Boxing fans favor a Hatton vs. Pacquiao fight next

[KKisser]

i voted others. valero needs to be tested first against a named opponent, soto could be good but dangerous match-up for him. a bout with hatton is too soon and should be held at the end of pac's career. manny can have a choice of opponent from the ff:

katsidis-diaz winner
campbell-guzman winner
casamayor-marquez winner

[XaduBoxer]

i voted others. valero needs to be tested first against a named opponent, soto could be good but dangerous match-up for him. a bout with hatton is too soon and should be held at the end of pac's career. manny can have a choice of opponent from the ff:

katsidis-diaz winner
campbell-guzman winner
casamayor-marquez winner

These boxers you mentioned will be fighting in September and I think by that time PAC will be in training already for his November 8 fight (probably against Hatton).

[KKisser]

i voted others. valero needs to be tested first against a named opponent, soto could be good but dangerous match-up for him. a bout with hatton is too soon and should be held at the end of pac's career. manny can have a choice of opponent from the ff:

katsidis-diaz winner
campbell-guzman winner
casamayor-marquez winner

These boxers you mentioned will be fighting in September and I think by that time PAC will be in training already for his November 8 fight (probably against Hatton).

forget about the november date, i figured manny can fight any of the above i mentioned sometime in december, that would give whoever that is 3 months from his last fight. then the other 2 winners slug it out, the winner of which manny will face sometime between march and june of 2009. if pac comes on top of those fights then and only then should he consider going up another weight division to face hatton or whoever is top dog there by that time (though i hope it's still the hitman). that would be the ideal scenario for me.

[ICB]

I have no problem with Pacquiao fighting Hatton but i wouldn't like him moving up and moving down straight away in weight, sure its not a lot of weight but it can still effect you. So Pacquiao has to be careful im not sure how i want him to finish off his career but i would say these 3 fights.

Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton
Manny Pacquiao vs Edwin Valero beginning of 2009
Manny Pacquiao vs JMM vs Casamayor winner mid 2009

And if Pacquiao has one fight left after that then i would like him to fight Guzman.

[XaduBoxer]

i voted others. valero needs to be tested first against a named opponent, soto could be good but dangerous match-up for him. a bout with hatton is too soon and should be held at the end of pac's career. manny can have a choice of opponent from the ff:

katsidis-diaz winner
campbell-guzman winner
casamayor-marquez winner

These boxers you mentioned will be fighting in September and I think by that time PAC will be in training already for his November 8 fight (probably against Hatton).

forget about the november date, i figured manny can fight any of the above i mentioned sometime in december, that would give whoever that is 3 months from his last fight. then the other 2 winners slug it out, the winner of which manny will face sometime between march and june of 2009. if pac comes on top of those fights then and only then should he consider going up another weight division to face hatton or whoever is top dog there by that time (though i hope it's still the hitman). that would be the ideal scenario for me.

I think Manny don't have to wait for the outcome of this September Lightweight tournament. If Hatton is not available then PAC can settle with Valero or whoever is available.

[Galaxy]

For his next fight with Hatton & JMM tied up I'd go with Valero.

But I want to see Pacquiao face the Casamyor/ JMM winner for the lightweight championship before a Hatton bout. That would be Pacquiao's 4th linear championship should he win!

[HattonTheHammer]

why the fudge is juan diaz now suddenly old news ever since that lost to nate??

He got beat by a more experienced, hungry fighter that outboxed him on the night.

But he is still a world class opponent who on his day could beat anybody in the 135 and below divisions.

Id love to see juan get the chance of a lifetime against manny.

[KKisser]

These boxers you mentioned will be fighting in September and I think by that time PAC will be in training already for his November 8 fight (probably against Hatton).

forget about the november date, i figured manny can fight any of the above i mentioned sometime in december, that would give whoever that is 3 months from his last fight. then the other 2 winners slug it out, the winner of which manny will face sometime between march and june of 2009. if pac comes on top of those fights then and only then should he consider going up another weight division to face hatton or whoever is top dog there by that time (though i hope it's still the hitman). that would be the ideal scenario for me.

I think Manny don't have to wait for the outcome of this September Lightweight tournament. If Hatton is not available then PAC can settle with Valero or whoever is available.

the problem is that there's word that honda doesn't want valero to face pacman at this time cos he feels valero's not ready, and what i don't like about valero is that he hasn't really been tested by a noteworthy opponent and hasn't even fought at 135lbs. pacs camp might be looking at julio diaz as a keep busy fight.