Is Hatton – Pacquiao 2 a Serious Possibilty?
August 1st, 2009
By Liam Santiago: It might seem completely crazy at first. Why would the Pacquiao camp even consider this you might be asking yourself. Why would Pacquiao give a rematch to someone he destroyed inside two rounds? Well, the answer is simple. Hatton’s mental focus had been destroyed and in training the Manchester warrior was left to sail past his peak by trainer and poet, Floyd Mayweather Snr.
In the lead up to the fight, all seemed well in the Hatton camp. Ricky looked in terrific shape and we assumed he was. Like many other boxing experts, I predicted Ricky to beat Pac-Man on points, dominating him with pressure and even knocking the Philipoino out in the late rounds. I was wrong, Floyd Mayweather Jnr played a very big part in that. Hatton was well past his peak on fight night and was mentally out of focus. Mayweather would turn up for sparring in the 7th round and on fight night the Hitman could not find the smooth talking poet. Forgive me if I am wrong, but, that’s no way to prepare a figher for the biggest night of his life.
As the old Santiago saying goes, if it is in doubt ; give a rematch. If Pacquiao really wants to be known as the best fighter in the world and preserve his legacy as an all time great fighter then surely this is a must on his to do list before retiring. On 2nd May, in Las Vegas, Pacquiao did not beat the Ricky Hatton we all know. He beat a man that was so off his game plan and physically past his best as a result of his trainer. That was not the Ricky Hatton we watched outclass Malignaggi and even stop him, which Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao’s next opponent, could not do. If Ricky was in his best shape, I am sure the result would not have been the same. Yes, the hooks from Pac-Man were pretty good, but I’ve seen Ricky take worse. When you are not prepared and have been shook up mentally before a bout, it can have an effect when you take a punch. I know that from experience.
So, ok, everyone will have an opinion. Many readers will feel that I am wrong and Hatton’s camp had no effect on the fight and it was all down to Pacquiao’s quality. That’s fine. That’s your opinion. But I know there is many who will agree with me. As I have said, I was one the many experts to predict a Hatton stoppage. However, as I was travelling to Vegas, I was informed of the actions of Floyd Mayweather Snr. At that point I change my mind. I knew then Hatton was in no state to fight and could not win. The relationship between a boxer and his trainer must be very good. It is vital. The result of the Hatton – Pacquiao shows why it is vital
Will Pacquiao have the decency to offer Ricky Hatton a rematch? That is the big question. Of course, Pacquiao will already understand that that victory did not prove a lot, except the fact that he can punch relatively hard and knock out a very vulnerable boxer. The few shots Hatton hit Pacquiao with, who was very well prepared I might add, knocked him completely off balance. Even in the Mayweather fight, Hatton had Mayweather off balance and if he followed it up I believe he could of stopped Mayweather. However, Pacquaio is not in the same league as Mayweather in class. Mayweather is much more proven against tougher opposition and Hatton went 10 rounds with Mayweather. So, that explains a lot about Hatton’s preparation and focus for the Pacquiao fight. It has to happen again.
Maybe if Pacquiao ever fights Mayweather, Hatton should fight the winner. I am sure Mayweather would win anyway so that would rule out the Pacquiao rematch. If I am going to be completely honest I see, Pacquiao losing to Cotto, which will take him away from the top spot. He will no longer be the cash cow. This is the point Hatton has the best chance of getting his rematch. Would Pacquiao ever fight Hatton again, knowing he will be on top form? I doubt it. Ricky is not ‘shot’. He has just had the unfortunate bad luck of being fooled into hiring trainer, Floyd Mayweather Snr. If Ricky goes back to the drawing board, I am sure he can once again become the greatest fighter in the world and become boxingnews24′s no.1 pound for pound fighter, which is currently held by Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez.
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Very nice site!
It’s an absolute possibility…Pac is going to need a sparring partner for his fight with Cotto.
Hahaha. The is a typical Pac hate disinformation campaign.
Pac was faster than Hatton so he caught Hatton’s chin. It was simple as that. What the hell is this f**king writer up too?
The purpose of this article is clearly to stir up and twist the outcome of Pac-Hatton fight.
I doubt ricky would even step back in the ring after listening to his latest interview! He doesn’t seem interested atall and now has too many other things going on in his life. No way could there ever be a rematch!! Why would manny bother?
The only match I could imagine would be khan and then a final farewell bout in Vegas against a top p4p? If he comes back that is???
hatton is the greatest boxer of all time !!! hehe , ok , pacman is not hehe, idol writer ur the best writer and the best boxing experts ever lived
Get over it. Hatton is nothing. Stop giving excuses for your man. IT has been proven already on the ring so shut it!
Sorry Lee H but your talking some rather silly points. De La Hoya was not near his prime at all when he fought Mayweather. That was just one last go at the bigtime for him, look what happened 18 monthd later. To say Pac will defintely beat Floyd is silly, Floyd is not Hatton or De La Hoya, hell be crafty and wont get hit much either, Pac will not have fun against him. Pacman only just moved into Ricky’s weight, Ricky was going after Pacs Status, he moved up to fight Mayweather, again he was after the status of p4p, Ill agree that Ricky should be let off by people though. No-one can say he never went after the best, the sad reaity for us fans is that he got obliterated both times.
I wish i had a case to say Hatton should get another go, but i avnt, Pacquiao is a modern great from a bygone era, and everyone who says mayweather takes easy opponents needs to get a grip, he fought de la hoya and hatton when they were close to there best, If Mayweather and Pacquiao meet which it would be a travesty for boxing if they don’t the outcome is simple a Pacquiao win without doubt, but please come to your senses hatton as good as he was met i believe 2 exceptional fighters who unlucky for him was in his time and in his weight catagory.
Liam Santiago, if you don’t have anything to write, take a day off and stop writing crap such as this. We all know Hatton’s KO wasn’t a lucky punch so stop proposing a silly rematch, when Pacquiao has other boxers to fight.
right on the money brilliant article
i dont see many agreeing with you in this one liam. Listen im a huge Ricky hatton fan, which is why i wouldn’t want to see a rematch, he got beat and brutally knocked out. You’re letting your bias into your writting.
A Hatton with a good camp would have stood a good chance of beating Manny, but i wouldnt wanna see Ricky risk his health by fighting MAnny again.
There’s more chance of him fighting MAyweather!
This is not a serious possibility. Not a great article.
Oh may god Ricky would never become pound for pound. And he would never be mentioned as the greatest fighter in the world actualy people would always see him as over rated 100%
Ricky Hatton does not deserve a rematch. He is awful
How funny is the article. Tell me which top boxer has Ricky Hatton Fought. Please don’t tell me the old Kostya Zu he was over board anyway. Ricky Hatton is a one dimensional fighter. He can’t box, Move his head, bloody awful with his foot movement actually he was one of the worsest boxer i have ever seen. people get that through your thick heads.Ricky Hatton was always overrated!
liam to have any credit on this site your gonna have to write something we can debate,not utter nonsense which is what this tripe is!!! hatton’s finished period,and this is coming from a man that’s spent alot of money following him accross the pond,people like yourself and a few other deluded others need to realise this and move on to better topics of conversation.
There is no doubt, the result was emphatic.
Hatton has done nothing to deserve a rematch. You can blame preparation, but that’s as important a part of the sport as the fight itself. If he messed up his preparation, that’s his lookout and no different from making a mistake in the ring.
Hatton was embarrassingly outclassed and destroyed by the better figher. Nobody wants to see that again, other than sickos.
Hatton needs to protect his health and never fight again.
I’m also concerned about the mental health of one Liam Santiago.
GREAT ARTICLE BANG ON THE BUTTON, SO TO SPEAK, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK LIAM!!!
YOU SPOKE WHATEVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT THE HATERS WILL REFUSE TO ADMIT PEACE OUT.
Before we start i am a hatton fan but i think the problems for hatton started at the lazcano fight although he won he laid the blue print for freddie roach i heard ricky was ill in preperations for the fight and you could tell with hattons performance he looked hurt by some shots from lazcano hatton couldnt apply the same pressure on this fight which in all fareness i think alot of people thought ricky would stop lazcano but he didnt billy told hatton in the last round just get through it ricky i firmly believe hatton should have kept billy in camp i no its difficult with all the politics of boxing but with billy he new ricky inside out and understood hattons ability but also his flaws he new ricky wasnt the best boxer in the world and will never be but he focused on pressure power rickys strenthes and made him go 15 rounds in the ring blasting that massive bag building punch resistance up to make up for his lack of defence ricky nearly went the distance with floyd and to be fair although he won he was suprised at hattons physical strenth in the ring he clocked hatton a few times before the ko happened mayweather simply out boxed hatton but at least hatton put up a fight with pacman there was no defence wot so ever he looked the weaker man not the same hatton that blasted castillo out in 4 rounds i no alot of critics say castillo was past it but to me it didnt matter weather castillo was 18 0r 55 that same punch in all fairness would have put castillo out any day of the week i no why he went to floyd snr for defence and how to box but for me it made ricky a weaker pucher and affected his punch resistance and power and mental state but most important of all pressure he looked lost with pacman and an amateur he needs to go back to the drawing board if ricky wants to go out with a bang hes got to sacrafice his lifestyle eating drinking etc hes got a massive fan base have a couple of fights in the uk witter and khan i think hatton is capable of beating both of em providing he gets a proper trainer and keeps of the booze
and btw, don’t forget that after the first fight of marquez-pacquiao, pacquiao asked for an immediate rematch, which was declined by the marquez camp. it took pacquiao a while to finally get his rematch. and i think it’s fair enough too for pacquiao to let his opponents, especially marquez, wait for a while too. just like bob arum said, he’s not closing the pacquiao-marquez 3 possibility, as long as marquez wins against floyd. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1979858/fire_power_manny_pacquiao_vs_miguel.html?cat=14
The articles and writers at this site just get
weirder and weirder.They passed unrealistic and insanity months ago.This site is really designed
as a spoof on boxing! Yes??!!
Don’t poke fun at Hatton by talking about his wanting a rematch. I am originally from England,came to America 10 years ago. I am a die- hard fan of Hatton and was totally shocked the way pacquiao summarily put him away. I was not a fan of Pacquiao, but now I do believe he is for real.
When are you going to start giving Pacquiao his due? Stop these slanted articles. You are making yourself a laughing stock for intelligent people. You, like Marquez, are obsessed at stalking Pacquiao. You’d do whatever it takes to hurt him. If you can’t beat him from the front, you attack from the back.
If I were you I’d apologize to Hatton for using him in a most insensitive way.
Brits are always sourgraping! They always have excuses if they got beaten.
Remember, Ricky told to media, that he’s in the best shape ever. And he even announced to his fellow drunkard brits to bet all their money and houses!
Full of BULLOCKS to this author! he’s just trying to make noise coz he’s a pacman hater! manny don’t have time to deal with losers anymore coz he need to retire soon!
Last words, STOP being so DIVERSITY, admit it LADS manny is the best fighter in the world at the moment and he’s a FILIPINO
The funniest line in this article is “As I have said, I was one the many experts to predict a Hatton stoppage.” ROFLMAO This joker thinks he qualifies as an expert…good one!
…the problem is, Mr Hatton was knocked out in two rounds…the world saw that…and during the training session, nobody gave a damn telling that ricky hatton might be over trained…everybody was telling that ricky hatton was in the bst shape of his life just like what de lahoya was telling before, but when they got beaten, really beaten badly…they will now say either they are weight drained or over trained…i guess past is past, a knock-out is still a knock-out…a win is still a win no matter how many opinion people will tell and write..and if somebody is not asking for forgiveness, why forgive? just like the rematch, if hatton is not asking for a rematch why give a rematch? does that make “the man” indescent Mr. Santiago? move on, life is sweet, use the past to better the future, dont cry over it, you cannot change it anymore, but the future you can still make what you want to be…move on everybody, move on!
Hatton Rematch? whoa… what kind of leafy vegetable are you smoking, hermano? Hand it over!
Echoing FP up there, I, too, didn’t actually read the article (TLDR). The title basically tells you that the whole article is just Pac-Bashing.
You know what? Nothing you and I can do or say will make Pacman less of a boxer than he is.
Here’s what we will hear from Michael Buffer on Nov 14:
“…winner by a knockout in the fifth round… the new WBO Welterweight Champion of the world… and still Pound-for-Pound the best in the woooorrlldd — Manny “PacMan” Pac-quiaoooooo!!!”
Oh yeah, One more thing. I did not read your article. I just read the title.
I think it is a good idea. But if he wants a rematch aqainst Pacman, then it would be a 80/20 split. LOL! I’m giving Hatton 20 percent becuase I’m a “giving” person. He has no bargaining power right now. That could mean 40 Million for the pacman. Easy money. maybe toy around with him for an extra round or so then a repaet of Hatton swallowing his tongue.
Liam (the writer). You’re an idiot…..
liam yet again pacman on your headline so i can take it your not a man of your word
Wow this is pacquiao hating of the highest order. Ricky got beat fair and square, he did mention in an interview that he peaked too soon but thats boxing. On that night pacman was the superior fighter and he deserves all the plaudits he gets. Why people continue to knock him is beyond me, he is a credit to the sport and a national icon. Ricky said he is going to rest now and only come back if he wants to later down the line, probably by that time pacquiao will have retired as one of the greats of our generation.
Yah, give Hatton a rematch but it should be 90$ and 10% split. Hatton was given much the last time because he is white like Arum.
My question to this writer, would you wanna see a rematch? Are you serious?
Caesar, i think you are the one who is taking this seriously. just read the last sentence of this article, jmm no.1 p4p? that gives away, this is one of liam dimentia, he is a sick puppy. pac has gazalion articles here on B24, hell pac articles is keeping this site feed.
the way ricky looks now the fight is a heavyweight division cw around 250lbs. more belts for pac. fantastic idea liam, you should be a promoter with your imagination.
Liam Santiago, you are a joke. That was a pointless article, everyone is laughing at you now.
Pac beat De La Hoya, but was De La Hoya not drained or what. Look at 24/7 again, he couldn’t even enjoy Thanksgiving trying to make Catch Weight Champion Pac’s Weight. Hatton, did have problems in his camp and he was done when he walked to the ring. Floyd beat De La Hoya in a weight that he could have at least enjoyed dinner with his family instead of eating rice cakes and stuff like that.
Manny Pacquiao already made clear that he is the better fighter. There is no need to see a rematch. People need to stop using Ricky Hatton’s training as an excuse for his loss to Pacquiao. People also need to stop using the referee as an excuse for Hatton’s loss to floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mr. Liam Santiago as we can see is a one sided kind of person that needs to feed on others just to live (parasite). Im kind of disappointed on how people like him act or think like this. Why couldn’t he just be happy of what other had accomplished! I guess his just trying to hitch a ride on the pactrain so he can survive too.
If he was a boxer he would be known as
Liam ‘The stirrer’ Santiago
If I was the writer, I’d feel so small. Everybody’s laffing at me. I’m falling flat on my ace. Mama, where are you, mama. Baaahhh! hehehe
Nobody should take him seriously.
1) He is running out of ideas.
2) He is too lazy.
3) He is also sick
4) He is a bad writer.
Hate him or just tolerate him. But don’t pity him; he knows what he is doing.
I love Ricky but this would be ridiculous, Hatton is past his prime, he made a mistake getting with Floyd snr in the first place, Hatton is not someone who can turn into a finesse style fighter, it was all wrong. Pacquiao Hatton 2/3 yearsd ago may have gone differently but Hatton just cannot deal with fast fighters end of. He has given us great nights but i do not want to see him on his back again thanks, Liam your posting as much crap……..as frequently as Manuela now.
Manny Pacquiao would fry his liver with fava beans and drink a nice chianti afterwards.
Nope,noway Hatton will win.Pacman is too much for him.Sorry brotha liam or RICKY is that you????? commmon.
your booto. I like cut, cut it. Chop, chop it. fry with vinegaar and garlic, some patis. then feed to my baboy.
And den, i come back. Where da booto was before, I make belat.
Hatton vs winner of Bradley – Campbell fight.
After Cotto, Pacquiao moves on to Mayweather jr or Mosely.
LIAM, LIAM, LIAMBOO!
Who do you think was the reason Hatton over trained himself? I don’t think of anyone BUT you LIAM!
Shamambo,
PACman Hustle
Hey, Liam ur scaring d heck out of me. I don’t want to face Pacman again.
what you see what you get that’s ricky hatton. no defense. hhahahaah
you got any topic in the world to pick and thats the best you can do!You want sacking!!!
My honest opinion is that you are right about the training camp being very poor, and that he Wasn’t In shape etc. But to be honest I dint think the outcome would have been differet. I love ricky hatton he is one of my favourite fighters ever and iv been to his last 9 fights. All the one in Vegas were fantastic and you see his form was awsome. But no matter what he would loose to PAC-MAN any day of the year . Although I think manny will loose to cotto he would beat ricky all day long with that right hook and over hand left. And straight left and so many other punches he hit ricky with untill he decked him.
This is a wind up isn’t it Liam?
A rematch!!!
Do you want to see Hatton get seriously injured next time?
After that KO,Hatton will never be the same fighter again.
Pacman has nothing to gain in giving Hatton a rematch….its like acing a boring subject in school then enrolling to attend it again the next year.
Hahaha, you dont do yourself any favours Liam Santiago. I dont think that fight will ever happen. When Hatton faught Mayweather i beleive Hatton was at his peak. Joe Cortez the ref on that night had a big part to play in the outcome of that fight. He didnt let Hatton do his best work inside and broke the fight up at every opertunity…. when you take away Hattons ability to work inside you basically take away any chance of him winning that fight. You cant expect Hatton to beat someone like Mayweather boxing at long range. As for Hatton vs Paquiao, i beleive that his lifestyle outside the ring had more to do with that than Mayweather snr. I mean, he must put in so much work losing that excess weight that its hard to beleive he has any time to sharpen up his boxing skills. That being said i will love to see a rematch, i dont think Hatton did himself justice, it could have been a much closer fight. I heard that Hattons other coach had a huge argument with Mayweather Snr because Mayweather Snr was doing lots of pad work with hatton but doing it as if Hatton would be fighting and orthodox fighter rather than a south paw which is what Pacuiao is…. strange dont ya think?
if hatton got out classed and doesn’t deserve a second chance then how the f..k did amir khan get a title shot after getting knocked the f..k out by breidis Prescott in one minute of the fist round
its ok for khan to get his tactics rong but not for hatton when khan hasn’t Evan come close to the same calibre of oposition hatton has could you see khan going 10 rounds with floyd mayweather i think not
i think Hatton should have another crack, i agree with the comments above,as for Mayweather Snr i think he’s a big prick! how can a trainer turn up minutes before Hattons biggest fight? when Hatton climed into the ring i didn’t think he looked right, i thought he looked very weak,definitly the smaller man,Hatton normally puts on around 10 pounds after a weigh in, he looked like he came in at 140lbs not the normal 148-150! 24-7 might aswell have been the Mayweather show!!
i hope Hatton does come back and prove everybody wrong! we will have to wait and see!!
well said liam maywather snr is an idiot, with the right man in is corner ricky can stand there with the best of them!!! maybe at welter tho as shedding the weight takes away his punch resistance
i say why bother Hatton with a rematch when he’s too comfortable stretched out on top of that Tecate logo….LOL
dude, right on. I like this post. its true. a lot of people are hating on you for this post, but note that they are all pacman fans.
i dont agree with ur comments.you perhaps cannot accept the fact that ricky hatton(your favourite boxer) lost and your making up excuses.
I have to say, I would love to see Hatton Pacquaio 2. Hatton genuinely believed that he was going to be the one knocking Manny out in 2 rounds and he clearly didnt give Manny enough respect. Hatton would not come into a rematch as ill prepared and though you would still have to mark Pacquaio as clear favourite I think a rematch would go the distance and be far more entertaining. It would also make financial sense, as the bout would surely happen in the UK and make Manny rich as croesus. Come on Pacquaio you p*ssy make it happen.
Failing this I would like to see Witter v Hatton, bringing some memorable ‘Benn v Eubank’ style UK fights back.
no i honestly think Liam’s one smart dude…he’ll even post a nude picture of his wife if that would help him outscore Manuel Perez for the most no. of hits in this site….
are u serious? Who the hell would pay for that fight, ricky has no defense- i dont care who his trainer is he would still get koed easily again by manny!
Liam so lame! Ease off the stupid pills and get a clue. Haters are so 2007 when Mayweather was the P4P Champ. Stop parking on his nuts and write about something you know about like sewing and dresses, cuz you sure don’t know anything about boxing!
Liam – you are one sick ba@tard