Mike Coppinger has a terrific article on and interview with Joshua Clottey up over at BoxingScene.com, as the fighter says he’s ready to finally return to the ring, this time at 154 pounds.
Clottey (35-4, 20 KO) hasn’t fought since his March 2010 loss at Cowboys Stadium to Manny Pacquiao, a harshly criticized performance that is still blasted pretty frequently. In that fight, Clottey offered little challenge to Pacquiao, and despite marking up the Filipino fighter with the punches he did throw, spent much of the fight in a defensive shell as Pacquiao tried in vain to make the fight interesting.
When a fight’s most lasting moment is this, you know you’re talking about a stinker:
