Who do you think the fans will support?

[XaduBoxer]

I expect the Fillipino fans will support Manny.

Many Mexican fans supported Manny in the Hoya fight... Many Americans I think will support Manny against Hatton... Remember Sugar Ray Leonard, Winky Wright, Lennox Lewis said Manny is their favorite boxer...

So I think in the venue, (Filipinos + Mexicans + Americans) > British Hatton fans ...
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[BoomBoom]

I expect the Fillipino fans will support Manny.

Many Mexican fans supported Manny in the Hoya fight... Many Americans I think will support Manny against Hatton... Remember Sugar Ray Leonard, Winky Wright, Lennox Lewis said Manny is their favorite boxer...

So I think in the venue, (Filipinos + Mexicans + Americans) > British Hatton fans ...
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Yeah but Ricky has a decent amount of American fans too. I do think Manny will have a lot of fans but I wont be surprised if its split down the middle.

[XaduBoxer]

I expect the Fillipino fans will support Manny.

Many Mexican fans supported Manny in the Hoya fight... Many Americans I think will support Manny against Hatton... Remember Sugar Ray Leonard, Winky Wright, Lennox Lewis said Manny is their favorite boxer...

So I think in the venue, (Filipinos + Mexicans + Americans) > British Hatton fans ...
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Yeah but Ricky has a decent amount of American fans too. I do think Manny will have a lot of fans but I wont be surprised if its split down the middle.

Probably... maybe 52/48 in favor of PAC (is this the purse split or crowd split?? )
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[Spicoli]

It'll be interesting to see how Pac is welcomed or played up off of drubbing he put on fan friendly DelaHoya.Anyone think he'll have a 'villian' factor??

[XaduBoxer]

It'll be interesting to see how Pac is welcomed or played up off of drubbing he put on fan friendly DelaHoya.Anyone think he'll have a 'villian' factor??

Nope... Hoya gay fans will always remember what PAC said to Hoya right after the fight...

"Whatever happened... You are still my IDOL..." LOL PAC is becoming a good politician...
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[HattonTheHammer]

A good 7,500 flights out to vegas from the UK for that particular weekend already booked and i suspect it`ll be more like 13-15 thousand come the actual fight.

Brits will take over the MGM though i suspect it wont make a blind bit of difference as to who actually wins the fight!!

[kinghippo]

I also think that it is more likely that the remaining tickets will be bought up by Hatton fans coming from the UK than Pac fans.

[XaduBoxer]

It's not really advisable to have that many Hatton fans (80%) in the MGM arena... or else it will come out a very quite night... Hatton fans will muted by the sight of PAC giving a bad beating on Hatton...
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[SigmaMu]

Pac will have the mayority of the support. I don't think Hatton's fans want to spend their hard earned money watching their fighter get destroyed again only this time by a real pound for pound champion like the human buzz saw is.

[HattonTheHammer]

Pac will have the mayority of the support. I don't think Hatton's fans want to spend their hard earned money watching their fighter get destroyed again only this time by a real pound for pound champion like the human buzz saw is.

Even in the midst of a recession and the fact it was only malignaggi a good 6000 turned out to see him fight.

35 thousand fans flocked from the UK to vegas for the mayweather fight something manny pacquiao could only dream about. If you seriously believe pacquiaos couple of hundred die hards are gonna out number the potential 10s of thousands who like myself will be over from the UK your mad.

[Noyork]

It might be a split, but I'll root for Hatton this time. He definitely has the edge against Manny. He's someone who just don't sit there and be a punching bag. If he keeps this trick, no doubt he'll knock out Manny in the 5th round. I saw his videos and I think he is better than Manny Pacquiao. Hatton go for it!

[C-Lo]

Forum-wise, I think there are an equal amount of Hatton-groupies and Pacfans.

Come fight night, I've always said this, the arena will be absolutely bonkers. Pac and Hatton have the most vocal followings in the boxing world. Imagine listening to "There's only one Ricky Hatton" with a "Manny, Manny, Manny" chant combating it. That's what I expect to hear.

I expect the Fillipino fans will support Manny.

What are they all gonna chip in and buy a ferry? I doubt it would be affordable to most in his homeland.

There are a lot of Filipinos in the US. Especially in Cali, New York, and New Jersey. In the US, Filipinos usually work in the health field, the majority of them nurses so a lot of them are financially stable. The Philippines itself is still considered a poor country, but Filipino's in the US are on a different boat which is who comprises most of Pacquiao's audience during his fights.

BTW! I've wanted to go see him fight live the past couple of fights (Marquez, Diaz, De La Hoya, Hatton) but my pops doesn't have much time left so I'd rather watch him fight on TV with my dad rather than see him live without him.