Pacquiao Destroys Hatton: Mayweather Sr. Wants Ricky to Retire – News
May 3rd, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: I really hate to gloat but I think I told the Ricky Hatton fans that he would be knocked out, and as usual, I was right. I knew he was going to lose but I didn’t think he was going to get beaten so easily by Manny Pacquiao.
Hatton couldn’t get up, and just laid there out cold on the canvas while a medical team was rushed into give him assistance. Referee Kenny Bayless officially stopped the bout at 2:59 of the 2nd.
After the fight, Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. suggested that Hatton should retire from boxing, and I have to agree with him. However, it isn’t that Hatton has lost a step or anything over the years, but rather when Hatton finally fought a good opponent, his mediocre skills were exposed.
The problem with Hatton is that he hasn’t been facing the best fighters in the light welterweight division for many years and when he finally did have to face a good fighter for a change, the logical conclusion was that he would get knocked out.
Believe me, if Hatton had faced Junior Witter, Timothy Bradley, Kendall Holt, Victor Ortiz, Ricardo Torres, Marcos Maidana, Nate Campbell or Joan Guzman, he would have been knocked out long ago. I think Hatton should probably retire, though, because if he continues fighting, he won’t face the good light welterweights and will likely continue to pick and choose fighters that he feels that he beat.
Forget about him fighting any of those guys. If anything, we’ll see him against the softest opposition available and then probably against some big named opponent that will rip him a new backside like Pacquiao did. It isn’t that Hatton is shot, it’s that this is what happens when a fighter takes a big step up against more talented opponents. It would have likely happened many times already if Hatton had fought better fighters, but oh well.
Gone is Hatton’s chance at a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez, because I can’t see either of those fighters wanting to waste their precious time fighting Hatton after this knockout loss. If Hatton wants to rebuild his credibility, there’s only one way to do it and that’s by fighting the top light welterweights in the division, and I’m not talking about Paulie Malignaggi either.
Hatton looked like he had forgotten absolutely everything that Mayweather Sr. had taught him. There was little head movement, no jab, little technical skills by him and just his usual bum rushing style. It was frankly hilarious to watch him. Hatton was fighting the same way that he had always fought against his mostly soft opposition.
Of course, it wasn’t going to work against a good fighter like Pacquiao. Mayweather Jr. exposed Hatton, as did Juan Lazcano, but you could see that Hatton’s ability was very crude and one-dimensional dating back to even his fight against a shot Kostya Tszyu in 2005.
In the 1st round, Hatton mostly tried to mug Pacquiao the same way that he did to Tszyu, attempting to clinch and wrestle him. Pacquiao, however, was much too clever and nailed Hatton repeatedly with left hands and right hooks as Hatton would lunge in to grab him.
When Hatton would try to punch from the outside, he’d miss much of the time due to his poor hand speed and the fact that he was telegraphing his shots. Near the end of the round, Pacquiao nailed Hatton with a right hook as Hatton was attempting to land a wild left hook of his own, dropping Hatton to the canvas at :56 of the round.
Hatton landed face first into the canvas. He got up, took a standing eight and continued to try and mug Pacquiao. However, as Hatton was trying to grab Pacquiao, he was hit with a two hard left hands and dropped in the corner with only seven seconds to go in the round. Luckily for Hatton, by the time he got to his feet, the time in the round ran out and he was allowed to escape intact.
In between rounds, Hatton looked hurt and totally out of it, like he was in out space. It was funny, because I knew he was going to get stretched as soon as the action started again. Boy, was I right.
In the 2nd round, Hatton continued to fight without using a jab or head movement, just plowing ahead in his old style and trying to take Pacquiao’s head off with wild rights and lefts. Hatton missed more often than not, and was countered by big right hooks and left hands from Pacquiao. Hatton was warned for using one of his old weapons, the trusty rabbit punch while in close.
Following that, Hatton landed a couple of shots, but was getting riddled to pieces by the sharpshooting from Pacquiao. Seconds later, Pacquiao tagged Hatton with a big left hand with seven seconds to go in the round, sending Hatton down for the third and final time in the fight.
Hatton was out cold even before he hit the canvas, and after he landed hard on his back, with his head bouncing off the canvas, Hatton just laid there with eyes partially open, not moving. The fight was then stopped and a medical team rushed into to assist Hatton. It must have taken at least a minute or more for Hatton to awaken, but he looked fine after he came out of it.
Like I said, Hatton probably needs to retire from the sport. I think he should continue if he were serious about wanting to fight the best in the light welterweight division, but that’s not going to happen, so I’d like to see him retire rather than to see him carry on and continue fighting opponents like Lazcano, and Malignaggi.
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“It was funny, because I knew he was going to get stretched as soon as the action started again. Boy, was I right.”
You pathetic weed of a person. You thought it was funny?
You’re a joke. As someone else said, I would love to see you in the ring, layed out cold on the canvas. Still be laughing then would you?
“As usual, I was right”. That did make me laugh.
I’m convinced this guy must be on a wind-up, no-one could be so smug, arrogant and outright biased as this guy. His article on Calzaghe was hilariously bad, and this one is no better.
Will you be tracking down Hatton and telling him to his face of your irrational hatred for him, you brave internet warrior?
Thought not
has anybody else noticed that gilfoids articles are mainly about how great HE is?
not the incredibly brave and dedicated guys that actually go into the ring to fight?
as a boxing nut, whether i like the fighter or not, i still have huge respect for them.
the guy obviously has a huge ego and a massive chip on his shoulder, please drop him from this site, its always about him.
this gilfoid character is some sort of c–t
Well done Scott you’ve managed to side with the odds on favorite and picked the winner congrats! It nearly makes up for all the calls you get wrong(nearly). Still I think Ricky should retire, there’s no shame in it he was just outclassed as the Pac was just too good.
how about mayweather sr retire too,
pacquiao answer the question or specteculation of lot of writer and fan or critics that pacquiao has no one punch power in welter wieght division..
about hatton ithink he is improve this fight little bit his job much more beatiful and quick than before. his right hook also have power and speed unfortunately pacquiao was so great ,to much for hatton.
hatton rigth hook is awesome but pacquiao always avoid, ppacquiao alway is improving.so to all welterwiegt fighter,theres new sherif in the welterwieght division
manny was amazing, hatton just was not himself, he did everything wrong, was very unlike him, lot of people on this forum forget how big of a champion RH has been over his reign and only judge his last 2 year, he is acredit to the sport with whatever he chooses to do he should never be ashamed of his achievents only others can dream about…
We all love Ricky hatton.xxxxxxxxxx
Scott hemorroid you scum c##t hope to meet you one day you nonse….
‘I don’t like to gloat’ …
Scott, you utter wan.er !! Gloating is all you live for you pathetic piece of pond-life !
The crap you have stated about Hatton and the vast majority of british fighters only backs up your delusional mindset … yes, Hatton got his arse handed to him on a plate against Pacman because he entirely abandoned his top conerman’s advice, which was from Mayweather to move and stay on the outisde for the fight four to six rounds … Instead, Ricky listened to the other prick of a trainer in his camp who blatantly told him to walk-forward and make a statement of intent via his strength. Phuck, even Hatton’s previous trainer, Graham, would of had Hatton moving and boxing at distance in such a fight as this ( as he did against Tsyzu for the first seven rounds of their fight )!
To state Hatton was a untalented,skilless oath of a fighter is a naked usurpation of the truth, and to not even remotely acknowledge the guy’s achievements only serves to make you look to moron that you are !
Oh, I am not the greatest Hatton fan either, but I acknowledge certain aspects of what he has done … you are too much of a joke to take seriously at anytime, Scottyboy !
I agree with you Cartziel, I ove Ricky Hatton but thought he was looking for trouble fighting Pac-man,
like you said before he fought Tszyu, the only name he fought was Vince Phillips who had not long finished a stint in prison and was 39 which is old for a light-welter, the guy had been stopped before as well but he took Hatton the full twelve.
Tzsyu was over the hill @ 34 you could tell by how less frequently he was fighting.
Castillo was 34 and too be honest i think Herman Ndjouga was robbed in the fight prior to Hatton.
Another point is when Hatton has fought southpaws he has struggled more than ever, Thaxton, Eammon McGee (even on hattons own dvd it dosnt look like he won) and Collazo.
face it everyone.hatton is just a so so fighter.he should retire.
i don’t regret paying for the ppv even if the action was short and one-sided. manny was so good, so awesome – it was my privilege to see it.
it was an assassination.
manny is ruthless.
I agree with u david….
i think manny vs floyd will be the fight of the century, i cant wait to buy tickets
I think what this Site decided for this fight was to have two writers for each fighter. Scott GILFOID would write things against Ricky HATTON while Manuel PEREZ would write against Manny PACQUIAO.
Love the article. Fans should know that Ricky should be blamed on how he lost to the smaller guy. I thought he would give us Fans the gratification of at least making the fight up to 7 rounds. I paid $56.00 (Canadian) to watch this fight and all I got was 2 rounds of one sided action. Ricky should quit. I will never ever watch that BLOKE again!!!! Ricky should re-imburse all the fans that paid for the fight!!!!
I think the writer just saying what he have seen in the fight, Hatton is clearly out match…hahahahaha..Filipinos are the best…
Mayweather Sr should retire
Wheres manuel perez? I wanna see the excuses he gives now. Like maybe Shane Moohre in a pacquiao costume and boxed Hatton on the night? Or maybe hatton was underweight when he went into the ring? Or better yet aliens put intergalactic steroids on pacquiao and those roids where undetectable since they were from outer space! HAHAHAHAHAH ROFL
manny is improving all the the time i think he could move up as far as middle weight coz he has naturally got bigger as he has got older. I think he should fight froch i would put my money on him as stupid as that may sound
Ricky should not retire after a very poor performance. We all know that he can do better than that. He’s still have it in him. What he needs to do is to get a new trainer, I’d say Freddie Roach. We don’t want to remember Ricky the way we saw him in his fight with The Pacman. Besides, he lost to a better fighter, the Philippine’s pride (our pride)so there is really no shame in that.
why are you beating down on mallignaggi?
12 rounds with cotto losing by decision after getting a cut at the beggining of the fight?
Mallignaggi is a good boxer and was well beaten by hatton, you just wanted to claim where possible that Hatton is a fake and i think you can tell by the majority of replys no one really agrees with you, Hatton is humble funny and likeable AND a good boxer, PAC man is just a lot lot better
The key for Pacquiao for this to win, is timing. During the fight it is obvious that the defense and cover of Hatton are no longer there.
By reading between-the-lines o this article. I had to admit that the number of wins and knock-outs are NOT the basis in producing quality boxer. It will now open the door for a trainor to look in a different perspective. As for the traditional trainor like Mayweather, this is what you get if you put your mouth first rather than your brain.
Manny Pacquiao had an easy win but I just don’t get Ricky Hatton walking straight into Manny with his hands low and taking that peach of a left that knocked him out.
Ricky looked like an amateur partly by his own lack of defense and of course Manny did the job.
Pity it was not a more competitive fight, ho hum next victim please!
Congratulations to the Phillipines you have a great fighter to revere!
Ricky hatton will be loved in the uk forever he had a real good carear now i would love him 2 join Joe calzaghe retire.
well done scott you picked the odds on favourite to win, ur a prophet! but not quite the prophet as u picked taylor to beat froch the warrior so haha…hatton has been a brilliant fighter and beaten great fighters..from last night i think hes got nothing left, his peak was 4-5 years ago..he came up short against 2 exceptional fighters…no shame in what he has acheived not every1 can be joe calzaghe and beat every 1! i mentioned calzaghe coz i kno u dnt lyk him scott haha, jus coz hes beaten all of your heroes!! hahaha
Firstly I would just like to say how much I admire and respect Manny Pacquiao he is a really great fighter and has given us some of the most exciting match’s to watch probably of this generation. As for this artcile about the fight! This scott guy is so smug and I would love to see him train and step into the ring against Mayweather and Pacquaio and show us how he would get on!!! Hatton has fought some great fights and had a great record he just simply come up against two outstanding boxers at the top of the game that’s all, if he had beaten these two fighters you wouldn’t be telling us how great he is but how shot they were to suit your needs. The next big fight for me would be Pacquaio vs Mayweather and I would hope to see Pacquaio knock him spark out too and truely set his name in the books as one of the very best boxers of all time.
just to remember the thrash words and trash poem of Mayweather Sr before the fight as resemble like this on Beatles song “I started a joke and see the whole world crying, i started to cry and see the world laughing”.
C’mon Roger did you ever realized that the joke was on you?
I watched Ricky fought and demolished Kosta Tzyu,Malignaggi and other fighters. Although he lost to Floyd Mayweather it wasnt a very bad trouncing.Ricky grows on you, he certainly not afraid to fight. That’s why he has a great following.So lets at least hope he and his fans recover psychologically from such a one sided beating. Since Hatton passed the test at the hospital after the fight, physically he’ll recover fully and fight another day but no more in the class of Pacqiao.He obviously been outclassed by a demi god in Pacqiao,a reincarnation of Aries himself!I truly believe he is one of the best pugilist that ever enter the ring.He’ll destroy anybody right now
Many people would not accept how great he was after he defeated Dela Hoya,Is it because he is a small guy from a third world country?If he had been a caucasian,there would be no arguments.
I dont think Hatton should retire, he should fight Junior Witter and give the British Fans a good show, Eubank and Benn got it on, why shouldnt these to? Its not like Hattons going to have anything lined up for a while.
Scott didnt watch this fight you can tell. hes read up on it and is pretedin hes sat and analized it through. And his talk of what hes guna do next is a joke.
REALITY CHECK. Hatton was embarrased by Pacquiao, For what ever reason he didnt take Pacman seiously and he was blown away, and to be honest it looked like if Hatton HAD taken more care hed of still lost. Manny looked amazing.
Its took me all day but ive sussed whats been buggin me about it all, If myself and the others that had tipped Hatton knew that he was guna go chargin in with no defence like he did as a game plan would we of tipped him to win?
I tipped him to win, i was one that gave it all the too big and too strong business, i also thought Hattons speed was understimated, i believed that Pacman was being a little overestimated for this fight and that Hatton would bully him around the ring.
But if Mayweather Sr had told me that they werent workin on a defence, werent workin on nulifyin Pacmans strong points and he would send Rickie face first lookin for a war with a man he was way slower than, would we of been so confident.
Id of been up for Hatton no matter what but if id known that was guna be the game plan against the best fighter on the planet id of been ready for the disapointment. I feel like ive been lied to and cheated from Mayweather Sr. All the poems and all the confidence sucked me in, while in reality it was all bollocks.
His game plan was to storm in there and not even try to take anything away from Pacquiao. Rocky is a great film but you cant go in like Rocky did cuz this isnt the movies.
I know what Hattons about and im beginnin to think ive been blinded by Hatton mania, But EVERYTHING Mayweather and Hatton talked about in all the interviews in the build up was no where to be seen on the night.
Still dont understand how they thought those tatics would ever work
Mayweather Sr. needs to shut his trap already and pack up his bags. Time to head to the old folks center for permanant retirement. After seeing Pacmans’ annihilation of Hatton, Mayweather Jr. is thinking to himself ” i shouldve stayed retired”.
4 big British fights are/have happened
Froch beat Taylor i expected Taylor to win but Froch got lucky!
Hatton got ko’d just as i expected
David Haye will get k’o by Klitchzko
The only hope i see for British boxing so far is Amir Khan i expect him to beat Kotelnik and go on to achieve great things!
I think Pac’s smile in the face-offs got to Hattom and Ricky was determined to overpower Pac. By showing little respect for Pac’s power, it offered the opening Pac needed to end the fight early. Ricky looked to be in great shape and it was too bad he decided to abandon his defense. It is still possible Hatton can be relevant in the 140 division… but the mega-paydays are over for now.
mayweahter sr./hatton -EPIC FAIL. what the f@#$ was ricky’s strategy going in? what was it??? i’ve watched the fight twice on tivo now, and can’t find a single meaningful punch he landed. pitiful.
boxing fans everywhere should tip their hat to pacman tonight -what a performance. this is his time. great stuff! he moves up in weight, and gets better! awesome. bring on floyd.
Don’t confuse me with the facts? That’s the mantra of all nay-sayers!
Scott Gilfoid’s article, “Pacquiao Destroys Hatton” was right on point! Don’t forget that all the smart money had Manny Pacquiao as the betting favorite. That’s not Brit bias, that’s hard cold cash talking. Ricky Hatton’s performance was pitiful being knocked off his feet twice in the first round and knocked out colder than a Bering Sea mackrel in the second round. Manny Pacquiao did destroy Ricky Hatton last night and he just may have ended Hatton’s boxing career in the process.
enough of that guys! let ricky recover fast and do his rest and let him decide by himself what he wants to do next.
floyd is a boring fighter….a play-safe boxer…a ring runner. i don’t want to see an extremely low-energy duel in the ring!
i like all this talk about hatton being overrated by american writers,also saying when he came up against quality fighters he fell short. well,im thinking that the americans loved a certain oscar de la hoya and if memory serves me right he seemed to come up short when it came to ‘mega ‘fights.i happen to think oscar was quality,i personally rated him but i am of limited knowledge just like the fight game as a spectator.but slagging hatton off for failing is being a bit hypicrital.manny is a beast though i dont care what anyone says
What a shame this article gloats.. I thought Manny would win but not quite so easily. Hatton is a very good fighter, of that there can be no doubt, but Manny is a great fighter and that showed.
What Hatton didn’t do or maybe can’t do is adjust to his opponents.
Calzaghe did this beautifully hence going undefeated.
Regardless of race, religion, colour or creed the knocked out was quite shocking and I for one have the upmost respect for anyone who enters the ring. It’s a shame the writer of this article can’t be a little more respectful.
Hatton should retire, he will only be boxing in the shadows now, so to speak. He is in the shadows of Floyd and Manny. He has earned his money, made his name in the history books and as a nation we can be proud. As the old saying goes the kid done good.
Manny was both brilliant and very respectful in the post fight presser, he said he was lucky which I do not agree with but what a great sportsman.
I for one can’t wait for Manny v Floyd..
M
Ridiculously smug article.
You are more on a douchebag than i give you credit for. Hatton was soundly beaten yesterday by the better man and us brits can admit that. But you have to laugh that someone is getting beaten up? I bet you were laughing when hatton was down and could have been seriously injured. Do you have any friends??? I doubt it.
was watchin the fight at home in brisbane & i couldnt beleive how hatton was so easily disposed of, the pacman was on an other level but im not sure if he could do the same to floyd mayweather but it would of course be a great fight
sexualy excited when u wrote that scott? Your nothing but a racist brit hater
Tic tac toe rick hit the floor, and he better stay down if he wanna be around
Gilfoid – you’re usually right? I haven’t seen you make a correct call in some time. You even picked Malignaggi to beat Hatton!! That alone should force you to put down your pen for good…
i’ve been at a few of hatton’s fights in vegas and i truly enjoy the atmosphere and following that he brings, but against top-quality opposition he fails. he’s an average fighter at best that has been beautifully marketed….
what u talking about James, article has very little basis in fact?
He just pretty much called a spade a spade, and described everything that happened in the fight. Which did happen unless you missed the fight.
Funny times since when was you allways right!
This article is smug, indulgent and has very little basis in fact. Scott you are the antithesis (you can look that word up later) of everything a good boxing writer should be.
I feel maybe it is time for HATTON to hang up the gloves ive been a huge fan of RICKY’s for years ive heard a few people saying they would like to see him fight COTTO ……..WELL if he couldnt take PACMANS power shots there is no way he could take COTTO’s btw im a brit so there is no way i am biased or anything !!!