Hatton Downplays Pacquiao's Win Over De La Hoya

[QUISQUEYA]

Please, Hatton would've had problems against DLH that night.

Any fighter with a modicum of speed would have lit Oscar the **** up that night.

ANY.

[jetgeomcx]

pac stil might win, but i think people are going to be suprised by hatton's boxing abilities the night of may 2nd.....i think it will throw roach's gameplan off a bit.

it is superfluous to say "pac still myt win"...of course both ricky and manny has 50-50 chance to win no matter what the odds are! Those who think otherwise are just trying to piss-off some people. These two boxers will surely go to war in “full metal jacket”. I go for Pacman because of what I believe in and respect others’ prediction/s. all our predictions are conjectures that remains to be seen. But some posters are outright ridiculous in their claims……

[Pullcounter]

Any fighter with a modicum of speed would have lit Oscar the **** up that night.

ANY.

but oscar would have trained differently for any other fighter

[strugler]

Any fighter with a modicum of speed would have lit Oscar the **** up that night.

ANY.

False.Speculatation.Hate.

[Thwf]

...He was weight drained, that's a fact, but it doesn't give Oscar an excuse, because it was his own fault...

Agreed. And they both agreed to the terms. No one was sure who`ll win before the fight. And Pac won. That`s it.

...If you really think that beating that version of De La Hoya proves he could beat the elite Welterweights then you really know nothing about boxing...

I really don`t see how you can be sure of anything especially if it`s the Pac ur talkin about. Beating that version of De La Hoya MAY OR MAY NOT prove that Pacman can beat the elite Welterweights. That remains to be seen. And it has nothing to do with your knowledge of boxing.

[Dave Rado]

I really don`t see how you can be sure of anything especially if it`s the Pac ur talkin about.

That's exactly my point. You can't be sure of anything because that fight didn't prove anything about how he'd do against other top Welters. You seem to think I'm saying he would definitely do badly against other top Welters, but that's not what I said. I said that fight didn't prove anything in that respect.

Beating that version of De La Hoya MAY OR MAY NOT prove that Pacman can beat the elite Welterweights. That remains to be seen. And it has nothing to do with your knowledge of boxing.

No what remains to be seen is whether Pacman can beat the elite Welterweights (or Jnr Welters). If that fight had proved that he can, then nothing would remain to be seen. But it didn't.

If Pac beats Hatton convincingly, it won't mean that the DLH fight proved anything, it will mean that the Hatton fight proved something.

Having said that, the DLH fight did prove that Pac can take most of his speed and a lot of his power up to weights above 135. But it didn't prove whether or not he can take enough of his speed and power up with him to beat elite fighters who are not weight drained, at those weights - or how well he can take heavy punches from elite fighters at those weights.

[Dave Rado]

False.Speculatation.Hate.

I agree, QUISQUEYA is a Pac hater who claims, apparently without any intentional irony, to be a fan.

[Addition]

Any fighter with a modicum of speed would have lit Oscar the **** up that night.

ANY.

I beg to differ.

[Pacmanjay]

At a recent media gathering in Hollywood, California, Ricky Hatton downplayed the biggest win of Manny Pacquiao's career. Hatton said that he was not that impressed with Pacquiao's win over Oscar De La Hoya. He believes that De La Hoya killed his body while trying to make weight and it wasn't that hard to get a win over him that night. Hatton faces Pacquiao on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. [details]

Watch the UK broadcast version of DLH vs Pacman. You can hear Hatton's comments during the fight where he was incredibly impressed with Pac. I think he even used the words "stunningly impressive" or something along that line.

[Thwf]

No what remains to be seen is whether Pacman can beat the elite Welterweights (or Jnr Welters). If that fight had proved that he can, then nothing would remain to be seen. But it didn't.

Based on what we`ve seen per se, I consider Hatton, Cotto and J.C. Chavez Jr. Elite Junior to Super Welterweight Titleholders that Pacquiao can beat. But that`s only how I feel about it, wat u think?