Last night’s fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey was weird for a few reasons. For one, Clottey left his guts in the locker room and seemingly allowed Manny to get in his head well before the fight started. Secondly, it was a boring Manny Pacquiao fight. When has there ever been a boring Manny Pacquiao fight?
But the weirdest thing about last night’s broadcast was Jim Lampley. He argued back and forth with Max Kellerman and Emmanuel Steward about Clottey’s lack of punches and it seemed as if they got upset at each other. And then, he tried to make the fight exciting by screaming, “Bang!” when Pacquiao started to land some punches. It was jarring to listen to this fine broadcaster go off the deep end just a little bit. Maybe he was just trying to make up for a lackluster fight.
Welcome to our live play by play of the Joshua Clottey vs. Manny Pacquiao Boxing Battle live from the beautiful Dallas Cowboys Stadium as these two warriors step into the ring in front of 40,000 fans. I’ve been watching a little bit of the undercard, switching back and forth between that and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (great movie). Keep clicking refresh or pressing F5 on your keyboard for updates throughout the fight.
I’m amped and ready to go!
Arena looks beautiful. If pro wrestling was as popular as it was in 1999 and 2000, we’d have the biggest show ever there. Maybe if Brock vs. somebody can get enough interest, UFC can run there one day. It’s amazing.
Alright main event time. Clottey vs. Pac!
So we begin with the Ghana and Filipino National Anthems are our fighters prepare for war. They got three Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders doing the American National Anthem and let me just say… I would not mind sticking my rocket in their red glare. :blues:. Sorry, I had to. They look cute.
They played an AWESOME boxing video package with some of the sports best, including footage of Hagler/Hearns and other big moments.
Here comes Joshua Clottey. How many entrance songs does this guy have? Yeeesh. It’s like Triple H. He’s dancing to his song. This is too much like R-Truth for my tastes. Pac is coming out now – smiling – looking as confident as ever. I’d hate to say it, but it looks like Pac might run through this man like a stampede of rhinos. He comes out to ACDC’s Thunderstruck, then Eye of the Tiger – WHY? Is this a new thing now? Changing songs.
Michael Buffer begins with his introductions… big pop for Pac
Round 1
Both guys start very cautious. Pac going to the body early. Nailed a big right hand that looked painful. Clottey has no answer for this thusfar. Pac wins that round hands down.
Liverpool (Sky Sports) Paul Smith (29-1) UD-12 over Tony Dodson (24-6)
Smith was badly cut from the opening round, but survived to see out the decision in a rough main event.
Kell Brook (21-0) TKO 6 of Krzysztof Bienias (39-4) Brook is probably the best up and coming fighter in Britain. He was way too much for Bienias; who has had success at a certain level, but fares poorly when stepped up in class. In the post fight interview, Promoter Frank Warren called out Amir Khan on Brook’s behalf. Khan had previously been Warren’s top star, but Khan abandoned him in favour of a deal with Goldenboy.
Tony Bellew (13-0) TKO 1 over Atoli Moore(4-1)
The hard punching Bellew wasted little time finishing off his outmatched opponent.
Enzo Maccarinelli (31-4) TKO 1 of Zoltan Czekus (8-3)
The former WBO Cruiserweight champion continues to rebuild his career with an easy win over a complete unknown.
This 30 minute special has been out for a few days already, but I didn’t have a chance to check it out until now.
I’ve never thought about this before, but this fight has a man from the Philippines fighting a man from Ghana, neither of who speak English very well, fighting in a stadium for America’s Team. Boxing is truly a melting pot sport.
The show immediately goes into the Pacquaio/Mayweather fight that never happened. Freddie Roach immediately went into denial about the issue instead of tackling the issue, which is what he’s done. Pac’s strength and conditioning coach said Pacquiao thinks giving blood is a bad thing and blames his loss on giving blood. Basically, the same BS we’ve been hearing since late last year.
Clottey says that he couldn’t sleep after hearing that he was fighting Manny Pacquiao. Clottey runs the streets of NY before the city starts. But I thought the city never sleeps? He says he should be right at the top of the welterweight class.
His fight against Antonio Margarito put him on the map and then he beat Zab Judah to win the championship.
They show the fight with Cotto and Jim Lampley says that Clottey had a dead man in front of him and let him throw enough punches to take the last two rounds and win the fight.
Clottey’s cut man Lenny De Jesus has to act as his cut man and trainer because his trainer can’t get a visa to get to the states. He was also Pacquiao’s cut man from 2003 to 2005. He thinks this is the reason why he has the inside edge on how to beat Pacquiao.
Pacquiao has to eat a ton just to keep his weight up while Clottey will outweigh him by 15 pounds probably in the ring.
Roach says he’s waiting for the day as to when Pacquiao doesn’t have his immense work ethic and that day hasn’t happened yet.
This countdown wasn’t anything special, but it did give fans a great look at Joshua Clottey. It’s going to take a money making performance by Clottey to win this fight.
I’m not sure if this is necessarily “The Event” like the poster says, but it has to be pretty important if Jerry Jones wants to host it in his brand new stadium. While the draw is most certainly Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey has a once in a lifetime opportunity. Because of the fact that Pacquiao decided against the extra drug testing that Floyd Mayweather wanted and didn’t like a few of the opportunities presented to him, Clottey was chosen.
I don’t think the boxing world expects much other than another Pacquiao victory and while we don’t either here at FGB, we may differ on how hard this fight could be for Pacquiao.
Duan, Robert and I give our predictions for the fight.
Leonardo Zappavigna vs. Fernando Angulo
In the opening bout, Australian lightweight prospect Leonardo Zappavigna (23-0) took a hugely controversial unanimous decision over Fernando Angulo (22-7). It was a really competitive fight, but I felt Angulo had done enough to pull off the upset. One judge scored the fight 114-113 which I could have seen an argument for. The other two turned in cards of 116-111, which are just completely indefensible. Continue Reading »
The fourth installment of Showtime’s fantastic Fight Camp 360 series. This episode previews Abraham vs. Dirrell, and introduces Jermain Taylor’s replacement Allan Green. Mandatory viewing as always.
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might not be fighting each other anytime soon, but they are still the two biggest stars in boxing.
Manny Pacquiao faces Joshua Clottey in his next fight, while Mayweather faces Shane Mosley.
Most think the Mayweather/Mosley fight sells more PPVs and HBO has invested a 24/7 for their fight. But Pacquiao and Clottey are fighting at the new Texas Stadium and have already sold over 40,000 tickets for their fight.
We want to know which fight do you want to see more? Vote on the right hand side of the page.
It’s another wrestling heavy edition of FGB Radio. Big D and I discuss how badly TNA has been of late and how brilliant WWE has been. But before that, we talk about one of the bigger sports stories of the week which is HGH testing and how it relates to boxing and UFC.
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