Is Hatton Pac's most powerful opponent yet?

[BlackRazor]

Hatton may have the edge in strength and size, 'cause remember that 140 is Hatton's weight and has been forever. And also remember that although Pac looked incredibly strong at 147 against DLH, he was still several divisions north of his natural fighting weight. I still think it's nothing short of amazing how Pac went up all those weight divisions and maintained his speed, agility, and brought some power up with him.

But there's a difference between fighting drained, washed-up, all-past-his-prime DLH at 147, and fighting Hatton at his natural weight. I think this (Pac-Hatton) will be a much more competitive fight than was Pac-DLH, but I still give Pac the edge. Hatton may have the size advantage, but Pac has fought guys (JMM, MAB, Morales) with many more skills than Hatton brings to the table.

Great points Tito!

[Master]

Hatton will be the strongest and most powerful-est opponent Pac has faced. It will be harder for Pac as his natural weight should be at lightweight and possibly below, so that he can use his size and power against the smaller fighters. Hatton will take Pac's shots and come back with stronger ones of his own. Pac will survive with his boxing speed and southpaw stance for a while but will get hurt and stopped possibly late by Hatton.

[levi#1BoxingFan]

Hattons power is not going to be as effective as what you might think IMO. For power to even be effective its got to land. I believe that will be the problem for Ricky Hatton. Pacquiao's movement from his head to his feet will give Hatton problems all night long. To me speed is more important in this fight than power. Ricky Hatton is powerful but Pacquiao has some stone hands himself. Its not just speed that has stopped so many of Pacquiao's opponets. When Hatton fought Mayweather, he was head hunting all night, not investing in the body at all and I think thats what cost him the fight. With Pacquiao's equally if not more impressive movement I think this fight will end up the same way, except not a one punch knockout. Im going with an 11th round TKO. Winner Manny Pacquiao. I think it will be a very entertaining fight!

[El Kabong]

Well I think Ricky Hatton has had his day you can't yo-yo your weight so much and still be the same guy. I don't think Mayweather's training style will help him either.

Pacquiao will have to watch out for the clinching and infighting Hatton loves to do. Ricky is going to try and bully Pacquiao and as always I think Manny is going to use his speed and agility to land power punches. Manny has too much speed, too much stamina for Ricky to handle....Ricky's best shot is to make it a rough fight and wear Manny down which he has the ability to do....I just don't know how Ricky is going to take to the southpaw stance vs a guy with fast hands and good power.

[hitmann]

Well I think Ricky Hatton has had his day you can't yo-yo your weight so much and still be the same guy. I don't think Mayweather's training style will help him either.

Pacquiao will have to watch out for the clinching and infighting Hatton loves to do. Ricky is going to try and bully Pacquiao and as always I think Manny is going to use his speed and agility to land power punches. Manny has too much speed, too much stamina for Ricky to handle....Ricky's best shot is to make it a rough fight and wear Manny down which he has the ability to do....I just don't know how Ricky is going to take to the southpaw stance vs a guy with fast hands and good power.

fair points mate, but there was definatley an improvement from hatton in the malignaggi fight that id attribute to mayweather snr. He still got hit a bit too much but alot less than he usually gets hit. As for the clinching, it was malignaggi doing all the clinching all night long in his last fight. i think the southpaw stance will cause problems for hatton just because hatton has always struggled with them.

[JazMerkin]

Hattons power is not going to be as effective as what you might think IMO. For power to even be effective its got to land. I believe that will be the problem for Ricky Hatton. Pacquiao's movement from his head to his feet will give Hatton problems all night long. To me speed is more important in this fight than power. Ricky Hatton is powerful but Pacquiao has some stone hands himself. Its not just speed that has stopped so many of Pacquiao's opponets. When Hatton fought Mayweather, he was head hunting all night, not investing in the body at all and I think thats what cost him the fight. With Pacquiao's equally if not more impressive movement I think this fight will end up the same way, except not a one punch knockout. Im going with an 11th round TKO. Winner Manny Pacquiao. I think it will be a very entertaining fight!

Actually having re-watched the fight just last night, I can say that isn't true. Hatton did try & go to the body in order to slow Mayweather down, the problem he found was the shoulder roll kept taking the effectiveness of that away. Also that fight was most definitely not a one punch knockout, Hatton went down from an accumulation of punches, and anyone who's watched the fight can see that he couldn't deal with the precision.

However, even though I will be supporting Hatton, I would still favour Pacquiao in this fight because his speed will keep him away from Hatton on the outside. Also I think Hatton may get caught with flurries in much the same way that Diaz did against him. However, I don't see Hatton getting knocked out, but I think Pacquiao may well drop him at least once. As good as Kostya Tszyu was he was not anywhere near as quick as Pacquiao, and I think if Pacquiao trys to fight smart and not let Hatton get him on the inside than he should box to a UD. Most people watching the fight know Mayweather could have chosen to spend the whole night potshotting as he did against Baldomir, but appeared to fight on the inside to prove a point to Hatton given some of the pre-fight comments. When he did chose to hit him on the outside, the speed & accumulation of punches is what handed Hatton defeat, and Pacquiao can more than match this if boxes smart. However, if Hatton can cut down the ring and keep it on the inside, then the fact Pac's arms are so long will count against him, and Hatton could cause him some problems. However, like I said above I don't see this happening

[leftylee]

Hattons power is not going to be as effective as what you might think IMO. For power to even be effective its got to land. I believe that will be the problem for Ricky Hatton. Pacquiao's movement from his head to his feet will give Hatton problems all night long. To me speed is more important in this fight than power. Ricky Hatton is powerful but Pacquiao has some stone hands himself. Its not just speed that has stopped so many of Pacquiao's opponets. When Hatton fought Mayweather, he was head hunting all night, not investing in the body at all and I think thats what cost him the fight. With Pacquiao's equally if not more impressive movement I think this fight will end up the same way, except not a one punch knockout. Im going with an 11th round TKO. Winner Manny Pacquiao. I think it will be a very entertaining fight!

Actually having re-watched the fight just last night, I can say that isn't true. Hatton did try & go to the body in order to slow Mayweather down, the problem he found was the shoulder roll kept taking the effectiveness of that away. Also that fight was most definitely not a one punch knockout, Hatton went down from an accumulation of punches, and anyone who's watched the fight can see that he couldn't deal with the precision.

However, even though I will be supporting Hatton, I would still favour Pacquiao in this fight because his speed will keep him away from Hatton on the outside. Also I think Hatton may get caught with flurries in much the same way that Diaz did against him. However, I don't see Hatton getting knocked out, but I think Pacquiao may well drop him at least once. As good as Kostya Tszyu was he was not anywhere near as quick as Pacquiao, and I think if Pacquiao trys to fight smart and not let Hatton get him on the inside than he should box to a UD. Most people watching the fight know Mayweather could have chosen to spend the whole night potshotting as he did against Baldomir, but appeared to fight on the inside to prove a point to Hatton given some of the pre-fight comments. When he did chose to hit him on the outside, the speed & accumulation of punches is what handed Hatton defeat, and Pacquiao can more than match this if boxes smart. However, if Hatton can cut down the ring and keep it on the inside, then the fact Pac's arms are so long will count against him, and Hatton could cause him some problems. However, like I said above I don't see this happening

You can't put Ricky Hatton's name in the same sentence with a bum like David Diaz.

BTW Hatton smashes Pac.

[mod777]

Not unless he will came Face to face with the former no. 1 Floyd Mayweather No that is a True Test of hi skillsmanship!

[fan johnny]

Not unless he will came Face to face with the former no. 1 Floyd Mayweather No that is a True Test of hi skillsmanship!

Mayweather never..... faces Pacquiao. Especial after Pacquiao beats Hatton.

[levi#1BoxingFan]

Hatton is not quick on his feet. He simply comes in ties you up and try to bully you. Hardly any movement at all. He usually makes for very boring fights, but with Pacquiao's movement he's gonna be teeing off on Hattons face. This fight will be stopped, I'll garuntee it!

[uleashed]

Hatton may have the edge in strength and size, 'cause remember that 140 is Hatton's weight and has been forever. And also remember that although Pac looked incredibly strong at 147 against DLH, he was still several divisions north of his natural fighting weight. I still think it's nothing short of amazing how Pac went up all those weight divisions and maintained his speed, agility, and brought some power up with him.

But there's a difference between fighting drained, washed-up, all-past-his-prime DLH at 147, and fighting Hatton at his natural weight. I think this (Pac-Hatton) will be a much more competitive fight than was Pac-DLH, but I still give Pac the edge. Hatton may have the size advantage, but Pac has fought guys (JMM, MAB, Morales) with many more skills than Hatton brings to the table.

Great points Tito!

I like the point but first, even Hatton fighting at his natural weight, hatton should triple up his training because as some annalist said here in the forum, Hatton is more powerful than pac...I agree. But the question is...Can Hatton unleash those power if pac is always ahead of him? SPEED KILLS again here.

Second. DLH is not washed up...he was not able to figure out Pac. Other hand SPEED KILLS.

My opinion, Pac goal is not Hatton here...It is Mayweather. Sorry to say that but Hatton is a post fighter and for the million times I said this...PACMAN KNOWS!

After May...Hatton is going to be a washed-up fighter. Believe it!

[fan johnny]

I like the point but first, even Hatton fighting at his natural weight, hatton should triple up his training because as some annalist said here in the forum, Hatton is more powerful than pac...I agree. But the question is...Can Hatton unleash those power if pac is always ahead of him? SPEED KILLS again here.

Second. DLH is not washed up...he was not able to figure out Pac. Other hand SPEED KILLS.

My opinion, Pac goal is not Hatton here...It is Mayweather. Sorry to say that but Hatton is a post fighter and for the million times I said this...PACMAN KNOWS!

After May...Hatton is going to be a washed-up fighter. Believe it!

Hatton is not washed up! not even if he gets beat by Pacquiao. He just lost some that confidence getting OK'd by PBF. Once he realizes that He should drop Mayweather Sr. and go back to the style that put him on top. He'll start really kicking ass again.

He still looses to the PACMAN though.