Why Hatton Will Be Destroyed By Pacquiao?

[The_Demon]

i agree pacquiao is overall more skilled,but it will be interesting 2 see how well he takes a shot at 140 because im ceratin he will get hit clean a few times in this fight,2 the head and 2 the body

[hardmanbrit]

i agree pacquiao is overall more skilled,but it will be interesting 2 see how well he takes a shot at 140 because im ceratin he will get hit clean a few times in this fight,2 the head and 2 the body

Come on mate, in his last fight Paquiao beat a boxing legend at 147 so the weight is certainly not going to be a problem for him.

[WarriorSoul]

For a second I thought Nathanielsz wrote that article haha.

[Pullcounter]

hatton's wrestling and grappling can make up for the gap in skills need to beat pac.

I say if bayless lets hatton grapple, hatton may win an ugly SD.

[iron mike tyson]

hatton's wrestling and grappling can make up for the gap in skills need to beat pac.

I say if bayless lets hatton grapple, hatton may win an ugly SD.

is kenny bayless the ref??
if so hattons gonna get a fair roll of the dice

[hardmanbrit]

hatton's wrestling and grappling can make up for the gap in skills need to beat pac.

Are you serious??

[Jean28]

Pacquiao should win but obviously it is not impossible that Hatton pulls out the upset. Pac seemed very comfortable @ 147. He has to be near perfect @ 140.

[QUISQUEYA]

Hatton vs Pacquiao Prediction

19.02.09 - By Jake Roberts: On May 2nd, Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao will go toe to toe for what is the ‘P4P’ championship. It already has boxing fans salivating at the prospect of their two all-action styles clashing in Vegas. There are so many intangibles with this fight I don’t know where to start, so lets examine their recent performances. 2008 was a phenomenal year for the Pacman, starting with a razor thin split decision over world class Juan Manuel Marquez..

Despite the controversy, these two guys put on a breathtaking spectacle for twelve rounds and neither really deserved to lose. Next he disposes of the extremely game but limited David Diaz. Diaz was the perfect opponent for Manny’s lightweight debut; his plodding feet and not much head movement meant it was just target practice for the Philippines. Then in December he is catapulted into the big league with a dominant win over the Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya. Whatever people say about this fight you cannot deny this was a masterpiece by the little man. Ok, so De La Hoya looked a bit shot but you could argue that Pacquiao made him look like that. The speed of his foot movement, his balance and combinations just blew him away.

On December 8th 2007, the Hitman was picked apart for the first time in his career by the surgeon Floyd Jr. This was a competitive bout for six rounds, but Maywether showed why he is the best in the world, taking advantage of Hatton’s increasingly gung ho tactics. Ricky still has frustration about the way the referee handled the bout. You may agree or disagree; personally I feel Joe Cortez was getting in way too much during the first four rounds. Whether that changed the result of the fight who knows, only a rematch in England would tell us. The ‘homecoming’ win over Juan Lazcano was a rusty performance, presumably because he was coming off such a crushing defeat. Then it emerges that training camps with Billy Graham are not what they once were resulting in Floyd sr taking over the reigns. This proved a wise decision after he took his nearest rival, Paulie Malignaggi to school for eleven rounds. As a result of his new trainer he showed more jabs, feints and head movement, which he will need in abundance against Pacquiao.

An obvious factor to look at in this fight is the weight and the size of the fighters. Hatton was born at 140 pounds and his best performances have come there. Pacquiao has never fought at 140 and is therefore an unknown quantity. The weight was not really an issue for him against De La Hoya because he was allowed to box his own fight, getting in and out quickly without wrestling and inside fighting. I imagine the first thing Hatton will do in this fight is get inside and see how strong he really is. In my opinion Hatton will throw him around like a rag doll, which will take a lot more out of Pacquiao. The tactical battle of both trainers will centre on this issue, with Hatton trying to impose his strength inside and Pacquiao trying to box from the outside.

Strength and punching power are two separate attributes, and although I’ve never been in a ring with Pacquiao, I imagine his punching power is more fearsome. He has scored some incredible knockouts, albeit in the lower divisions and because of this we don’t know if he really has the power to stop Hatton in his tracks. In contrast we know Hatton is a good puncher in this weight class, not a murderous puncher but one who can hurt you with the right shot. This could be a telling factor as the fight unfolds.

Pacquiao has a clear speed advantage of both hand and foot over his opponent. He has the ability to hit his rival with combinations and get out of range before they have time to react. This is the problem that De La Hoya and almost all his opponents have encountered. Hatton is no slouch either but he will have to be very sharp if he is going to catch him consistently.

This piece is entitled prediction, and as such I must give one despite my shocking record. I think Hatton knocks him out in the later rounds of what is a great fight. I feel his strength, body shots and aggression will pay dividends in the second half of the fight. My guess is that we will see an end similar to Cotto vs. Margarito where the little man simply has nothing left and folds. A fanciful idea I know, but I’ve got broad shoulders so the Pacquiao fans can unleash their bile on me.

[SpArKeD-CoLd]

Why Hatton Will Be DestroyedBy Pacquiao
By Chris Williams:
In weighing the pluses and minuses of each fighter, I can’t find too many areas where Ricky Hatton matches up well with Manny Pacquiao. However remote Hatton’s chances are to win, I can’t see him coming up with a lottery winning performance in this fight. He’s too simple, crude, one-dimensional and terribly limited to beat a fighter with the speed and power of Pacquiao. The fight won’t be a pretty picture by the end.


In one corner you have a fighter with incredible speed and excellent foot work and in the other, you have a fighter known more for his bum rushing and wrestling style of fighting more than his actual skills in the ring. When is all said and done, Hatton will likely be left a bloody mess by Pacquiao, face down on the canvas like David Diaz was in his fight with Pacquiao in a 9th round stoppage in June 2008.

Only a handful of fighters can give Pacquiao any kind of problems, one of them being Juan Manuel Marquez, but Hatton isn’t nearly as skilled as Marquez in my estimation and not the kind of fighter that will give Pacquiao many problems. Between the all the punches he’s going to be eating from Pacquiao on May 2nd at the MGMN Grand in Las Vegas, I can’t see him doing much landing of his own.

Pacquiao tends to dish out so much punishment that when a limited fighter like Hatton finally gets a chance to throw some punches, he probably won’t have much power to do anything. I think this is a good fight for Hatton to potentially shot his stuff to worldwide audiences, given that he’s been mostly sheltered for the vast majority of his career in England.

But from top to bottom, Hatton has fought very few talented fighters aside from Floyd Mayweather Jr. that you could point to as someone that would prepare Hatton for a fighter as tough and as skilled as Pacquiao. Experience, or lack thereof for Hatton, will be a problem for him. Beating faded fighters, a whole lot of them in his career, Hatton has somehow skipped over taking on some of the fighters that he should have fought by this point in his career. That’s not good.

At the same time, Hatton has entered into this fight with thoughts of the future, making comments about wanting to take a rematch with Mayweather down the road. That seems as if Hatton is looking beyond this fight, as if he’s too confident about his chances in this fight.

That’s not a smart thing. More likely, Hatton will be facing some serious career decisions about whether he should retire or carry on with his career if he ends up taking a beating as bad as I think he will. Frankly, I wouldn’t pay a dime to see him fight if he gets trounced by Pacquiao. Oh, I’m certain Hatton will move forward into fights with Oscar De La Hoya or some other top fighter, but it won’t be something I feel that he deserves given his probable loss to Pacquaio.

lol........

wot a load of bollox

[hardmanbrit]

Hatton vs Pacquiao Prediction

19.02.09 - By Jake Roberts: On May 2nd, Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao will go toe to toe for what is the ‘P4P’ championship. It already has boxing fans salivating at the prospect of their two all-action styles clashing in Vegas. There are so many intangibles with this fight I don’t know where to start, so lets examine their recent performances. 2008 was a phenomenal year for the Pacman, starting with a razor thin split decision over world class Juan Manuel Marquez..

Despite the controversy, these two guys put on a breathtaking spectacle for twelve rounds and neither really deserved to lose. Next he disposes of the extremely game but limited David Diaz. Diaz was the perfect opponent for Manny’s lightweight debut; his plodding feet and not much head movement meant it was just target practice for the Philippines. Then in December he is catapulted into the big league with a dominant win over the Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya. Whatever people say about this fight you cannot deny this was a masterpiece by the little man. Ok, so De La Hoya looked a bit shot but you could argue that Pacquiao made him look like that. The speed of his foot movement, his balance and combinations just blew him away.

On December 8th 2007, the Hitman was picked apart for the first time in his career by the surgeon Floyd Jr. This was a competitive bout for six rounds, but Maywether showed why he is the best in the world, taking advantage of Hatton’s increasingly gung ho tactics. Ricky still has frustration about the way the referee handled the bout. You may agree or disagree; personally I feel Joe Cortez was getting in way too much during the first four rounds. Whether that changed the result of the fight who knows, only a rematch in England would tell us. The ‘homecoming’ win over Juan Lazcano was a rusty performance, presumably because he was coming off such a crushing defeat. Then it emerges that training camps with Billy Graham are not what they once were resulting in Floyd sr taking over the reigns. This proved a wise decision after he took his nearest rival, Paulie Malignaggi to school for eleven rounds. As a result of his new trainer he showed more jabs, feints and head movement, which he will need in abundance against Pacquiao.

An obvious factor to look at in this fight is the weight and the size of the fighters. Hatton was born at 140 pounds and his best performances have come there. Pacquiao has never fought at 140 and is therefore an unknown quantity. The weight was not really an issue for him against De La Hoya because he was allowed to box his own fight, getting in and out quickly without wrestling and inside fighting. I imagine the first thing Hatton will do in this fight is get inside and see how strong he really is. In my opinion Hatton will throw him around like a rag doll, which will take a lot more out of Pacquiao. The tactical battle of both trainers will centre on this issue, with Hatton trying to impose his strength inside and Pacquiao trying to box from the outside.

Strength and punching power are two separate attributes, and although I’ve never been in a ring with Pacquiao, I imagine his punching power is more fearsome. He has scored some incredible knockouts, albeit in the lower divisions and because of this we don’t know if he really has the power to stop Hatton in his tracks. In contrast we know Hatton is a good puncher in this weight class, not a murderous puncher but one who can hurt you with the right shot. This could be a telling factor as the fight unfolds.

Pacquiao has a clear speed advantage of both hand and foot over his opponent. He has the ability to hit his rival with combinations and get out of range before they have time to react. This is the problem that De La Hoya and almost all his opponents have encountered. Hatton is no slouch either but he will have to be very sharp if he is going to catch him consistently.

This piece is entitled prediction, and as such I must give one despite my shocking record. I think Hatton knocks him out in the later rounds of what is a great fight. I feel his strength, body shots and aggression will pay dividends in the second half of the fight. My guess is that we will see an end similar to Cotto vs. Margarito where the little man simply has nothing left and folds. A fanciful idea I know, but I’ve got broad shoulders so the Pacquiao fans can unleash their bile on me.

I stopped reading after the part that said that Hatton has fought no talented boxers aside from Floyd Mayweather.

Was Jose Luis Castillo a bum? How about Kostya Tszyu?