Ricky Hatton, Paulie Malignaggi Prepare For Nov. 22 Clash

[Landi]

LOS ANGELES – Fans may call it “Manchester Muscle vs. New York Flash,” “England vs. The United States,” or “Brawler vs. Boxer.” Regardless of how it is described, the Junior Welterweight World Championship unification bout between England’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and New York’s Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas will be a clash between the two best 140-pound fighters in the world and one of the most intriguing and exciting fights of 2008. [details]

I got Paulie on this one. 2 slick for Hatton. Hatton is declining rapidly & u can only hope he makes it out of this sport healthy. His last fight proved it.

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

Paulie malignaggi can be pretty slick at times but Hatton will cut off the ring all night and make paulie fight him on the inside. Little Paulie gets bullied around all night and will be forced to fight hatton as if they are in a phone booth, most of the fight will be on the inside in my opinion due to hattons pressure.

[peewee1460]

watch Malignaggi Cotto if you doubt paulie's ability to deal with pressure.

[Johnny Rebel]

Yeah Cotto licked Paulie just like Hatton will...

[peewee1460]

hatton at 140 is nowhere near the puncher cotto was but his movement and handspeed are better.

[Monticello]

I wonder if Floyd Mayweather Sr. will train Hatton for this fight. Even if he doesn't, I see Hatton winning a close, but comfortable decision.

[deuce_drop]

both guys should and can beat each other, it all depends on who executes their game plan. malignaggi has the skills to make it a boxing match and use his movement to negate hattons attack and counter all fight long, leading to a decision.
and hatton with his rough and tumble style can beat malignaggi, provided he stays busy and doesn't get tired, which hatton is pretty good about having good stamina, but malignaggi's the footwork, jab, and handspeed that are the biggest problems for hatton, as long as hatton gets medieval on the body attack, which he's good at, he will win this fight comfortably, but if not, malignaggi could easily run away with this fight. hatton has to cut off the ring and work constantly.

if i were hatton, just to have some fun, and to poke fun at malignaggi, i would wear some ridiculous braides to the press conferences to get malignaggi worked up. that would be funny.

i personally think that maliganggi is going to eek out a MD in this fight, but i hope not, i would much rather have hatton win this fight.

it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

watch Malignaggi Cotto if you doubt paulie's ability to deal with pressure.

lol fam I WAS THERE and ill say it again this fight is going to be fought on the inside because paulie isnt going to be able to fall back and simply work the jab all night your crazy if you think hatton isnt going to force this fight to the inside and bully little paulie around all day.

[MJ406]

too many hypotheticals for Paulie to win IMO

if his hands hold up, if he's focused, if he can outbox Hatton

Malignaggi really needs to get his **** together, as he's under performed his last 2 times out.

granted he did hang tough and was able to hammer out decisions vs Lovemore and Ngoudjo

but this is his first time fighting in Vegas and this is EASILY Paulie's biggest fight .. I wonder how he'll react.

[Oriachim]

hatton hits more often and faster than cotto at 140 and at the body more often to, hatton to tko/ko paulie IMO. i also think hatton hits harder at 140 to...