Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Billy Graham said Hatton between rounds 4 and 8 as he is too big and strong for Manny and just as fast.
That's the same thing he said before the PBF fight.

Graham seems like a really down to Earth cool guy and Ricky seemed to scapegoat him after that loss...I wonder if Floyd Mayweather Sr. will get the same treatment?


I think everyone is picking Manny because he's faster, he's got good power that seems to carry to this weight class, and he's better at throwing punches in bunches. The problems for Manny is that we don't know how he'll handle the pressure of Ricky, the power, the ugly fighting style of Hatton, or whether or not Manny will fade in the later rounds if it goes that far....the good news is Ricky also fades late so I think that issue is a push.

I have Manny Pacquiao winning late on a stoppage, Ricky will get tagged early and often when he's trying to land bigger punches, and Pac will start moving more and as Ricky tries to focus on the body he will stop moving his head and he'll eventually get torn up enough for the Ref/Doctor or Floyd Sr. to step in and stop the fight. And if Floyd Sr. stops the fight, there may be some BIG fireworks between Sr. and Hatton