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The anticipated bout this coming March 13 between seven-division champ Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao vs Joshua 'Grand Master' Clottey will surely be a box office to cover the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This match was a result of the failure negotiations between Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum to pursue the match. This time there will be no 'catchweight' as oppose to the previous fights of Manny Pacquiao. Early this week, he has tested negative for any kind of drugs in his urine and blood test samples.
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Boxing fans anticipates the HBO's Pacquiao vs Clottey 24/7 like most of the Pacquiao fights before. But instead HBO prepare a 30 minute special preview for The Event: Pacquiao vs Clottey match. HBO will present "Road to Dallas: Pacquiao vs Clottey", a short documentary for the upcoming welterweight title match between the seven-division world champion pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the former world welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. This will mark the first-ever pro boxing event at the landmark $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Don't ever miss this classical match up that will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Watch The Event: Pacquiao vs Clottey Live Online.
You can watch Road to Dallas: Pacquiao vs Clottey live on HBO - Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 11:00PM ET/PT immediately following the live presentation of HBO Boxing After Dark.
Additional HBO replay schedules: Saturday, March 6 at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 8 at 2:00 p.m. & 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, March 9 at 10:00 a.m. & 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. & 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. & 2:00 a.m. Saturday, March 13 at 11:30 a.m.
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I'll say, 'It's not an upset, but a win.' - Joshua Clottey
A well rounded and humble fighter from Ghana, Joshua Clottey, speaks about the upcoming match against the seven-division champion, Manny Pacquiao. An interview conducted by the FanHouse in his training facility at Fort Lauderdale's Contender Gym in Florida.
"I went to Ghana to try get a visa for my trainer, and it didn't work out for Godwin Kotey. I think that was three weeks ago, and I've moved on. I'm training with Lenny DeJesus, we're training hard, and we're very happy," said Clottey.
"I can't tell you my strategy. I can't and will not tell you what I'm going to do to Manny Pacquiao," said Clottey. "But I'm coming to fight -- I will tell you that. This, I do know: Manny Pacquiao is not that different from anyone else that I've fought."
"Manny Pacquiao is a human being, like everyone else. He's just a really good fighter who is out there now who is No. 1 now," said Clottey. "I don't know how he's coming to fight me, but I can tell you that I'm a different fighter altogether than anyone else that he's faced. I'm a really difficult fighter, you see."
Clottey enjoys the fact that, unlike Cotto and De La Hoya, he will be allowed to fight at the 147-pound weight limit rather than being contracted by Pacquiao to fight at catch weights of 145 pounds like Cotto and De La Hoya.
"It is good for me to be at 147. I'm a very big welterweight, so it's not really easy to make 147. I'm going to be big," said Clottey, beginning to warm up. "But I'm going in there and taking it like, 'I'm just going to go in there and do my thing and make people happy.'"
But will those punches be appreciated against a Manny Pacquiao, whose activity level alone could earn a momentum and favor with the crowd and the judges -- perceived or otherwise?
"Pacquiao is coming from a smaller weight to welterweight, and he's going to have an advantage in speed already because he's a smaller guy. I can't throw a lot of punches like Pacquiao will do. But I will connect enough to make him slow down and wear down, and bring his speed down," said Clottey.
"I will also rely on my pressure. But I don't know what Pacquiao is coming to do, so I have to use my head. I don't know if he's planning to move around. But I'm not going to make him chase me. I will be right there," said Clottey. "I want to make this fight so exciting that the fans will have something to talk about. I don't run. I'll keep coming. I'll be there."
Clottey's three losses were to former world champions Carlos Baldomir, Antonio Margarito and Cotto. Clottey led against Baldomir when he was disqualified for head-butting, and was also in front against Margarito before having to fight the final eight rounds with injuries to both hands.
"I've never left the ring feeling like I lost. I feel like I'm undefeated. If I win this fight against Manny Pacquiao, I will never feel like I beat the best fighter in the world," said Clottey.
"I will feel like I had a fight with Manny Pacquiao, the best fighter out there, and I won," said Clottey. "So even if I beat Pacquaio, and people talk about it like it's a big upset, I'll say, 'It's not an upset, but a win.'"
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The Pacquiao - Clottey welterweight fight is just a few days more and it's time for us to see whose fighting before the main event this coming March 13, 2010 The Event: Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clottey match. The televised undercard matches for the Pacquiao vs Clottey were finalized.
The vacant WBC lightweight title will be settle by Humberto Soto vs David Diaz match up. Soto is a WBC super feather weight champion and Diaz is a former WBC lightweight champion.
For a 10 round bout features former to-time world champion Jose Castillo to face Alfonso Gomez. And another 10 round bout for the famous John Duddy to take on Michael Medina, in a pair of middleweight bouts.
Also, promoter Bob Arum said the nephew of Hall of Famer Salvador Sanchez, Salvador Sanchez III, and undefeated Dallas boxer Roberto Marroquin will fight in separate non-televised undercard bouts.
"Each match up will feature a world class fighter from a different region of Mexico or a Hispanic region in the United States," Arum said.
WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT: THE EVENT. Congressional candidate and seven-division world champion Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao will defend his title against the former world welterweight champion and current No. 1 contender Joshua 'Grand Master' Clottey.
Pacquiao vs Clottey “The Event” can be watched on HBO PPV after HBO agreed to cover the said mega event of the year in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Mayweather’s camp also tried to convince the latter to cover his upcoming fight but HBO prefers Pacman’s fight.
Ticket Cost: $50 – $700 (from corner end zone to front near ring on the floor of the Cowboys Stadium).
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Here are the PPV bouts announced today: Welterweight Jose Luis Castillo (60-9-1, 52 KOs), a two-time world champion currently ranked WBC #9 will take on Alfonso Gomez (21-4-2), ranked WBC #10, WBO #10, starred in the first season of ‘The Contender’ and is coming off a victory over Jesus Soto-Karass. Also middleweight contender John Duddy (28-1, 18 KOs) meets Michael Medina (22-1-2, 17 KOs). In addition, Top Rank will feature featherweight Salvador Sanchez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) on its international broadcast. Unbeaten super bantamweight Roberto Marroquin (11-0, 8 KOs) will also see action.
The anticipated bout this coming March 13 between seven-division champ Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao vs Joshua 'Grand Master' Clottey will surely be a box office to cover the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This match was a result of the failure negotiations between Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum to pursue the match. This time there will be no 'catchweight' as oppose to the previous fights of Manny Pacquiao. Early this week, he has tested negative for any kind of drugs in his urine and blood test samples.
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