What are the chances that there will be a lot of holding in the Pac-Hatton fight?

Hit and Hold is tried and trusted tactic for Hatton so he might try it now and again but dont put HATTON IN THE same bracket as Ruiz. Hatton does rough you up on the inside with his sickening body shots.

 

Very important question.

Based on the grabbing and clinching I saw Pacquiao do against De La Hoya + the clinching Malignaggi did against Hatton - alot of sophmoric idiots who don't follow the sport as closely as most of us here will be surprised to see Pacquiao initiating most if not all of the clinching. The cat was already out of the bag in the Malignaggi fight anyhow though.

Hatton will have little chance of grabbing Manny on his end anway. Pacquiao is going to twist and fight like a **** victim whenever Hatton tries to move in.

 

I just have this vision of Hatton trying to get close to land hooks to Pacquiao's body, and Pacquiao trying to land straight lefts down the pipe as Hatton closes the distance. I'm very interested in how this match goes.

 

This phrase "...let Hatton hold..." has a certain connotation. If you're saying what I think you are; no, I don't think this is going to look anything like some of those Hatton hugfests we love so much.

Pacquiao is going to do everything possible not to get trapped - but that's Manny to begin with, you know? Pacquiao has never been a big fan letting people grab or clinch him - even to his own detriment. Even if Manny's legs break off from all the moving and direction changes he'll keep going on bloody nubs if he has to. To go along with that; Hatton isn't going to have the same need he's had at times to hug it for multiple reasons - which I'm too bored with myself to type..

Also, I'd say there's an excellent chance we're going to see Pacquiao in a far more than expected aggressive mode similiar to the way Mosley and Hopkins looked in their last fights..

How do you see it, E?

 

Manny gonna beat hatton in his own game

 

Yes, it's specific. It was no accident that Pavlik and Margarito were chosen for premptive counter-offensive assaults. Hatton is in that same family of perpetual stalkers, and perpetual stalkers are much easier to blitz than any other style. Pacquiao can blitz his ass off as we all know - it will be extremely natural for him. All Roach has to say is "sick em."

We'll see though... We don't know who is bluffing for what, or what the **** is going on at this point. Hatton is saying "...I pray Pacquiao comes after me..." and Roach is saying "...We'll KO Hatton in 3..." Somebody is bluffing obviously. If these ****ers give us Hagler/Hearns II I'll hit a stroke right there in front of the family, but I seriously ****ing doubt it.

Once they get warmed up and people start getting through it's on, of course, and I expect Manny to be alot more offensive than I think even Hatton probably does at this point.

 

The general perception is that Hatton is the bigger man here who needs to get close and maul, beat, and out-muscle Pacquiao on the inside. So I'm thinking Ricky knows this and will do a lot of holding and hitting as usual. It won't be too excessive though to the point where it takes away from the action. I'm prety sure there will be a lot of great lands and exchanges in between all of Hatton's hugging.

 

Either way is good with me. :thumbsup

 

I just hope they will put a fair but firm ref on this fight..:hey