Pacquiao VS Clottey Fight, A Round By Round Analysis – Here’s a ‘Round per Round’ analysis of the famous boxing event of the year, Manny Pacquiao VS Joshua Clottey: ‘The Event’ which was held live at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Once again, the world’s number one pound-for-pound boxer has successfully defended his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against Joshua Clottey this Saturday night.
Here’s the Pacquiao VS Clottey Round per Round Analysis:
Source: thedailyinquirer.net
As a crowd of 50,994 roared for the Filipino, Pacquiao walked out to “Eye of the Tiger.”
Round 1
Clottey plays a very defensive round as Pacquiao struggles to crack the Ghanaian’s defense.
Round 2
The fighters don’t land any significant shots. Pacquiao’s aggression continues.
Round 3
The fighters land more shots this round. Clottey tries to gamble a big shot to knock the Pacquiao off, but the nimble Pacman is too quick for him. Pacquiao concentrates on landing body shots that may help in later rounds.
Round 4
Pacquiao continues his assualt but does not land any clean shots. Clottey finally unleashes a flurry late in the round but still needs a lot more to catch up with Pacquiao’s punch count.
Round 5
Pacquiao slows down a bit and Clottey uses this time to land some punches but is still too defensive to make any of his punches count.
Round 6
Clottey starts to waver in this round with Pacquiao dominating with his whirlwind style. Clottey does not land any significant punches.
Round 7
Another defensive round for Clottey and it looks like there’s only one fighter throwing puches.
Round 8
Clottey lands a low blow and a headbutt and Pacquiao chases him around the ring finally breaking Clottey’s guard a bit.
Round 9
Pacquiao knows a KO will not be possible against his very defensive opponent and gives his fans a show with some nice combinations.
Round 10
Pacquiao is still all over Clottey with more flurries and hitting with better accuracy.
Round 11
Clottey finally tries to open up but it’s too late! Pacquiao counters and showed Clottey why he’s the best in the world with a fine mix of aggression and deadly combinations.
Round 12
Clottey did one thing the whole and did it well. Defending himself all night. Too bad that’s all he was able to do.
Pacquiao wins by unanimous decision. It is Pacquiao’s victory as the judges score it 120-108, 119-109, 119-109.
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