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How boxing analysts saw Pacquiao's spectacular win
How analysts saw Pacquiao's spectacular win
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abs-cbnNEWS.com | 05/03/2009 5:37 PM
Boxing analysts all over the world have scrutinized Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s spectacular second round stoppage of bull strong British fighter Ricky Hatton.
Most of them have given different variables that led to Pacquiao’s win.
Versatility
For Teddy Atlas of ESPN’s Sports Center, it’s Pacquiao’s versatility that gave him the victory.
“Pacquiao shows his versatility, fast hands, he can punch from either side,” said Atlas.
He cited that Pacquiao has a very good right hook aside from his trademark left hand.
“In the first round right from the beginning, Pacquiao catches Hatton with the right hook, Hatton has no answer to that right hook… straight left hand, the power hand for the southpaws where they can turn their body into it, knocks Hatton out cold,” said Atlas.
Speed and power
For Kevin Mitchell of The Guardian, it was Pacquiao’s speed and power that overwhelmed Hatton.
He even likened Pacquiao's punches to "bullets from a machine gun" that Hatton, he said, could not in any way counter.
"Pacquiao's speed blistered Hatton. He had no counter to it, no way inside the hitting range where he likes to use his short-armed hooks and body shots. Nor did he move his head, as he said he would, to get out of the way of a puncher as accurate as anyone in the game since Floyd Mayweather Jr." said Mitchell in his report.
Sheer domination
For Kevin Blackistone of FanHouse.com, Pacquiao won the fight by utter “domination”.
“Hatton tried to bully the smaller Pacquiao when the fight started, and it didn't work. He tried to trade punches with Pacquiao, and it didn't work. He came forward and got knocked back and got knocked down, twice in the first round,” said Blackistone.
“Hatton couldn't throw a punch without being hit, which was something his trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., said he tried to teach Hatton to do. If Pacquiao made Roach look like the best trainer in the world, Hatton did the opposite for Mayweather,” he added in his article.
Focus
For Lance Pugmire of LATimes.com, Hatton was defeated by Pacquiao’s focus to stick to the plan.
“In the first minutes, Hatton tried to hold Pacquiao with his left arm and pound him with his right. Pacquiao, however, came well prepared for Hatton's right hook, trainer Freddie Roach said in the ring afterward, and soon began scoring,” said Pugmire.
He said Pacquiao has caught Hatton with the most impressive punch in recent years.
“Hatton was standing upward and Pacquiao unleashed a big left hook that stands as the most impressive blow in a big fight in years. Hatton crashed to the canvas, out cold, as Bayless waved quickly for medical assistance. The ref never even counted to one. ‘He could've counted to 100,’ a ringside observer said,” wrote Pugmire.
It was a big punch indeed, one that hurt even Pacquiao himself.
Pacquiao admitted his hand was still feeling a little bruised two hours after the booming left hook he delivered to Hatton.
"I believe it was a very hard punch," Pacquiao told reporters after improving his career record to 49-3-2 with 37 knockouts. "My hand still hurts." With a report from Reuters
as of 05/03/2009 5:37 PM
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abs-cbnNEWS.com | 05/03/2009 5:37 PM
Boxing analysts all over the world have scrutinized Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s spectacular second round stoppage of bull strong British fighter Ricky Hatton.
Most of them have given different variables that led to Pacquiao’s win.
Versatility
For Teddy Atlas of ESPN’s Sports Center, it’s Pacquiao’s versatility that gave him the victory.
“Pacquiao shows his versatility, fast hands, he can punch from either side,” said Atlas.
He cited that Pacquiao has a very good right hook aside from his trademark left hand.
“In the first round right from the beginning, Pacquiao catches Hatton with the right hook, Hatton has no answer to that right hook… straight left hand, the power hand for the southpaws where they can turn their body into it, knocks Hatton out cold,” said Atlas.
Speed and power
For Kevin Mitchell of The Guardian, it was Pacquiao’s speed and power that overwhelmed Hatton.
He even likened Pacquiao's punches to "bullets from a machine gun" that Hatton, he said, could not in any way counter.
"Pacquiao's speed blistered Hatton. He had no counter to it, no way inside the hitting range where he likes to use his short-armed hooks and body shots. Nor did he move his head, as he said he would, to get out of the way of a puncher as accurate as anyone in the game since Floyd Mayweather Jr." said Mitchell in his report.
Sheer domination
For Kevin Blackistone of FanHouse.com, Pacquiao won the fight by utter “domination”.
“Hatton tried to bully the smaller Pacquiao when the fight started, and it didn't work. He tried to trade punches with Pacquiao, and it didn't work. He came forward and got knocked back and got knocked down, twice in the first round,” said Blackistone.
“Hatton couldn't throw a punch without being hit, which was something his trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., said he tried to teach Hatton to do. If Pacquiao made Roach look like the best trainer in the world, Hatton did the opposite for Mayweather,” he added in his article.
Focus
For Lance Pugmire of LATimes.com, Hatton was defeated by Pacquiao’s focus to stick to the plan.
“In the first minutes, Hatton tried to hold Pacquiao with his left arm and pound him with his right. Pacquiao, however, came well prepared for Hatton's right hook, trainer Freddie Roach said in the ring afterward, and soon began scoring,” said Pugmire.
He said Pacquiao has caught Hatton with the most impressive punch in recent years.
“Hatton was standing upward and Pacquiao unleashed a big left hook that stands as the most impressive blow in a big fight in years. Hatton crashed to the canvas, out cold, as Bayless waved quickly for medical assistance. The ref never even counted to one. ‘He could've counted to 100,’ a ringside observer said,” wrote Pugmire.
It was a big punch indeed, one that hurt even Pacquiao himself.
Pacquiao admitted his hand was still feeling a little bruised two hours after the booming left hook he delivered to Hatton.
"I believe it was a very hard punch," Pacquiao told reporters after improving his career record to 49-3-2 with 37 knockouts. "My hand still hurts." With a report from Reuters
as of 05/03/2009 5:37 PM
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