PACQUIAO DOMINATES IN DALLAS

Manny Pacquiao W 12 Joshua Clottey SCORES: 119-109, 119-109, 120-108

Manny Pacquio dominated legit welterweight Joshua Clottey in front of a crowd of 51, 000 at Dallas Cowboy Stadium. From the 1st round you could see the speed, and power difference was in Manny's favor. Manny could not get much passed Clottey's guard in the first half of the fight, so he peppered his body. Manny out worked his bigger foe in every round to get the unanimous decision. He couldn't land his power or hurt Clottey because of his turtle shell style defense. So the champion did the next best thing, he upped his output and punches per round to bank every round. What amazed me was the patience he exhibited when he couldn't get passed Clottey's guard early. Clottey looked scared of Manny's power and wouldn't open up and take the chances he needed to win. Clottey had some early success when he countered Manny, as evident in the mouse he produced under Manny's eye. Those moments of Clottey throwing punches, let alone being effective were few and far between. It looked like Clottey was afraid and went into survival mode for the majority of the fight, so he wouldn't get caught and get hurt.Even Joshua's trainer couldn't will him to throw more punches. He tried to and was begging his fighter to engage his opponent. Trainer Lenny DeJesus said to his fighter "Your losing every damn round". It was to no avail though because Clottey want no part of the Philippine machine. Every round was the same Manny on the attack throwing punches, and Joshua covering up for his life. The only round you could have given the challenger was probably the 12Th. In the final round Joshua threw more punches then he had in previous rounds and landed a good upper cut that stumbled the champion, but that only lasted for a second. Every time Clottey looked like he wanted to engage and landed some punches, Manny fought back even harder to take the rounds. Even though Manny was awesome and was totally dominant, it looked like he had trouble with defensive styles like Clottey's. If he were in there against a quicker, more accurate, counter-puncher that wasn't afraid to throw back, he may have some trouble. If someone used his aggressiveness against him, and had more courage maybe we could see a good, or even competitive fight. Manny Pacquiao is a natural born star, and that was evident by the shear number of fans that showed up to watch him fight. They were chanting Manny's name before, during and after the fight. Every time they showed him on the giant 60 yard screen before he came out they erupted cheers. Both men respected and liked each other, after each round the touched gloves and hugged before the last round. I personally think fighters should be business like during the fight and only touch gloves before the 1st bell. As far as hugging they should save it for after the fight because this is the hurt business. Clottey had this to say of his superior opponent after the fight,
" He has speed". He also offered up an explanation for not throwing as many punches as he should of, "He was waiting for me to open to counter me. I realized that I couldn't land my power punches on him, because he was so fast. In the sport of boxing you don't just win a title you have to earn it by taking it from your opponent. We know styles make fights and Joshua Clottey was made to order for Pac-Man. You have to be busy and take advantage of Manny's aggressiveness if you want any shot at winning, and Joshua obviously did not do that. HBO commentator Max Kellermen asked the question that everyone wants to know, " Do you want to fight Floyd Mayweather if he wins his may fight against Shane Mosley?". The answer came quick from the pound-for-pound king. "I want the fight, because the people want to see the fight. But it's up to Floyd if he wants to fight me. It's not a problem for me to fight him; we're ready to fight at any time. But I don't think he's ready to fight. Someday we'll be ready to fight. Mayweather should win against Mosley but if not, maybe Mosley and I will fight." That wont be an easy task because Mosley is a great fighter and could beat anyone in the world as well. The reason people are in love with Manny is because he fights not only for himself but also for the people. His aggressive style is very fun to watch and he always brings the fight to his opponent. He dedicated the fight to the fans that came to watch him, and to those who were watching him on TV, truly making him the people's champion.


Nick Thomas

ANDRE BERTO OUT OF MOSLEY BUT FIGHT FLOYD COULD STEP IN

Andre Berto pulled out of his January 30Th welterweight bout with Sugar Shane Mosley. Andre has lost several family members in this devastating earthquake. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world so it will take some time to get that country back to normal. If it were me in that horrible situation and I lost family members I would be in no way ready to be in public let alone fight. All we can do in this situation is pray for the Berto family and the Haitian people. I know that Andre will come out of this situation a stronger human being and he will use it as motivation to win in the future. With Mosley looking for a new dance partner and Floyd Mayweather looking for one as well, maybe they can fight. Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer is working for a Mayweather VS Mosley fight. Mosley called out Mayweather in person in the ring after the Marquez fight, so you know he wants the fight. It would answer all the big questions people everywhere are asking if Floyd signed that fight. If they can work out a deal to fight it could be a one of the biggest fights at welterweight in a long time. I hope the deal gets made and we get to see a great fight but more importantly I hope the Berto family can recover.


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PACQUIAO TKO 12 COTTO

Manny Paquiao does it again and this time against Miguel Cotto, a strong powerful welterweight that can punch. Manny's speed and ability to land hard punches from strange angles won him the fight in front of the sell out crowd of 16,200. 7 titles in 7 weight classes is amazing and not easy to do even in a time when you have so many different belts out there. The first 4 rounds were very competitive and the fight could have gone either way. It wasn't until Cotto was hurt by a knockdown that Manny began to flash his blazing speed. The problems that Cotto had with Manny's speed was only compounded by his in and out rhythm. A bunch of fighters have had speed and power but not many can land hard punches from either hand from odd angles. His superior footwork allow him to get into great punching position and that is just what he did last night against Miguel. The ref stopped the fight in the last round or Manny would have put Cotto on his back. Cotto proved not to be a shot fighter but a gallant warrior that endured a vicious beating only after he fought with everything he had. This win sets up the possible mega fight with Floyd Mayweather. That fight if it is made will be the biggest pay-per-view fight in boxing history and will command a huge payday.

Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com

FLOYD DOMINATES

People all around the world people love to hate on successful people in every sport and Floyd may be the most hated. He proved once again why he is the best pound for pound boxer in the world Saturday night by his one sided beating of number 2 ranked Juan Manuel Marquez. Even after his lengthy layoff Pretty Boy was faster, quicker, stronger, and more sharp. He knocked down Juan in the 2nd round and hurt him throughout the fight. Floyd proved to the boxing public and fans that he is the best, but I'm sure they will still find a reason to hate on him. They will all say that Juan was way to small or he is not exciting or some bullshit. The under card featured Chris John in an anticipated rematch against Rocky Juarez. John actually beat Rocky last time out in Huston but they gave him a draw because Rocky was from Huston and Huston judges are crooked as hell. In the rematch Chris Jon from Indonesia coasted to a unanimous decision win over Juarez. He was quicker and just over all much better then Rocky. Remember he beat Juan Manuel Marquez a while back so he should only get bigger and better fights in the long run. The other notable fight was with exciting Aussie Michael Katsidis and Vicente Escobedo. It was a fun fight as most thought it would be with Katsidis taking a split decision. What a fun night of boxing and hopefully people learned something about its pound for pound king. Manny better be afraid very afraid.


Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com

Floyd Mayweather Vs. Shonie carter and MMA on the Irong Ring

Why is Floyd Mayweather involved with this show at all? Floyd Mayweather managed to call all mixed martial artists amateurs, insult Shonie Carter, and make one valid point all in a half hour show. Floyd Mayweather is a piece of shit first and foremost. He stated matter of factly that MMA is unskilled and inferior to its combat cousin the sweet science. If you know anything about the sport you know "Money May" is full of horse shit as per usual. He did manage to make a valid point when him and Shonie carter disagreed about the stoppage of the fight. Shonie seems to be trying to ham it up for the show and wanted the fight to continue even thought the fighters eye was swollen shut. Floyd made light of the fact that it's about the fighter's safety first and foremost. This must have been the foray into MMA that Floyd was chatting about when the rumors were floating around with Mark Cuban. Money May do us a favor and shut the fuck up and then go fight Miguel Cotto so we can see you get your forehead caved in.

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