Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7 – Manny Doesn’t Look Good In Training
April 15th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Freddie Roach made a huge mistake in letting the HBO film crew tape portions of Manny Pacquiao’s sparring in the Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7 special, because it gave me a good chance of seeing Pacquiao spar with a couple of his sparring partners and he didn’t look at all, believe me. I was hoping that Pacquiao’s trainer was teaching him things about how to properly fight, but I didn’t see anything new from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao has been able to get away with having bad boxing technique only because of his power and speed. Well, I’m glad I saw him sparring because now I know for a fact that Hatton is going to beat him come May 2nd.
Hatton is going to take advantage of Pacquiao’s wild charges by getting low and hitting him with uppercuts and straight rights as Pacquiao comes charging forward. I can also see Hatton taking a page out of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s playbook by moving to the side just as Pacquiao comes running forward and then landing a hard left hook to the side of Pacquiao’s head.
This is going to be a lot easier fight than I originally thought it was. I expect that Roach was going to teach Manny how to get off the ropes and show how to maneuver out of the way of Hatton when he attempts to get him cornered. Instead, it’s Manny fighting like he always does by sprinting forward in a wild man attack and hoping to overwhelm his opponents with fast shots.
I should have expected it, though, because Pacquiao took on Roach as his trainer not too long ago, and by then Pacquiao was a fully formed fighter with his own techniques totally ingrained. It’s difficult to teach old dogs new tricks, because often the dogs are set in their ways and lack the youthful mental flexibility to learn new things.
Maybe this is why I see Pacquiao fighting pretty much the way he’s always fought despite all the yapping going on from Roach. I can see Pacquiao looking at Roach when he talks, but it’s like he’s looking right through him and thinking of something else.
It’s the same in between rounds in Pacquiao’s fights. Roach is talking to him and giving Pacquiao valuable instructions and Manny is tuning him out, looking up at the huge video screens in order to catch a replay of himself fighting.
That’s not training, and I see Pacquiao as basically training himself similar to the way that Miguel Cotto has done for a number of years. This is another reason why Pacquiao is going to lose to Hatton. It’s strange, though.
Pacquiao doesn’t seem to listen or apply anything that Roach tells him, and then wins on talent alone. After the fight, Roach seems to be beaming with pleasure as if he has done such a good job training Pacquiao.
If you ask me, he’s done a terrible job because Pacquiao doesn’t seem focused on the training. That’s why Hatton is going to win, because he seems totally focused on everything that Mayweather Sr. says to him. I think with Mayweather Sr., he forces you to respect him and give him a lot of attention because of his forceful personality.
If a fighter doesn’t look him in the eyes or listen to what he’s saying when he speaks, Mayweather Sr. will jam them up and confront them immediately there and then. He doesn’t seem to care whether he’s fired or not, because he believes in what he’s doing and demands respect.
I don’t know what the deal is with Roach, but I don’t think his training is sinking in with Pacquiao and I think he’s mostly just wasting his time. In watching Pacquiao train, I can’t see any real training going on as far as learning.
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Dear Mr. Manuel Perez,
we are waiting for your apologies to Manny and Roach.
By by
thats right just shut the fck up!
now say something? just say something? who is your daddy now?
Some moron who’s smart enough to write an article that he knows would generate a ton of hits!! Mr. Perez decided to take on writing when he got laid off as a fruit picker. Please pardon his ignorance!!! Peace y’all!
How dare you disrespect Barrera, Morales, Marquez, De La Hoya, etc..all the great fighters Pacquiao has demolished. You pretty much said that these Great Mexican Warriors ALL lost to one unskilled Amateur. Even if he was unskilled “which he is totally opposite of” at least he doesn’t lace his hands with cement to try and beat his opponents like MEXICO’S TIJUANA TORNADO. Thats the mexican who you should be disrespecting not the Mexican Greats that lost to Pacquiao.
The article is accurate — if you replace Pacquiao with Hatton, and Roach with Mayweather as you read it… Ha-ha
Mexican Writer
“Hatton is JUST AS FAST as Pacquiao. He’s TOUGHER than him. He’s UNDEFEATED at 140 lbs. And he’s an even better all-around boxer now than he was 4 years ago against Kosta Tszyu.”
So what? Pacquiao is undefeated at 147 as well.
147>140 see thats why pac is gonna win, because he is undefeated at 147. (sarcasm)
“Manny making the same amateurish mistakes that he always makes when attacking his opponents by charging at them and shooting both hands out in front of him as he runs forward. This isn’t boxing if you ask me, and the only reason it’s worked in the past was because of Pacquiao’s hand speed, poor opposition and power.”
I guess this guy believes Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya, are all amatuers and doesn’t deserve to be in the hall of fame. I guess Malinaggi,Urango, Collazo will be in the hall of fame pretty soon.
After May 2 your words will be empty and you will apologize to Manny and Roach.
Sicorazo.
Perez has his points seeing 30 seconds of sparring in 24/7.but i think perez is blind and a li’l bit,hmm,hate Pacquaio.He he
While I won’t resort to the “colorful” language of my colleagues on this thread I will say that gleaning completely damning information from an advertisement is very naive. Only the most rabid fans on either side would be able to say from watching 5 to 10 minutes of a workout that they could tell the outcome of a fight. I thought people who wrote sports articles were supposed to be somewhat objective? I am wondering if there is an editing process involved here or whether this is merely an opinion article. It would be nice if it was specified.
Manuel Prerez, SURE you are a pachater.
Why? All your pet ‘BOXERS’ lost to a brawler/slugger in the name of Pacquiao.
How much money you lost in poor bets, huh!!!
You give too much credit on technical boxers and diminish the style of sluggers.
You always diminish PAC achievements by using your OVERUSED EXCUSES of poor opposition, old, down-the-hill, out-prime boxers — as if your preferred boxing style can never be beaten.
AND WHEN BEATEN — THEY ARE ALREADY OLD AT THE AGE OF 28. hahahaha.
STUP1D. As if you’re telling us — you are some kind of genius and a boxing god.
You’re just letting us know that’s how stup1d and biased you are. hahahaha….. and even if how much effort you do in writing to DIMINISH THE DAMAGE Pacman has done to your EGO, you won’t get the redemption. Only fools like you to resort to that tactic. hahahahaha….
Remember? Hatton IS NOT A LATINO. hahahahaha…. and I presume you’re an IDIOTIC Mexican, that HATE so much. hahahaha…
Manny Pacquiao has NEVER fought a pressure fighter like Hatton before. Pacquiao’s fans and even his trainers are in for a HUGE DISAPPOINTING SURPRISE on May 2nd because the BEST POUND-FOR-POUND BOXER in the world, Ricky Hatton, will KO Pacquiao in under 3 rounds.
Hatton is JUST AS FAST as Pacquiao. He’s TOUGHER than him. He’s UNDEFEATED at 140 lbs. And he’s an even better all-around boxer now than he was 4 years ago against Kosta Tszyu.
Congrats to Ricky Hatton the REAL pound4pound champion!
biased article but i have to agree with it. Put your money on Hatton and buy yourself something nice with the winnings.
this perez must change his profession,, he must apply as pacman`s water boy so he will realize what manny is capable of,,, and enjoy the countries were manny goes,,,because for me the way he writes the article about manny,,, he himself is the amateur,, perez who`s your teacher before,,, go back to basic
What a ridiculous article. How can you judge a boxer on 30 seconds of sparring on HBO’s 24/7? If you saw it then you would also have seen that Manny’s sparring partners were treated for cuts despite wearing headgear.
Manny has improved immeasurably under Roach, he is no longer wild – you could see in his fights with Diaz and De La Hoya that he has really tightened up his defence through lateral movement.
Manny will win – he is faster, Hatton can’t fight southpaws and I can see it ending on cuts in the middle rounds.
Ricky is going to do a number on him!
Do you think what HBO shows is all they do you plonka????…It’s mind games pal!!
Johno
perez its you again? why dont you just say you hate pacman rather than writing so many things againts him!!! you are one crazy writer, pacman has been beatind up his sparring partners you piece of garbage!!!! arent you watching? you should be banned from this site writing rediculous and non credible articles!!!!!
hatton to win go riccky oo oo
Pacman is not going to just charge in. He didn’t do it for 8 rounds against DLH. He’s a smart fighter and they won’t stand in front of Hatton. Pacman in 7!!
An intersting convo would be perez vs lieberman… hatton hater vs manny hater. I mean manny looked really good on the 24/7 show that i saw, i still find it hard to call this fight. CMON HATTON!!!!!
Good article although not sure how much information you can get from 24 7 i meen its great and all but dosent show you everything. It seems to me that roach isnt happy with the michael moorer situation and this could be Pacquiao downfull and michael for me is too involed
Saw the writer so skimmed and got the gist of it. As i said when Hatton’s training was slated, neither Roach or Mayweather snr wants the other team to see the tactics. They are both most likely doing the best training when the cameras are gone.
Why spend 8-9 weeks preparing for the fight and show the opposing team exactly what you are doing?
They are letting the cameras see what the other side expects from the respective fighters.
Man … I just love to read your articles … I will never hate you like you hated Pacquaio and Roach … Are you living in a parallel universe from us? …. Roach was trainer of the year more than once and Pacquaio being fighter of the year more than once too … For you to pretty much say that the student is not learning from the teacher in this case is dumb …
Let’s enjoy the fight guys … Pacquaio-Hatton could be a classic and at the very least fight of the year material … Cheers!!!
Go Canucks GO !!!
I completely agree with Manuel Perez.
“Manny making the same amateurish mistakes that he always makes when attacking his opponents by charging at them and shooting both hands out in front of him as he runs forward. This isn’t boxing if you ask me, and the only reason it’s worked in the past was because of Pacquiao’s hand speed, poor opposition and power.”
You took the words right out of my mouth Mr Perez!
Barrera, Marquez, Morales were all amateur fighters, it’s about time Pacman stepped up his game.
Man you hate him dont you.
He does have flaws in his game but who doesnt. Hatton has many himself.
I wouldnt bother questioning his abilitys your way off and id say he already knows how to fight.
Do you hate him that much you ignore what hes achieved.
come May 02 you will eat your words and will sing a different tune..by now you have to think of a good alibi to justify your not so interesting observations.
Hahaha, i have yet to read the article, i will and respond, but i scrolled down onto the headline and thought wooooooooo whats goin wrong there then,
then is scrolled down a tad more and saw that it was written by Pacman despising Perez,
So even if hes decided to change his tune and be honest and unbiased instead slating Pacquiao and heaping praise on Hatton i will read this tongue in cheek.
We have all sussed out what to expect from certain writers on here before we read the article. I hope to be proven wrong.
interesting article, but freddie’s gameplan nearly always works , and HBO 24/7 don’t show you that. Also, I find it funny how you treat Hatton as some elite boxer , and to mention him with Floyd Jr is just stupid and you will see May 2nd when hatton gets schooled