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Top Rank has announced
on their Facebook page
that Manny Pacquiao will
defend the WBO
welterweight title on
March 13 against Joshua
Clottey. We talked about
that earlier but it seemed
most of us were skeptical it
could happen. Apparently,
it's going to.
Clottey is a tough stylistic
matchup for anyone, and
Pacquiao will be facing a
real, live welterweight
again for sure. Clottey is no
joke. As Floyd Mayweather
Sr. himself once put it,
"Joshua Clottey ain't
nothin' to f**k with."
I'm not sure if that March
13 date is correct or a typo.
All reports are that
Mayweather has retained
the March 13 date at the
MGM Grand, and that
Pacquiao would fight on
March 20, likely at the
Thomas & Mack Center.
Pacquiao-Clottey is really
about as good of a March
fight as Pacquiao was going
to get with the
Mayweather negotiations
falling apart. The other two
top welterweights besides
Pacquiao, Mayweather,
Clottey, and Miguel Cotto
are fighting each other on
January 30 (Shane Mosley
and Andre Berto), and
would surely not be ready
by March for another fight.
Pacquiao is running for
office in the Philippines in
May, meaning he won't be
available to fight again
after March until this fall,
most likely.
Clottey (35-3, 20 KO) will
get another chance to
break into the very, very
elite of the sport. He lost a
tough decision to Antonio
Margarito back in 2006,
and lost a rough, back-
and-forth battle with
Miguel Cotto in June. His
first loss was a 1999
disqualification against
former welterweight
champion Carlos Baldomir.
on their Facebook page
that Manny Pacquiao will
defend the WBO
welterweight title on
March 13 against Joshua
Clottey. We talked about
that earlier but it seemed
most of us were skeptical it
could happen. Apparently,
it's going to.
Clottey is a tough stylistic
matchup for anyone, and
Pacquiao will be facing a
real, live welterweight
again for sure. Clottey is no
joke. As Floyd Mayweather
Sr. himself once put it,
"Joshua Clottey ain't
nothin' to f**k with."
I'm not sure if that March
13 date is correct or a typo.
All reports are that
Mayweather has retained
the March 13 date at the
MGM Grand, and that
Pacquiao would fight on
March 20, likely at the
Thomas & Mack Center.
Pacquiao-Clottey is really
about as good of a March
fight as Pacquiao was going
to get with the
Mayweather negotiations
falling apart. The other two
top welterweights besides
Pacquiao, Mayweather,
Clottey, and Miguel Cotto
are fighting each other on
January 30 (Shane Mosley
and Andre Berto), and
would surely not be ready
by March for another fight.
Pacquiao is running for
office in the Philippines in
May, meaning he won't be
available to fight again
after March until this fall,
most likely.
Clottey (35-3, 20 KO) will
get another chance to
break into the very, very
elite of the sport. He lost a
tough decision to Antonio
Margarito back in 2006,
and lost a rough, back-
and-forth battle with
Miguel Cotto in June. His
first loss was a 1999
disqualification against
former welterweight
champion Carlos Baldomir.