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I think you're not giving Hatton as much credit as he deserves. In all fairness pac man and hatton are two very familiar fighters, they both throw punches like crazy, they both hit hard and both can take a good whack.. only Hatton hits harder and Hatton has taken harder whacks. Seriously.. the only advantage Manny has going for him in his fight is his speed.. and even that might not prove useful if Hatton can neutralise it like he's done to many other fighters.

As for Hattons defensive skills... he doesn't get hit too often, he's a little vulnerable to the straights I will admit but if Floyd Snr can get his head movement going again he will be much better prepared.

Honestly, I just wish people would stop writing one of the boxers off before the fight, the main reason the pac fans seem to be getting a bad rep on this forum is because of their blatant biased posts which do nothing but hail pac man as a god. I may be a Hatton fan boy, but at least i'm not afraid to admit his bad points and praise his opponents for their good points.
I'm not writing hatton off, I just don't see him being effective with Pac's style. Hatton can catch Pac with one big one. But if you look at the history of both fighters, Pac has improved a lot & gets stronger. Hatton didn't show a big improvement in his game lately.
Hatton's defense has slightly improved and Pacquiao still gets hit, Hatton still has his stamina, is the naturally stronger guy at 140 and honestly the only advantage i give to Pacquiao is speed and he has better straight punches, that said its almost a 50/50 fight
The experts Put DLH a 2;1 Favorite over Pac. I predicted that fight as a Domination by Pac. And i end up exactly right.

This Pac-Hatton is no 50-50 fight. Pac-PBf is the 50-50 fight. Pac-Jmm will be 55-45 fight. Pac hatton is a 70-30 fight in favor of Pac. Hatton is not in the same level as Pac, JMm & PBF.