By Nate Anderson: It’s no mystery what former light welterweight and welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) will need to do in order to beat Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) on May 2nd at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hatton, 30, fights best when he’s able to come inside and make a fierce body attack, throwing to the body and attacking the head with big uppercuts. When he’s able to stay there for prolonged periods of time without being separated by the referee, he’s very hard to beat.
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Cotto vs. Pacquiao in Near Future, Arum Raises The Possibility
By Manuel Perez: At a recent press conference with Bob Arum and Miguel Cotto, Bob left open the possibility that Cotto could be facing Pacquiao in the near future, if Cotto is successful in defeating his opponent Michael Jennings this Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Cotto battles Jennings for the vacant WBO title, a fight that is hard to make a prediction about the outcome because of Cotto’s destruction by the Tijuana Tornado Antonio Margarito in July.
Best in Division – Hatton – vs. P4P King – Pacquiao
By Ali Tinsley: I love to watch Pacman fight, the guy is just my kind of boxer, powerful, quick, and aggressive. I love to watch Ricky Hatton fight, powerful, aggressive, surprisingly quick and British. I wrote an article a while ago giving an unbiased take on Hatton vs. “Pacman” Manny Pacquiao giving facts based on previous fights and performances. Somehow, Hatton is still rated as a “dinosaur”. What is going on!
Hatton Has to Control His Savage Instincts To Brawl
By Michael Lieberman: Having gotten way too comfortable with thrashing through most of his lower quality opposition by pure brute force, Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) now finds himself against the new breed of light welterweight in Manny Pacquiao, who not only can punch with incredible power but also has a wide range of other abilities to fall back on and utilize consistently in his bouts.
Hatton Will Lose To Pacquiao
By Scott Gilfoid: The latest in the war of words is that Ricky Hatton’s assistant trainer Lee Beard is predicting a 6th round stoppage of Manny Pacquiao. Yeah, right. That isn’t going to happen, except maybe in Hatton’s dreams or something. Though I wouldn’t mind seeing Pacquiao get stretched, because he’s pretty overrated as far as I can tell. A loss to Hatton would be a good thing for him. It’s too bad Hatton doesn’t have the ability to make that happen.
Hatton Needs to Take Advantage of Mistakes by Pacquiao
By Nate Anderson: In watching many of Manny Pacquiao’s fights, he shows a tremendous amount of raw ability in beating most of his opponents and often gets by on his inherent physical abilities along rather than on his much less impressive technical skills. Like many fighters that get by on their hand speed and power, Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) makes a lot of mistakes in the ring.
Pacman vs. Hitman – Lessons Must Be Learnt
By Adam Laiolo: What a fight this is going to be, for every boxing fan whether you’re a purist, casual or one eyed. Whilst every source of boxing news and forums is claiming the Hitman is in for the biggest beating of his life and Pacquiao is going to cruise to victory. Were these the same fans who predicted De La Hoya was going to knock Pacquiao out early? Or B-Hop must be way past it if Joe Calzaghe beat him, but then destroyed an overrated Kelly Pavlik? Or are these the same fans that believe that Hatton isn’t the best in his division and he’s dodging the other ‘great’ American talent in there?
Will Hatton Use Fouls To Beat Pacquiao?
By Chris Williams: I hate boxers that foul. And that’s why I’m hoping that Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) keeps it clean on May 2nd against Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) in their 12-round bout for Hatton obscure IBO light welterweight title. Freddie Roach, the trainer for Pacquiao, is preparing Manny for the potential case that Hatton starts slinging elbows and shoulders.
How Badly Will Hatton Lose To Pacquiao?
By Chris Williams: I hate to rain on a lot of Ricky Hatton fan’s parade but he doesn’t stand a chance against Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd. It isn’t whether or not he’s going to lose the fight, in my view, it’s how badly he’ll lose. As far as I can tell, Hatton hasn’t shown anything in recent fights or throughout his entire career that would lead me to believe that he can stay in with Pacquiao for more than six one-sided rounds.
Freddie Roach on Possible Pacquiao-Mayweather Showdown
By Sam Gregory: Floyd Mayweather coming out of retirement is major boxing news even though Floyd himself has never made such a claim. The BBC managed to catch up with Mayweather at his pre-Super Bowl party in Ybor City, Fla. Saturday night before the big game. Despite bombarding Floyd with as many questions in as many ways as possibly to ask the same question, the answer remained the same; Floyd has no intention to step out of retirement now or anytime in the foreseeable future to fight Ricky Hatton or anyone for that matter.