Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao: Smoke & Mirrors
April 12th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: If there’s one thing I can’t stand more than anything is an over-hyped fighter like Manny Pacquiao. I don’t mind Pacquiao getting a little praise for some of his accomplishments, but honestly Manny hasn’t done all that much in his career against what I consider quality fighters. Ricky Hatton, by far, is going to be the best opponent of his career on May 2nd.
Basically, Pacquiao has fought like three fights in his whole career, those being his first bout against Erik Morales and then the two fights against Marquez. All the remaining fights and opponents of his career have been just a lot of fluff without any substance.
And, of those three fights that Pacquiao has fought, he should have lost all three of them. He did lose the fight against Morales, and lost badly terrible beating by Erik in March 2005. Pacquiao’s two wins over Morales after that don’t count as wins as far I’m concerned because Morales had eaten himself out of the super featherweight division by that time in his career and had to take drastic measures to make weight for the fights.
Pacquiao’s wins over Marco Antonio Barrera don’t count either, because Barrera had been through one through hell and back by the time he fought Pacquiao, having already fought twice against a prime Morales. Remember, it was Morales at the end of his career that gave Pacquiao a boxing lesson, easily beating him.
Just imagine what Morales would have done to Pacquiao if he had fought him in his prime both times instead of at the end of his career. So, besides Morales and Marquez, all the other names on Pacquiao’s record are totally meaningless, including Oscar De La Hoya.
All of those fighters were either much too little, or too old to even be considered as competition for Ricky Hatton. I can just imagine would happen if Fahsan 3K Battery stepped in the ring with Hatton, it wouldn’t be pretty. Hatton would literally be lifting him up with punches to the body and head and would probably send him flying out of the ring with a big shot.
The same would go for Agapito Sanchez, another one of Pacquiao’s super featherweight opponents during his career. Really, there are no accomplishments that Pacquiao has achieved that can prepare him for someone like Hatton. I don’t like Hatton as a fighter, but I got to call like I like I see, he’s going to beat Pacquiao black and blue come May 2nd.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure of the plan that Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is going to devise to try and beat Ricky. It’ll be something along the lines of Pacquiao bouncing on his toes nonstop in his typical Bruce Lee imitation that he likes to do, with Pacquiao trying to jump in range for quick flurries and then jumping out of range. Roach will have Pacquiao using his right hook to try and nail Hatton coming inside, as well as jabbing him a lot from the outside.
Basically, Pacquiao is going to fight Hatton the same way Manny fought David Diaz, whom he stopped in the 9th round. Pacquiao will use lateral movement and right hooks to try and catch Hatton out of position. It’s up to Hatton to defeat these measures by staying in close to Pacquiao, where he is most vulnerable.
On the inside, Pacquiao is a no better fighter than his brother Bobby Pacquiao, a journeyman. If you watch any number of Pacquiao’s fights, he hates when his opponents get in close to him and he immediately tries to get away so they don’t hit him to the body and head.
In close, Pacquiao is very average. He’s also more comfortable when he’s doing the attacking. When the shoes on the other foot and his opponent is coming at him, for example, in his two fights with Marquez, Pacquiao looks discombobulated mentally and doesn’t appear to know what to do.
He does best when he can run at his opponents with his two-fisted arm punching style. Roach taught Pacquiao to use his jab and right hook much more than he used. In fact, Pacquiao primarily was a one-armed puncher for most of his career using his left for everything.
Roach broke him of this and now has Pacquiao shooting the jabs and banging with his right hook. Hatton must not let Pacquiao bounce around on the outside, because with his quickness he’ll be able to jump in fast, land flurries and then run away to the outside.
Pacquiao will try to act like a matador with Hatton coming at him, jumping out of the way and trying to pick him off with fast shots – mostly hooks – with Hatton out of position. I have little doubts that Hatton will be agile enough to turn on Pacquiao and blast him if Ricky ends up not catching Pacquiao.
It’s pretty clear that Pacquiao will try to be elusive and hope to pound Hatton with fast shots as Hatton leans forward trying to land. Once on the inside Hatton needs to let his hands go fast, because Roach is probably going to have Pacquiao clinching Hatton.
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“Ricky Hatton, by far, is going to be the best opponent of his career on May 2nd.”
Result: PACQUIAO ‘KTFO’ HATTONS in 2nd. Can’t wait for the next article. Let me guess this fight didn’t count either. What’s the next excuse? It’s funny to see what PACQUIAO haters/ doubters have to say when he wins – TEDY ATLAS being one of them.
Manny Pacquiao landed 73 punches
Ricky Hatton landed 18 punches
Manuel Perez = 0
the hitman was hit badly by the pacman
“Pacquiao is very average” – this average guy just knocked out Hatton few seconds before the end of second round.Awww.. sweet victory for pacman huh
Hey Perez! So now that Pacquiao KOed Hatton, what say you? LOL. Long live Pacman!
p.s. where the hell did Mayweather, Sr. go after the fight? Was he in hiding? What a pity!
You beat all of your countrymen, Perez. What your doing is sourgraping. But you know what, I can call you “Manny Perez” coz your are so fkucin obsessed with Manny Pacquiao. You even even have the same initials. hehe
Hatton to whoop mannys ass come may 2nd….only becuase for me this is a step up in wieght to much for him. Hatton is the best in this division, and gets even bigger than the 140 by the time he gets in the ring. Manny will just be 140 at a push. Manny will be sliping and using his speed and accuracy early doors to catch hatton and steal the score cards. However as the foight progresses, i just feel Hattons work rate and power will tell.
P.S The writer of the article is clearly biased i mean ffs Manny steps up to fight anone and everyone who wants to fight them, and for the most part wins…..if he wins the excuses are out
The Definitive Analysis Of The Battle Of East And West – coming soon
On may 2 mayweather sr.”the mouth” and hatton the “englishman hitman” will speak tagalog!!!mayweather will become white pale while hitman will become dark blue red complexion!!!
this needs settling my friends, uno momento!
IM not a Pacman fan but ur a terrible boxing writer. ur the only boxing writer that thinks that way of the Pacman. This website should not allow such writer like u write an article based on pure hate. such a loser Mr Perez. To the people running this site … a waste of time checking this site.
Listen, you can’t dismiss Pacman’s achievements like that – to do so is just plain ignorant of the truth !
I like Manny, but I strongly feel that he is coming up against a far better fighter in Hatton at Light-Welter. I think Hatton’s improving speed will shock a lot of people in this fight, most of all Manny himself !! Hatton out-speed and out-boxed one of the divisions supposed fastest fighters in Malinaggi recently. Yep, we all knew Pauli was a powder-puff puncher, but his speed was gonna kill Hatton we were all told … yet, it’s was Hatton’s bluring fast hands that knocked the sheeit outta Malinaggi.
Hatton has taken this fight as the fight of his life, and based on reporst, he has largely worked on speed and movement ( Mayweather senior traits ) … this, aligned with Hatton’s fearsome punching power at Light-Welter, will result in either Pacman being stopped by Ko, or pulled out of the fight … either way, he gets stopped.
I think with your kind of thinking, youre an ACDC (Attack and collect / Defend and collect). Put some integrity on you writings, step on the ring with the Pacman….. if you got BALLS !!! Give your best shot man !!!
I think with you kind of thinking, youre an ACDC (Attack and collect / Defend and collect). Put some integrity on you writings, step on the ring with the Pacman, if you got BALLS !!!
pacman cant beat this, pacman cant beat that, what happened? he beat the ass out of everybody. after the fight what? reasons!!! not in shape, problems w/ training, weight problems etc. you all pacman haters will eat your word again and again, i cant see pacman losing til he is 35 yo
yeah thats what everybody says before he fights, thats what everybody says before he fought barrera, morales, marquez, diaz and delahoya!!youre going to eat your words again just like everybody who thinks pacman will lose everytime.
By Manuel Perez: If there’s one thing I can’t stand more than anything is an over-hyped fighter like Manny Pacquiao.
I never read past that bit. Im sure its full of wonderful knowledge and great points but if somebody is guna start an article like that i question the thoughts of the writer.
I take it you dont send Pacman your love since he beat your mummy Marquez
This is great stuff. Whenever Pacquiao wins a fight against a quality opponent, it’s because the other boxer wasn’t ready, the other fighter was over the hill, the other fighter was weight drained, or the other fighter wasn’t even that good. It’s as if the other fighter doesn’t have the responsibility to be READY on fight night.
If Manny Pacquiao beats Ricky Hatton, Manuel Perez will write an article saying how Ricky Hatton wasn’t even that great of a boxer, how he was overrated, how he wasn’t ready to fight Pacquiao etc., etc. Who knows what kind of bull$h!t excuses he’ll make.
Manuel Perez is nothing but an internet troll. He writes these rubbish articles in which he makes ludicrous statements and with the sole purpose of getting a rise out of people. I bet he’s reading all of these replies and laughing at them right now.
You’re living in your own world man.
Manny Pacquiao is the P4P King and the greatest next to Muhammad Ali. People won’t brand him The Mexicutioner for nothing. Admit it, Manny is fast as a lightning. Also, Manny beating all Mexican boxers coming his way doesn’t make him a racist. Your idea and thoughts are ridiculous. Hatton is a good match for Manny. I can’t wait for May 2! And if Manny wins, eat your heart out, Perez. I’ll be ROFL at you. Phbbt!
Manuel your articles are as ridiculous as those written by Gilfoid and Lieberman. I am a Brit and a massive Hitman fan. However, this doesn’t stop me appreciating non-biased, balanced and well reasoned articles.
Given that you are obviously blinded by your love of Mexican fighters I find it hard to believe that you can state that Manny ‘hasn’t done all that much in his career’. What does that make the Mexicans that he has beaten?! Barrera, Morales, Marquez et al are genuine greats – discredit them and what does Mexico have left to offer?
People can dispute judge’s scorecards till kingdom come. But judges are appointed for a reason – they know something about boxing. And the scorecards that they produce are the ones that will be remembered by history. End of!
As for the Hitman-Pacman fight – I can’t wait! As much as I’d love Ricky to win I still see Manny as slight favourite. You don’t become p4p king for nothing after all. However, if Ricky can get close and apply some pressure I don’t think much of Manny’s chances.
You wally wally wally!
Perez makes the same points over and over, he says Hattons got great power, he says Pacs over-rated, he says Pac should never have won against Morales or Marquez and Barrera was shot back then blah blah blah.
Whether they are good points or not is irrelevant now. We have heard it all before from the same man in every article he writes. Whats he going to do after this fight?
Also Perez, Morales beat Pac first time round, he didnt need to fight a further 2 times but chose to. Marquez got a draw and wanted to go for a win and didnt get it (whether it was right or wrong doesnt matter), his choice again. Can you really blame Pac for taking the fights? Is it his fault he bettered them? ODLH should never have come down to 147 again but CHOSE to? Is that Pacs fault he did? Barrera got beat at 125 and took a second shot at 130 and lost again, is it Pacs fault he was better again? And he was far from shot, he had 8 fights between losing to Morales (of which he won all 8), and fighting Pac. He then went on after losing to Pac to win another 6 fights, before facing Pac again and losing(after getting beat by Marquez of course).
This article is very biased but it makes some very clear points.
Hatton is a big guy and a huge puncher.
Pacman also is not very comfy when hes been attacked, Hatton has a solid chin and will attack non stop for 12 rounds.
I am defo putting £20 on at the bookies that Hatton will win. I will get £50 back should Hatton beat Pacman. Which he will.
Lets see how fast Manny is after hes been hit to the body a few times. Get rid of his speed and he is like a full english breakfast on the table ready for the fat man to dive in and finish.
The likes of you Mr Perez dont give credit at all to MP, just like what they said to him before the Dela Hoya fight. I am sorry for guys like you. You will be embarassed again and again and again.
Very biased article to be fair, however you are right in saying that Ricky will be Pacman’s toughest fight. All the people who say this is going to be easy for Pac are being very daft themselves. Hatton is big, strong and can take alot of punches. Pac destroyed De La Hoya, but Oscar was a mess. Ricky will be coming in and if he does get inside he will punish pacquio, remember he had no trouble closing Floyd down, he just flapped when he got there. I believe Hatton will be more controlled in his aggression. However talented pac is i find it hilarious that people think pac won’t get hit, because he will………as will Hatton. Will be a fantastic fight.
I hope you drop your obvious slanted view should Pacquiao beat Hatton. If he does beat him badly, are you still going to come up with another reason, like Hatton did not train hard enough and was out of shape?
On the other hand, if Hatton beats Pacquiao, I will give you credit.
I pesonally think, however, you are goig to be greatly embarrassed by this article.
The great thing about Manny Pacquiao is that he hasnt always had things his way. Over time he has develped his skills and just got better and better.
HAHAHAHA! I wonder if Mr Perez has ever thought about stand up comedy hehe!
Yes! keep them coming Perez, awesome laugh! hahaha
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
El acero aprestad y el bridon;
y retiemble en sus centros la tierra
Al sonoro rugir del canon.
Cina -oh patria! tus sienes de olivo
De la Paz el arcangel divino,
Que en el cielo tu eterno destino
Por el dedo de Dios se escribio.
Mas si osare un extrano enemigo
Profanar con su planta tu suelo,
Piensa -oh patria querida! que el cielo
Un soldado en cada hijo te dio.
what a load of old sh** if he is that avarage you get in the ring with him
Overhyped??????? WHAT???? Hes a great fighter and rightly the p4p king. He knocked marquez down 4 times in 2 fights. Sounds like sour grapes to me… Ive heard marquez should have won the second encounter but he didn’t so get over it. Why don’t you rename the article “i hate manny pacquiao” since thats all your doing is slagging him off. And the 2nd morales fight doesn’t count because he lost?????? Man this isn’t biased at all well written………..