The battle between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey is fast approaching and it promises to be an event to remember. 

“Pacquiao vs. Clottey: The Event” will be televised on HBO Pay-Per-View from the newly constructed Cowboy Stadium in Dallas, Texas. The suggested retail is $49.99. More than 40,000 tickets have been sold for “The Event” and are still available at www.ticketmaster.com .

Pacquiao is the real deal. He is the driving force behind “The Event.” Pacquiao fights as if he’s a Marvel Comic action hero. His southpaw style creates fits for his opponents and he moves while throwing punches with punishing conviction.

It will be curious to see if Pacquiao can build off his previous performance — an 11th round TKO of Miguel Cotto — in November. Is Pacquiao, who looked phenomenal in breaking Cotto down with one-punch power and vicious combination punching, still getting better?

Pacquiao looked like a machine in previous bouts against Ricky Hatton (KO 2) and Oscar De La Hoya (TKO 8). No wonder why Floyd Mayweather has asked “Team Pac-Man” for three random drug examinations while negotiating for a fight. Even Mayweather can’t believe what Pacquiao has done in recent years and the way he has accomplished so much.

Credit to Clottey, a former IBF welterweight champion for stepping up to the plate for what should be the biggest fight of his career. Bigger than winning the vacant strap from Zab Judah two years ago.

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