No way Pac beats Hatton

[P4PChamp]

What's up Fellas!

I have been reading this message board for a long time. It is the best board out
there IMO, with posters who genuinely love the sport and I figure now is as good
a time as any to start posting from time to time.

Anyway, regarding the Pac/Hatton fight, I have thought about it for awhile as to
who I think will win and I say Hatton takes this. I think Pac's skill speaks volumes
for him, he is a great fighter. However, I think the odds makers/people have given
Pac way too much credit for beating Oscar thus making him the favorite. DLH was
less than a shell of himself in their fight and hadn't made 47 in years. He was a dried
out prune in the ring that night. I think that anyone who knows anything about
training for a fight understands that when a fighter (ODLH) weighs in a day before
the fight and still weighs the same or maybe less the next day, that fighter is bound
to have problems most of the time, especially when he's an older fighter coming down
for the first time in a long time.

Roach was right in saying he couldn't pull the trigger anymore and in that weight
drained state it was even more apparent. Even when he was getting pasted with
shots he seldom even came back with anything that was effective, he was very
old that night. Getting old is simply seeing the openings just like you always did
but not being able to let the hands go or if you do it's too slow and late.

Some have made comparisons to the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight because it was
a close fight and the Pac fight wasn't. I don't believe they can be compared
realistically speaking because that fight was at 54 and ODLH obviously didn't have
to kill himself to make weight and had been fighting at 54 or 60 since about 2001.
He was a middleweight more than likely when he entered the ring the night he
fought Mayweather. Actually Mayweather was about 150 at the weigh in and
was still about the same the day after, which seems to contradict what I said
above, but the difference is Mayweather didn't drain himself to make weight.
He isn't even a natural Super Welterweight.

So, my take is that Hatton at 40 will not be a punching bag and if JMM can hurt
Pac, Hatton should have no problem doing so. Pac is fast and has great skills and
he could be too fast for Hatton and he might just give him a beating, but I just
don't see it happening. Hatton is no slouch in the speed department himself and
he will be the stronger of the two, he will rough Pac up, he will apply pressure.
Pac will have to get his respect quickly or he might get steamrolled. Pac has
fought some limited fighters with his move up in weight. David Diaz is another
that comes to mind, I can probably still beat that guy. Incidentally, I am not
a fan of either of these guys but I am a fan of boxing and it seems like it has
taken forever for May 2nd to get here. I just hope the fight is as good as I
think it will be. If I am wrong about the winner it won't be the first time.

[josef4334]

What's up Fellas!

I have been reading this message board for a long time. It is the best board out
there IMO, with posters who genuinely love the sport and I figure now is as good
a time as any to start posting from time to time.

Anyway, regarding the Pac/Hatton fight, I have thought about it for awhile as to
who I think will win and I say Hatton takes this. I think Pac's skill speaks volumes
for him, he is a great fighter. However, I think the odds makers/people have given
Pac way too much credit for beating Oscar thus making him the favorite. DLH was
less than a shell of himself in their fight and hadn't made 47 in years. He was a dried
out prune in the ring that night. I think that anyone who knows anything about
training for a fight understands that when a fighter (ODLH) weighs in a day before
the fight and still weighs the same or maybe less the next day, that fighter is bound
to have problems most of the time, especially when he's an older fighter coming down
for the first time in a long time.

Roach was right in saying he couldn't pull the trigger anymore and in that weight
drained state it was even more apparent. Even when he was getting pasted with
shots he seldom even came back with anything that was effective, he was very
old that night. Getting old is simply seeing the openings just like you always did
but not being able to let the hands go or if you do it's too slow and late.

Some have made comparisons to the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight because it was
a close fight and the Pac fight wasn't. I don't believe they can be compared
realistically speaking because that fight was at 54 and ODLH obviously didn't have
to kill himself to make weight and had been fighting at 54 or 60 since about 2001.
He was a middleweight more than likely when he entered the ring the night he
fought Mayweather. Actually Mayweather was about 150 at the weigh in and
was still about the same the day after, which seems to contradict what I said
above, but the difference is Mayweather didn't drain himself to make weight.
He isn't even a natural Super Welterweight.

So, my take is that Hatton at 40 will not be a punching bag and if JMM can hurt
Pac, Hatton should have no problem doing so. Pac is fast and has great skills and
he could be too fast for Hatton and he might just give him a beating, but I just
don't see it happening. Hatton is no slouch in the speed department himself and
he will be the stronger of the two, he will rough Pac up, he will apply pressure.
Pac will have to get his respect quickly or he might get steamrolled. Pac has
fought some limited fighters with his move up in weight. David Diaz is another
that comes to mind, I can probably still beat that guy. Incidentally, I am not
a fan of either of these guys but I am a fan of boxing and it seems like it has
taken forever for May 2nd to get here. I just hope the fight is as good as I
think it will be. If I am wrong about the winner it won't be the first time.

great first post brother. welcome to saddoland..i hope we get more of you here. unbiased posting no matter who you root for. have a great fight night tonight. may the best man win.