Hatton will beat Pac

[Benny Leonard]

And Hatton has more then enough footspeed to carry out that plan. I believe Hatton won't give Pac the distance to load up, Pac is an in and out fighter...in this fight, he'll only be fighting in and I believe Hatton > Pac at that

People have said that Pac doesn't just have a 1-2...Honestly, he still does.

One of my points was that Pac can be flustered if you pressure him. He was able to stay with his game-plan and stay calm in his last two fights because of what he had in front of him: Diaz and Oscar. We'll have to see what happens when Hatton is in there. Has Pac really improved or will he get flustered again against a better, active, pressure fighter like Hatton?

I just wish I could see them spar.

[GreatestIam]

I can defintely see Pac landing alot of hard shots on Hatton, but I can also see Hatton smothering Pac all over the ring and outpointing him or even KOing him with a body shot! Hatton will bully Pac-man and like JMM get the best of him in exchanges IMO2

[- JCHING -]

I think it will be a good fight because Hatton will be the stronger bigger man (which is hardly ever the case for him).

I just think that Pac's speed will be too much for Hatton. I see Hatton getting hit with a lot of big shots and I don't think he will hold up very long in this fight. I think his style is taylor made for Pac to be honest.

I actually don't think his style is tailor made for Pacquiao at all.

Fighters like David Diaz are tailor made for him, as they are slow, will just stand in front of Pac and allow him to do his in-out fighting.

Hatton on the other hand is fast, is in-out himself - mainly in - and is very aggressive and will pressure him non-stop, negating Pac's in-out style. Pacquiao will have to fight inside or be elusive on the back foot and counter punch, which is not Pac's style.

[Benny Leonard]

I can defintely see Pac landing alot of hard shots on Hatton, but I can also see Hatton smothering Pac all over the ring and outpointing him or even KOing him with a body shot! Hatton will bully Pac-man and like JMM get the best of him in exchanges IMO2

Hatton over Pac: 8th round KO from a body shot against the ropes?

[-Antonio-]

Reed had to go ahead and make all my points for me. Saves me time.

[-Antonio-]

I actually don't think his style is tailor made for Pacquiao at all.

Fighters like David Diaz are tailor made for him, as they are slow, will just stand in front of Pac and allow him to do his in-out fighting.

Hatton on the other hand is fast, is in-out himself - mainly in - and is very aggressive and will pressure him non-stop, negating Pac's in-out style. Pacquiao will have to fight inside or be elusive on the back foot and counter punch, which is not Pac's style.

That's a good point. I think Pac has enough firepower to keep Hatton from controlling the fight though. Hatton can only fight one way, while Pac is capable of fighting backwards imo.

[dannyl15]

Mayweather clearly showed he is on another level than Ricky Hatton, and Pacquiao will show him the same. I think Pacquaio hits harder than Mayweather and Ricky didn't look like he could handle Mayweather's power very well, plus Manny throws a lot more pnches than Mayweather does so I don't think Ricky will win, I'm pretty sure he will get Knocked out.

[MANGLER]

Pac can box and punch. he don't have to stand and slug wit Hatton all nite to win. That's Hatton's best chance, but Pac's got enuf speed in hand and foot that he can stick and move enuf to bust Hatton up and stop him.

[El Dominicano]

One of my points was that Pac can be flustered if you pressure him. He was able to stay with his game-plan and stay calm in his last two fights because of what he had in front of him: Diaz and Oscar. We'll have to see what happens when Hatton is in there. Has Pac really improved or will he get flustered again against a better, active, pressure fighter like Hatton?

I just wish I could see them spar.

I believe Hatton will be close enough to dry hump him, Pac won't find a distance, he'll have to resort to only infighting (Based on Hatton's footspeed) and Hatton will do his best work on the inside. Then there will be grappling, wrestling

Not to mention, in my opinion...Pac hasn't beaten anyone at 135 and up

[El Dominicano]

Pac can box and punch. he don't have to stand and slug wit Hatton all nite to win. That's Hatton's best chance, but Pac's got enuf speed in hand and foot that he can stick and move enuf to bust Hatton up and stop him.

Yes but Hatton has the footspeed to stop Pac's in-out style