{"id":1579,"date":"2010-03-12T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2010-03-12T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T05:01:22","slug":"the-boxing-weekend-manny-pacquiao-vs-joshua-clottey-ppv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"The Boxing Weekend: Manny Pacquiao Vs Joshua Clottey PPV"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao, 50-3-2, 38 KO\u2019s, headlines this weekend\u2019s boxing as he defends his WBO Welterweight title against the very capable and dangerous Joshua Clottey, 35-3, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pacquiao is at an all time high in his career and has quite the following.\u00a0 He is a national hero in the Philippines and has a large fan base just about everywhere else.\u00a0 His continued improvement and likable nature have made him a pay per view smash.\u00a0 He is willing to take on just about anyone and has destroyed most of his opposition, including Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, and David Diaz.\u00a0 He has struggled with Juan Manuel Marquez in recent years, a fighter with good defense and the ability to control the ring, which is something that Clottey is able to do.\u00a0 The difference is: Clottey is a natural welterweight.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao has to use his speed and movement in order to beat Clottey.\u00a0 Clottey has a history of beating up smaller guys.\u00a0 He battered and destroyed Diego Corrales, pounded Zab Judah into submission, and chased Miguel Cotto around the ring, before losing a controversial decision.\u00a0 He has a great chin, packs a decent punch, and keeps a tight defense.\u00a0 Clottey is a very dangerous opponent for Pacquiao and one that he may not be able to get beyond.<\/p>\n

A win is a win and you can\u2019t take anything away from the recent victories of Pacquiao, but when you look at the big names that were destroyed, you have to analyze it realistically.\u00a0 Oscar De La Hoya was spent, Ricky Hatton wasn\u2019t an elite fighter, and Miguel Cotto\u2019s psyche was broken.\u00a0 Clottey is a much bigger test for Pacquiao the welterweight, despite the fact that he isn\u2019t as well known as the fighters mentioned above.\u00a0 He will try to walk down and pound Pacquiao to the floor in the later rounds.\u00a0 It should be a fun show.<\/p>\n

The vacant WBC Lightweight title will be decided as Humberto Soto, 50-7-2, 32 KO\u2019s, takes on David Diaz, 35-2-1, 17 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 Soto recently dominated Jesus Chavez and has been on a winning streak.\u00a0 Diaz struggled with the same Chavez to take a majority decision in his last fight.\u00a0 Prior to that, he was dominated and planted on the canvas by Manny Pacquiao in nine rounds.\u00a0 He does hold a win over ancient Erik Morales, and at 33 years of age, still has some time left in the game.\u00a0 This should be a competitive and busy fight.<\/p>\n

Contender favorite, Alfonso Gomez, 21-4-2, 10 KO\u2019s, tries to send former WBC Lightweight Champion, Jose Luis Castillo, 60-9-1, 50 KO\u2019s, into retirement in a ten round bout.\u00a0 Gomez has rebounded from his TKO loss to Miguel Cotto and put together a couple of wins as he goes into his biggest challenge.\u00a0 Castillo has been very active lately, fighting four times in 2009, winning all four by stoppage, although the opposition is highly questionable.\u00a0 Can Gomez avoid the slow powerhouse?\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll find out Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Irish Middleweight John Duddy, 28-1, 18 KO\u2019s, is still a hot property in boxing and hopes to defeat the untested Michael Medina, 23-1-2, 18 KO\u2019s, in a ten round bout.\u00a0 Duddy has beaten some decent competition like Matt Vanda, Howard Eastman, and Yory Boy Campas, while Medina has been feasting on guys like Roberto Valenzuela, who brought in an impressive record of 51-49-2.\u00a0 This is a huge step up for Medina.<\/p>\n

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By Geno McGahee Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao, 50-3-2, 38 KO\u2019s, headlines this weekend\u2019s boxing as he defends his WBO Welterweight title against the very capable and dangerous Joshua Clottey, 35-3, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 Pacquiao is at an all time high in his career and has quite the following.\u00a0 He is a national hero in the Philippines and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[409,477,570,626],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-joshua-clottey","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-ppv","tag-round-by-round-of-pacquio-vs-clottey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}