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I hear a lot of talk (mainly from pac fans) about how easy this fight will be for manny. They say his southpaw stance, handspeed and power will enable him to KO hatton
I'm not too convinced, this will be a war where manny will have to fight up close and trade a lot, you cant really stick and move vs ricky like pac did to the old flat footed DLH, ricky is too fast on his feet and too good at cutting off the ring, you need to stand up close, use short range defensive techniques and fast accurate counters to beat hatton, just like floyd did, occasionally moving away to keep composure and starting again, and manny cant do that half as well as floyd
manny has the fast hands and power to compete with hatton offensively, but im not too sure how well manny will go if hatton makes him fight a phonebooth style fight (which he will), the ref wont let hatton clinch heaps but he wil allow lots of up close action as long as both fighters are punching and not holding. manny has a good chin, but he was wobbled a few times vs marquez, and hatton is a heavier hitter than JMM, especially to the body. im not sure how manny will go fighting in a war against naturally bigger and stronger guy who doesnt let you move a lot...
he will catch hatton a lot coming in, but he doesnt have one punch KO pop above 130, and hatton's chin is quite good, he was ko'd by a very accurate and underated puncher in floyd, and that was at 147
but if manny cant hurt hatton badly as he comes in (and hatton has gotten better defensively too), can't handle the rough and tumble up close with the bigger and stronger hatton, can't use the ring as much as he always does, and is put off by hattons heavy body punching early, how the hell will he win this fight?
the answer: i think his best bet is to catch hatton as much as he can, open a cut, and just hang in there, keep nailing the cut, getting the blood to flow and getting the fight stopped before hatton takes him out (which will take time as manny is tough and has a good chin/body)
but if he cant get that cut going early, or cant tag it enough to get the fight stopped, i think manny might be in for a highly competitive fight which will turn into an ass kicking as it progresses and hattons strength and body punching wears manny down
I'm not too convinced, this will be a war where manny will have to fight up close and trade a lot, you cant really stick and move vs ricky like pac did to the old flat footed DLH, ricky is too fast on his feet and too good at cutting off the ring, you need to stand up close, use short range defensive techniques and fast accurate counters to beat hatton, just like floyd did, occasionally moving away to keep composure and starting again, and manny cant do that half as well as floyd
manny has the fast hands and power to compete with hatton offensively, but im not too sure how well manny will go if hatton makes him fight a phonebooth style fight (which he will), the ref wont let hatton clinch heaps but he wil allow lots of up close action as long as both fighters are punching and not holding. manny has a good chin, but he was wobbled a few times vs marquez, and hatton is a heavier hitter than JMM, especially to the body. im not sure how manny will go fighting in a war against naturally bigger and stronger guy who doesnt let you move a lot...
he will catch hatton a lot coming in, but he doesnt have one punch KO pop above 130, and hatton's chin is quite good, he was ko'd by a very accurate and underated puncher in floyd, and that was at 147
but if manny cant hurt hatton badly as he comes in (and hatton has gotten better defensively too), can't handle the rough and tumble up close with the bigger and stronger hatton, can't use the ring as much as he always does, and is put off by hattons heavy body punching early, how the hell will he win this fight?
the answer: i think his best bet is to catch hatton as much as he can, open a cut, and just hang in there, keep nailing the cut, getting the blood to flow and getting the fight stopped before hatton takes him out (which will take time as manny is tough and has a good chin/body)
but if he cant get that cut going early, or cant tag it enough to get the fight stopped, i think manny might be in for a highly competitive fight which will turn into an ass kicking as it progresses and hattons strength and body punching wears manny down
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