Hatton will prove to be too tough for Pacquiao

This obsession with Hatton and cuts stoppages is getting boring - the last time he was even close to being stopped on a cut was nearly nine years ago.

It will be interesting to see how Pacquiao plans to deal with Hatton's strength - Paulie was clueless and looked like a rabbit in headlights. Lets not forget Pac hasn't beaten a quality, live opponent above 130.

How Hatton copes with the speed will be interesting, but he is more prone to hooks than straight shots - usuallly because he is on the chest of the opponent and removes the leverage (see Tszyu).

OK, Pacquiao has an in-and-out style, but when someone is on your chest all night what are you supposed to do?

 

Hatton to win with a devastating body shot KO

 

One thing that does concern me though.....

If you look at the three Mexicans that Pac has beaten, Hatton is most similar to Barrera stylewise.....

 

Hatton isn't on any of there levels style or skillwise, Hatton is baby Ruiz dude, your comparison is ******ed.

Barrera was an excellent boxer, Hatton can't box for ****.

 

Hatton="Death by a thousand left hands".:!:

 

Kostya had done it twice before Ricky.

None of the old boxers, cornermen, coaches would ever say anything against a bit of retaliation.

 

This will be a walk in the park for Manny. No need for him to even train for this sparring session

 

Just dropping my Hatton win prediction in all these threads so I can gloat afterwards...

 

I cannot believe you people justify it as 'retaliation'. Tszyu executed a couple of borderline low blows. Being borderline, neither of them inflicted any pain. Being accidental, neither of them were malicious, so what is there to avenge? Hatton walked over and hooked him in the testicles, leaving Tszyu incapacitated and on the verge of throwing up. Kostya is lucky he had his children prior to this fight. It was not cool.

In criminal law there is a concept called 'mens rea', which means 'guilty mind'. It alludes to the intention a person has when they commit a crime. It is a major factor in mitigation, sentencing, etc. For example, if a person accidentally kills another, it is manslaughter. If a person pre meditates a murder and methodically carries it out, it is murder in the first degree. It's a useful concept when dealing all sorts of moral problems. If you people cannot distinguish between Tszyu accidentally hitting low and what Hatton did then I think there is something wrong with you.

 

You will also then be familiar with the concept of 'strict liability' which means no mens rea is necessary for a crime to be committed. Accidental or not a low blow is a low blow. Besides, why are you referring to criminal law when talking about the Hatton v Tszyu fight?

Muppet.

 

hahaha thank you, I could not actually believe what I was reading in his post. It's ****ing boxing and this guy is talking law... Not to mention he is talking about a law in the United States, however neither of the fighters were american. just found that kind of ironic..

 

they were not accidental perhaps you need to watch the fight again.

 

i wonder if that ****in midget learned where the ring posts are located yet??

 

this obsession with hatton fans thinking that ****in midget is a legitimate fighter is getting boring. pretty boy showed you a level that hatton isn't good enough to get on. manny is on that level with floyd..

 

Erm, not to turn this into a legal argument but, but strict liability is mostly relevant where in torts and such where it discourages reckless behavior. It's a deterrent, and doesn't speak to or mitigate the ethical point illuminated by mens rea.

Anyway, yes it is a bit silly to use legal concepts in relation to boxing, but you idiots, and so often, seem to lack the ability to understand that there is a difference between the Hatton low blow and the Tszyu low blow, so yeah, it seemed like a good way to move beyong you myopic reasoning. You don't seem to have and valid response, not even 'muppet', you daft Brit.

That's not the point. It not about legal accountability..it's boxing I know. It's just stupid to equate accidental low blows with what Hatton did.