What's the bigger factor? Hatton's size or Pacquiao's speed?

[THE REED]

pacs speed... hatton is gonna get SONNED!

[aether]

It wont matter if hatton bull rushes him cos he'll be getting knocked out.

Hatton can box a little, if he boxes his way inside by circling then leading, he can pull this off.

Thing about hatton is, GOD himself had issues with hattons footspeed, he closes distance really quickly, but he's gotta use it in the right way in this fight. Anyhow he getting inside manny, he will rough him up so badly, dont think manny is ready for that.

fixed it for you...

just playin.. d.diaz is the poor man's version of hatton. not a discredit to hatton, but i see that left getting in all night. and no way pac's gonna fight toe to toe with ricky. he used to do it cause he could get a way with it. these higher weights, he's concentrating on these "controlled aggressions", and less on the "****** punch-happy monkey" approach.

[mines a pasty]

whilst being a huge fan of Manny, i see this as a relatively easy fight for Hatton. He'll lose the 1st, possibly the 2nd round, then just take over and it'll be all over by the 6th, Hatton will KO him. I think. I might be wrong.

But as a Brit, i hope im right haha

Like i said, im really not concerned about this fight at all, should be pretty straght forward for Ricky. Too much power. End of. Mind you, i know many, many people on here will disagree.

[TheRef]

Some pretty good perspectives here - I like it. My opinions on a few things I read in this thread:

1) "Ricky is too big." - a non-factor, Manny's power is increasing with every weight move.
2) "The fight will depend on Manny's ability/inability to take body shots" - possibly - although his conditioning and core training regimen are truly second to none.
3) "this is a pretty straightforward fight for Ricky" - very true - and probably the biggest factor in this fight. The fact that Ricky comes straight at you is tailor-made for Manny. He will be able to tee off with both hands with relative ease.

Noone can question Hatton's heart and tenacity, but MP is even more tenacious, IMO.
Factor/advantage:

Power - even
Speed - Manny
Stamina - Manny
Defense - Manny
Counterpuncher - Manny

I'm real interested to see Ricky after more time in camp with Floyd Sr. - I didn't see a lot of changes in him in the first fight paired with him. If he can pick up and apply the defensive tips that he gets - it could change things a bit. But in the end - I think Manny is just too fast and has too good of footwork and will probably stop Ricky on cuts around 8 or 9.
Looking forward to it, for sure.

-The Ref

[Reggie Miller]

The only chance i see Ricky winning is with body shots, but i don't see Pac fighting inside.

Pac UD12.

[Squabbles94806]

Paco's speed obviously. No matter what people say about Hatton (i dig him so it's not like i'm biased) he can't hang with Paco at that pace in the late rounds. Hatton's a power brawler, Paco's got too much damn speed.

That's why Hatton failed against PBF, he ran outta gas in the late rounds. Hatton's always struggled in the late rounds. He either gets em them outta there or squeezes a decision.

I'm still goin with Paco.

[PrettyBoyRoy 88]

I keep hearing the argument about Hatton being bigger. We all know that Pacquiao is faster. What do you think will matter most? I think Pacquiao is gonna beat Hatton based on his speed and skill. Hatton's strength is an issue, but I don't think it'll matter too much.

De La Hoya(5' 10") is bigger than Hatton(5' 7"), but DLH did not use his size advantgae(Didn't even fight at all). Hatton's size and constant pressure/bullying is going to be the factor in this fight. Hatton won't be weight-drained and he will use his size against the smaller Pacquiao.

[Abstraction]

Hatton i a naturally Welter. He said himself he comes in to the ring at 150+.

If he loses, he needs to retire

[ИATAS]

pacman's speed.

Hatton isn't even that much bigger than pacquiao. He may weigh more in the ring, but not by much. I can see pacman weighing around 145-147, hatton around 150-153.

[PrettyBoyRoy 88]

Pacquiaos' speed is overrated. Freddie Roach said Amir Khan is faster than Manny Pacquiao. Kendall Holt is faster than Pacquiao. Zab Judah is faster than Pac. Ricky Hatton's footwork is better than Pac's. I can't believe how old most of the posters on this forum are and the ridiculous things they that say just to go along with what everyone else is saying. No logic at all. It's Pre-Pavlik/Hopkins all over again with Pacquiao taking Pavlik's place, Outcome will be the same. Unbelievable posts.