***Hatton-Pacquiao definitely on: Brit forum views/opinions/picks***

Here's my never boxed in my life good for nothing fans opinion of what Ricky needs to do....

Ricky needs to rough up Pac on the inside and not stay on the end of Pacs lightning jabs. Don't let him extend the distance to get off.
Keep pushing him forward onto the ropes and just try to Bludgeon him.
He needs to cut off Pac-Mans footwork if at all possible and go to his body.
I'd be a great trainer :yep :hey .
I'm sure (Hope) Mayweather has techniques to difuse but we just saw again with Shane if you can't get the punches off quick enough it's downhill for you.
Ricky needs to be the Relentless punching ,roughhousing, punishment absorbing battler whilst utilising his wise old skills as well.

All in all no mean feat....

 

I can't see Hatton dealing with Pac's speed and footwork.

Hatton will be eating alot of straight lefts on May the 2nd!!

 

Hatton TKO early-mid rounds. Hattons body attack will take away Pacs greatest weapon, his speed, leaving him dead in the water and open to broadside.

 

i think hatton wins by knockout . he will be just too powerful for pac .

i think hatton wins by 10 round ko

 

I see this being a hard fight to call, but I'm edging towards Hatton.

Manny's movement against Oscar was awesome but this was against a boxer who was not throwing back. Hatton will be as busy as Pac in there. He wont be as accurate or as slick but Hatton's two best punches are a left to the body and straight right. Against a southpaw this is gold dust. Feint the right hand, slip to the left and left hook to the body.

Granted, Hatton is not fighting any old south paw. He's fighting the best pound for pound boxer on the planet. But in the best P4P boxer, he's facing a natural super featherweight. A SFW who has fought only twice above this weight. Once against a brave but limited Diaz and once against a shell of a legend in De La Hoya. I am taking nothing away from Manny, to jump from 128lbs to 147lbs and put on a performance like that was awesome. However, Manny will not being facing someone static and out of ideas. He will be facing an opponent who will be in his face for 12 rounds. Someone who has proved that he is the man at 140lbs. A naturally stronger opponent who wont mind taking shots on the way in to land his own rather than standing at mid-long range waiting for a gap which never appears.

Manny, however, will not be daunted by facing a come forward boxer. He can box and slug and my guess is he will try to do the former against Hatton. He'll try to close the gap and get away quickly tagging Hatton from angles and never staying still. He will float around the ring and throw 4 to 5 punch combos which Hatton wont see.

I think though Hatton's footwork is massively underrated generally (not just on ESB). For all his flaws against Floyd, he was able to back up Mayweather onto the ropes (only to find that Floyd was stronger than him and just as good on the inside as he was on the outside). I suspect Hatton will be able to back Pac up in the same way. But once he's there, Hatton will be stronger and will work those angles at close range to much better effect than his opponent.

It's the battle of the boxing cliches, "speed kills" against "a good big un always beats a good little un". I'm not writing Pacquiao off (and my money will stay firmly in my pocket for this one). But I'm edging towards Hatton. His natural strength and his work inside will wear down a Pacquiao who will never give up. A well fought fight will end in a UD for the Hitman. Probably. Well... possibly.

 

Its a tricky pick but, as a follower of horse racing, Hatton is a "course and distance winner" at 140 and I think that will probably decide my pick for the fight.

 

I suppose De La Hoya was the same

 

To extend the metaphor, Oscar was ready for the knackers yard. Hatton isn't.

 

I do hope you thought that before the fight.

It may be the case GBP need an extended pass into that yard.

 

Nah, I didn't think that before the fight but that doesn't mean it wasn't the case. It was good performance by Pac but Oscar just couldn't pull the trigger. Theres not a lot of decent indication of how Pac will do in a competitive fight at 140.

BTW who did you pick for that fight? Oh wait, nevermind......

 

I picked Pacquiao of course. I even made a thread on his chances months before the fight, and it fell on disbelieving ears. "**** off TFFP Oscar is too big".

I'm hearing an echo...

Get that permit out Richard. One pasty Mancunian needs to join Oscar in the knackered yard!

 

i see manny beating ricky to the punch 9/10 times esp with his sharp lead strait left.
i dont see pac slugging to out toe to toe or better yet, standing stationary allowing ricky to execute an effective body attack.

the overall stylistic advantage plays into pacs favor. and i dont see major improvements under floyd sr for all it takes is 2 rounds of pacs ellusiveness & accumulitive power shots to frustrate ricky resorting him back to the old hook & hold hatton.

yea its been proven that anything could happen but personally, i've never been sure about a mega manny fight victory .

pac by KO.

 

Hattons been active at the weight though. Oscar hadn't made 147 in years and was only a semi-active fighter in any case.

 

TBH I hope Hatton doesn't change too much. "Hook and hold", turning it into an ugly fight will suit Hatton. A big difference to me is that, unlike Ocasr and Diaz, Hatton does have the footwork to enable him the get into range to get his punches off and use his physical strength.

 

I'm going against Hatton on this one for a number of reasons. I will go into it a bit more closer to the time. Pacman was KO'd by a body shot many moons ago but Rickys defence will be far too vulnerable I feel.... I got the De La Hoya fight spot on if you remember and i'm no Pac nut hugger. Pac matches Hatton any time Ricky lands anything decent and in between he dominates with his unpredictable leads, straight lefts and right hooks. But as always i'm behind the hitman 100 percent