan McArthur: Just before Clottey fought Miguel Cotto back in March 09, he just may well have been the most underrated pug in the business. Just after Pacquiao fought Cotto 5 months later, he did become the most revered and feared fighter on the planet. Remember while watching Pacquiao that we just may be witnessing the best fighter the sport has seen since Roberto Duran of the 1970s.

Of course Pacquiao is the favorite here, and rightly so, he’s earned it. The fact remains however that this is a really tough and extremely well matched bout. Clottey is technically sound, a good body puncher and the strongest fighter Pacquiao has faced in his Hall of Fame career. Will this be enough though to stop the Pacman bandwagon?

Ultimately I’m going to have to say no and take the easy way out. Pacman by Unanimous Decision. He’s just far too busy, too fast and too good for the very competent Clottey (he just doesn’t throw enough punches to beat the Filipino).

Prediction: Pacman by Unanimous Decision

Jake Emen: Clottey is a very good fighter, but he seems to be just good enough to be able to complain loudly about losing his biggest fights. He came up short against Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto when both were winnable fights. There’s a chance that weighing 165 lbs or so on fight night will allow him to walk through Pacquiao’s shots and walk him down, landing thudding shots that take the speed out of Pacquiao’s legs and arms. That’s a small chance however, and Pacquiao should be able to buzz in and out of Clottey’s range, taking advantage of his cover up defense to score with plenty of telling shots.

Prediction: Pacquiao by Unanimous Decision

As you might expect all of the ProBoxing-Fans.com writers are siding with the favorite and the pound for pound king, Manny Pacquiao in the Pacquiao vs. Clottey bout scheduled for this Saturday evening. Most think it will be a unanimous decision, some foresee a stoppage and some could be sniffing some trouble brewing, but all see Pacquiao coming out ahead.

Come fight night, you can check in for our live Pacquiao vs. Clottey round by round blog. You can also check out Scott Levinson’s detailed, full length preview and prediction for Pacquiao-Clottey to get you geared up for the bout!

Pacquiao vs. Clottey

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys, who made a strong pitch to host the now-aborted Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight at Cowboys Stadium by offering a record $25 million site fee, landed the next best thing.

The new $1.2 billion state-of-the-art facility in Arlington, Texas, will host Pacquiao’s March 13 pay-per-view welterweight title defense against Joshua Clottey.

Jones and Top Rank’s Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, who toured the facility and were Jones’ guests at Saturday night’s Cowboys playoff victory against the Philadelphia Eagles, closed the deal for the bout on Sunday afternoon.

“Bob was persistent in keeping this alive as a place for Manny’s fight,” Jones told ESPN.com, while celebrating the deal with Arum and duBoef. “I’m so glad Bob came back to us. We are so excited about this event and that we will be able to bring a big fight here for the Hispanic boxing fans, and all boxing fans in this area, who are also Dallas Cowboys fans. It’s important for us. Manny is such an exemplary athlete.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Jones could not contain his excitement.

“I never got into the NFL or bought the Cowboys for the money. I was lucky enough to already have some,” he said. “This is about having a fighter like Manny and an event like this in our venue. When we finished the deal, I was shaking as much as I was when we beat the Eagles. I’m just as excited.”

The timing of the formal news conference has not been determined because Pacquiao still needs to come to the United States from the Philippines and Clottey is headed to the U.S. from Ghana.

DuBoef said it probably won’t be until after the Cowboys’ Jan. 17 game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Jones said the stadium won’t be set for the full 100,000 seating capacity as was planned for a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout. Instead, they’ll start in the 40,000-seat range.

“But that’s one of the great things about the stadium — we can expand the seating capacity as it warrants,” Jones said.

Arum (a huge New York Giants fan, not a Cowboys fan) was already in full promotional form after the deal was agreed to.

“This is going to be one of the biggest events in the history of boxing,” Arum said. “This is the most incredible stadium setting I have ever seen. It is absolutely unbelievable. This is going to be much, much more than just a boxing match. A lot of things that happen are ordained by God. We weren’t going to go here for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight because [Golden Boy CEO Richard] Schaefer wouldn’t get on a plane and come down here and see the place. So that didn’t happen. And now that fight isn’t happening. And now we are here with Manny for another fight. When people see this event and how it will be presented, nothing in the past will ever compare to it.”

Before the fight fell apart over a single issue — the protocol for drug testing — Arum was intrigued with the idea of bringing Pacquiao-Mayweather to Cowboys Stadium.

Arum, Schaefer and HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg were scheduled to be in Dallas on Dec. 9 to meet with Jones and tour the facility. But the night before, Schaefer called off the trip, a move that in retrospect was the beginning of the fight going downhill.

Besides being the home field for the Cowboys and now the host for Pacquiao-Clottey, Cowboys Stadium hosts the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and will host the NBA All-Star Game next month, the 2011 Super Bowl and the 2014 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four.

One of the stadium’s most significant fan-friendly elements is the world’s largest (and most expensive at $40 million) HD video board, which is 72 feet high and 160 feet wide. Jones said all fans, regardless of where they are seated, would have a good view of the action because of it.

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People’s Champ Movement

Emmanuel Pacquiao in real life, the ring icon has formally petitioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to accredit his organization—called the People’s Champ Movement—as a “local political party.”

In a move that may well catapult him to Congress next year, Manny Pacquiao is parlaying his enormous popularity as a boxing champion—boosted by his electrifying knockout of British Ricky “the Hitman” Hatton last weekend—into a political movement.

As a “local” party, the People’s Champ Movement (PCM) is fielding candidates only for local positions in General Santos City and Sarangani province—all but confirming widespread speculation that Pacquiao would seek a seat in the House of Representatives, or maybe run for mayor, in the 2010 elections.

Pacquiao, who signed the affidavit, is the party president. Reynaldo Constantino Jr. is executive vice president and Raul C. Martinez as secretary general.

As a local party, PCM can only field candidates for local posts in General Santos and Sarangani, Ferrer said. If PCM wants to field candidates for national posts, it has to register again with the Comelec.

Manny Pacquiao boxing record

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao
Reigning IBO, RING Junior Welterweight Champion
WBC Lightweight Champion, 2008-2009
WBC, RING Super Featherweight Champion, 2008
RING Featherweight Champion, 2003 - 2005
IBF Super Bantamweight Champion, 2001 - 2004
WBC Flyweight Champion, 1998 - 1999
54 Fights
49 Wins (37 by way of Knockout), 3 Loses, 2 Draws