If Joshua Clottey Wins
Posted by cebloggerMar 13
If Joshua Clottey wins, what will happen to Manny Pacquiao and boxing? We saw De la Hoya, Hatton, and Cotto crumbling down before Manny. We expected them to come and fight, even to pounce on the smaller Filipino fighter. But where were they? The awesome speed, the quicker than lightning punches, the solid fist, and the strong chin, were all for the boxing world to know, that Manny is the pound-for-pound king.
A lot of Filipinos will cringe at the thought of Manny losing to Clottey. If that happens, (God knows how many people are praying that it won’t happen), what will Pacquiao do next?
Before we’ll try to analyze what will happen to Pacquiao if he loses, let us consider the Ghanaian first. If he wins, he’ll be rich. He should be thankful to Mannny for the opportunity, just like the chance Ledwaba and Barrera’s teams did to Manny a few years ago. He can buy a Porsche if he wants. Manny has his. He can go to Ghana in a chartered plane. God knows what money can buy for Clottey!
If Clottey wins, he will become famous. This is not to undermine Clottey’s current status as a boxer. But a win will definitely send fear to any other boxer in the world. “The Pacman Slayer”, he will now be called. If Mayweather wins in that other side of the boxing world against Mosley, then Clottey will have another chance for a mega-fight. His win will be his ticket for a much better purse.
The WBO Welterweight champion’s belt is at stake too. But whatever glitter and value a belt ha in the past, it won’t really matter anymore today – that unless you have 7 or 8 belts of different weights, or a unified belt of WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA or whatever three-letter organization out there.
If Clottey wins, boxing will be back to normal. There will be no more wunderkind, or weight aberration. No more of the small guy beating the big guy. Mayweather will no longer turn yellow everytime he hears the name Pacquiao uttered. He will no longer ask to revise the drug testing method.
If Clottey wins, the Pacman fans will be quieted. At least for a few heartbeats, before they’ll come back roaring for a rematch: Pacquiao vs Clottey – Part 2.
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If he wins, imo every one would think that from the very start he is already bigger than pacquiao and it clearly says that he won because manny is the superior coming from lower division and clottey just losing weight for the fight. clottey is so defensive not to give manny any chance of knocking him off, he never put his guards down.