Ricky Hatton needs to bully Pacman all night

[dans]

Hatton needs to push Pacman around all night and make sure he knows who the boss is. I don't care if he takes hard shots, you know he will, Hatton needs to body up. If he can physically manhandle Pacman, it will be a long night, and most likely a Ricky Hatton victory.

Do you guys think this is the only way Ricky wins this fight? Or does he have options?

[- JCHING -]

I agree.

The only way for Hatton to win is to fight the way he knows best: Pressurise for 3 minutes of every round. This time though with Floyd Snr, his defence will be better, he will show more combinations, his overall aggression will be much tidier and educated and his stamina will be improved.

The only way for Manny to win this fight is to fight the way he DOESN'T know best: Fight on the back foot, be defensive and time his attacks to perfection, dance around the ring all night and lead Hatton to no man's land. If he can do this, easy night for Manny. But I think instead of leading Hatton to no man's land, he'll be walking into a Hatton wonder-land lol..

[rj_ct]

definitely agree. pac man hasn't been in a rough fight in a long time. i'd say the 2nd marquez fight was a TOUGH fight, but not a rough fight. also, hatton needs to smother pacquiao's power.

i'm not saying hatton has to fight dirty, but he will have to spend all his time on the inside, leaning on pacquiao and only creating distance when he wants to get off. punches in bunches.

[Pullcounter]

Hatton needs to push Pacman around all night and make sure he knows who the boss is. I don't care if he takes hard shots, you know he will, Hatton needs to body up. If he can physically manhandle Pacman, it will be a long night, and most likely a Ricky Hatton victory.

Do you guys think this is the only way Ricky wins this fight? Or does he have options?

yes, this is the only way hatton beats pac

[dans]

I agree.

The only way for Hatton to win is to fight the way he knows best: Pressurise for 3 minutes of every round. This time though with Floyd Snr, his defence will be better, he will show more combinations, his overall aggression will be much tidier and educated and his stamina will be improved.

The only way for Manny to win this fight is to fight the way he DOESN'T know best: Fight on the back foot, be defensive and time his attacks to perfection, dance around the ring all night and lead Hatton to no man's land. If he can do this, easy night for Manny. But I think instead of leading Hatton to no man's land, he'll be walking into a Hatton wonder-land lol..

Has Pacquiao ever had to fight going backwards? I don't see him backing Ricky up.

[- JCHING -]

Has Pacquiao ever had to fight going backwards? I don't see him backing Ricky up.

I think for periods against Morales in the first fight, he had to fight on the backfoot and we know what happened there.

That is exactly my point though, and why I think Hatton has the better chance of winning.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

have my money ready dans...ricky's gonna 'bully' himself into another KO loss

[fcastro1]

pac can fight going backwards. look at the first round of the barrera 1, barrera was on the front foot and pac was using movement. against delahoya he was on his toes boxing. you guys are realy underestimating pacs abilities. the question is when hatton gets hit coming in can he change his style? you guys need to look at hattons deficiencies before you comment on pacs.

what will happen when hatton realizes that rushing pac aint going to work because he will get tagged. he will revert to his hugging. however pac will have the advantage by then. pac has loads of tools at his disposal, it cant be said for hatton.

[dumber79]

Hatton needs to push Pacman around all night and make sure he knows who the boss is. I don't care if he takes hard shots, you know he will, Hatton needs to body up. If he can physically manhandle Pacman, it will be a long night, and most likely a Ricky Hatton victory.

Do you guys think this is the only way Ricky wins this fight? Or does he have options?

this is only way hatton knows how to fight bro, so fighting manny will be no exception. from the bell he'll press manny and all fairness manny won't know where the **** to go or what to do. i suggest a ****** flight to manilla. no, seriously, hatton has always been the aggressor. i went out for the PBF fight and it was funny to see that as soon as that bell went RH was the first over the half way line. i know PBF schooled him but manny is not and never will be the boxer PBF is/was, so hatton has this one lined up.


also, the difference between us hatton fans and manny nuthuggers is that we appreciate this is gonna go either way, whereas many MP fans think this is a walk it the park, well if getting punched around the ring for 12 rounds ( if it gets that far) is a walk in the park i'm hanging up my ****ing walking boots

[dumber79]

have my money ready dans...ricky's gonna 'bully' himself into another KO loss

this is my only worry, and a good point. are you refering to the PBF KO?? I think that him bullying himself into that position has something to do with the point deduction and him underestimating PBF. Can't seem him doing that this time round, hope not anyway.