Pacman vs Clottey Match Breakdown

Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clottey
The Event
WBO Welterweight Title Match
March 13, 2010
Dallas Cowboys Arena

Judges:

Duane Ford (Nevada)

Levi Martinez (New Mexico)

Nelson Vazquez (Puerto Rico)

Referee: Rafael Ramos
Ringa Announcer: Michael Buffer

Stats:
Joshua Clottey: 35(21)-3 (Red/Grey trunks)
Manny Pacquiao: 50(38)-3-2 (Red/White trunks with sponsors)

PacMan Trunks Sponsors

• Motolite
• Nike
• Cafe Puro
• Ricoa
• PAGCOR
• MP (Manny Pacquiao) Productions
• RGB
• Head and Shoulders

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Round by Round:
Round 1:
2:14 Pacman forces Clottey to the ropes;, then he unleashed his first flurry of body shots.
1:45 Pacman scores a lot of body punches again.
1:01 Pacman takes one in the face, but punches back, catching Clottey in with a glancing right blow, shocking Clottey for a moment.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 2:
2:33 Pacman scores a straight to the face.
2:18 Pacman pounds Clottey with shots to the ribs.
1:12 Clottey has Pacman against the ropes, attempts an uppercut, Pacman blocks and counterpunches.
0:30 Clottey scores two hits to the side of the head.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 3:
2:20 Clottey unleashes a then goes back into his shell.
0:50 Pacman pommels and forces Clottey to the corner.
0:42 Clottey lands an uppercut and a right straights to pacman's face.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 4:

1:36 The Pompyang FPJ doublepunch moment. (Others call it A Three Stooges moment.)

1:10 Clottey on the corner; still in the impentrable shell.

0:30 Pacman flurries again, Clottey on the ropes but slides away.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 5:

1:57 Clottey catches and locks Pacman's right arm then pushes him back.

1:28 Clottey scores a left jab knocking his head back.

1:15 Clottey and Pacman exchanged flurries, Clottey and Pacman lock, Pacman taps and both break off cleanly.
0:34 Clottey catches Pacman with a right, left uppercut, exchange blows, then sends another left to the side of the face, staggering Pacman a bit.
0:18 Pacman ctaches him on the ropes; back in shell and slides away.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 6:
2:16 Clotteys combinations forces Pacman to the ropes; Pacman taunts Clottey.
1:30 Pacman throws side-body shots.
0:33 Clottey evades and was caught under Pacman's gloves; Pacman breaks off cleanly, Pacman and Clottey touch gloves and continues the bout.
0:21 Clottey on ropes, body shots.
0:00 Bell rings, Clottey left jabs Pacman on the face.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 7:
2:41 Clottey unleashed straights and jabs to Pacman's face, Pacman pushed back.
1:55 Pacman unloaded combinations pushing Clottey against the ropes.
1:45 Clottey catches Pacman with a hard right across the face.
1:15 Clottey gets past Pacman's guard and scored a strong left uppercut.
1:03 Pacman forces Clottey again against the ropes.
0:58 Pacman focrse Clottey against the corner. With Clottey quickly back in his shell, Pacman backs off.
0:04 Pacman caught under the arm again.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 8:
2:01 Pacman scores combination shots left and right to the ribs.
1:40 Clottey inadvertently lowblows Pacman, ref calls timeout, Pacman walks it off, touch gloves, then match continues.
0:57 Minor headbutt, ref calls it, both fighters OK, touch gloves, then match goes on.
0:31 Pacman fires up, throwing lefts and rights to the head, to the ribs, the head again, getting through the Clottey's guard.
0:02 Clottey catches Pacman under the left arm, then throws a right cheapshot. Ref warns, then bell rings. Both touch gloves (in respect).
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 9:
1:58 Pacman scores combinations to the body again!
1:25 Clottey combos Pacman on the face.
0:45 Pacman stepped up offensive, dominating Clottey starting to lose his defensive posture, arms lowered.
0:37 Clottey forced against the ropes as Pacman throws shots to Clottey.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 10:
1:45 Pacman keeps throwing punches, Clottey keeps soaking them up.
1:36 After Pacman's barrage of body shots, Clottey counters with a single straight to Pacman's face.
1:01 After a melee of trading blows, Clottey scores a left to Pacman.
0:49 Clottey uppercuts with his left, stunning Pacman for a bit, then Clottey follows up and pounds Pacman.
0:08 Clottey locks Pacman twice, both times they break cleanly, as the round ends.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 11:
2:41 Clottey locks Pacman again under his right; both break cleanly.
2:01 Pacman and Clottey exchanging combinations one after the other, like in a practice sparring match.
1:36 Clottey clocks Pacman with two left uppercuts, followed by two body shots.
1:04 Clottey staggers back to the ropes as he takes on the barrage of Pacquiao's combinations, Clottey pushes Pacman back.
0:31 Clottey scores 2 uppercuts, Pacman barely blocks the third.
0:13 Pacman unleashes another barrage of body shots, Clottey slinks back to his shell until the closing seconds of the round.
0:06 With Clottey against the corner, Pacman scores lightning fast left and rights to the face and jumps back. Clottey shocked by the blast.
Scorecard: 9-10 (Pacman-Clottey)

Round 12:
3:00 Pacman and Clottey hug to begin the 12th and finaaaaaaaal round.
2:28 They headbutt each other, ref calls it, both ok, touch gloves, match went on.
1:16 Pacman pretty much dominated Clottey, throwing 10 punches for every one punch of Clottey.
0:53 Clottey catches a break when the two lock arms and hug; both break cleanly, touch gloves again.
0:48 Clottey scores another uppercut.
0:45 Pacman caught under the right arm of Clottey. Clean break.
0:20 Pacman caught and locked by Clottey again. Another clean break.
0:06 As the seconds countdown, Pacman fires up and unleashes his last onslaught of punches on Clottey.
Scorecard: 10-9 (Pacman-Clottey)

General Observations:
Pacman is almost always on the offensive, getting in throwing combinations, then stepping out. His combined power and quickness was a little too much for Clottey to mount an offensive of his own.

Clottey is almost always on the defensive, his long arms firmly guarding his face and uppper torso, forcing Pacman to throw combinations to the side and lower torso. But he has scored more uppercuts than Pacman, and the power and effect of those uppercuts are apparent on the closing rounds of the match.

Great respect for each other is clearly visible. This is one of the more "feel-good" fights for Pacquiao. One of those rare moments when sportsmanship is observed by both fighters in the ring.

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Official Result:
Manny Pacman Pacquiao retains WBO Welterweight
Winner by Unanimous Decision

Duane Ford: 120-108
Levi Martinez: 119-109
Nelson Vazquez: 119-109

Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey - Tale of the Tape

We're days away from the big event with Manny Pacquiao. As such, here's the tale of the tape:

Manny Pacquiao	Tale of the Tape	Joshua Clottey
Pacman Fighting Pride of the Philippines The Mexicutioner Pambansang Kamao	Nickname	The Grand Master The Hitter
Philippines	Nationality	Ghana
31 yrs	Age	33 yrs
5'6 1/2"	Height	5'8"
67"	Reach	70"
Welterweight	Weight Class	Welterweight
Southpaw	Stance	Orthodox
55	Total Fights	39
50	Win	35
38	KO	20
3	Loss	3
2	Draw	0

Since that pathetic excuse of a loudmouth, all-bark-no-bite boxer Floyd Mayweather was making lame excuses to avoid the fight with the Pacman, the respectable Joshua Clottey promises to give Pacman one of the greatest fights of his life!

Go Pac-Man! Go Clottey! Don't disappoint us! Give it everything you've got! Woohoo!

Raining in the wrong places

Not that I do not appreciate the rain here. It's just that I think if it's gonna rain hard, it should rain where it's really needed right now.


It's been raining since around 3am. Really love the soothing temperature. Makes for a really nice and cozy sleep. Good thing I'm not working today, so I stayed in bed longer than usual.

Only wish some of these rainclouds made their way to the Philippines. Could really use the water...

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Biggest Loser Asia Finale

The only show that made us miss the usual teleserye routine tonight: the live finale of the Biggest Loser Asia in Hallmark Channel.

Since it's live, something unexpected may happen. And something did. Several things actually. For one, it was pushed back to 10:15PM from the original 9:00PM due to "technical difficulties". No idea what those difficulties were. Then, previous Red Team member Gary surprised everyone by proposing to his wife to a renewal of marriage vows. Hehe nice one Gary! ;)

But I guess the biggest surprise was when the final four came out. Particularly, David. He lost a whopping 83kg, which is more than half his weight months ago. You can really see the difference; his round face became pointed and he's scary thin. Not even close to what second placer Carlo lost.



Carlo was our bet, by the way. He may not have won, but hell he sure made believers of many of us. The sole surviving Pinoy and Red Team member surely earned his spot there in the finals.

Oh well. Guess that will have to do until next season. :)

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Happy Birthday Daniel

Yesterday evening, we had dinner at Neil and Cel's pad as they celebrate Daniel, their second son's first birthday.

As usual, lots of food, food, and more food. Did I mention there's lots of food?

Hehe. It's Winnie the Pooh theme, and Daniel sure dressed up for the occasion.








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Tilapia Treat

And what a great lunch we had! Earlier in the day, I bought from the local ShengSiong some tilapia. I was initially expecting the 'tisoy' reddish-white variety which is the common kind sold here. Good thing I found a fresh batch of the greyish black variety common in the Philippines; this type we find a lot tastier than the tisoy type. I immediately asked for three of those. BTW, no doubt they're fresh; they're still swimming and fighting just before I asked the vendor to 'clean' them.

And when I got home, the masterful hands of my mother-in-law, Nanay Malou, came up with this dish:


That's tilapia in gata (coconut milk). Simple dish really. Onions, ginger, pechay, coconut milk, a little vinegar for that kick, and of course, the tilapia.

Yumyumyum!!! :D

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Our Bought Homemade Pizza

I came home from the office a bit earlier than usual. I always cherish the times that I get home earlier as those times are rare and very far between.

And this night, wifey Che wanted to do something different. She bought a ready-to-bake pizza, toasted it in the oven, and served it at dinner. It was all done when I got home!


Hate to say it, though, but it's not really up to par with any of her dishes. The slices of 'salami' are actually slices of chinese sausage. Guess I was expecting the taste of salami and when I got the taste of sausage, I was a bit disappointed.

We do have an extra ready-to-bake pizza here so I'm already thinking of ways how to improve the taste.

I don't want to get rid each slice of sausage and replace with real salami. That's a bit too expensive and wasteful for one meal. So I'm thinking more cheese. Add a few bits of ham and pineapple for that hawaiian flavor - though Che probably won't eat the pineapple. Okay maybe a few bits of bellpepper -though I really don't like them much. :)

Then maybe sprinkle some sesame seeds for good measure. Hmmm... Time to go Iron Chef on this one....

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Lifesaver: a cup of noodles

Can't help but notice that I'm really starting to eat out alot at night. Even if I'm already full, my tastebuds are looking for something specific. Bothered me for a few days.

After several nights, I finally found the taste I'm looking for: the Nissin's cup ramen seafood flavor!


This one we've got from a Japanese store here, so it's slightly different from the local ones available. A little bit bigger, cup is styro, taste is a little fuller - of course that's just my opinion. Can't fully trust my tastebuds - even if I'm full, they're forcing me to eat! :))

Goodbye diet! :))

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Revoltech Starscream

Here's a gift I received last Christmas. It's a Revoltech Starscream figure.


Based from the original 80s TV series, we see the white-red-blue motif of one of the most insideous yet interesting villains in Transformers. It's just not complete without Starscream bickering with Megatron.

Anyway, this is a Revoltech piece which means it is highly poseable with many points of articulation. Also, this one has several sets of hand molds, enabling you to make just about any kind of scene you want.

Now, if I can only get the Megatron and Optimus Prime...

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Med Containers Galore

I like containers. A lot. Even if I have no idea what to put in it, I want to buy containers.

Because the truth is, there always something that you can place inside any container of any size and shape.

Take for instance below:


These round plastic tall tumblers with lids serve as container of my wife's and mother-in-law's daily supplements.

Come to think of, there are quite a number of meds that she's taking everyday. Not surprising because of the baby. :)

So there's the ever important folic acid, then there's the iron supplement, calcium supplement, and fish oil. A few weeks ago she took utrogestan and duphaston, both for supporting gestation -- that's OB-speak for boosting pregnancy.

Anyway, that's just a few of the many containers I have here. Many are still empty, just waiting for stuff to be placed in them.

This must be driving Che crazy. :))

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Afternoon Starbucks Snack

After doing my errands for the day, I met with wifey at theor office's local Starbucks. For our snack, we had:


Fudgy Chocolatey Cake;
Dark Mocha Frap;
Passion Fruit Iced Tea.

I always ordered Java Chip Frap, so the dark-flavored micha frap was a nice change for me.

One big consideration though: this is a very, very, very heavy snack. I think I have an extreme case of chocolate overload! Hehehe :))

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A Figure from the Past - Shaider

I got this action figure of Shaider from the Takashimaya Toy Sale back in '08.


It sure brings back a lot of meemories... Babylos. Bluehawk. Battle Tank. Sky Striker. Shigi-shigi ma kum shigi fuma. Time-Space-Warp, ngayon din! Annie jumping over the cameraman... Ah yes... Those were the days...

There were many Japanese shows that made it to the local Philippine TV. But along with Bioman and Voltes V, Shaider is one of the shows that has defined a generation.

Needless to say, you know a Pinoy is born in the 80s if they know this.

My only regret was that I bought only one set. After that, no other toy sales had that figure. Oh well... Maybe I'll try my luck in Chinatown one of these days. I heard there's some toy and comic stores there that carries old figures.

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