What Hatton will do to Pacquiao May 2nd...

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That happened over 10 years ago. But you know what though?...

This happened just less than a couple of years ago...



Priceless!

What a ridiculous comparison - the guy who knocked out Pacquiao through a good body punch, like Hatton does. Mayweather is a defensive counter-puncher who was too scared to go toe-to-toe with Hatton, whereas Pacquiao is going to stand toe-to-toe with Hatton like he did with Marquez and Morales and he is going to get hit a lot more than Mayweather did. And even Mayweather, elusive as he is, almost got put on the canvas in the opening rounds when Hatton caught him.

Mayweather was toe to toe with Hatton most of the fight, he wasn't in the in the middle of the ring but on the ropes where Hatton is best, and Hatton still wasn't landing the best shots. Don't kid yourself into believing that Mayweather was truly trying to stay away from Hatton that fight, he wanted to beat Hatton on the inside which is why he hardly used lateral movement.

If by standing toe-to-toe you mean clinching and rubbing his elbows in Hatton's face because he was too scared to actually fight him, then yeah, I agree. I'm not taking anything away from Mayweather - he had his tactics, and they worked. However, that doesn't change the fact he was afraid to catch one from Hatton. You could see the shock in his eyes when Hatton nearly knocked him down, and from then on it was elbows galore. And if you want to kid yourself and sweep all that under the rug, and say he was happy to trade shots with Hatton, then quite frankly you've left the land of bias and entered the land of delusion.