Joshua Clottey
(born in March 16, 1977 in Accra, Ghana) is a Welterweight boxer who hails from Accra, Ghana, but now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF Welterweight Champion.
Clottey rose to prominence by winning his first twenty fights, including 14 by knockout. His performance set him up to fight Carlos Baldomir, in a title defense by Baldomir for the WBC International Welterweight Title. Clottey lost by disqualification in a controversial fight. Clottey was winning the fight until the 10th round, where he was penalized two points for an intentional head butt. He was warned for leading with his head but did it again resulting in the referee stopping the fight and disqualifying Clottey.
Clottey rebounded from the loss by winning the African Boxing Union welterweight title in his next fight. He then rolled off a 10 fight winning streak which was highlighted by his first win on American soil and the capturing of several minor welterweight and middleweight titles culminating in an IBF Intercontinental welterweight title.
On December 2, 2006, Clottey earned his first shot at a world title but broke his hand in the fourth round of his fight against World Boxing Organization champion Antonio Margarito. He ended up losing a closer than expected unanimous decision, but had demonstrated his abilities against a good opponent. On April 7, 2007, Clottey earned a unanimous decision over Diego Corrales, in what was Corrales' final fight prior to his death.
In December 2007, Clottey positioned himself for another title shot with a win over prospect Shamone Alvarez. [1]
Clottey beat Zab Judah on August 2, 2008, for the IBF Welterweight title that had been vacated by Antonio Margarito.
Clottey's most recent fight was against Miguel Cotto for Cotto's WBO welterweight title on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The fight was only for the WBO crown because Clottey vacated his IBF title. Clottey was knocked down in the first round of the fight, but later became more involved in the fight and caused an unintentional cut on the left eye of Cotto. Clottey went on to lose on a split decision. Clottey protested the decision.
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Joshua Clottey
(born in
March 16,
1977 in
Accra, Ghana) is a Welterweight boxer who hails from
Accra,
Ghana, but now lives in the
Bronx,
New York. He is the former
IBF Welterweight Champion.
Clottey rose to prominence by winning his first twenty fights, including 14 by knockout. His performance set him up to fight
Carlos Baldomir, in a title defense by Baldomir for the WBC International Welterweight Title. Clottey lost by disqualification in a controversial fight. Clottey was winning the fight until the 10th round, where he was penalized two points for an intentional head butt. He was warned for leading with his head but did it again resulting in the referee stopping the fight and disqualifying Clottey.
Clottey rebounded from the loss by winning the African Boxing Union welterweight title in his next fight. He then rolled off a 10 fight winning streak which was highlighted by his first win on American soil and the capturing of several minor welterweight and middleweight titles culminating in an IBF Intercontinental welterweight title.
On
December 2,
2006, Clottey earned his first shot at a world title but broke his hand in the fourth round of his fight against
World Boxing Organization champion
Antonio Margarito. He ended up losing a closer than expected unanimous decision, but had demonstrated his abilities against a good opponent. On
April 7,
2007, Clottey earned a unanimous decision over
Diego Corrales, in what was Corrales' final fight prior to his death.
In December 2007, Clottey positioned himself for another title shot with a win over prospect Shamone Alvarez.
[1]
Clottey beat
Zab Judah on August 2, 2008, for the IBF Welterweight title that had been vacated by Antonio Margarito.
Clottey's most recent fight was against
Miguel Cotto for Cotto's WBO welterweight title on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The fight was only for the WBO crown because Clottey vacated his IBF title. Clottey was knocked down in the first round of the fight, but later became more involved in the fight and caused an unintentional cut on the left eye of Cotto. Clottey went on to lose on a split decision. Clottey protested the decision.