Why Paquiao will be the first man to KO Clottey...

Ok, besides videogames, another one of my passions is sports. And one of them is boxing. Because next Saturday there will a big, quite anticipated boxing fight, I though I'd say something about it. So here goes, I'm going to tell you why I think Manny Pacquiao will be the first man to KO Joshua Clottey.

It's true Clottey has never been knocked-out, and everyone must admit he does have a great chin. But has he ever faced someone with such great speed and power combined as Pacquiao? Looking at his record, we can see he fought great names like Margarito, Judah (not-so-great name, but I think it counts...) and Cotto. While he was never knocked out, the truth is he lost to an inconsistent Margarito (with plaster or not...) and a mentally weak Cotto after his first loss. The same Cotto that went on to be "easily" knocked out by Pacquiao after dragging himself around the ring for the second half of the fight, until the ref finally decided to put a stop to the massacre.

Now, it's true many people think Clottey had a very close fight against Cotto, and maybe he should have won, but there are two things we should notice. Firstly, the Cotto of that fight was not the undefeated Cotto he used to be, the Cotto that defeated Mosley, Judah or an undefeated Paulie Malignaggi. And he still won. Secondly, what does Clottey have that Cotto doesn't? Maybe chin, but can it really make a difference if this fight goes the same way as Pacquiao's previous fight? I don't think so...

My prediction is that this fight will be an exact replay of the Pacquiao VS Cotto fight. The early rounds might be balanced, and Clottey may even win one or two rounds, but as time goes on, Pacquiao's speed and, specially, his tremendous, huge, workrate, will make a difference. That will cause Clottey to start taking some big punches from the 3rd or 4th round on and never recover. Clottey will then probably adopt a defensive posture, diminishing his workrate even further, which will cause him to lose rounds. Eventually, probably near the very end of the fight, the referee will have to stop the fight.

There is absolutely no way Clottey can defeat Pacman, he simpy hasn't got the capacity to get through that speed, power and workrate, unless he manages to connect a lucky power punch and KO Pacquiao out cold, but I find that to be very unlikely.

And well, that's my opinion and my prediction for the fight. You're free to disagree if you want to! I just want comments and more comments! Actually I had a few replies to the previous post, and some of them were interesting, but they're not here on the blog because they were posted by users of a forum where I suggested people to read my article about Final Fantasy... Anyway, I'm thankful for the feedback and I want to keep writing good stuff so this legendary blog becomes more and more popular!

So, what are your thoughts about the upcoming fight of Manny Pacquiao VS Joshua Clottey? Who do you think will win, how, and why? Speak your mind, people, I wanna know your opinions!

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