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Pacquiao-Clottey set for March 13, Cowbows StadiumPosted Jan. 10, 2010 at 05:15pm
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Manny Pacquiao's welterweight title defense against former titleholder Joshua Clottey was finalized on Sunday, according to a press release from Top Rank, promoter of both fighters.
Pacquiao-Clottey will take place on March 13, the proposed date of the scuttled superfight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., and be held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Jerry Jones, owner of the $1.2 billion facility, had hoped to host Mayweather-Pacquiao, an event he believed would pack his stadium to capacity, around 100,000 fans.
The stadium will be configured for 40,000 for Pacquiao-Clottey, which will be a pay-per-view event.
Clottey (35-3, 20 knockouts), THE RING's fifth-rated welterweight, fought Miguel Cotto to a highly competitive split-decision loss last June.
The Bronx-based Ghanaian fighter's other two losses are a competitive unanimous decision to Antonio Margarito in December of 2006 and a disqualification to future welterweight champ Carlos Baldomir in November of 1999.