source: abs-cbnnews.com
An inability to fight on the inside and off the ropes could mark Manny Pacquiao's doom in his March 13 slugfest against Ghanian boxer Joshua Clottey, a former boxing champ turned trainer said Friday.
John David Jackson, a former light middleweight and middleweight champion in the late 80’s and early 90’s, said Clottey could win the bout if he tries exploiting some of Pacquiao's weaknesses.
“Pacquiao is not a good inside fighter... and he also can't fight off the ropes. Clottey has to capitalize on that. If he can do that, he can beat him," Jackson told FightHype.com
He, however, said Clottey seems to have a problem with regards to stamina, which could spell trouble when he takes on the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champ.
“He can be dominating and then for some reason, he dies out the second half of the fight. You can't do that against Pacquiao because he's going to fight you for 3 minutes of every round,” said the former boxer.
Jackson is the same trainer who said that Pacquiao has never fought an African-American fighter in his life, therefore questioning the champion’s status as top pound-for-pound.
“It's not a racial thing. I never said anything bad about Manny or any Filipino,” he explained.
“Until he beats a [Floyd] Mayweather or a [Shane] Mosley, then I don't know if he is the top fighter,” Jackson said.
He said that the Mayweather-Mosley fight in May 1 will actually make the task of “being the best” easier for Pacquiao.
Jackson said all the Filipino has to do is beat the winner of the match.
“If he beats that guy convincingly... hey, we can't even argue if he is the pound for pound best. It's automatic.”
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yes i agree it will be difficult for Pacquiao to fight African/American with the lights being switch off because they will become more darker and it will apparently alleviate the full vision of Manny Pacquiao.
goodluck manny.. train hard mr.clottey.. we dont want any excuses after the fight!
mosley will win over mayweather...
so it's gonna be pacquiao vs mosley...
it's one heck of a fight...
way better than pacquiao vs mayweather -> boring
Jackson is the same trainer who said that Pacquiao has never fought an African-American fighter in his life, therefore questioning the champion’s status as top pound-for-pound.
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ledwaba an african kayoes by pacquaio...clottey is a purebloodied african like akon and migrated to the american soil.
whats the difference between black african and african american? answer: accent/diction.
yes i agree it will be difficult for pacquaio to fight niggard clottey, if the fight will be held on may 2010 election..because of power outages and massive blackouts on poll precints.(baka madagdag bawas si pacquaio ng magasawang knockout kay clottey dahil sa brownout at sa congressional race sa saranggani)
whats his name?julian what?who are anyway to decideif pacquiao is pound 4 pound or not,if not for racial comments you gave you wont be heard