Pacquiao beating Hatton...I just don't see it

[albsur2006]

Maybe Pac fans can help me out but I don't really see how Pac is so heavily favored in this fight. There have been numerous threads about how Pac is going to destroy Hatton and give him his worst beating ever. I don't see how that is going to happen at all. I can't even see Pacquiao winning the fight. Hatton at 140 is a fucking monster. Pacquiao has the definite edge on handspeed but that's it IMO. What is heavily underrated about Hatton is his insane footspeed and footwork. His technique and quickness is how he's able to always be on you and mugging the shit out of you. Manny WILL NOT be able to sidestep Hatton like he did ODLH, he WILL NOT. Hatton is just as fast as Manny on his feet. The only reason that Hatton even lost to Floyd was because Floyd was able to frustrate Hatton with defense and Floyd used his "size" to bully Hatton when he got tired. Then Floyd just timed Hatton and caught him. Manny will not be able to do anything like that. Hatton won't try to box with him, Hatton will mug him, and I don't think Manny's ever seen that type of pressure. I just don't see how Manny will keep Hatton off of him and I see Hatton punishing Manny on the ropes. Quite honestly, I like Manny, but if Hatton trains properly and looks he has in the past, I really think Manny will get stopped. Can someone please tell me why they think Manny is such a favorite in this fight? Outside of saying something like "because he's P4P #1". Tell me how you envision Manny winning the fight.

I agree that Hatton is being overlooked by the fans and pundits. I join you as one of the few people picking Hatton to stop Pacquiao. Manny's win over a nearly-dead ODLH is being given too much credence. I love MP as a fighter. Tremendous spirit and charisma. But Ricky beats him.

side note: Mayweather didn't have a size advantage on Hatton. Ricky outweighed Floyd on fight night.

I meant to say that Floyd at that point had pretty much grown into 147. Hatton no matter how heavy he is, just isn't that effective at 147.

To all the other Pac positive replies, I give full credit to Pac for his ODLH win. But judging the styles in this fight, I just don't understand how people are saying Manny will sidestep Hatton and use lateral movement and work the jab on Hatton. Sure, Hatton is hittable but I don't care who you are, Hatton WILL force you to brawl. The misconception about Manny is that he's a brawler because he's usually involved in amazing fights. Manny uses space to set up his punches. All the elite guys Manny's fought recently like MAB, JMM, EM, ODLH, and others, all used space and tried to bang with Manny from the outside. The fights were fire fights but they were still fire fights from a boxing distance. Hatton will crowd Manny, Hatton will use his underrated footwork and quickness to stay in front of Manny all night. Oh yeah, and everyone has problems with southpaws including Hatton. But even though he was the naturally smaller man and had physical disadvantages against Collazo, Hatton was still able to bend Collazo's will and make him fight his fight because the footwork and pressure from Hatton is confusing and tough to deal with for 12 rounds. Pacquiao WILL have to fight Hatton's type of fight for a certain amount of the fight and I just don't think he's built for that type of pressure. Manny should land a lot of clean shots but Hatton should win the fight.

[Pacdbest2]

Maybe Pac fans can help me out but I don't really see how Pac is so heavily favored in this fight. There have been numerous threads about how Pac is going to destroy Hatton and give him his worst beating ever. I don't see how that is going to happen at all. I can't even see Pacquiao winning the fight. Hatton at 140 is a fucking monster. Pacquiao has the definite edge on handspeed but that's it IMO. What is heavily underrated about Hatton is his insane footspeed and footwork. His technique and quickness is how he's able to always be on you and mugging the shit out of you. Manny WILL NOT be able to sidestep Hatton like he did ODLH, he WILL NOT. Hatton is just as fast as Manny on his feet. The only reason that Hatton even lost to Floyd was because Floyd was able to frustrate Hatton with defense and Floyd used his "size" to bully Hatton when he got tired. Then Floyd just timed Hatton and caught him. Manny will not be able to do anything like that. Hatton won't try to box with him, Hatton will mug him, and I don't think Manny's ever seen that type of pressure. I just don't see how Manny will keep Hatton off of him and I see Hatton punishing Manny on the ropes. Quite honestly, I like Manny, but if Hatton trains properly and looks he has in the past, I really think Manny will get stopped. Can someone please tell me why they think Manny is such a favorite in this fight? Outside of saying something like "because he's P4P #1". Tell me how you envision Manny winning the fight.

I agree that Hatton is being overlooked by the fans and pundits. I join you as one of the few people picking Hatton to stop Pacquiao. Manny's win over a nearly-dead ODLH is being given too much credence. I love MP as a fighter. Tremendous spirit and charisma. But Ricky beats him.

side note: Mayweather didn't have a size advantage on Hatton. Ricky outweighed Floyd on fight night.

I meant to say that Floyd at that point had pretty much grown into 147. Hatton no matter how heavy he is, just isn't that effective at 147.

To all the other Pac positive replies, I give full credit to Pac for his ODLH win. But judging the styles in this fight, I just don't understand how people are saying Manny will sidestep Hatton and use lateral movement and work the jab on Hatton. Sure, Hatton is hittable but I don't care who you are, Hatton WILL force you to brawl. The misconception about Manny is that he's a brawler because he's usually involved in amazing fights. Manny uses space to set up his punches. All the elite guys Manny's fought recently like MAB, JMM, EM, ODLH, and others, all used space and tried to bang with Manny from the outside. The fights were fire fights but they were still fire fights from a boxing distance. Hatton will crowd Manny, Hatton will use his underrated footwork and quickness to stay in front of Manny all night. Oh yeah, and everyone has problems with southpaws including Hatton. But even though he was the naturally smaller man and had physical disadvantages against Collazo, Hatton was still able to bend Collazo's will and make him fight his fight because the footwork and pressure from Hatton is confusing and tough to deal with for 12 rounds. Pacquiao WILL have to fight Hatton's type of fight for a certain amount of the fight and I just don't think he's built for that type of pressure. Manny should land a lot of clean shots but Hatton should win the fight.

I admire your belief in Hatton but the truth is if hatton chose to Brawl with Pac, This fight will end very quick. Although EM, JMM & MAB are not a 140 pounder, those guys are in the top of the food chain when Pac fought them. Each of those guys at least hit Pac flush but nobody among them come close to Putting Pac down.

IT takes only Floyd one accurate shot to wobble Hatton. Floyd is not known for one punch KO artist. But a shot from him is enough to KO Hatton. Pac has put down Granite chin guys who supossed to be naturally bigger than him and he's doing this consistently. if I reconcile this facts it's clear to see that if Pac-Hatton's gonna Brawl and If you want to pick who will likely to fall in the canvas. The clear answer will be Hatton coz he visited canvas just recently.

Hatton has no real option to beat Pac. He can't outbox Pac on the outside coz his arms are too short to even land a Jab. He bang with Pac & his chin will fail him. Go toe to toe with Pac & he will end up busted up as Pac has the quicker, sharper & Stronger punch.

Hatton's chance is to make the fight dirty & Ugly as possible. But I don't see this happening coz Pac's foot speed are superior for Hatton to catch Pac. Either way I don't see Hatton winning this fight. His style is just made for Pac.

[Andre]

I agree that Hatton is being overlooked by the fans and pundits. I join you as one of the few people picking Hatton to stop Pacquiao. Manny's win over a nearly-dead ODLH is being given too much credence. I love MP as a fighter. Tremendous spirit and charisma. But Ricky beats him.

side note: Mayweather didn't have a size advantage on Hatton. Ricky outweighed Floyd on fight night.

I meant to say that Floyd at that point had pretty much grown into 147. Hatton no matter how heavy he is, just isn't that effective at 147.

To all the other Pac positive replies, I give full credit to Pac for his ODLH win. But judging the styles in this fight, I just don't understand how people are saying Manny will sidestep Hatton and use lateral movement and work the jab on Hatton. Sure, Hatton is hittable but I don't care who you are, Hatton WILL force you to brawl. The misconception about Manny is that he's a brawler because he's usually involved in amazing fights. Manny uses space to set up his punches. All the elite guys Manny's fought recently like MAB, JMM, EM, ODLH, and others, all used space and tried to bang with Manny from the outside. The fights were fire fights but they were still fire fights from a boxing distance. Hatton will crowd Manny, Hatton will use his underrated footwork and quickness to stay in front of Manny all night. Oh yeah, and everyone has problems with southpaws including Hatton. But even though he was the naturally smaller man and had physical disadvantages against Collazo, Hatton was still able to bend Collazo's will and make him fight his fight because the footwork and pressure from Hatton is confusing and tough to deal with for 12 rounds. Pacquiao WILL have to fight Hatton's type of fight for a certain amount of the fight and I just don't think he's built for that type of pressure. Manny should land a lot of clean shots but Hatton should win the fight.

I admire your belief in Hatton but the truth is if hatton chose to Brawl with Pac, This fight will end very quick. Although EM, JMM & MAB are not a 140 pounder, those guys are in the top of the food chain when Pac fought them. Each of those guys at least hit Pac flush but nobody among them come close to Putting Pac down.

IT takes only Floyd one accurate shot to wobble Hatton. Floyd is not known for one punch KO artist. But a shot from him is enough to KO Hatton. Pac has put down Granite chin guys who supossed to be naturally bigger than him and he's doing this consistently. if I reconcile this facts it's clear to see that if Pac-Hatton's gonna Brawl and If you want to pick who will likely to fall in the canvas. The clear answer will be Hatton coz he visited canvas just recently.

Hatton has no real option to beat Pac. He can't outbox Pac on the outside coz his arms are too short to even land a Jab. He bang with Pac & his chin will fail him. Go toe to toe with Pac & he will end up busted up as Pac has the quicker, sharper & Stronger punch.

Hatton's chance is to make the fight dirty & Ugly as possible. But I don't see this happening coz Pac's foot speed are superior for Hatton to catch Pac. Either way I don't see Hatton winning this fight. His style is just made for Pac.

I agree fully:

By the way, that is a much more civilized way to put things than, the I know more than you approach.

[Spicoli]

Clearly a sign of the Apocolypse....DIOS returns & pretends to support Hatton.... someone grab the shovel!