On my way to posting a reply, I ran into that picture that said it could have been worse. It tickled my funny bone. I agree but seriously I thought the PAC Man would win on cuts after the seventh round but what the hell, he did great anyway. I haven't seen the fight yet so I will hold any other comment except that the ending although many of you thought it was awesome, it completely caught some of us including me by surprise. I thought Hatton was a tougher fighter by virtue of being the bigger man and younger than DeLaHoya. I'm looking forward to HBO running the fight on Saturday, hopefully they will.
Yeah it was a real shock.. But Hatton was thinking purely of offense. Even to the point where it seemed he felt he could go in and attack without even being hit, OR feeling any punches.. It was the same way as every other time he has been knocked down. Coming in and copped a hook he didn't see, wasn't expecting, wasn't prepared for, and this one just landed like a sledge hammer right on the side of his chin and probably jarred his brain and everything...
I could say a stronger chin/"toughness" as you said, would have let him take some more and go on with the fight, but it was purely intelligence that got him KO'd.. He went in purely wanting to land hard, cocked hooks, with no thought of anything else, including avoiding punches coming back at him, and it was just a recipe for disaster which barely let him get through 2 minutes of round 1...
He'd have been better off staying back for 2 rounds with his hands up and jabbed, and got a feel for Pac's speed, even though that is not in his style.... It needed to be much more of a chess match, but he jst sat down at the chess table and threw the board off the table...
He just came in charging without any concern or thought of what could be coming back, and with that had no chance at all..
Ricky is and HAS been a much much more intelligent fighter in the past that what he was Saturday night... And shows that during his career, he wasn't just like a club fighter, bull in a china shop.. He was an intelligent mauler...
People are saying he just came in the same as he always has on Saturday, and finally got found out as the club fighter he's always been.... But there was zero intelligence and that's what lost it for him...
Last edited by Dizaster; 05-04-2009 at 07:40 AM.
~ He thinks he's a Tornado,,,... F'ckn real Tornado is comin'...! ~Hidden Content
If any of you guys are MMA fans, this knockout reminded me of when Rashad Evans knocked out Chuck Liddell. Chuck and Ricky were out immediately before even hitting the canvas. This one was scarier for me though, as I was concerned for Ricky's wellbeing when they were turning him on his side and he was still out.
Ok,maybe I could have made myself more clear by what I ment by top level.
I ment in a fight which is important to the whole world of sport not just to a few hard core boxing fans.
Having read the thread and some of the replies I think Lewis's KO of Rahman might have been better and more important.![]()
Balls
I think Hatton is over rated. I think he only got the Floyd gig due to his record, people read to much into a fighters record, because Hatton had 40-0 record prior to the Mayweather fight then people just assumed he was a helluva fighter. He was lucky to get past round 1 and Pacquiao's KO was something out of a Rocky movie. It was so spectacular it looked like something you see in a video arcade or on your Playstation 3, X Box (lol)
He should retire.
Most devastating KO since Tarver KO over Jones.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
After watching the Pac V Hat fight again, I couldnt think of another fight amongst elite fighters in any division that had such a destructive knockout. You guys think of any?
The key is Self-discipline.
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