The Pac-Man hype reminds me of when Hatton beat Castillo

The scenrios are totally different.

Pac had one fight at LW, skipped LWW, then went into a fight at WW he was supposed to lose.

Hatton was fighting at his natural weight and beat a guy he was favoured to beat, a guy that was coming up and who had looked **** in his last fight.

 

Hatton beating Castillo was hardly a shock.

 

The hype doesnt mean Floyd is going to beat Pacquiao, Roach said he was not interested in a fight with Floyd at any weight.

 

the ending will be the same but ODH is FARRRR superior than the castillo that fought hatton

 

The odds were totally different.

 

where did u see this...freddie doesn't like money or he is truly a genius and knows PBF will flatten pac

 

i don't agree, oscar was shocking, hatton just got a quick ko that would have stopped him in his prime

 

WTF:huh

Castillo in his prime was virtually unstoppable, except by cuts. The only one to complete the task with vicious punching was Corrales, and that ending was a miraculous never to be repeated event (IMO).

 

i stand by what i said, castillo had never even gone down before hatton, but those broken ribs would have stopped him in his prime.

 

DLH wasn't at his natural weight. The DLH who showed up against Castillo was no better of a fighter. DLH hadn't weighed in that light in 12 years and was part time.

Beating DLH was more of a shock but so was JLC getting stopped on a body shot.. But looking back those fights weren't full blown unpredictable upsets. Castillo had been through his wars and got by with a split decision against Ngoujdo during a Hatton/JLC showcase. DLH got stopped against Hopkins in 04, took all of 05 off, fought Mayorga in 06, fights Floyd in 07 and then fights Forbes early this year. DLH was clearly part time and had to make a limit he hadn't in 7 years. If both DLH and Pac continued to fight at WW, Pac would be fighting in a more comfortable state.

There are similarities in hype. Half of the people picking Pac won't even think the Hatton fight will be competitive.

 

Idiotic thread.

Hatton wasn't a huge underdog going in against Castillo and Hatton wasn't moving up two weight divisions.

 

Dumb thread. The two fights just arn't comparable.

 

hatton got a lot of hype after knocking out a shot castillo, pacman got a lot of hype for beating a shot oscar. hatton lost to floyd and pac would lose to floyd. they are comparable

 

Difference is Pacquiao is a far better fighter than Hatton, and can back up the hype.