Quote Originally Posted by Pacstraightleft
Quote Originally Posted by miles
Quote Originally Posted by Pacstraightleft
Okay folks,

Hatton beats Pac @ 140

Pac beats Hatton @ 130

Nuff said

Class Dismissed!
Why on earth would Hatton be fighting Pac at 130 pounds? Its not even remotely possible?!
It is possible.

Have you seen Pac-Morales 3? Erik drained himself to go down 130 from 180.

Same thing what will happen with Ricky. He will be weak and uncomfortably slow if he meet Pac @ 130.

If you say Hatton will easily beat Pac @ 140.. I agree!, but Pac will also easily beat Hatton @ 130.
It was hard to pick just one person to reply to on this largely idiotic thread but honestly to say that Pacquio would beat Hatton at 130 is just a dumb statement considering Hatton fights 2 weight divisions above.

You know what if Pacquiao fought a prime Ali at 130 lb he would whip his ass too.

Most fighters choose to fight in their natural weight class which means the weight which is most appropriate for their body. Saying that one guy would beat another guy if the first guy emaciated himself to make weight is just a stupid self evident statement. It's like saying Peter McNeely could have beaten Tyson if Tyson had one arm tied behind his back, just a stupid thing to say.


Anyhoo back on topic there is no way Pacquiao could beat Hatton at 140. Pacman may be a half inch taller than Hatton but he has a much smaller frame and started out at 112lbs!

Plus both fighters use their physical size and strength to overcome their opponents. As we saw with Hatton, when moving up to 147 and faced with a naturally bigger man, he couldn't overwhelm him like he could smaller guys and that would be the exact same problem for Pacquiao if he moved up 2 weight classes to fight Ricky.

Ricky would just bully him. He'd be able to out muscle him on the inside and he'd either win a wide UD or knock Manny out.

People talking about Floyd moving up, well it's totally different. Floyd is phenomenally talented boxer who has the ring skills to outbox people and so can move up the weights and fight bigger guys as he's not relying on physical power to beat them.

Pacman relies on physical power, he's a puncher. Against bigger men his punches would have less effect whilst those of his opponents would have more. And Manny has never been hard to hit............