Why did Hatton do so badly against Pacquiao?

[NakiFan]

Pac was too good and Hatton didnt have anything to bother pac with, no head movement, no vicious counter punchin, no nothing really

[Young Mike]

I think manny was to strong and he needed to take the fight into the later rounds. He also didn't give manny a fare distance as he(Hatton) was always marging in straight foward. Against Mayweather he did the same, but Mayweather is a defensive fighter that will always run in the first half of the fight untill he see's an opening.

[icantbox]

I believe with a trainer showing up late you never get in the right frame of mind. I think you just get pissed off thinking about the cash you are spending on what is supposed to be top notch training and the guy isn't even punctual. Want to know why Lee worked with Ricky? It's because Floyd wasn't there to start on time. Ricky is a beast in the gym and gives all during his camps. For his trainer to not offer the same courtesy is BS.

[sycomantz]

nah he lost fair and square against Pac regardless of what went on with Sr.

He didn't lose fair and square to Mayweather however, because it wasn't reffed fair and square.

you sound piss that PBF is a better bralwer than ricky and his team thought he was.

he beat Ricky at rickys on game. that makes it even worse for ricky

[KingTito]

He just got his ass kicked. He's not on that level.

[Jone2ts]

HE WALKED RIGHT IN...THATS WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hatton sold us like he was coming to box early and brawl late. Instead he just starts bum rushing forward like some foolish drunk without even considering what he is gonna do when he gets in there or why he's even doing it to begin with. hatton stuck to moving for a min or so and did fine...til he walked right back in. Pac looked foolish chasing hatton when he was and hatton should have started off that way making Pac chase him and try to box and gain some momentum off simply not making it easy for manny. Bottom line hatton like Cotto is custom built for Pac dumb men who walk straight forward and lack the physical & mental ability to be able to defend against that speed while still being offensive. Cotto only shot is if he can take the punches like Margorito took and walked through his, Cotto will have to be exactly what margorito was in there fight, a determined man that can walk through speed power and counter shots while walking his man down and implementing a sustained body attack that will wear manny down for an eventual KO. outside of that Cotto will look foolish and lose the fight.

[strugler]

He underestimated PAcs power...............with all "im the bigger man"..........."Oscar was a zombie".................im no oscar ****.............

[MindBat]

Several reasons.

1 - Two chefs working on the same stew.

Mayweather would show Ricky how to apply a fundamental D to his aggressive style, and then Lee Beard and Hatton would prepare their own way when Sr. wasn't around. Undoing everything trying to be instilled by Floyd. Floyd starts ****ing around with the camp as a result of not being primary trainer, acknowledged only as a consultant. *Ouch*

Hatton couldn't get down BASICS in defense, that's how bad off he was with Graham. Move your head, so it's not being taken off when darting in. *DUH!*

2 - Oscar insisted to Ricky, Pac didn't hit that hard. *D'oh*

3 - Believe it or not, Hatton's chin hasn't looked the same since Jr. stopped him. Paulie stopped Ricky in his tracks with one of his shots when Hatton did his trademark looping lunge in. Paulie! The writing on the wall was right there for me. When you're nearly KO'd in your previous fight after having been stopped, and then nearly stunned by a light light light puncher, going at the elite again with bad D is a recipe for disaster.

That's pretty much it.

Ricky was likely told: "Do your thing, Ricky!! You've fought the best out there! What does Manny have that Floyd didn't? You don't have to change your style for anyone."

[machotime]

Go and watch his fights in his prime before he set off to america - you'll find most of the more significant ones on youtube- the Ben Tackie fight is a good one.

Ok, the Ben Tackie fight is a perfect example... Dont you remember when he got rocked and knocked down by Tackie? That is the same mistake he made against Pacman and Floyd, problem is that Tackie is a C+ fighter, so he could not capitalize on it like the A fighters did/do.

[alexpz]

underestimated pacquiao thinking that manny's punch can't hurt him.