Hatton will lunge into one of Pacquiao's straight left shots a la Mayweather. Pacquiao has the speed and accuracy to land shots to Hatton's head, and Hatton doesn't have the head movement to avoid those punches.
He was a flyweight...and his punch resistance has improved dramatically since he's gone up in weight.
Both men come forward, possibly same height and reach with Hatton having the bigger bones and larger frame. Ricky is only going to improve and I say he beats Pacman over 12.
This will fully test Ricky's statement after the Malignaggi fight that "No one will ever beat me at 140". If you analyze this fight correctly (Impartially) you have to take into account that Hatton is incredibly strong at this weight, He bully's nearly every opponent he's ever faced in this division including Kostya Tszyu who was no slouch despite his age. However Hatton does not like fighting southpaw's and Pacquiao's Speed, Head Movement and Footwork will cause Hatton all the trouble he can handle. To beat Pacquiao, ricky is going to have to pressure pacman,wrestle him into the ropes and bust him up on the inside, Also going to the body will slow him down and we know Hatton is a good body puncher. and that for me could make a bad fight. For Ricky to beat Pacquiao it's going to have to be ugly and i dont like ugly superfight's.
i would say he's underrated by a lot of people. how many on these forums have picked hatton to lose every or most of his fights since and including koysta? and yet he's won everyone except against the p4p #1.
LOL. That's the funniest quote i have ever heard on here!atsch Get real, Hatton wouldn't last round 1
i just feel hatton out of his league. I am sorry. hitman is the perfect target for pacquaio to hit. 10 round tko on cuts for the Pacman