I think Steward is wrong. But we will see. I see Pacman in midrounds to maybe 8. If it is Hatton in 8, then he is saying the Oscar Delahoya fight was a fluke.
Stewart loves Hatton. I recall, I forget what fight it was but he says that he and Hatton kick it whenever they are around each other and drink together.
:rofl:rofl:roflabout Hopkins.....he called Pac a sharpshooter, and Hatton a counterpuncher!...thats how much he knows about the combatants.....atsch .....as for Emmanuel Stewards analysis, I believe he's spot on.......the fight might be competitive for the first 2 or 3 rounds, but after that, Hatton imo is going to just maul Pacquiao and put a thumping to him on the ropes. My opinion is that the fight wont see the late rounds, just as Steward has predicted.
I think most people are saying that even many of the people that are now picking Manny anyways. Personally as a Ricky fan the most frieghtening bit of evidence that I've seen and the moment when I first started thinking that MAnny had a good chance of beaating Ricky was when he dismantled David Diaz. Thats the fight that people should be pointing too.
I think the De La Hoya win threw everyone's nose out of joint. Ill tell you the truth, Pacman beat a name not the fighter behind the name. Now he is stepping in there with a live guy and trust me I will be surprised if this goes past 5 rounds. I have been saying this for the last 6 weeks but Hatton will stop Pacman in the 5th Round, or definetly before 8 rounds.
Business as usual for GBP from the great BHOP and HOFer DLH. JoeC hoped that Pavlik would lose bcuz it would of and did make him look that much better, but I'm a believer of styles and styles make fights. With that, I can c Ricky bulldozing Manny for a stoppage win. Any fighter that can go 24 back and forth rds with JMM has to be a living legend. I'll go with PAC-MAN; his speed and improved arsenal with surprisingly great footwork will give the Filipino fighting **** the win. However, Hatton is the bigger man and wouldn't be surprised at all if Manny P. has trouble at 140 like Ricky H. had at 147. Also, RH is undefeated at 140 and has a good combination of master brawling tools. Damn, I'm excited!!! I should of went to Vegas. I'll b in Reno though peeping it out. God Bless everybody and put ur seatbelts on again for Cotto-Clottey!
I want hatton to win too but i dont take anny notice of stewart. his last prediction "I think andy lee is good enough to challenge kelly pavlik and beat him right now" four days later andy lee got stopped by brian vera!!!
We're on the same page my friend....... ......on the DLH-Pac fight...I remember a comment said by Emmanuel during that fight and it came in the 2nd round, even before the beatdown had really commenced and before it had become evident DLH was'nt going to mount anything in the fight..... .....but Emmanuel Steward noted very early on in that fight and said, "Oscar has no defense, its not going to get better, its going to get worse."........ .....this was Emmanuel Steward of HBO as early as the 2nd round already conceding the fight to Pacquiao and being 100% correct that it would get much worse for DLH! ......I believe Steward has analyzed this fight to a tee!