Pacquiao wins...
Over fifty one thousand crazed fans in attendance at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium went wild as pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao inched toward the ring for his welterweight tile defense against former welterweight champion Joshua Grandmaster Clottey. After twelve rounds of boxing Pacquiao held on to his throne of a pound for pound king and a WBO welterweight crown via impressive unanimous decision victory with scorecards: 1220-108,119-109,119-109 all in favor of Pacquiao.
The first ever event in newly built Cowboys Stadium was a huge success and produced record ticket sales It was staged in a grand style of Texas and created a night to remember and an opportunity for future shows.
Dominating every minute of every round pound for pound king had high praise for his opponent. "It's not an easy fight," said Pacquiao: "It's not; he is a very strong opponent." Many Pacquiao did look like he was in a fight with his right eye badly swollen. Manny and his trainer Freddie Roach said that they can't wait to fight Mayweather.
"Let commission do their job," said Roach: Let's just get in the ring and fight!"
Pacman dominated round one penetrating high guard offense of Clottey with ease going to the body and around the guard. Pacquiao landed a right hook that stunned Clottey and caught him off balance to culminate the round. Despite being dominated in the second Clottey landed some very telling blows, but more than that he showed the world that he is not going to be intimidated by the champion. Round three was the most competitive round with Clottey landing some big bombs to compensate for lack of punch output. Pacman completely dominated round four, unleashing furious combinations from everywhere and pinning Clottey to the ropes several times.
Pacman's assault continued in the fifth, but in the sixth he tried to get Clottey to open up by laying on the ropes and covering up inviting attack, but Joshua was defense first fighter and he would not engage and continued to throw one punch at a time while Pacquiao moved around the ring like a butterfly unleashing furious combinations from everywhere. And so it went, almost reminiscent of a glorified sparring session with Clottey being a heavy bag until the end of the tenth when Joshua landed the straight right hand that hurt Pacquiao. The Pilipino idol retaliated and launched a furious assault in the eleventh that had Ghana challenger in trouble. Not wanting to rest on his laurels the champion tried his best to finish Clottey off to the very final second.
They embraced each other at the final bell as mostly pro Filipino crowd went home happy applauding their hero for another job well done. According to a media from Philippines two parades are planned for their national hero; one in Manila and one in Manny's home town, general Santos City. Many Pacquiao will be running for a political office in his region in May. Will the fans get to see Pacquaio Mayweather later on this year? Stay tuned.
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Source: 411mania.com
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