HATTON v PACQUIAO

[Gandalf]

Hatton fought an atrocious fight. I have no idea what was going through his mind. He didn't seem to have a gameplan whatsoever, and his chin has seemingly deserted him.

He had no idea how to deal with punches thrown in bunches besides initiating the clinch. The concept of having a guard for self protection was seemingly not there. He was almost inviting himself to be sparked out.

I'm still having issues coming to terms with what happened exactly. Manny was great, but I'm struggling to believe that was really Ricky Hatton out there. Mindblowing.

[ukansodoff]

Hatton fought an atrocious fight. I have no idea what was going through his mind. He didn't seem to have a gameplan whatsoever, and his chin has seemingly deserted him.

He had no idea how to deal with punches thrown in bunches besides initiating the clinch. The concept of having a guard for self protection was seemingly not there. He was almost inviting himself to be sparked out.

I'm still having issues coming to terms with what happened exactly. Manny was great, but I'm struggling to believe that was really Ricky Hatton out there. Mindblowing.

Im strugglin too, after a fight what ever the result i accept it for what it is, i dont want to take anything away from Pacquiao at all cuz he is what he is and did what he and i dont wana sound like theres excuses comin but i just dont know what the hell happened, though im sure i have more of an idea than Hatton does right now.

Pacman is by far the best boxer Hattons faced, my question is this, Was that really the best Hatton could of done against him?

[Gandalf]

Hatton fought an atrocious fight. I have no idea what was going through his mind. He didn't seem to have a gameplan whatsoever, and his chin has seemingly deserted him.

He had no idea how to deal with punches thrown in bunches besides initiating the clinch. The concept of having a guard for self protection was seemingly not there. He was almost inviting himself to be sparked out.

I'm still having issues coming to terms with what happened exactly. Manny was great, but I'm struggling to believe that was really Ricky Hatton out there. Mindblowing.

Im strugglin too, after a fight what ever the result i accept it for what it is, i dont want to take anything away from Pacquiao at all cuz he is what he is and did what he and i dont wana sound like theres excuses comin but i just dont know what the hell happened, though im sure i have more of an idea than Hatton does right now.

Pacman is by far the best boxer Hattons faced, my question is this, Was that really the best Hatton could of done against him?

It's a strange one, isn't it?

I don't want to discredit Manny because he couldn't be expected to do any more than what he did. But questions have to be asked of Hatton. Hatton has always been so resiliant and even in defeat caused problems for his opponent. And yet here he is being blown away in two when lesser fighters have lasted far longer against Manny.

Manny has no doubt improved a great deal, but I would never expect Hatton to be a fighter you can just go in there and blast out without even working up a sweat. It peculiar. We could all see that Hatton was doing things wrong and we are just armchair pundits....how was Hatton not prepared to face a fighter who throws in flurries? He didn't use any of the basics and left his chin open repeatedly.

It's almost as though Ricky had lost his mind. I'm sure we will hear things in due course, but that wasn't any Ricky Hatton that I have ever seen before. And like I say, I don't want to take credit away from Manny, because just maybe he is that good.

[happytrip]

Hatton fought an atrocious fight. I have no idea what was going through his mind. He didn't seem to have a gameplan whatsoever, and his chin has seemingly deserted him.

He had no idea how to deal with punches thrown in bunches besides initiating the clinch. The concept of having a guard for self protection was seemingly not there. He was almost inviting himself to be sparked out.

I'm still having issues coming to terms with what happened exactly. Manny was great, but I'm struggling to believe that was really Ricky Hatton out there. Mindblowing.

i suspect a rift with his trainer....