Article: Pacquiao to face an "agressive, defensive, technical" Hatton

[QUISQUEYA]

Even if Hatton's strategy is to box technically, it won't last long cuz his natural instinct is to just maul his opponent. And he can't match boxing skill and speed wit Pac anyway. Dude needs to rough him up inside to win, not try to be skillful.

He is not going to match speed with Manny. Ever. But you CAN offset a speedy fighter with timing, aggression, a jab and bodywork.

See: Mayweather-Castillo 1, SRL - Duran 1, Chavez - Taylor, Ali-Frazier 1, etc.

Hatton wins this fight.

[J.B.moneY.]

Hatton will miss all his punches

hatton gets no respect in the forums...it would be cool if people would say how great pac, which he is...but to say hatton wont connect or i hear a lot about how pac is just going to ko hatton, just doesnt make any sense when you think about it

[QUISQUEYA]

Will not work coz Pac's footwork is much faster than Hatton.

Ask yourself. When was the last time that Pac was forced to fight going backwards? Pac loves to get into a rhythmn, rock side-to-side, and shoot that killer left.

Ricky will step to his left all night. Digging left hooks to the body, and following that with right hands. All Hatton has to do is NOT fight like a Mexican.

Pac isn't Floydian in his skillset. You won't be seeing perfectly timed check hooks. Manny has the skills of a speedy slickster, but the approach of a brawler. And that will be his undoing. Watch.

Hatton 116-112...or late stoppage.

[ACHlLLES]

hatton gets no respect in the forums...it would be cool if people would say how great pac, which he is...but to say hatton wont connect or i hear a lot about how pac is just going to ko hatton, just doesnt make any sense when you think about it

Makes perfect sense, Paulie stood infront of Hatton like a tard. Do you think Pacquiao is going to stay still and let hatton tee off on him? Hatton comes forwards presses the fight and gets countered all night long until he hits the canvas

[ellwise69]

Lets face it, You can't get to Hatton's level without having the ablity to box, its just impossible.

Hatton can box, its just his exposure in america has been fights in which he mauls and tries to 'steamroll' his opponents.

And thats why he gets slated on here so much.

[QUISQUEYA]

[J.B.moneY.]

Makes perfect sense, Paulie stood infront of Hatton like a tard. Do you think Pacquiao is going to stay still and let hatton tee off on him? Hatton comes forwards presses the fight and gets countered all night long until he hits the canvas

see i dont get this...paulie is did exactly waht pac did come running in and trying to be cute and slick, and hes going to get clocked a few times, but i do think pac has enough sense to stop that unlike paulie did....and then this will force roaches game plan out the door...telling pac to make it fight, hoping it will be like marquez, but wont happen because pac's power vs hatton's power is bad news for the pacman....thats not the fight he wants and roach knows this

[ßringer]

do people think ricky is not aware of his weaknesses.....thats why he got floyd,sr....floyd sr. trains mainly technical boxers....and roach is way overrated....its mostly pac, doing all the work

I know you're a Ricky fan, so I'm not going to say put this as easily as I can : Ricky hasn't learned anything new by being with Floyd Sr.

He's still the same fighter he always was, and when he's tested in that ring, he's going to resort back to familiar tactics.

This boxing thing he's doing, it's nothing new. Senior didn't teach him that, Ricky has always been a pretty decent boxer when he wanted to box. Just watch the first 6 rounds of his fight with Juan Urango, he does everything in that fight that he did against Malignaggi.

He boxes his way in, he uses good head movement, cuts the ring off well, all of that he learned on his own.

Senior has nothing to do with it.

But Manny is going to TKO him in 9.

[J.B.moneY.]

I know you're a Ricky fan, so I'm not going to say put this as easily as I can : Ricky hasn't learned anything new by being with Floyd Sr.

He's still the same fighter he always was, and when he's tested in that ring, he's going to resort back to familiar tactics.

This boxing thing he's doing, it's nothing new. Senior didn't teach him that, Ricky has always been a pretty decent boxer when he wanted to box. Just watch the first 6 rounds of his fight with Juan Urango, he does everything in that fight that he did against Malignaggi.

He boxes his way in, he uses good head movement, cuts the ring off well, all of that he learned on his own.

Senior has nothing to do with it.





But Manny is going to TKO him in 9.

good points but i just dont see how manny stops him unless its by a cut...and ricky only cuts was eralier in his carear....and he was even sick in the urango fight and won

[ACHlLLES]

good points but i just dont see how manny stops him unless its by a cut...and ricky only cuts was eralier in his carear....and he was even sick in the urango fight and won

You do realize that Mayweather has hand problems and he stopped Ricky Hatton. Or is that only going to be blamed on the fact that Ricky was fighting at 147 and not 140.