Pacquiao vs. Clottey Match is an exciting fight of the year and according to some critics and a respected boxing promoter said that Manny Pacquiao could end up being the first fighter to knock Joshua Clottey out, a probability backed by the Filipino ring Icon’s continued rise as the bookmakers’ choice for the March 13 bout in Arlington, Texas.
Cebuano promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud, a long-time member of Pacquiao’s exclusive inner circle, said Clottey could end up on the canvas this time, but warned the reigning Pound- for-Pound king that he will be facing his toughest fight yet when he faces Clottey at the spanking Cowboys stadium.
Salud said the 33-year-old Clottey is hungrier and tougher than Cotto, whom Pacquiao stopped in the 11th round last November to capture the WBO welter weight crown to become the first fighter in history to win world title – s in seven different weight classes.
“There’s no one out there who can provide Pacquiao an exciting fighter [except] Clottey,” said Salud.
Salud cited the fact that Clottey has never been knocked out and his three losses capped by narrow split decision setbacks to Cotto last June 13 – were all disputable. Pacquiao, Salud said could change that. And online bookies seemed to agree, pegging Pacquiao a minus-400 (4-1) favorite against Clottey, who is listed a plus-280 underdog.
In money terms, a $400 bet on Pacquiao would earn a $100 payout. On the other have, a $100 wager on Clottey could fetch $280 for the better.
Pacquiao is set to leave for Los Angeles on Sunday, in time for a kickoff press conference in Dallas on January 19 and another preen conference at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Clottey, a natural welterweight, will head south to train in warmer conditions and sweat it out as he has reported to have struggled at making the welterweight limit of 147 pounds in the past.
“We’re probably going out to either Las Vegas or South Florida,” Clottey manager Vincent Scolpino told Examiner.com’s.
“Joshua has a guy who I think used to work with Azumah nelson,” he said. Pacquiao settled on facing Clottey after negotiations for a super fight with undefeated American superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. bogged down due to disagreements over drug-testing Protocols.
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