Knowing what to do is only one part of the equation. Possessing the physical tools to pull it off is the other. Hatton lacked the tools to compete with the speed and athleticism of Paquaio.
Still was unexpected as hell. Hatton may have lost to Floyd at 147 but was king at 140. Pac was a blown up super featherweight that just had his first lightweight win a year prior and Oscar in hindsight was considered to have drained himself and was shot for their superfight. Pac looked like Superman vs De la hoya's corpse but a lot of question marks how he would do vs a real 140 guy. I remember thinking it would be a good scrap like when he fought Marquez and maybe he would go back to 135 if he lost. Then he comes out like a tornado and Hatton couldnt do anything but get blown away in the first round. Only to get brutally ko'd in the second. It was an amazing and when he loved up again and beat up Cotto like that it was even more insane. Remember the Marquez sd win was early 08, and he goes Diaz, DLH, Cotto late 09. It had everyone hyped as hell for a Floyd fight, given how he beat DLH and Hatton but was the perfect counter puncher. Could he stop the Pacman hype train? Unfortunately Floyd Was Tyson Fury before Tyson Fury and ducked the hell out of Pac in 2010. Creating roadblocks and demands to not make the fight snd bob Arum was happy to keep it inhouse with Clottey and Margarito. Dont let the common Floyd groupies fool you into thinking he wasnt ducking. In his own words in the video below "my health is more important" "im a rich scared coward" thats was the same time when he said he had nightmares about Pacquiao andvwaking to go for runs in the middle of the night. This content is protected After Margarito Pac slowed a bit and his perfect streak ended how it started at the hands of his nemesis JMM. (I dont count Bradleys win) .
Woah & i was just thinking today that Pacquiao is missed big time, just one of a kind in multitude of ways.
