Pacquiao Looks Afraid of Hatton
April 1st, 2009
By Manuel Perez: In television coverage of the lead up to the mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton for their May 2nd bout in Las Vegas, Nevada, I couldn’t help but notice that Pacquiao appears to be really nervous around Hatton, looking almost afraid of him in a way that I’ve never seen Pacquiao look before.
Oh, I’m sure that Pacquiao will have the speed advantage in this fight, but I can’t help thinking that Hatton is going to snap Pacquiao in two like a little twig. Pacquiao may be now weighing in the 140s, but Pacquiao still looks too small for a fighter as powerful as Hatton, and worse than that, Pacquiao looks unsure of himself and frightened.
In his past bouts against Juan Manuel Marquez, De La Hoya, Erik Morales, and David Diaz, Pacquiao always looked confident, like a cat that had cornered a mouse. You could tell just by looking at Pacquiao who was going to win the fight, and sure enough, Pacquiao generally came out. However, with Hatton, it looks like the roles have reversed.
Hatton looks confident and mean in comparison to the worried look on Pacquiao’s face. Recently, I had been thinking that Pacquiao was going to easily this fight and make quick work of Hatton, but not now. I can tell 100% that Pacquiao is not only going to lose this fight, he’s going to be knocked out by Hatton, and I know I’m going to be right.
Pacquiao may have easily defeated the much bigger De La Hoya in an 8th round stoppage in December, but that fight was pretty much meaningless because of the physical condition that De La Hoya was when he came into the bout. I think Pacquiao recognizes that himself, and probably realizes that he didn’t accomplish a whole heck of a lot in beating up a weight drained De La Hoya.
Against Hatton, Pacquiao must realize that things will be dramatically different. Hatton won’t have to starve himself to make the weight, and indeed, he’ll be fighting at his normal weight for this fight and won’t have to jump through so many hoops the way that Oscar did in his preparation to make weight for his bout with Pacquiao.
This means that Pacquiao will be entering a level of fighting that he’s never faced before. Pacquiao was taken to the limit by Juan Manuel Marquez, and due to some poor scores from a couple of judges, Pacquiao was able to squeak by Marquez.
However, if you ask most Americans who won the fight, they all pretty much will tell you that it was Marquez that should have won. Nothing has changed since that time, Pacquiao’s the same fighter he was back then. Instead of doing the right thing and giving Marquez a rematch with different judges involved, Pacquiao sought out easier pickings, beating lightweight David Diaz, a decent fighter but not a great one, and then destroying the starved looking De La Hoya.
Now, after those two easy fights which were never going to be competitive from the first because of the talent gap and De La Hoya’s poor physical conditioning, Pacquiao finds himself in a real fight against a fighter with talent, size, power and in good health. I feel sorry for Pacquiao in a way. He’s going to lose and lose badly in this one.
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what was that your saying? you’re just like hatton and his boxing trainer mayweather sr. (who btw was nowhere to be seen after hatton slept in the ring, hahahaha!), all talk but can’t walk the walk! you should try weather forecasting. atleast there you may end up getting it right w/ your predictions!
you should have shut your mouth and kept your opinions to yourself.
hahahaha…!
Yoooohoooooo MR Manuel Perez!!! WER ARE YOU!!!!!!??
Mr. Manuel Perez i guess you just miss judge manny. We all know that hatton is one of the best pound for pound boxer. Hatton is in great shape as what his coach said. And we all know that during delahoya paquiao fight delahoya is not in good shape he looks sick but he last long enough unlike hatton last only for 2 rounds and he didnt even finish the 2nd round and even worse he lost his belt by TKO.. What else can i say but pacman is the NUMBER ONE pound for POUND fighter ever. And now i guess hatton afraid for a rematch.. and maybe his thinking about retirement..
hi!
first of all i wanna greet satellite boys in the Philippines! ” kapal ng mukha ng author dito”
guys…now is the time to comment!
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thanks!
hey!
what now! i know some people or your friends wont trust even a single word that cames out in your mouth.
just try to closed your eyes get sleep and dream all you want.
looser!
Mr. Perez, no doubt that the HITMAN was at his best during the fight..just like what you said….
But I guess, his best was not good enough to bring the PACMAN down….he was only at his best by trash talking… just like you…what a shame!
Obviously the author has judged pacman by his looks. You have under estimated him Mr. Manuel Perez.
Now the Hitman has become “Hit by Pacman” lols!
wahahaahh.. wer are the author of this article??? did you see how afraid pacman is? thats why he finish game so early??? wahahahaahahah(tang ina mo!!!!)
hehehehe! now who is afraid???? mr. perez eat your heart out!!!
Mr Perez ANG TANGA MO.
Mr. Perez is just like mayweather sr. when i saw the Pacquiao-hatton 24/7. they are all blabbing and bullying. and when fight is over, where are they? they were hiding from what they wrote and say. c’mon Mr. Perez comment on this.
dude.!
have u watch the fight.?
wh0′s afraid n0w.?
omg..
british ampaw..
haha..
and so as mexican..
and his nc0ach..
i think the author got more than he could ever chew, lol.
The writer was wrong in predicting Pacquiao will loose this fight. Manny won the fight by knocking down Hatton 2x in the first round and end the fight in the 2nd round by knocking down Hatton again…
Now what, who do you think is the best boxer. Do not judge a person on what he look like. it may look hes smaller or what ever. Some of you may hate Pacman and tell so many negative words and until now you can not accept that on this time it is PACMAN time. Hey Bro take my advice dont talk to much If you really dont know the person you are dealing with. In Boxing fist talks not by mouth, uh, uh. Now eat all your words ad eat al pacmans dust… Peace to all….
Gago ka pala eh! kung yung mga mexicano hindi umubra kay pacman eh… 2 rounds lang bro ang inabot ni hatton 2 rounds hahahaha… is that “afraid” hahahahaha hahahahahaha har har har di har har….
poor mr. perez! whining about your beaten mexican fighters and making biased articles like this will not change the fact to your asses got whoooooped!!! wholet the dogs out whooop whooop whooop whooped ! ! !
I must say it will be a great fight. Ricky Hatton’s power And Pacmans speed. Can’t wait to watch it. MAy the best man win.
think Mr. Perez is still dreaming that at least somebody can beat Pacquiao while no mexican boxer can. With respect to all mexican boxer.
Hi Mr. Perez. If you are a Hatton Fan you’re always confident that your’re Guy will win, don’t be over confident. But it doesn’t mean if you have a bigger body, strong muscles, superb physical condition you will always win. Remember David and Goliath. Heheheh
Pacman according to you is smaller but he has the style of fight that Hatton must afraid of. The skills of pacman is the main factor of this fight and not the size or who will be the stronger man will win.
Mabuhay ang PILIPINO
on May 2, Hatton will be knock out, and tears will flow from the face of mr. perez!
want to know the qualification of mr. perez. is he a mind reader or a psychologist?
Hatton will suffer from a death by a thousand left hands.
I’d like to see these interviews where Manny looks scared, I’ve read as many of the interviews as I could be bothered but not seen anything in the pictures that would suggest he was looking scared of Ricky.
As for fight night, Pac will most definately be in for a shock. Hatton is puncher, well known at the weight as the best and I think he will catch Pac easier than he is being given credit for. Closing off the ring and attacking the body is what Hatton does best, a few heavy lefts to the body (which Pac is open to) and Pacs feet will slow and he will be susceptable to a KO blow.
Thing is, its likely going to take Hatton at least 5 rounds to catch him enough to slow him, what Pac does in the opening 5 will define the fight, he is quick enough to get in and out and cause Hatton some serious bother.
I sound like a broken record as ive said this in each article, its a 50-50 bout.
Hey Manuel breaktime is over, go back to work. This time please clean the restroom.
hey Mr. MANUEL PEREZ… stop making excuses about those boxers that got their asses whooped by MANNY PACQUIAO… alright… It’s too obvious that your a PACQUIAO hater, probably because your a mexican… i dont know… but it doesn’t matter what you say, I know it’s hard for you guys to admit but PACQUIAO is the no.1 pound for pound boxer in the world… and on May 2nd, he’ll beat the crap out of Ricky Fatton (oops, i mean Hatton)…
congratulations. you succeeded. lol.
hatton is the bigger man but still manny is taller…and faster then hatton…….
I’ll mark your words..for me, pacman will crash hatton
Yes. It is more frightening for pacquiao to speak in straight english in Hatton’s presence than to box Ricky inside the ring. Manny is ferocious inside the ring. Hatton will be in for a paralyzing surprise come May 2. Manny will break Ricky’s weak defense and send him to the canvas.
The reason why Manny looked frighten during the presscon was not because of Hatton as a bigger and stronger opponent. He was a little nervous because he had to speak English. Pacquiao is a Filipino who can barely speak straight English…My impression is that being inarticulate is more unnerving for Pacquiao than his English opponent.
No. Pacquaio is not afraid. He will break Hatton in 3 rounds or so.
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I also want to comment on “strong.’ Hatton may be strong. So is Pacquiao. I’ve seen videos of both fighters training. Pacquiao is in a league by himself. Just look how fast he is on the heavy bag! There’s nobody else like him, he’s a freak.
I just hope that Hatton will not get badly beaten. I like him, also. If he loses to pacquiao as 90% of commenters say, I just hope he loses in a very close fight. like in a unanimous, but very close decision. If he should win, I will stand up and applause.
I think the two really like each other, and will be lifetime friends when they retire. Too bad they have to face each other.
You can say anything and we cannot confirm it because you didn’t cite the TV coverage for us to see for ourselves.
I doubt you very much.
Manny looks nervous when around Ricky Hatton because he is having a hard time understanding him speak.
The British Accent is difficult to master especially when Manny only learned to speak English 9 years ago.
I just like to correct my post above – i had thought this was someone eventually giving ricky a chance at this fight but i was mis-informed – i hadnt had the ‘pleasure’ of reading any of this guys other articles which are blatantly biased (no suprise for this site though right?)
add to this post if you agree with the following (i just wanna know if im going mad or if im right):
-Every writer is biased on this website and there isnt 1 impartial article – some are biased towards my own views and others are biased towards views that I disagree with completely, but its either americans hating on brits, mexicans hating on manny etc etc – the guys writing these articles I REALLY & TRUELY BELIEVE KNOW NOTHING OR VERY LITTLE ABOUT BOXING. also every article that i have looked at has had sooo many posts from people telling the writers how stupid they are so Im beginning to wonder why they even bother – I mean, are these guys just trying to get a rise out of people???? I can just imagine 20 odd fat guys sat round computers eating potatoe chips in the garage of 1 of their parents homes!!!!
good article – im routing for hatton and wish i could honestly say im as confident about him winning as you are Manuel – however, I do have faith and its good to see some of the writers on this site evaluting BOTH fighters’ strengths instead of assuming everyone who is british is going to lose. these are the articles that keep a site like this going so well done mate. (i hope your right but i think its too close to call. if it goes 12 rounds the advantage is with manny but ricky has got a chance of knocking him out to head or body – manny has proven weak at times to both – we’ll all see soon enough i guess though)
“Now, after those two easy fights which were never going to be competitive from the first because of the talent gap and De La Hoya’s poor physical conditioning”
About De La Hoya’s poor physical conditioning…
The problem with that statement is that when Manny accepted the fight, most of the boxing community expected De La Hoya was going to be too big for Manny, but Manny still took the fight.
It’s not Manny’s fault Oscar came in limp from Kangaroo meat.
If we’re going to use this type of excuse and reasoning to defend De La Hoya’s lopsided TKO at the hands of Manny, then why don’t we just make excuses for Manny too….
How about…. the only reason Marquez was able to get up after being floored in their second fight, is because Manny had to starve himself to make weight. Had Manny not been weight drained, that punch that floored Marquez would have had enough power to keep Marquez from getting up…
I love excuses.
Come on Ricky we all love you and know you caan do him at 140 so get in there fella. by the way froch joe would school you move on never mention his name again i like you but joe is world class you never have or never will be.
Huge ‘F’ to you Perez! nothing seemed to be new in your article! Same Pacman degradation again… and come May 2, you’ll be eating a lot of crows again but Pac will never receive any credit from you… you moronic, biased sonnabagan!
The official Mexican boxer’s spin doctor
Lol not this again, I remember simirlar articles about how Floyd Mayweather “looked scared” at the weigh-in. I couldn’t see it, wishfull thinking maybe?
How refreshing to have two genuine nice guys of boxing in the ring together
Hahahahahahaha!!! you made my day,Mr. perez! It just shows that you dont know NOTHING about boxing.poor manuel!you are wasting your time in writing.you’re a laughingstock in the eyes of other writers.I beg you to read again and again your article about the pacman then think not once but twice if you are ready to do this for the rest of your life.your observation and article is simply immature! and my hat’s off to you,you gain fans! pachaters most probably just like you.HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Manuel Perez, you again. Wow. A Pacquiao hater for life. The last article I read and you wrote was making negatory comments on Pacquiao winning the Fighter of the Year award because you want a Mexican to win, WHINE Manuel Marquez or MargaCHEATo perhaps. And here you go again hitting on Pacquiao. Manuelito.. get a life.
Let me ask you a few things. How do you know that he is afraid of Hatton? Was his knees trembling when you saw it? Was his hands and lips shaking? If it is just the way how you look at him, God don’t tell me that you are a psychologist now who can see things by way of behavior. Are you making a fool of people like us who are boxing fanatics?
You know what? You make articles like this because you know that you’ll get more money by doing this. I know that you just want to earn more to pay for your bills. The more people hitting on your article and more people making comments on your article equals BIG BUCKS for you.
I do believe that Pacman has a chance to win regardless if people here are saying that he doesn’t have the strength in comparison to Hatton. Do you think Hatton’s chin and head is as strong as his body? Is Hatton’s brain protected by a very thick cranial bone? I don’t think so. If PAC hits the right button in Ricky’s face and Ricky does it to Pac….it’s a knockout. It’s a fact cause I did it to someone 20 pounds bigger than me and I saw it happened to others too. Hell yeah!!!
Hatton will win this fight, hes gonna get hit and hit alot, but whats new there……….
Hatton will persue Manny till the latter rounds and end it in devastating fashion. Just my opinion though.
Should be a great fight
I dont quite think Pacquiao looks scared or nervous around Hatton but i do agree that i think Hatton will win.
Whitout doubt Pacquiao is the more talented boxer but i think Hatton is hungry for the win more, so i think he’l be too strong for Pacquiao and get the ko within 8 rounds
I don’t think Hatton was that impressive in his fights against slow moving Lazcano. He cannot boast on the Malignaggi win because he fought a one-handed fighter who can’t execute a decent offensive combination. Pacman is no Lazcano nor Malignaggi. Expect a difficult fight for Hatton and he will go down at 9th round.
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Let’s assume that Hatton will come heavier at fight night. Does this guarantee a win for Hatton? Nope. As a matter of fact, it will be a disadvantage to him because he’ll be slower and Pac at his ideal weight at l40-145 will be faster. Have you forgotten how Juan Manuel Lopez knocked the bigger and heavier Daniel Ponce de Leon? Pac fought dela Hoya at l47, as welterweight. He did not lose his speed. How much more when he goes down at l40 which is actually his ideal weight for his height. For both fighters who have almost identical in height, weight does not matter. It is the guy who comes speedier w/ lots of power will prevail in this fight. And it is gonna be Pacman.
Pacman has the speed advantage but lets see how fast he is after hes caught a few big body shots from Hatton.
Both of these guys go in to the ring to knock out the other guy, they are both well conditioned fighters who are used to non stop action for 12 rounds.
BUT! I fear Pacman will lose this fight, Hatton is his best at this weight and Pacman has not felt power like Hattons before. People also forget that Hatton is hardly slow, hes got good foot speed and pretty decent hands.
Another point worth making is that Pacman can punch too (but doesnt have a welterweight fighters punch). It must also be remembered that Hatton used his face as a gaurd for most of his fighters and not many fighters have troubled him in regards to knocking him out.
Mayweather was just very smart in taking out Hatton, he used Hattons own force against him, hence the knock out.
My money is Hatton will beat Pacman by KO in the second half the fight.
Hatton should then go on to fight Junior Witter or Flloyd Mayweather Jr. Theres no point in him fighting another pint size Marquez as it will just be a repeat of the Pacman fight.
I reckon pacs natural weight is lightweight as he has naturally filled out since his younger days
Yeah,Manny is really afraid of hatton. He is afraid that he might kill hatton on May 2.
I see Hatton very much like Juan Manuel Marquez in the sort of physical build, the combinations, etc.
I think thts what got Pacquiao arguably beat TWICE in the fights with Juan Manuel Marquez
- Someone who fights harder, who punches harder and most importantly, how FEROCIOUS they are.
The most Ferocious man out there is propbablly Hatton and that is what is going to win him the fight.
Pacquiaos big advantage is workrate and stamina but when you think about it – so is Hattons, neither of them will let a second go by without punching in the 3 mins of every round
Its gonna be FIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
Another thing is people say – Oh Pacquiao will weigh in at 140 so Hatton isnt bigger or Heavier.
So blinded by someones build?
Think how big Roberto Duran looked in the Lightweight division – arguablly as big as people like Bernard Hopkins!
Hatton will defenatilley be the bigger man in the fight.
and BTW the writer didn’t know what his talking about haha, looks afraid haha, Manny will surely looks afraid of Hatton’s ugliest trainer hehehe
hehe may 2 is getting nearer, can’t wait to see Pac’s winning his 6th division
So Manuel, you emphasizes to your readers that you’re really a Ricky Hatton fan. Don’t get too overwhelmed about Ricky’s capabilities. No doubt he has a good chances of defeating the Pacman. But I believe those chances are narrow. Everytime Pacquiao
goes to the higher weight to challenge the best fighter. Manny always looked aukward and down to earth guy. But when the moment he came inside the ring, it’s a whole different story, he punishes his opponents like no one does. Every opponents of Manny’s says thier too big and strong, but still they no have no match against the Filipino southpaw. I know Ricky right now, has a full confident of himself that he will able to beat Manny, but If I were him he must be afraid of Manny the moment he step into the ring….must be afraid…
pacman and his speed will destroy hatton no question! hatton will take too many quick jabs and then power shots and his fate wil end similar to the mayweather fight as pacman and mayweather are same stye except on stance
I think Lightwelter isnt Pacmans natural weight now. Though i have to admit he is looking very lean and natural at it.
The thing with Hattons strength is hes faced and easily out muscled lots of Natural Lightwelters and somebody who comes up who isnt 1 is guna struggle with Hattons bullying tactics even more.
Thats how Hatton does it, forces his way in, prys open the arms of his opponants and attacks. And if your not strong enough to keep him off you your in for a torrid night.
Ofcourse if Mr Blobby is right and Pacman is a natural and can compete with Hattons strength then it will be an easy night for Pacman.
Thats the exciting thing about the fight, we just dont know how strong pacman is at Lightwelter, if it turns out hes plenty strong enough watch out Hatton.
But i just cant see that being the case.
No Suckeggs you missed my point, ive already explained in my post before.
“Lightwelter is Pacman’s most natural weight now, the fact that he struggled and had to kill himself to lose weight at making his last couple of fights at SuperFeather and Leightweight says it all.”
Get it now? In terms of overall size and muscle mass Pacman is just as big, if not bigger than Hatton. Hatton has more fat than pac but im sure he will lose it all before the fight. Look at this pic.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kp2FrgCoRfs/SV3hPjU_1dI/AAAAAAAAEko/Lz5_mZRxoyQ/s800/hatton-vs-pacquiao-tape.jpg
Mr Blobby you seem to be missing the point. When people refer to the size difference between the 2 they don’t mean height.Height means nothing… the difference between the 2 is Hatton is physically more muscular and strong. I work with a guy 4 inches taller than me but who naturally weighs 2 stone less than me because like Pacquiao he is slim and thin set while myself like Hatton am naturally stocky and stronger. It doesn’t matter how tall manny is… when Hatton gets inside you will see who the naturally bigger man is
hahaha what size difference? Hatton is no more than one inch taller than pacman lol.
Pacman has 2 inches advantage in Reach. This obession with Hatton’s size is a nonsense and makes no sense.
Lightwelter is Pacman’s most natural weight now, the fact that he struggled and had to kill himself to lose weight at making his last couple of fights at SuperFeather and Leightweight says it all.
Hatton is in for a real shock after he realised he’s bitten off more than he can comprehend.
I think Pacman has bitten off more than he can chew, im sure he will be the quicker man but eventually the losing man after Hatton knocks him out.
I see it a bit like Khan v Barrera, Barrera is twice the boxer Khan is but the size and strength difference is going to take its toll on Pacquiao. I know it was a bad cut to Barrera but thats where the fight was heading. Im not sayin Pacmans twice the boxer Hatton is but he is better and deserves the P4P title he has.
But not for a minute do i think Pacman is visibly scared of Hatton, i have to admit that i havnt been following them around but i just cant see it, with the level of skill a man posesses the confidence comes naturally.
Im sure he will be 100 percent convinced that hes guna beat Hatton and has nothing to be scared of, Hatton will be thinking the same thing, they are both high quality fighters who are confident enough in themselves without underestimating their opponant through arrogance.
respect 2 u Manuel Perez about time some 1 saw the truth about pacquiao. iam not taking anything away from manny he is a great fighter but he has defintly bitten of more than he can chew. 1 mounth and a day 2 go i cant wait lol.
hatton is already in the best shape ever at this point in training lol.
it’s about time someone gave hatton some credit
(p.s. This better not be some childish little april fools joke)