Thursday, March 11, 2010
DALLAS, Texas — Joshua Clottey is going to send Manny Pacquiao straight to the hospital on Saturday night, this was the belief of Kwaku Gyanfi, who is part of Clottey’s entourage of four men, Because Pacquiao will spend some time being attended to by doctors after their scheduled 12-round world welterweight title match at Cowboys Stadium, Gyanfi boasted that “Pacquiao won’t be able to perform after the fight.” The colourful member of Clottey’s team is aware of the lavish party-concert that Pacquiao is lining up after the match for his friends and followers. “He will be going straight to the hospital. He will all be cut up and bruised. He won’t be able to sing. He is going to be hit with a brick,” said Gyanfi, who is known within the Clottey circle as Alligator. Aside from attending to Clottey’s training needs, he also cooks for his fellow Ghanaian. To this, Gyanfi said: “African food makes his punches powerful.” Another key member of Team Clottey, former Pacquiao cut man Lenny De Jesus, has a more pragmatic assessment of the fight. “It’ll be a tough and interesting fight. Freddie has a surprise for me. I have a surprise for him as well. If he knew this is going to be an easy fight, he’d be talking a lot more,” said De Jesus.