Source: ReutersMiguel Cotto [left] gets hammered by Joshua Clottey
The Cowboys Stadium stages its first big fight on Sunday when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey.
The US$1.2 billion arena, which opened last year, is home to the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and will be transformed into a boxing arena this weekend.
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Reuters – Boxer Joshua Clottey hits the speed bag during a media workout in New York March 4, 2010. Clottey will …
By Ed Stoddard
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) – Ghana’s Joshua Clottey will target Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s body for punishment when the two clash inDallas this weekend.
Seven-time world champion Pacquiao’s WBO world welterweight title is on [...]
GNA – The Board Chairman of the National Sports Council,Mr Kojo Bonsu has on behalf of the Council and members of the Governing Board sent their message of hope, encouragement and patriotism and wished Joshua Clottey the best of success as he mounts the ring to challenge Manny Pacquiao for his WBO Welterweight title on [...]
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by Tony Mangia
Pop! Pop! Silence. Pop, pop! A man’s feet shuffle to his left on the blue, blood-speckled canvas. Pop! Pop! Sixteen ounce gloves slap the padded hands of his handler accompanied by low grunts. The 30-second bell beeps. The fighter weaves and ducks under the slow, sweeping pad of the trainer. Dozens of cameras [...]
By NICK GIONGCO
MANNY Pacquiao flexes his muscles during a break in training at Wild Card in Los Angeles. (Photo by NICK GIONGCO)
LOS ANGELES – Freddie Roach is now giving Joshua Clottey a shorter shelf-life against Manny Pacquiao on the evening of March 13.
“Six or seven rounds,” said Roach, who had previously predicted a ninth-round knockout [...]
By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com
Well known boxing trainer and respected cut-man Lenny De Jesus says Ghana’s Joshua Clottey is going to give pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao a rough time when they clash in “The Event” at the $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March [...]
Joshua Clottey
Even if Ghana’s Joshua Clottey is bigger than 7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino’s conditioning coach thinks the Ghanaian will not have enough strength to go the distance in his March 13 bout. “I don’t think Clottey will last 12 rounds. I think Clottey might just stop [...]
By Nick Giongco
Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels revealed on Friday that Manny Pacquiao is arriving in Dallas on March 8 on board a private jet that Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum will send to Los Angeles in preparation for the March 13 fight with Joshua Clottey of Ghana at Cowboys Stadium. Clottey, who is [...]
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