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Michael Nelson takes a look at the the strengths and weaknesses of Joshua Clottey, and assesses why the Ghanaian welterweight poses the toughest challenge for Manny Pacquiao since Juan Manuel Marquez. While Clottey’s unfulfilled potential may have some underrating his ability, the reputation that he finds a way to lose has legs underneath it; he has three losses in fights he appeared to have the upper hand in. Against Carlos Baldomir, he was disqualified in a bout he was winning handily. Many observers had him ahead four rounds to nil against Margarito before going long stretches without offering resistance to Antonio’s torrent of punches. And he took his foot off the pedal against a reeling Miguel Cotto last June.  The Ghanaian’s theatrical reactions to getting fouled – many of them displayed against Cotto – doesn’t win him many fans either. But none of that changes the fact that he’s a superb talent. And he has strengths that will make him ... http://www.pacquiaovsclotteylivestream...