Ricky Hatton has more chance of beating Mayweather than Pacquiao

By Boxing News - 12/22/2009 - Comments

Image: Ricky Hatton has more chance of beating Mayweather than PacquiaoBy Liam Santiago: I really hate to be the one who ruins all the hype for the March 13th showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, but Pacquiao does not have a chance. Why? Because he can only fight guys that come to him. Cotto, Hatton and De La Hoya were all pressurizing Pac Man and trying to out power him. If you stay on the back foot, Pacquiao can not do a thing to you.

Even when Miguel Cotto went into survival mode and was on the back foot Pacquiao could not touch him. On a couple of occasions he simply stopped chasing Cotto and shook his head. Imagine how frustrated Mayweather will make him. I doubt he will touch Mayweather over twelve rounds. The bout will go a similar way to the Marquez/Mayweather fight. It will be boring, very very boring. But Mayweather will win almost every rounds and we will not hear a lot about Pacquiao again.

Why I say Hatton has more of a chance of beating Mayweather is simple. Pacquiao can not cut the ring off. Hatton, although he has flaws, he is the master at doing this. Not many fighters in history have been better than Hatton at this. Pacquiao, as he proved against Cotto, simply can not fight when his opponent is moving away from him (running). When they walk straight at Pacquiao with their hands down and chins in the air, he knocks them out. But Mayweather will not do that. He is far too disciplined.

If you look at Pacquiao’s recent opponents, they have been very carefully selected. Not only were they shot and weight drained, they were all also come forward fighters. Mayweather is not. I predict Mayweather to take Pacquiao to school and give him the boxing lesson of his life. Who knows, he might even get knocked out…AGAIN!

Happy Christmas Pacquiao fans, enjoy being at the top of the pound for pound list……because you won’t be there for long.



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