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

[XaduBoxer]

Is he joining a new Philipino Boy Band.....................throws like a chic

Make no mistake about it... I'm sure MOD Mick likes PAC's outfit very much...

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[XaduBoxer]

Latest update:

"Throwing punches, not baseballs, is preoccupying Pacquiao. A little less than five months removed from his big victory over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton for the IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on May 2.

"He's definitely 100 percent ready to fight right now. We're just maintaining," said Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach.

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

[jamiebhoy]

Latest update:

"Throwing punches, not baseballs, is preoccupying Pacquiao. A little less than five months removed from his big victory over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton for the IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on May 2.

"He's definitely 100 percent ready to fight right now. We're just maintaining," said Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach.

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

Hatton has knocked over 100 nodding head Pacs !! As for me taking a punch from him, I weigh 85Kilos so he can catch me on his way up to HW, and there's no punching under the belt so I'll tie it rounds my forehead

[XaduBoxer]

JuanMa Lopez picks PAC's style to dominate that of Hatton...

The week after your fight, Manny Pacquiao is going to be facing Ricky Hatton. What’s your take on that fight, and who do you see winning it?

If we go based on styles, Pacquiao style should dominate Hatton’s.

[brucelee]

Latest update:

"Throwing punches, not baseballs, is preoccupying Pacquiao. A little less than five months removed from his big victory over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton for the IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on May 2.

"He's definitely 100 percent ready to fight right now. We're just maintaining," said Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach.

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

Hatton has knocked over 100 nodding head Pacs !! As for me taking a punch from him, I weigh 85Kilos so he can catch me on his way up to HW, and there's no punching under the belt so I'll tie it rounds my forehead

Your 85 kilos of what? Fat or muscles? If it's 85 kilos of fat, PAc does not need to go HW.

[jamiebhoy]

Latest update:

"Throwing punches, not baseballs, is preoccupying Pacquiao. A little less than five months removed from his big victory over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton for the IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on May 2.

"He's definitely 100 percent ready to fight right now. We're just maintaining," said Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach.

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

Hatton has knocked over 100 nodding head Pacs !! As for me taking a punch from him, I weigh 85Kilos so he can catch me on his way up to HW, and there's no punching under the belt so I'll tie it rounds my forehead

Your 85 kilos of what? Fat or muscles? If it's 85 kilos of fat, PAc does not need to go HW.

Trust me, he needs to move up, and buy a stepladder !!!

[Chino]

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

It should read "...this thrilled and BIASED pro-Pacquiao gathering..." .

[XaduBoxer]

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

It should read "...this thrilled and BIASED pro-Pacquiao gathering..." .

It's the San Francisco Giants baseball team Filipino Heritage Night, what else do you expect??

[Gandalf]

Latest update:

"Throwing punches, not baseballs, is preoccupying Pacquiao. A little less than five months removed from his big victory over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton for the IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles in Las Vegas on May 2.

"He's definitely 100 percent ready to fight right now. We're just maintaining," said Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach.

Roach also noted Pacquiao has had seven "clones" of Hatton as sparring partners and has knocked out four of them. This thrilled the unabashedly pro-Pacquiao gathering at the news conference."

To be fair neither fighter will have exact clones of the other man. I was quite impressed with Hatton's choice of Lara as sparring partner, as he looks very good from the few videos I have seen. He can throw a hundred punches a round from an awkward southpaw stance. But let's face it, nothing quite matches up to what either man will face come fight night. And let's not forget that all this sparring is done with headgear. Hattons head is tough enough, Manny hasn't shown us yet what he can take upstairs, and I'm not convinced that any of his sparring partners can hit to the body as hard as Hatton either.

[Killa From Manila]

Is he joining a new Philipino Boy Band.....................throws like a chic

Make no mistake about it... I'm sure MOD Mick likes PAC's outfit very much...

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Good one Bruce. That cracked me up.

I think Mick, Pac, and Donaire all shop together in 1 botique.

[XaduBoxer]

Is he joining a new Philipino Boy Band.....................throws like a chic

Make no mistake about it... I'm sure MOD Mick likes PAC's outfit very much...

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Good one Bruce. That cracked me up.

I think Mick, Pac, and Donaire all shop together in 1 botique.

You got it right... MOD Mick, PAC and Donaire like to wear hats with great style... Props to these trio...

BTW, I'm not Bruce...
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[Killa From Manila]

Make no mistake about it... I'm sure MOD Mick likes PAC's outfit very much...

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Good one Bruce. That cracked me up.

I think Mick, Pac, and Donaire all shop together in 1 botique.

You got it right... MOD Mick, PAC and Donaire like to wear hats with great style... Props to these trio...

BTW, I'm not Bruce...
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[XaduBoxer]

There are only 10 days left before Ricky Hatton steps into the ring with Manny Pacquiao, and trepidation over the Englishman's chances mounts with every passing hour.

Hatton may have replaced a limited trainer — Billy Graham — with an excellent one — Floyd Mayweather Sr — but he hasn't altered his lifestyle between bouts and nor, more worryingly, does he appear to have learned to keep his trap shut lest he provide his opponent with the extra motivation that comes with prospect of making a braggart dine out on his own hubris.

"Manny fights the same way all the time," Hatton said about his Filipino opponent this week. "He's effective at what he does but he's not a versatile fighter. He's never met a man as fiery, ferocious or rough as me, and certainly not as big and strong. I don't think Manny is the most elusive. He's there to be hit. And if he gets hit he's going to get hit by the biggest man he's ever faced."

No doubt there was an element of the circus barker in this stream of consciousness but nevertheless Hatton surely overstepped marketing responsibilities and to potentially damaging effect. Pacquiao, as he implies, is one-dimensional all right; he's brilliant, and he is brilliant all the time.

[XaduBoxer]

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Willie Mays said hey to him, and a frenzied crowd at AT&T Park couldn't get enough of him. Not a bad night for Manny Pacquiao, even if they did run out of his bobblehead dolls.

Not a bad time for boxing, either. The sport everyone loves to bash just lost its biggest cash cow in Oscar De La Hoya, but the reports of its demise are, shall we say, premature at best.

Good thing, because where else are you going to get lines like this?

"There's going to be another bobblehead night on May 2," said Freddie Roach, who trains Pacquiao. "Only this time we're going to use Ricky Hatton's head."

[XaduBoxer]

‘Speedy Gonzales’ is Pacquiao’s new nickname, says sparmate

04/24/2009 | 05:28 PM
For David Rodella, Manny Pacquiao is more than just the “Pacman."

“Speedy Gonzales," the 26-year old Rodella hollered out at the end of their intense, three-round sparring session Thursday at the Wildcard Gym in Hollywood, California.

And why “Speedy Gonzales", the animated cartoon mouse known for his fast ability?
“I can’t see his punches. It’s just too fast," said Pacquiao’s sparmate from Oxnard, California.

“He’s from another planet."

Pacquiao sparred for six rounds as sparring session for his fight with Ricky Hatton entered the final three days as per Freddie Roach’s timetable.

It was fun but at the same time intense as Rodella and Alisher Rahimov learned later.

Rodella went toe-to-toe with the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter for three rounds, each getting his own share of solid blows.

But when the 30-year old Pacquiao poured it on as the sparring was about to end, Rodella found himself on the verge of getting knocked down.

“There’s just so many punches out there," said Rodella, who was dropped by Pacquiao to the canvass a week ago during a similar serious workout.

“I also do the same thing, but he’s just too fast," added the boxer who owns a 12-1 record (six KOs).

With that Rodella rests his case – Pacquiao will beat Hatton hands down.

“Hatton is very strong, very smart and very aggressive, “he said. “But Manny will be too fast for him."

The sparring came a day after Pacquiao skipped Wednesday’s training to take a well-deserved rest following a hectic schedule the day before when he flew to San Francisco for the ceremonial pitch of the San Francisco Giants-San Diego Padres Major League Baseball game.

Pacquiao hardly lost a step when he climbed the ring and sparred with Rahimov for the first three rounds.

"C’mon, punch! punch! punch!," the southpaw from General Santos City would egged on Rahimov while he leans on the ropes and allows his Uzbek sparmate to hit him with several solid blows to the body.

Rodella then followed, after which Pacquiao had six rounds in the mitts with trainer Freddie Roach, did the double end bag, worked on the speed ball, shadow-boxed at the ring and finally, cooled down through the skip rope.

When training was finally over, the General Santos City native asked for another round on the speedball, to which Roach readily obliged.

“That’s Manny," Roach said later. “He just never gets tired."