Pacquiao vs. Hatton - An Early Statistical Look

[ispayder]

Too much advantage going Pacman's way, I may have to give ridiculous odds for bettors to take Hatton....dang!!!!

[lexx_great]

Manny is a 5 division champions.his power has been tested in different class.unlike ricky. so there's no reason manny is big favorite...

[baracuda]

I'm sorry but the "advantages" section is ridiculously biased. How is Manny more powerful than Ricky? How are their chins even, when Ricky has fought much bigger and more powerful guys than Manny his whole career and only been KOd once despite being hit many times each fight? Manny has yet to be hit by a guy as big as Hatton cleanly, so the real chin comparison cannot be made yet. Pathetic.

pacman knocked out morales twice,barrera once and ud on the rematch and put marquez down on the canvass 3 times and once on the rematch not to mention tkod oscar.who did hatton knocked out with the same caliber?maybe the washed up jose luis castillo.can hatton do the same?hell no

[Wrighty]

This thread is going to look ****** when Rciky knocks Pacquiao out

[Chadmack]

a lot of people will look ****** if this turns out to be an easy work for pac... Pac by TKO 6

and a lot of you will say 'Hatton is old and washed up'

[WESS]

Pac will "DESTROY" Hatton. He will be outclassed just as he was by Mayweather.

IMO Pac will beat Hatton worse than Mayweather did.

Manny PAC-MAN Pacquiao TKO/KO late......

[Chase8400]

I'm sorry but the "advantages" section is ridiculously biased. How is Manny more powerful than Ricky? How are their chins even, when Ricky has fought much bigger and more powerful guys than Manny his whole career and only been KOd once despite being hit many times each fight? Manny has yet to be hit by a guy as big as Hatton cleanly, so the real chin comparison cannot be made yet. Pathetic.

That was my first impression as well. It seemed pretty strange that Manny has more power when he has only faced Oscar over 135lbs. and Hatton has the edge in KO-%. 68% to 70%. You can make the case for Manny facing better opposition over that period, but Hatton has KO'd guys in a higher weight class than Manny has fought in all but one fight. So the edge definitely lies with Ricky in power.

Another thing is the fan base/popularity. How do they figure Manny has an edge there? How many fans does Hatton have to bring across the pond to sew that one up? 50k?

All in all, I know that it is natural to have Pacquiao as the favorite but by the way this column is written, you would have to believe that Ricky has no chance to win this thing. I happen to dissagree with that assesment wholeheartedly. Hatton has a great shot to pull off this mini-upset and I would not be suprised at all if he does.

-Peace, Chase.

[Dave Rado]

Hatton's last legit KO was Carlos Maussa in 2005. Castillo took a dive.

LOL! As you're such a proficient mind reader, why aren't you making a fortune as a clairvoyant?

[them_apples]

I think at 140 Pacquiao will be hitting harder, he's filled in nicely.

LOL at the resume comparison, Pacquiao's trumps Hatton's.

[Dave Rado]

a lot of people will look ****** if this turns out to be an easy work for pac... Pac by TKO 6

and a lot of you will say 'Hatton is old and washed up'

No, they would say Hatton was over-rated, or that Pac is better at higher weight divisions than they thought he was, or a mixture of both. It's obvious to anyone with half a brain that Hatton is still either at or close to his peak.

But you will look ****** if it is a close, competitive fight, even if Pacquiao wins it.