Ricky Hatton, "Manny Pacquiao is not versatile".

[leftylee]

Hatton on The Offensive, Verbal Attack on Pacquiao - Boxing News

Agree completely.

[XaduBoxer]

We all know that PAC is more skilled and has more boxing styles than Hatton... If PAC is considered one-dimensional by Hatton then that makes Hatton a bum...
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[leftylee]

We all know that PAC is more skilled and has more boxing styles than Hatton... If PAC is considered one-dimensional by Hatton then that makes Hatton a bum...
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You really need to think before you type

[leftylee]

Lol hatton says manny isn't versatile!!!!!? This guy must have drank one 2 many heinikens or whatever u guys drink over there,hatton is pretty versatile now that I think about it,he can hold ya hug ya and punch ya at tha same time!!! He's gonna see versatile when round 7 or 8 rolls around and his face is puffed up like a damn beachball and he's tellin floyd sr he can't see

Paquiao will have to grow a chin and a body in order to avoid getting KNFO in this fight.

[Gandalf]

Hatton said nothing controversial nor new there. We know Manny is a very effective aggressive fighter, but he does only fight one way. He is pretty one dimensional in that sense. He doesn't come into a fight displaying anything particularly new. Nor does he adapt to difficult situations particularly well. I also feel that Manny's so called "improvements" are somewhat exaggerated. He has been able to shine against a couple of opponents where the opportunity was granted him. It's the same old Manny Pac, just cashing out at the higher weights that's all.

[Gandalf]

Lol hatton says manny isn't versatile!!!!!? This guy must have drank one 2 many heinikens or whatever u guys drink over there,hatton is pretty versatile now that I think about it,he can hold ya hug ya and punch ya at tha same time!!! He's gonna see versatile when round 7 or 8 rolls around and his face is puffed up like a damn beachball and he's tellin floyd sr he can't see

The only things swollen at the moment are Pac's nuts. Hopefully Hatton will show some versatility and give him a smack there. It might shake off a few of the huggers as well.

[Fenster]

Nothing wrong with what Hatton said there.

Basically he will be able to hit Pac whereas he couldn't Floyd

[happytrip]

nothing wrong with that statement....hoping he is versatile himself.

[Gandalf]

Pac is one dimensional? he can be aggressive fight great coming forward,and showed n the oscar fight even if oscar was shot that he has great lateral movement,his punches come at beautiful different angles,all hatton knows how to do his hit and hold and hit,and that oscar that pac brutalized,he would have beat hatton,I wanna thank you guys for getting me so excited for this beat down I'm gonna enjoy it SOOOO much more now and ill be thinkin about u guys sitting there with ur heads down thinking of an excuse 2 make,if pac loses this fight I will delete my account and never get on this website again,that's how absolutely positively 110% sure that pac wins this fight u guys must have been watching hatton beat up bums 4 so long u can't recognize a great like pac when u see him

I disagree completely with the first part in bold. I think a lot of fighters could have beaten Oscar that night. He was weak and seemed to be fighting with weights in his gloves. He was beyond poor. But having said that, Pac looked nothing short of spectacular.

As for the second part in bold. Well, you can do that if you like but it's just a boxing contest. No need to be running away for possibly getting a pick wrong.

[Fenster]

Pac is one dimensional? he can be aggressive fight great coming forward,and showed n the oscar fight even if oscar was shot that he has great lateral movement,his punches come at beautiful different angles,all hatton knows how to do his hit and hold and hit,and that oscar that pac brutalized,he would have beat hatton,I wanna thank you guys for getting me so excited for this beat down I'm gonna enjoy it SOOOO much more now and ill be thinkin about u guys sitting there with ur heads down thinking of an excuse 2 make,if pac loses this fight I will delete my account and never get on this website again,that's how absolutely positively 110% sure that pac wins this fight u guys must have been watching hatton beat up bums 4 so long u can't recognize a great like pac when u see him

Or we can change your name to The Boxing Knob?

[Gandalf]

Pac is one dimensional? he can be aggressive fight great coming forward,and showed n the oscar fight even if oscar was shot that he has great lateral movement,his punches come at beautiful different angles,all hatton knows how to do his hit and hold and hit,and that oscar that pac brutalized,he would have beat hatton,I wanna thank you guys for getting me so excited for this beat down I'm gonna enjoy it SOOOO much more now and ill be thinkin about u guys sitting there with ur heads down thinking of an excuse 2 make,if pac loses this fight I will delete my account and never get on this website again,that's how absolutely positively 110% sure that pac wins this fight u guys must have been watching hatton beat up bums 4 so long u can't recognize a great like pac when u see him

Or we can change your name to The Boxing Knob?

[DatsiK]

Alot of what Hatton says is pretty spot on. Manny isn't versatile in the respect that we never see him on the offensive, he commits himself too much. And sometimes it plays against him, for example against JMM. If pac had been more cautious and used a better defense that would of been a much more smoother fight for him.

Which kinda ties into Hatton's next statement, pac man definately isn't very elusive. His game plan is to throw alot of punches so people don't throw back, this worked against Oscar but this probably won't work against Hatton. I'm looking forward to this fight so much, as much as I'd like to see Hatton dominating pac man I want it to be a evenly fought bloodbath.

[brocktonblockbust]

Hatton is talking jive bullshot.

If Pac is one-dimensional then Hatton is ZILCH.

However, Pac IS sort of 1-dimensional. One-two, one-two, one-two, same formula, but it WORKS for him!

Straight left down the pipe..........

Why is it so effective? Speed.

Ricky Hatton wins in a shocker of a KO in the early rounds, maybe Rd. 5.

[littlebif]

Pac is very good at what he does but he isnt as good when he gets pushed back on the back foot,and that is what Hatton will be doing so we will see if he can adapt to the pressure Hatton will be putting on him.

[Gandalf]

Yes I agree,oscar could have been beat by a lot of people that nite,but not hatton,what really matters n this fight is that pac MORE versatile than hatton,he has BETTER movement,in not even sure hatton hits harder than pac,and pac is a southpaw,if I remember correctly the last southpaw hatton fought he didn't look 2 good against,pac is MORE elusive than hatton,pac has a BETTER jab,pac is better than hatton in every aspect of the game,and I meant that statement about deleting my account,but ill take signature bets with any and everyone on this fight,unless bily grahm is the ref no way n hell hatton is close 2 winning this fight

Hatton's last southpaw was Urango and Hatton won all but one round on each of the scorecards there. But you are right in that Hatton has had problems with southpaws in the past.

I don't think Pac is all that elusive at all and I have no doubts that Hatton hits much harder. Pac knocks people down by surprising them with his speed more than anything. Pacs opponents keep getting up for more, Hattons typically stay down. Pacs jab won't mean too much if he can't keep Hatton off and nobody has kept Hatton off before. Pac is great on the offense but when you push him back he becomes much less effective. Hatton will push him back a lot more than anyone else has, and that's why I think Hatton will win. Hatton is a formidable aggressor and I think he will hurt Manny a lot.