In a stunning turn of events, Floyd Mayweather announced on his twitter account today that he no longer wants to fight Manny Pacquiao. The always talkative Mayweather was not his usual self as he delivered his announcement sans fanfare and trash talk. He didn’t provide any details but just said simply “I don’t want to fight you Mr Pacquiao sir”. Some observers think this latest fantastic turn was brought about by Pacquiao’s one-sided victory over a bonafide big welterweight Joshua Clottey.
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Noted Jeff Powell of the Daily Mail
The perceived wisdom has been that Mayweather’s size and defensive skills would make him impregnable against any smaller fighter, no matter how gifted. That theory was thrown into question here as Pacquaio won almost every round against Joshua Clottey, an iron-man of a former champion who weighed two divisions heavier than himself by the time they entered the ring and who boxed behind a defensive wall of arms and gloves.
[ad#Google Adsense - 250x250 box]Clottey excused his negative tactics by saying: ‘He is so fast. Maybe too fast even for Mayweather. My only chance was to land the big counter punch.’
Then, in reference to three previous defeats on his long record, he admitted: ‘This is the only fight I fight I think I really lost.’
By a considerable distance, as it happens. One judge awarded Pacquaio a 12-round shut-out. The other two, like most of us at ringside, gave Clottey just the third round in a 119-109 thrashing.
Note: My stuff is fiction. My quote of Mr Powell is real.
