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RICKY HATTON has been warned he could be killed when he tangles with Manny Pacquiao.
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30th March 2009 By Steve Lillis
RICKY HATTON has been warned he could be killed when he tangles with Manny Pacquiao.
The pair face each other in Las Vegas on May 2 with the winner of their battle crowned boxing’s pound-for-pound king.
However, Pacquiao’s mouthy coach Freddie Roach warned ‘The Hitman’: “If you try to box Manny, you’ll get killed.
“I’ve told Manny that if it goes past three rounds, I’d be mad at him.”
Roach is a sworn enemy of Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr and claims his fellow-American is too late to save the Manchester idol from defeat.
Mayweather Snr replaced Billy Graham last year, but Roach said: “He’s going to try and make him a better boxer, but obviously it is too late to change him at this stage of his career.
“I’ve been with Manny eight years and I have never tried to change him, just improve on what we do.
“Ricky and Floyd have totally different styles. The best way for Ricky to fight is like he does.”
The duo have been fierce rivals ever since Mayweather Snr replaced Roach as the trainer of Oscar de la Hoya.
Mayweather Snr dubbed his enemy ‘Joke Coach’ Roach, who even boasts that Pacquiao’s chief sparring partner, Jorge Linares, is better than Hatton.
He added: “We figure that if Manny can look sharp against a fighter like Linares, he can look sharp against anyone.
“Good work is good work. I don’t care what style it is. Linares makes Manny think and not many fighters can do that.
“Ricky’s very basic. Linares is a thinker and it raises Pacquiao’s game.”
Roach clearly hopes to unhinge Hatton, who jetted off to Las Vegas yesterday to prepare for his IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight title defence.
He has also demanded that Joe Cortez, the referee Hatton was critical of when he suffered his only loss in 46 fights to Floyd Mayweather Jnr in December 2007, is in charge of the Pacquiao fight.
Hatton has ignored gobby Roach and flew off to the Nevada desert after promoting his welterweight brother Matthew’s sixth-round stoppage of Ted Bami in Altrincham on Saturday night.
Matthew will box on his brother’s undercard alongside British Olympian Joe Murray, who won his professional debut on the same bill, outpointing Sid Razak in a six-round featherweight bout.
Hatton said: “It was an exceptional performance from Joe. He won every round and nearly got him in the end.”
30th March 2009 By Steve Lillis
RICKY HATTON has been warned he could be killed when he tangles with Manny Pacquiao.
The pair face each other in Las Vegas on May 2 with the winner of their battle crowned boxing’s pound-for-pound king.
However, Pacquiao’s mouthy coach Freddie Roach warned ‘The Hitman’: “If you try to box Manny, you’ll get killed.
“I’ve told Manny that if it goes past three rounds, I’d be mad at him.”
Roach is a sworn enemy of Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr and claims his fellow-American is too late to save the Manchester idol from defeat.
Mayweather Snr replaced Billy Graham last year, but Roach said: “He’s going to try and make him a better boxer, but obviously it is too late to change him at this stage of his career.
“I’ve been with Manny eight years and I have never tried to change him, just improve on what we do.
“Ricky and Floyd have totally different styles. The best way for Ricky to fight is like he does.”
The duo have been fierce rivals ever since Mayweather Snr replaced Roach as the trainer of Oscar de la Hoya.
Mayweather Snr dubbed his enemy ‘Joke Coach’ Roach, who even boasts that Pacquiao’s chief sparring partner, Jorge Linares, is better than Hatton.
He added: “We figure that if Manny can look sharp against a fighter like Linares, he can look sharp against anyone.
“Good work is good work. I don’t care what style it is. Linares makes Manny think and not many fighters can do that.
“Ricky’s very basic. Linares is a thinker and it raises Pacquiao’s game.”
Roach clearly hopes to unhinge Hatton, who jetted off to Las Vegas yesterday to prepare for his IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight title defence.
He has also demanded that Joe Cortez, the referee Hatton was critical of when he suffered his only loss in 46 fights to Floyd Mayweather Jnr in December 2007, is in charge of the Pacquiao fight.
Hatton has ignored gobby Roach and flew off to the Nevada desert after promoting his welterweight brother Matthew’s sixth-round stoppage of Ted Bami in Altrincham on Saturday night.
Matthew will box on his brother’s undercard alongside British Olympian Joe Murray, who won his professional debut on the same bill, outpointing Sid Razak in a six-round featherweight bout.
Hatton said: “It was an exceptional performance from Joe. He won every round and nearly got him in the end.”
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