GRAPEVINE, Texas—Ipinagkakatiwala ni Joshua Clottey ang kanyang buhay sa kapwa Ghanaian na si Kwaku Gyamfi. At tiwala si Gyamfi sa galing ni Clottey.

Sinabi ni Gyamfi, ang halos anim-talampakan at 300 libra na kusinero ni Clottey, na
aagawin ng Ghanaian ang World Boxing Organization welterweight crown ni Pacquiao sa pagtatagpo nila sa ring sa Marso 13 (Marso 14 sa Maynila).

Idinagdag ni Gyamfi na bubugbugin ni Clottey si Pacquiao hanggang sumuko ito at hindi na makagulapay pa.

“He (Manny) will be going straight to the hospital, with his face cut up and bruised,” pagmamalaki ni Gyamfi sa sportswriters sa Gaylord Texan Hotel bar nitong Martes. “He’s going to be hit by a brick.”

Sinabi ni Gyamfi na ang sikreto ng lakas ni Clottey ay nasa pagkain mula sa Africa.

Ipinakita sa HBO prefight documentary ng laban ni Pacquiao at Clottey habang nagluluto si Gyamfi ng salmon at gulay.

Sinabi ni Lenny De Jesus, chief trainer ni Clottey, “This (Pacquiao-Clottey)  is a dangerous fight.”

Umalalay rin si De Jesus kay Pacquiao at trainer Freddie Roach sa limang laban ng Pacman mula 2003-2005.

“Roach may spring up a surprise for me, but I also have a surprise for him,” ani De Jesus. “If he knew this is going to be an easy fight he would be talking, but he’s being careful.”a surprise for me, but I also have a surprise for him,” ani De Jesus. “If he knew this is going to be an easy fight he would be talking, but he’s being careful.”