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

[Gandalf]

Final thoughts:

"I'm the bigger and stronger guy..."
- Remains to be seen but to add, bigger and stronger doesn't always win fights...

"This is my house, I'm unbeatable at 140..."
- No one is unbeatable...

"People were reading too much on Manny's last fight..."
- Team Hatton was also reading too much in that fight. All they saw was a punching bag in Hoya... Big mistake...

Bigger and stronger is a plus.

He's pretty good at the weight, and that kind of mind view can only be a plus.

People are reading too much into Manny's last fight. And that will show in this one.

From losing to Marquez to destroying Oscar. It was the same Manny Pac in both of those fights. He's beatable.

who you trying to convince miles, us or yourself? lol

kidding aside, i believe hatton will bring his a-game to this fight and will give pac something to think about in the early rounds. that's why he has to connect and put some damage to manny while he can coz i can see him being clocked time and again. it will be rough and tumble in the early goings but once pac starts to connect on a regular basis, i think hatton will throw caution to the wind and forget all sr. has taught him and reverts to his former style. this is where it gets interesting. he could either catch pac with some good ones, especially to the body but team pac has trained well for that and will have to receive several of it to take its toll. pacquiao, imo has grown into this division and can take heavier blows since he willingly lets his bigger sparring mates hit him from time to time without flinching. i don't think ricky can catch manny enough and i think he'll get stopped between the 6th and 9th round either from a punch that he wouldn't be able to see or due to cuts.

I know, I know.

Saddoboxer posts too much, it's almost like an obligation to counter all his anti Hatton/pro Pac propaganda.

I hate the wait after the weigh in, I just want to see them go at it now.

[brucelee]

Just came back from a 3-day conference. My prediction for this fight: Pac will stop Hatton before the 6th round.

[XaduBoxer]

Even if it's only a few punches and so short of a fight, I think that's the worst beating ever on Hatton...

Hope Ricky can recover well...

[Gandalf]

Pac did indeed inflict the worst ever beating on Ricky Hatton.

A horrible, horrible fight for Ricky and a punishing ending to boot.

For a good two hours after the fight I was barely able to speak. I was mortified by what I saw. And I just hope Ricky is okay.

I don't think that was the best Ricky Hatton I have seen. He had no guard, no headmovement, no jab, and most importantly he wasn't being smart.

I'm not making excuses as we can all see those things quite clearly. Hatton was in his weight class and got beaten down quickly.

Well done to Manny Pac in doing something quite stunning.

And, bruce lee, let me know what my avatar is to be and I will put it up for an entire month.

[mnmc10]

He had no guard, no headmovement, no jab, and most importantly he wasn't being smart.

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thats how hatton fight right?

nothing really changed really, cause even if you teach him what to do he will eventually go back to the old hatton cause of pacs speed. i mean what can a guy do if ur being pummeled by a hundred punches you cant just cover up and hope that the combos from pac will end cause it wont.

[Gandalf]

He had no guard, no headmovement, no jab, and most importantly he wasn't being smart.

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thats how hatton fight right?

nothing really changed really, cause even if you teach him what to do he will eventually go back to the old hatton cause of pacs speed. i mean what can a guy do if ur being pummeled by a hundred punches you cant just cover up and hope that the combos from pac will end cause it wont.

Yes, but these are the things he has been touting for a year now and none of it was on display.

Maybe it was just Manny that made him look bad, but he really looked shockingly poor. I've never seen Hatton look like that.

Even the likes of David Diaz have managed to hang in there. It makes me think that Hattons chin has left him high and dry. The very fact that it took him so long to get up from the knock out blow, tells us that his chin is shot. The first meaningful blow and he seemed to be panicking and next thing you know he's down twice and clearly very rattled...and it's just round 1!

Manny did an excellent job, but I'm puzzled by Hattons performance. It really was very odd.

[XaduBoxer]