If Hatton wins, is it really an upset?

At first I was completely confident in a Pacquiao victory, but the more I think about it I think that you're right, it's a 50-50 fight.
If Hatton is able to impose his will on Pacquiao, it will be a very long night for PacMan, and vice versa.

 

I will be surprised if Hatton wins. Regardless of the fact that he's undefeated at this weight, the fact is that Pacquaio is the number one fighter in the world, he's gotten better and better with each fight he's had, and simply put he's a 10x more skilled, more well-rounded fighter than Hatton. And I'm a fan of both fighters.

Pacquaio's also just a total warrior, he's always got a huge will to win, and he fights to the very end. I just don't see how Hatton can beat him. All this talk about Mayweather Sr. bla bla is just hype. Getting a better trainer may help but it's not going to suddenly turn you into an uber-fighter in less than a year.

 

This fight is a 50/50 fight. Pac Man hasn't fought anyone live north of 130 and he is not the best fighter Hatton has faced. However, Hatton's display of "Boxing skills" during the Mallignaggi fight has been amazingly over exgaggerated and Pac Man has the ability to make him look VERY ordinary.

This whole fight depends on the trainers. Who is most likely to come up with the best tactics for thier guy? If I had to opt for one I'd go for Roach but Hatton, unless he has become an old man in the last 4 1/2 months, may just be too big for Pac.

 

it would be bigger upset than mosley-mayorga

 

Not really.

Both have plenty of things that will trouble the other - things for and against.

Hatton has seldom looked good against a southpaw
Pac hasn't fought a quality live opponent above 130
Both are vulnerable to the body
Both are fairly heavy handed
Both are vulnerable to cutting

It's surprising the lack of hype toward this one in the UK, but then again there isn't a real edge between them..... more with the trainers but nobody can really understand a word either of them say and just laugh!

 

i fully expect hatton to win....and will be very surprised if manny wins {although i'd love to see manny win}...
and i'm awful surprised manny is such a big favourite for this.

 

will hatton put up a better fight or good as Marquez did?

 

depends on the odds.

w/e vegas says will determine how big of an upset.

 

a case of underrating sugar shane mosley...cotto won five rounds over mayorga and mosley can also won 5 rounds over mayorga and he wont go down because his chin is rock solid and great stamina

 

NO...

As far as the thread quetsion goes, no, it wouldn't be much of an upset if Hatton won. In my eyes it's more a 50/50 fight. Maybe leaning towards Pac slightly at 55/45... but even still a win for either guy is a very real possibilty and I personally don't think anyone is getting KOed here. My thoughts is whoever wins won't win it by more than a 7 rounds to 5 margin on the scorecards.

 

I wonder how many of the people who voted no thought Hatton had a good chance against Mayweather.

 

don't worry, hatton will not win

 

it's not 55/45...it's 80/20...you'll see on fight night now great is pac's boxing ability