Moments ago at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, WBO Welterweight champion
Manny Pacquiao retained his title with a dominant twelve round
unanimous decision over Joshua Clottey. Despite not every being able to
drop or severely hurt Clottey, Pacquiao was the busier, sharper fighter
and won on judges’ cards by scores of 120-108, and 119-109 twice.
After
giving away the early rounds, trainer Lenny De Jesus pleaded with
Clottey to start throwing more punches. Unfortunately Clottey was never
able to get off track and Pacquiao controlled every round with his
sharp combination punching while working the Ghanaian’s body with
well placed shots. When the dust had settled Pacquiao land 246 out of
an impressive 1231 punches
following the contest Pacquiao
claimed that Clottey was a very tough opponent and stated that he is
still open towards a match with Floyd Mayweather, who is scheduled to
face off with Shane Mosley this coming May 1st. However, Pacquiao noted
that if Mosley were to emerge victorious in that contest that he would
consider fighting him. Pacquiao and Mayweather failed to come to terms
on a bout due to their disagreement on terms regarding Olympic style
drug testing that would have been required from both fighters.
Trainer
Freddie Roach was asked his thoughts on a potential Pacquiao-Mayweather
matchup and noted that Floyd needs to ease up on his demands for the
bout to become a reality. Roach stated that Floyd needs to simply worry
about fighting and meet Manny in the ring for the bout to become a
reality.
Las Vegas based photographer Chris Farina was in Dallas
and was able to capture all of the action from tonight’s card.
Click on the slideshow below to access a few images from
tonight’s Pacquiao-Clottey showdown…
Chris Robinson is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He can be reached at Trimond@aol.com
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