By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton was asked who he personally thinks will win if and when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao get in the ring for their mega fight this year or whenever they do agree to meet up. Hatton said he felt that Mayweather would win it due to his technical superiority over the Filipino fighter.
Hatton said to thesun.co.uk “I’m hearing real progress is being made making Pacman and Mayweather. Great news. I fancy Mayweather. Pac nailed me as I was reckless – again. But Floyd was technically exceptional. I couldn’t hit the f****** with a handful of confetti.”
Hatton was stopped by Mayweather in the 10th round in December 2007 in a pretty much one-sided loss for Hatton. In his fight with Pacquiao, Hatton was taken out in the 2nd round in May 2009. Although Pacquiao was able to get Hatton out quicker, Mayweather still looked to be the better fighter in the minds of many boxing fans because of the way he fought defensively in getting out of the way of Hatton’s big shots.
Hatton is the overall judge of who the better fighter is and he sees Mayweather as the better fighter of the two. You can’t argue with a guy that’s been in the ring with both Mayweather and Pacquiao if he wants to make a pick.
The general consensus among boxing fans is that Mayweather is the better fighter, and that’s kind of been proven out with Pacquiao’s struggles with Juan Manuel Marquez in three fights. Marquez is the same fighter that Mayweather easily beat by a one-sided 12 round decision in 2009.
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