Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Good. Its a fight that needs to happen.

Its a long time though, and Ricky is bound to double in body weight before he gets anywhere near a training camp. His ballooning is just annoying. He's going to be retired in about 2 years max, so Ive no idea why he cannot just stay in relatively decent shape between fights. Pac is no Urango, Maussa or Lazcano. He certainly needs to be a lot more ready than those fights.

I really think Hatton can beat Manny. But it is a fight that scares me a little.
I totally agree with you; if he was almost constantly at fighting weight [or thereabouts] I think he would up his game considerably; I mean, more time in the gym has to be productive, right? As for the training camp, Hatton trained for longer than usual prior to his fight with Malignaggi, didn't he? I think he'll need to train even longer and harder if he wants to beat Pac, and keep working with Mayweather to improve his defence. Having said that, I don't think Hatton will turn up weighing less than expected [a la de la hoya] and I do think Hatton will use the extra weight and his natural advantage in size and strength to batter Pac for the duration of the fight. However, if Pac performs like he did against DLH he'll probably land a lot of punches [hence why it's so important for Hatton to work on his defence with Mayweather] and so I fear Hatton will have to get the stoppage or face the likelihood Pac will out-point him. However, if Hatton brings his 'A' game and polishes up those defences I can really see him knocking Pac out.