Pacquiao KO of Hatton,most devestating since Hearns-Duran

[XaduBoxer]

Lennox-Rahman II
Nonito-Vic
Tarver-RJJ II
Lennox-Tyson

Donaire-Darchinyan was the first one that comes to my mind after seeing that brutal head shattering impact...

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[josef4334]

it could have been far worse...

nice one sal.. very nice... i couldnt stop laughing

[johnsebastianmiran]

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.

[Dizaster]

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...

[ICB]

I cant remember a more devestating KO in a top level fight since Hearns-Duran.



Hatton was out before he hit the matt.

How can such a small man generate such awsome power.

Lets not get carried away here, there's been plenty of other KO's as good as Hatton/Pacquiao since Duran/Hearns. Michael Nunn vs Sumbu Kalambay comes to mind straight away.

WOW! i knew shiit like this was coming. it will only be a matter of time before somebody makes an excuse.

Did you even read what i said ?

[SmeelMainly]

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.

[The Congressman]

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.

Good comparison. But

[porkypara]

Lets not get carried away here, there's been plenty of other KO's as good as Hatton/Pacquiao since Duran/Hearns. Michael Nunn vs Sumbu Kalambay comes to mind straight away.

Ask your avrage British sports fan who is Michael Nunn or Sumbu Kalambay you will get a blank look.

Ask them who is Hearns or Duran you will get a different answer.


READ THE THREAD!

I did read the thread title and your first post, and you said it was the best KO since Roberto Duran vs Thomas Hearns at the high level right ? Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, were top level fighters.

I don't get what your saying so just because armchair fans wouldn't of heard of Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, it doesn't count ?

Any person that follow's boxing would know who they are, and since it earned the first ever KO of the year. I would say it is a pretty well known amongst proper boxing fans.

And it was even more shocking because Sumbu Kalambay had a world class chin, and he had beaten the likes of Herol Graham, Iran Barkley, Steve Collins, Mike McCallum.

And also add to the fact that Michael Nunn wasn't known as a big puncher was even more shocking, and i'd say it was even more shocking and brutal than Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton was.

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.

[denilson200]

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.

[OumaFan]

it could have been far worse...

this might be post of the year

[Master]

Most devastating KO since Tarver KO over Jones.

[porkypara]

it could have been far worse...

Photoshop?

[ICB]

Ask your avrage British sports fan who is Michael Nunn or Sumbu Kalambay you will get a blank look.

Ask them who is Hearns or Duran you will get a different answer.


READ THE THREAD!

I did read the thread title and your first post, and you said it was the best KO since Roberto Duran vs Thomas Hearns at the high level right ? Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, were top level fighters.

I don't get what your saying so just because armchair fans wouldn't of heard of Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, it doesn't count ?

Any person that follow's boxing would know who they are, and since it earned the first ever KO of the year. I would say it is a pretty well known amongst proper boxing fans.

And it was even more shocking because Sumbu Kalambay had a world class chin, and he had beaten the likes of Herol Graham, Iran Barkley, Steve Collins, Mike McCallum.

And also add to the fact that Michael Nunn wasn't known as a big puncher was even more shocking, and i'd say it was even more shocking and brutal than Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton was.

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.

Ok so you want big name fighters that everyone's heard of ?

Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson

[Quinito]

I did read the thread title and your first post, and you said it was the best KO since Roberto Duran vs Thomas Hearns at the high level right ? Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, were top level fighters.

I don't get what your saying so just because armchair fans wouldn't of heard of Michael Nunn, Sumbu Kalambay, it doesn't count ?

Any person that follow's boxing would know who they are, and since it earned the first ever KO of the year. I would say it is a pretty well known amongst proper boxing fans.

And it was even more shocking because Sumbu Kalambay had a world class chin, and he had beaten the likes of Herol Graham, Iran Barkley, Steve Collins, Mike McCallum.

And also add to the fact that Michael Nunn wasn't known as a big puncher was even more shocking, and i'd say it was even more shocking and brutal than Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton was.

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.

Ok so you want big name fighters that everyone's heard of ?

Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson

Lewis KOing Rahman tops that imo.

[Onix]

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?