Pacquiao-Hatton.

[Gandalf]

I really wanted Hatton to win that and it broke my heart to see him so outclassed. He looked bewildered and lost between rounds not even knowing who to listen to which says a lot about the preparation. He came out bravely in round 2 but it was kamikaze against a fighter so much faster.

Hatton was his own worst enemy between fights and I think it told badly against Manny. His chin was not as resiliant and he was stiff and also not as boxing smart as he used to be. It led to a performance that even today I struggle to sit through. Pure devastation.

It was all wrong and Manny turned out to be not a smaller man whence him able to go to WW and stay there and permanently damage other fighters.

Pac was at his best and Hatton wasfighting his demons and recovering from a KO. Even against Lazcano (?) he looked on shaky legs a couple of times and a fight with Paulie doesn't show you can still take a punch.

[imp]

Hatton was obsessed with the pound for pound title..he lost to Mayweather and mentally collapsed.

He wouldn’t have beaten Pac anyway at any stage of his career..he loved to drink and gain weight and just wasn’t disciplined enough.

[Gandalf]

When was the last time anybody saw Manny or Floyd fat like Morales or Hatton? Yes, definitely a difference in application and attitude.

[Ron Swanson]

When was the last time anybody saw Manny or Floyd fat like Morales or Hatton? Yes, definitely a difference in application and attitude.

Ahh, the irony of some saying the training doesn’t matter

[El Kabong]

Why was Pac able to blast Hatton?

Ricky was older, slower, and his body had yo-yoed up and down in weight too much. Plus Manny Pacquiao may have been a guy who juiced....not saying he absolutely did, but there are questions about him just like there are questions about Juan Manuel Marquez.

[Mark TKO]

Just watched it again for first time in ages.

Hatton was nowhere and Pac was in the zone of his career.

That slow mo from behind Hatton of the ko punch sending ripples down his head still gives me the shivers

[El Kabong]

Just watched it again for first time in ages.

Hatton was nowhere and Pac was in the zone of his career.

That slow mo from behind Hatton of the ko punch sending ripples down his head still gives me the shivers

Oh yeah, that KO was just BRUTAL man.


I think even in Hatton's prime he would have had trouble with Pacquiao's style just because he bounced around in and out and didn't get trapped against the ropes. Ricky could do the work now, but his best was vs an opponent with slower feet that he could bully and use his weight and muscle against.


It's why I think Cotto would have been a disastrous fight for Ricky...still wanted to see it though at 140 or 147.


I still think Hatton-Gatti or Hatton-Ward or Hatton-JMM even would have been nice....Hatton-Corrales would have been good too.


Ricky was a mauler and had some good fights, some that looked more like wrestling, but he could have had even more really amazing bouts, probably best for his current health that he didn't though. Hell of a career.