By Daniel Askew: Firstly lets start by looking at next week fight between Hatton and Malignaggi. Malignaggi is a more than competent fighter and given his record of 25 (5) – 1 (0) he should prove to be a difficult fighter for Hatton to beat. Malignaggi has only ever been beaten by Cotto who I feel despite being beaten himself by Antonio Margarito is one of the top pound for pound fighters at this time (so no shame there). Malignaggi’s awkward style could make Hatton look bad and maybe lose some rounds through being outboxed.
However, I feel that Hatton’s power and work rate should be enough to lead him to victory. I would expect Hatton to win this bout in round six or seven through technical knockout, if Hatton’s on form I would predict Malignaggi to wear down from Hatton’s constant power shots and finally drop to the canvas.
Pacman or De La Hoya, or both
Being a boxing fan I am really looking forward to the Pacman, De La Hoya fight. However, I am aware that De La Hoys’s size advantage makes the fight a complete void. Manny will most likely lose the fight and still look good in doing it, making both fighters a lot of money and doing nothing to dent either of the pairs reputations.
Hatton is said to be fighting the winner next year, which is likely to be De La Hoya. This would be a super fight and a boxing fans dream. Hatton and De La Hoya would be a close run fight and I would not like to predict the winner. Again given the size advantage that Oscar would have over Hatton, Hatton has little to lose in taking the fight. If Hatton wins, he has beaten a legend and if De La Hoya wins, Hatton has lost to a bigger man and a future hall of famer.
Finally I think Hatton should finish off is career with one last super fight with Pacman. For me this would be a more interesting fight than Hatton and De La Hoya, in this case Hatton would be the bigger fighter throwing the big shots against the smaller Pacman. However, in my eyes Pacman is the current pound for pound number one and will undoubtedly give Hatton a really tough time. This would an excellent fight to watch and possibly the perfect end to Hatton’s career.
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