What should Hatton do vs Pac?

[Chino]

What would you tell Hatton to do to beat Pac if you were in his corner?

Sure, I can see hardcore Pac fans come in here and say Hatton has nothing at all, Pac is invincible, etc. But for everybody else, what would be the right strategy for Hatton? Advantages, disavantages, things to avoid, etc.

[hitmann]

What would you tell Hatton to do to beat Pac if you were in his corner?

Sure, I can see hardcore Pac fans come in here and say Hatton has nothing at all, Pac is invincible, etc. But for everybody else, what would be the right strategy for Hatton? Advantages, disavantages, things to avoid, etc.

id be telling hatton to keep the pressure on for 3 mins of every round, pressure busts pipes, and not to lunge in, and to move his head to confuse pacman. im feeling very confident that hatton is gonna tko/ko the pacman with some leathal body punching business! the pacman can be vulnerable to those body shots and i feel as soon as pacman has felt 1 of those he will slow down and the KO will be much easier. Id also be telling hatton to keep the fight at his pace, get pacman on the ropes and beat the crap out of him! lol

[killersheep]

If I were in Hatton's corner I would tell him to back up, be the boxer and each time he catches Pac jump in unload a few to the body and get back out. I don't think Hatton could trade with PAC, but I do think he could catch him coming in.

[hitmann]

If I were in Hatton's corner I would tell him to back up, be the boxer and each time he catches Pac jump in unload a few to the body and get back out. I don't think Hatton could trade with PAC, but I do think he could catch him coming in.

really! hatton has always been an in your face come forward type. I feel the opposite, i think its rickys fight if he trades with pacman. espescially as its at hattons weight.

[killersheep]

If I were in Hatton's corner I would tell him to back up, be the boxer and each time he catches Pac jump in unload a few to the body and get back out. I don't think Hatton could trade with PAC, but I do think he could catch him coming in.

really! hatton has always been an in your face come forward type. I feel the opposite, i think its rickys fight if he trades with pacman. espescially as its at hattons weight.

He tries to get in head first against PAC he gets laid out. PAC's punches are much straighter, his upperbody movement is also better, there is no reason to play to your opponents strengths.

[porkypara]

I know Pac-man is a great all around fighter but I think he is at his best middle to long range.


With this in mind I think Hatton's best chance might be to go balls to the wall like he did against KT.

Close the distance fast and work in side to the body with short hooks.Dont stand in front of Manny doing nothing,lots of head movement.
But dont get drawn into toe to toe slugging as that would suit Pac-Man .


Who has the advantage in speed in this one? I would say Pac

[hitmann]

If I were in Hatton's corner I would tell him to back up, be the boxer and each time he catches Pac jump in unload a few to the body and get back out. I don't think Hatton could trade with PAC, but I do think he could catch him coming in.

really! hatton has always been an in your face come forward type. I feel the opposite, i think its rickys fight if he trades with pacman. espescially as its at hattons weight.

He tries to get in head first against PAC he gets laid out. PAC's punches are much straighter, his upperbody movement is also better, there is no reason to play to your opponents strengths.

thats why hatton needs good head movement so hes not lunging in but hes always gotta be right there in front of him not givin pac a moments rest.

[killersheep]

I know Pac-man is a great all around fighter but I think he is at his best middle to long range.


With this in mind I think Hatton's best chance might be to go balls to the wall like he did against KT.

Close the distance fast and work in side to the body with short hooks.Dont stand in front of Manny doing nothing,lots of head movement.
But dont get drawn into toe to toe slugging as that would suit Pac-Man .


Who has the advantage in speed in this one? I would say Pac

If Hatton comes straight in (which is EXACTLY what Roach and Pac will train for), Pac will step back and turn Hatton while landing those meaningful straight lefts that Hatton loves to eat.

[fan johnny]

What Hatton should do is go straight after Pacquiao with body shots to slow Pacquiao down and take some sting out of his punches. He has to mug and maul Pacquiao throwing as many punches to the body as he can getting on the inside as much as possible to use his uppercut and other arsenal of punches. He has to be relentless going after Pacquiao not giving him any room to throw that straight left. Trying to be technical on the outside with Pacquiao just aint going to work with Pacquiao's current skill set. Hatton has to forget about boxing on the outside all together and be that finesse slugger using his mastery on the inside to win this fight.

But we just aint going to see this from Hatton in this fight, not this time around anyway. He's got to get over the loss he had from Mayweather Jr getting beat by Pacquiao will bring him around.

Hatton has Mayweather Sr. in his corner and Hatton is listening to him. That means Hatton is going to continue to do what he did with Malignaggi Jabing his way cutting off the ring to get inside against Pacquiao while to trying to pin him on the ropes. Hatton would get little love tap jabs from Malignaggi on the outside and just walk through them. He'll get taps from Pacquiao but they'll be bad intentions with them to the point were Hatton's aggression is stopped. Buy the 4th round we should see the Ricky of old start to coming back but by then Pacquiao will really get his rhythm going and start to pick Hatton apart. Hatton will get frustrated by the 6-7th rounds and then the real battle should start. All this will be happening while Mayweather Sr. is shouting at Hatton telling him to box step to the side and use his hook more after the jab. By the 10th round Hatton won't have anything left and Pacquiao will knock out Hatton. After this fight, Hatton will fire Mayweather Sr. looking for Hatton/Pacquiao II

[fan johnny]

I know Pac-man is a great all around fighter but I think he is at his best middle to long range.


With this in mind I think Hatton's best chance might be to go balls to the wall like he did against KT.

Close the distance fast and work in side to the body with short hooks.Dont stand in front of Manny doing nothing,lots of head movement.
But dont get drawn into toe to toe slugging as that would suit Pac-Man .


Who has the advantage in speed in this one? I would say Pac

If Hatton comes straight in (which is EXACTLY what Roach and Pac will train for), Pac will step back and turn Hatton while landing those meaningful straight lefts that Hatton loves to eat.

That will only work with a guy that doesn't know how to cut off the ring and Hatton knows how to cut off the ring. Pacquiao will land some of those straight lefts but not like he did against DLH.

[littlebif]

What Hatton should do is go straight after Pacquiao with body shots to slow Pacquiao down and take some sting out of his punches. He has to mug and maul Pacquiao throwing as many punches to the body as he can getting on the inside as much as possible to use his uppercut and other arsenal of punches. He has to be relentless going after Pacquiao not giving him any room to throw that straight left. Trying to be technical on the outside with Pacquiao just aint going to work with Pacquiao's current skill set. Hatton has to forget about boxing on the outside all together and be that finesse slugger using his mastery on the inside to win this fight.

But we just aint going to see this from Hatton in this fight, not this time around anyway. He's got to get over the loss he had from Mayweather Jr getting beat by Pacquiao will bring him around.

Hatton has Mayweather Sr. in his corner and Hatton is listening to him. That means Hatton is going to continue to do what he did with Malignaggi Jabing his way cutting off the ring to get inside against Pacquiao while to trying to pin him on the ropes. Hatton would get little love tap jabs from Malignaggi on the outside and just walk through them. He'll get taps from Pacquiao but they'll be bad intentions with them to the point were Hatton's aggression is stopped. Buy the 4th round we should see the Ricky of old start to coming back but by then Pacquiao will really get his rhythm going and start to pick Hatton apart. Hatton will get frustrated by the 6-7th rounds and then the real battle should start. All this will be happening while Mayweather Sr. is shouting at Hatton telling him to box step to the side and use his hook more after the jab. By the 10th round Hatton won't have anything left and Pacquiao will knock out Hatton. After this fight, Hatton will fire Mayweather Sr. looking for Hatton/Pacquiao II

Mayweather snr will have a good game plan for the fight.

Hatton will have to move his head on the way in and from time to time go in behind his jab not being to predictable once on the inside bang the body and use the uppercut and keep Manny backed up against the ropes aslong as possible.

1 thing that could spell disaster for Ricky if he fights like he did against Lazcanno he got hit with good combination that night, and if Manny catches him like that it will mess him up.But his defence has improved under Mayweather snr so hoping that wont happen.

[KananKrus]

There are only two styles that Pacquiao have not figured out yet to date IMHO. That is the backing-up/counters, (JMM 1&2, EM 1, and MAB 2) and the slick+(dirty style), for lack of a better term, of fighting (Agapito Sanchez, Torrecampo, 3k battery).

Erik Morales, almost lost the first fight when in the last few rounds, he decided to slug it out with Pacquiao. We must consider that Morales has... superior hand speed much like Marquez and Barrera. That is the reason why they can hurt Manny. With that handspeed, they can trade a bit on instances, when opportunity presents itself.

If you fall under that hand speed with your list of skills, better not trade punches, for it will work severely against your conditioning!

Body blows when unsuccessful is easily susceptible to violent counter punches!

[GATLIN]

What would you tell Hatton to do to beat Pac if you were in his corner?

Sure, I can see hardcore Pac fans come in here and say Hatton has nothing at all, Pac is invincible, etc. But for everybody else, what would be the right strategy for Hatton? Advantages, disavantages, things to avoid, etc.

id be telling hatton to keep the pressure on for 3 mins of every round, pressure busts pipes, and not to lunge in, and to move his head to confuse pacman. im feeling very confident that hatton is gonna tko/ko the pacman with some leathal body punching business! the pacman can be vulnerable to those body shots and i feel as soon as pacman has felt 1 of those he will slow down and the KO will be much easier. Id also be telling hatton to keep the fight at his pace, get pacman on the ropes and beat the crap out of him! lol

too obvious, Roach already knows it and will have strategy against it.
Do you think MP is vulnerable to body shots? Barrera, Morales and Marquez could have exposed him years ago. people always bring up pacman's loss via bodyshot....geeeez...that was waaaaaayyyyyy more than a DECADE AGO!!!! he was young, lacked discipline to prepare and maintain his weight and that got him into trouble. If your pinning your hopes on that, say goodbye to Hatton. Manny is totally different today!

[brucelee]

Hatton should hit Pacman in the body. Remember, Pac hasn't been TKoed/KOed via his chin. HAtton chance of winning is only through a TKO.

[Pugilistic]

Hatton has to put pressure on Pacquiao, close the gap quickly, head movement coming in, work the body on the inside, rough him up.

Hatton will get dominated if he tries to box with Pacquiao.