Do you think PAC will inflict the worst beating ever on Hatton?

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More bad news for Team Hatton ...

Pacquiao knocks down sparmate with body shot

April 12, 2009, 5:19pm

Alex Ariza raved so much about the current condition of Manny Pacquiao that the conditioning coach could not come up with anything bad about the progress of the Filipino fighter’s training for the May 2 showdown with Ricky Hatton.

“He’s a juggernaut,” Ariza told the Bulletin yesterday from Los Angeles. Ariza has been presiding over Pacquiao’s strength training at the Wild Card Boxing Club the past several weeks that there’s no doubt in his mind that Pacquiao would prove one thing come fight night.

“Manny’s lethal at this weight division (140 lbs) and he’s going to show that he’s the stronger guy,” said Ariza when told about the common knowledge among aficionados that the British bomber packs more power.

“I will not go as far as saying what Freddie (Roach) said about a third-round knockout but Manny’s been unstoppable right now.” On Saturday afternoon (yesterday morning in Manila), Pacquiao went 10 rounds with three sparring partners, according to Ariza, who supervises Pacquiao’s morning roadwork, his nutrition and plyometrics session, a high-grade form of calisthenics.

“Manny had four rounds with Urbano Antillon, then three with (Raymond) Serrrano and three with David Rodela, who went down from a body shot.” Ariza said Pacquiao weighed 149 lbs last week and “had a 6.75 percent body fat.”

“(Making) the weight (limit of 140 lbs) will not be a problem and we’ll make sure that he even gets to eat on the day of the weighin,” said Ariza, brushing off suggestions that game meat should be included on Pacquiao’s diet.

“We’re sticking to the things that we’re used to.” Meanwhile, Hatton is also deep in training in Las Vegas under Floyd Mayweather Sr.

[XaduBoxer]

BAD news:

Hatton got blackeyes in sparring...


GOOD news:

Hatton is training intensely for the PAC fight...



It's certain Hatton having difficulties dealing with southpaws...

Did you see the trend here? Hoya got a blackeye in sparring and got blasted inside 8 rounds... Hatton got blackeyeS in sparring and will be blasted inside __? ?___ rounds ...
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[Gandalf]

BAD news:

Hatton got blackeyes in sparring...


GOOD news:

Hatton is training intensely for the PAC fight...



It's certain Hatton having difficulties dealing with southpaws...

Did you see the trend here? Hoya got a blackeye in sparring and got blasted inside 8 rounds... Hatton got blackeyeS in sparring and will be blasted inside __? ?___ rounds ...
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Doesn't Hatton use open headgear, unlike the type Pac is using which is more like a Hannibal Lector mask with cushions? Of course Hattons going to be getting a few bruises and getting hit is part and parcel of it.

If Hatton wasn't getting tagged in sparring I would be amazed. Nothing to worry about, he's working things out. I've no doubts Ricky will eat a few on fight night too, he can take a fair few, but will Pac be able to take what's being dished back out? I'm not so sure.

[XaduBoxer]

BAD news:

Hatton got blackeyes in sparring...


GOOD news:

Hatton is training intensely for the PAC fight...



It's certain Hatton having difficulties dealing with southpaws...

Did you see the trend here? Hoya got a blackeye in sparring and got blasted inside 8 rounds... Hatton got blackeyeS in sparring and will be blasted inside __? ?___ rounds ...
.

Doesn't Hatton use open headgear, unlike the type Pac is using which is more like a Hannibal Lector mask with cushions? Of course Hattons going to be getting a few bruises and getting hit is part and parcel of it.

If Hatton wasn't getting tagged in sparring I would be amazed. Nothing to worry about, he's working things out. I've no doubts Ricky will eat a few on fight night too, he can take a fair few, but will Pac be able to take what's being dished back out? I'm not so sure.

It has the same protection for the eyes but more open in the nose section tho... I thought Floyd Sr. is teaching Hatton to "hit and not get hit" but as of now it's not showing yet...

Hatton can take maybe a couple of shots but how about bunches of shots? Definitely PAC can also take some shots...

The real question now is, can Hatton land a clean meaningful shot on PAC?
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[Gandalf]

BAD news:

Hatton got blackeyes in sparring...


GOOD news:

Hatton is training intensely for the PAC fight...



It's certain Hatton having difficulties dealing with southpaws...

Did you see the trend here? Hoya got a blackeye in sparring and got blasted inside 8 rounds... Hatton got blackeyeS in sparring and will be blasted inside __? ?___ rounds ...
.

Doesn't Hatton use open headgear, unlike the type Pac is using which is more like a Hannibal Lector mask with cushions? Of course Hattons going to be getting a few bruises and getting hit is part and parcel of it.

If Hatton wasn't getting tagged in sparring I would be amazed. Nothing to worry about, he's working things out. I've no doubts Ricky will eat a few on fight night too, he can take a fair few, but will Pac be able to take what's being dished back out? I'm not so sure.

It has the same protection for the eyes but more open in the nose section tho... I thought Floyd Sr. is teaching Hatton to "hit and not get hit" but as of now it's not showing yet...

Hatton can take maybe a couple of shots but how about bunches of shots? Definitely PAC can also take some shots...

The real question now is, can Hatton land a clean meaningful shot on PAC?
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I don't recall anybody in recent memory, except for DLH, fail to land a meaningful blow on Manny. Manny isn't that hard to tag, just because Diaz and Oscar couldn't hit him doesn't make him such an elusive fighter. Marquez, Morales and Barrera were all able to land meaningful blows on him. And they are smaller and not neccessarily much faster than Hatton. Manny will get damaged. If he tries to box cute he might get hit less, but if he fights fire with fire, Hatton will burn him up.

We know Hatton can take WW punches and take hard JWW punches, Manny hasn't shown us this yet. Oscar didn't lay a glove on him because he was dead at the weight.

[XaduBoxer]

Doesn't Hatton use open headgear, unlike the type Pac is using which is more like a Hannibal Lector mask with cushions? Of course Hattons going to be getting a few bruises and getting hit is part and parcel of it.

If Hatton wasn't getting tagged in sparring I would be amazed. Nothing to worry about, he's working things out. I've no doubts Ricky will eat a few on fight night too, he can take a fair few, but will Pac be able to take what's being dished back out? I'm not so sure.

It has the same protection for the eyes but more open in the nose section tho... I thought Floyd Sr. is teaching Hatton to "hit and not get hit" but as of now it's not showing yet...

Hatton can take maybe a couple of shots but how about bunches of shots? Definitely PAC can also take some shots...

The real question now is, can Hatton land a clean meaningful shot on PAC?
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I don't recall anybody in recent memory, except for DLH, fail to land a meaningful blow on Manny. Manny isn't that hard to tag, just because Diaz and Oscar couldn't hit him doesn't make him such an elusive fighter. Marquez, Morales and Barrera were all able to land meaningful blows on him. And they are smaller and not neccessarily much faster than Hatton. Manny will get damaged. If he tries to box cute he might get hit less, but if he fights fire with fire, Hatton will burn him up.

We know Hatton can take WW punches and take hard JWW punches, Manny hasn't shown us this yet. Oscar didn't lay a glove on him because he was dead at the weight.

Morales, JMM and Barrera did land some big shots on PAC and PAC absorbed them without causing big problems... What PAC showed at higher weights is more on "not get hit" while still dissing the same slashing and stinging bunches of punches...

PAC also will not back down from any toe-to-toe encounter if necessary... That's what he loves to do and that's what he's looking for... He got an advantage in this situation, he got the faster hands with moderate pop...

Hoya took some powerful shots from MW down to WW... PAC's shots may not be that powerful but it still re-arranged Hoya's face and eventually made Hoya quit... PAC inflicting the worst beating ever on Hoya...

If the same punches will land on Hatton, I'm guessing Hatton will also eventually quit...
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