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Mayweather: Pacquiao's speed not an issue for Hatton
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abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/18/2009 4:06 AM
Manny Pacquiao's speed won't be an issue for Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr., the British boxing star's trainer, said on Friday.
Mayweather said this during the opening of Hatton's training session to the media in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I don't think that Manny is a technical fighter. I really don't. In my honest opinion, the man is with Freddie Roach for eight years. The man still ain't moving his damn head...," Mayweather said.
Hatton's camp also showed for the first time the counter punch that they will use against Pacquiao's powerful left hook.
Hatton, meanwhile, told ABS-CBN North America News Bureau in an exclusive interview that he currently weighs in at 149 pounds, and he is confident he will reach the 140-pound limit before their match on May 2.
"Maybe I'm overtraining. That certainly is not the case, so bear in mind that the mistakes Oscar dela Hoya made in his last fight [is] that fresh in the memory. I don't want to make the same mistake as Oscar did," Hatton said.
Before the training session ended, Mayweather opened a package from Roach, which contained slimming pills, a letter, and a T-shirt.
Mayweather immediately retorted, "too late." With a report from Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau, in Las Vegas, Nevada
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abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/18/2009 4:06 AM
Manny Pacquiao's speed won't be an issue for Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr., the British boxing star's trainer, said on Friday.
Mayweather said this during the opening of Hatton's training session to the media in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I don't think that Manny is a technical fighter. I really don't. In my honest opinion, the man is with Freddie Roach for eight years. The man still ain't moving his damn head...," Mayweather said.
Hatton's camp also showed for the first time the counter punch that they will use against Pacquiao's powerful left hook.
Hatton, meanwhile, told ABS-CBN North America News Bureau in an exclusive interview that he currently weighs in at 149 pounds, and he is confident he will reach the 140-pound limit before their match on May 2.
"Maybe I'm overtraining. That certainly is not the case, so bear in mind that the mistakes Oscar dela Hoya made in his last fight [is] that fresh in the memory. I don't want to make the same mistake as Oscar did," Hatton said.
Before the training session ended, Mayweather opened a package from Roach, which contained slimming pills, a letter, and a T-shirt.
Mayweather immediately retorted, "too late." With a report from Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau, in Las Vegas, Nevada
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