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

[Gandalf]

Oh I'm trembling.

You should be. Hatton is going to break a nations hearts!

...Again!

But this time he's gonna headbutt Pac's cleto Reyes gloves (not the ring post) a thousand times.

In your dreams. Manny is finally beyond his means. He will be mutilated old English Style.

[XaduBoxer]

Latest update from PAC-HAT HBO 24/7 2nd Episode:

"Pacquiao continues to batter his sparring partners this time flooring an opponent with a vicious body shot. The opponent is down and can not get up and can not even move..."

[morenagirl]

im not a boxing analyst and i wont say i know all bout boxing but in my opinion pacquiao will win. you have to remember the issue before this fight when hatton's camp was giving him a deadline. and manny was pissed off. i think manny will want to prove something to him lol..IMHO.

and ofcourse im a pacman fan id think lesser of filipinos if we didnt support our own.

and you know hatton fans dont listen to pacman fans also so it goes both ways.

[Gandalf]

im not a boxing analyst and i wont say i know all bout boxing but in my opinion pacquiao will win. you have to remember the issue before this fight when hatton's camp was giving him a deadline. and manny was pissed off. i think manny will want to prove something to him lol..IMHO.

and ofcourse im a pacman fan id think lesser of filipinos if we didnt support our own.

and you know hatton fans dont listen to pacman fans also so it goes both ways.

I think Hatton also had every right to be annoyed with the negotiations. It was long drawn out and Hatton even had to tell Manny to find his bic in order to try and get things signed.

Hatton fans do listen to Pac fans, I listen to what the other side is saying very carefully as do many others. I actually get the feeling that it's the Pac fans who are unable to step outside the box and listen carefully.

[morenagirl]

ya but my point is that there are also hatton fans who dont listen maybe not u. if u say so. but its the same for both. so its unfair to say filipinos dont know true boxing and just follow pacman. the truth is there are alot of boxers in the Philippines who havent been given the chance not just pacman. We respect him alot because hes helping other boxers get noticed. and hes an inspiration to the whole country.

[Gandalf]

im not a boxing analyst and i wont say i know all bout boxing but in my opinion pacquiao will win. you have to remember the issue before this fight when hatton's camp was giving him a deadline. and manny was pissed off. i think manny will want to prove something to him lol..IMHO.

and ofcourse im a pacman fan id think lesser of filipinos if we didnt support our own.

and you know hatton fans dont listen to pacman fans also so it goes both ways.

I think Hatton also had every right to be annoyed with the negotiations. It was long drawn out and Hatton even had to tell Manny to find his bic in order to try and get things signed.

Hatton fans do listen to Pac fans, I listen to what the other side is saying very carefully as do many others. I actually get the feeling that it's the Pac fans who are unable to step outside the box and listen carefully.

That was a bit harsh on my part. Of course, there are a lot of Hatton fanboys who are much the same. But I think a lot of those supporting Manny are simply Manny fans, they don't know too much about boxing. Anybody who knows boxing knows that this is a great matchup and it's great because it really could go either way according to whoever gets it right on the night. I think more Hatton fans are showing an awareness of this fact than Pac fans who are hanging off the words of Roach thinking that this is a cakewalk. It's no cakewalk, it's a top draw war. And I can't wait!

[Gandalf]

Latest update from PAC-HAT HBO 24/7 2nd Episode:

"Pacquiao continues to batter his sparring partners this time flooring an opponent with a vicious body shot. The opponent is down and can not get up and can not even move..."

That was a decent episode, but too much of Roach and Mayweather IMO and not quite enough of the fighters.

That sparring partner seemed a little bit gay laying there for the cameras. I like the way we are seeing nothing of Hattons sparring besides still photographs. Working hard and keeping it all under wraps.

[morenagirl]

thats coz mayweather talks too much.

[Gandalf]

thats coz mayweather talks too much.

Both of the coaches like the spotlight too much for my liking. Roach is just as talkative as Mayweather.

[littlebif]

thats coz mayweather talks too much.

Both of the coaches like the spotlight too much for my liking. Roach is just as talkative as Mayweather.

Roach's has change since this fight got made.Mayweather is his normal self (cocky).Roach is even playing mind games even tho they backfire.

[XaduBoxer]

Latest update from PAC-HAT HBO 24/7 2nd Episode:

"Pacquiao continues to batter his sparring partners this time flooring an opponent with a vicious body shot. The opponent is down and can not get up and can not even move..."

That was a decent episode, but too much of Roach and Mayweather IMO and not quite enough of the fighters.

That sparring partner seemed a little bit gay laying there for the cameras. I like the way we are seeing nothing of Hattons sparring besides still photographs. Working hard and keeping it all under wraps.

Well I think this one is the trainers' episode, next week's episode you won't see anymore the faces of Freddie and Joy...

We knew Hatton is working hard in training as evident by those blackeyes (both eyes) he got from sparring 5 different southpaw boxers... Most probably it's Lara or Cornelius Lock who inflicted those blackeyes... Think of this, if Hatton got blackeyes in sparring, IMO he will get multiple cuts on his face on fight night and will be eventually knocked out...
.

[littlebif]

Its the way Hatton fights he will always get hit but thats his style and it's worked everytime apart from once.

[XaduBoxer]

Its the way Hatton fights he will always get hit but thats his style and it's worked everytime apart from once.

That's why I'm worried on PAC inflicting the worst beating ever on Hatton... Hatton gets hit a lot and PAC throws punches in bunches... But Hatton is one tough guy and won't go down easily so he will continue to receive hits after hits... His face will be cluttered with multiple cuts and all sorts of welts before he will eventually kiss the canvass...
.

[XaduBoxer]

link --> Hatton not afraid to reinvent himself

Ricky Hatton has a plan. Doesn't everyone?
He believes. Doesn't everyone?

He trusts that come the evening of May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden, he will beat the world's best pound-for-pound fighter in Manny Pacquiao.

Doesn't everyone?
Well, no.
Does anyone?

Pacquiao is a strong favorite in the 140-pound junior welterweight title fight, and you would be pressed to find any viewpoint outside those members of the Hatton camp and streets of Manchester, England, who don't agree that thousands of disappointed Brits will be strolling the Strip a few weeks from now.

The local economy still should earn a boost at all drinking establishments that night. There just won't be many smiles with all those pints of Guinness.
"There is nothing to worry about," Hatton's trainer said. "The only thing I'm worried about is if there will be an ambulance to take (Pacquiao's) ass to the hospital.

"He's a southpaw. We're going to be the northpaw. We are going to beat him. We are the northpaw. He's the southpaw. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
No one does.

They are the always amusing and rambling thoughts of Floyd Mayweather Sr., the man Hatton turned to when his career seemed at that point of either advancing to more memorable heights or crashing like the 5-year-old from sugar overload.

This is why Hatton can win May 2. He is unlike most fighters. He admits weakness. He is not stubborn enough to think 45-1 with 36 knockouts can't be improved.

He was roughed up and knocked out by Mayweather's son in December 2007, followed that by looking pedestrian in winning a 12-round unanimous decision against Juan Lazcano and promptly fired longtime trainer Billy Graham.

Fighters boot trainers all the time. But in showing Graham the door, Hatton parted ways with his mentor, his close friend, the man he partnered with to form one of the most successful duos in British boxing history. Hatton is 30 and worked with Graham since age 18.

This was as personal as you get in this business.
"I needed to get beat by Floyd Jr. to know what I had to do," Hatton said. "If I had kept getting away with it, getting away with it, getting away with it, I would have stayed with my friend.

"Nobody can take away what Billy and I did together, but for years he showed signs of slowing down. Consequently, it slowed me down and showed in my performances. Not his fault. Father Time. It will happen to all of us. Billy was having needles in his hands for his pain and saying, 'You're punching hard, Rick.' I'd think, 'You can't feel your hands, Billy.'
"As hard as it was, it was the right decision to part with Billy."

He wanted and needed to become a more technical fighter. A better defensive one. Someone who would not sprint from his corner on a straight line with a head that didn't move and feet that seemed stuck in concrete and merely brawl his way to wins. He hired Mayweather Sr. with the hopes of changing it all.

The partnership was alive for just seven weeks when Hatton in November punished Paulie Malignaggi to the point his corner threw in the towel 28 seconds into the 11th round. This is what gives Hatton and his brazen trainer such confidence about the Pacquiao fight, that the passing months have created an even quicker and smarter version of Hatton.

They see a Pacquiao who while extraordinarily fast and powerful, counts his greatest win against an aging Oscar De La Hoya who many believed had one foot in the ring that evening in December and the other in retirement. They are convinced that if Hatton gets into trouble early, he won't revert back into his old, statuesque self. That he will choose, even when prodded, to be a boxer over a brawler.
They have a plan.
They believe.

"Ricky is still learning," Mayweather said. "Nobody is going to erase everything from before in one day or two fights. But he's coming along. He could win this fight without me. I feel that good about it.

"Manny has a good left jab, but when I see the way he throws punches, I see an amateur. When you beat De La Hoya with that, it means De La Hoya quit, forget, end of story.

"Ricky is going to beat his ass. I'm not looking for a beat down. I'm looking for a stop down."

I can't see it. Can't see Hatton successfully controlling Pacquiao's quickness and skill. Can't see anything but what the odds suggest. Can't envision anything but thousands of Brits boosting our economy by drowning their sorrows.

But the chance is there for Hatton because he showed the wisdom to embrace change and not look back. Because after losing for the first time as a professional following 43 wins, he wasn't afraid to reinvent himself.

Just like any good northpaw.

[Gandalf]

Latest update from PAC-HAT HBO 24/7 2nd Episode:

"Pacquiao continues to batter his sparring partners this time flooring an opponent with a vicious body shot. The opponent is down and can not get up and can not even move..."

That was a decent episode, but too much of Roach and Mayweather IMO and not quite enough of the fighters.

That sparring partner seemed a little bit gay laying there for the cameras. I like the way we are seeing nothing of Hattons sparring besides still photographs. Working hard and keeping it all under wraps.

Well I think this one is the trainers' episode, next week's episode you won't see anymore the faces of Freddie and Joy...

We knew Hatton is working hard in training as evident by those blackeyes (both eyes) he got from sparring 5 different southpaw boxers... Most probably it's Lara or Cornelius Lock who inflicted those blackeyes... Think of this, if Hatton got blackeyes in sparring, IMO he will get multiple cuts on his face on fight night and will be eventually knocked out...
.

Fighters will always start sparring a little rusty and getting tagged is part of the game. Hatton doesn't seem to be marked up so much now and according to his diary the sparring has been going very well. I would imagine that he has picked things up and is doing what needs to be done.

Pac took an age to get Diaz out of there and Oscar simply pulled a "No mas". No sitting ducks to shoot at here. Look at Paulies face after the Hatton fight, he wasn't so pretty. Neither was Kostya. Maussa and Castillo got beat down. Maybe Pac should be worrying about the damage he is going to accumulate. He has never taken a really big shot above 130 IMO, more likely he will be getting stopped. But you never know.