Pacquiao's right hand is going to play a big part ...

how?

 

yeh. way i see it is that, if a master counter puncher like jmm could'nt completely neutralize the left hand, how's hatton going to fare? i really think this fight goes to who establishes his style first. i'd favor pac 60/40.

 

pac has too much speed for hatton..his style in the hoya fight is already enough for pac. i wonder if pac would go for the KO. its hard to hit hatton in the body so the hatton's chin here would be the key. i expect pac to throw 1-2 combination and avoid committing into a slugfest. notice how pac patiently demolish hoya, to think that he never throw barrage of punches in the earlier rounds. he just needs accurate punches to crash hatton's resistance. Again, im no believer in hatton's chin..

 

Nah, a half decent left hand isn't a problem for Hatton. A great left hand like Pacquiao's could be.

Defense is important, but if Hatton tries to **** around on the outside too much slipping and waiting for his openings - the better for Pacquiao.

 

I'm absolutely certain option #1 for Roach is to have Manny step in with his best left hand at some point early. See what happens. I'm already saying I'm not sure how much damage could be done. Hopefully we'll get a chance to see, because Team Pacquiao really doesn't want to have to deal with Ricky Hatton for 12 rounds. That's not any kind of first option.

 

These are the 2 key point imo, left or right hand don't matter to me, constant pressure is more important. Pac's hand speed will trouble Hatton no doubt, how will Hatton handle getting peppered with shots for 12 rounds? But also, how will Pac nullify Hattons power shots? I'm curious what will happen at the points when Hatton gets Pac on the ropes as will inevitably happen at points throughout the fight. Pac isn't carrying single KO power at this weight imo, Hatton does. Manny does have bags of energy and would throw shots for 20-30 rounds if you let him. This should be a great clash of styles. It's either Manny UD, Hatton ko imo. Manny by cut is also a very good possibility. Hatton's face marks up easier than ODLH's.

 

true, even the masterful jmm was decked 4 times by that left. ditto with EM and mab.

i just think that the left will land nomatter what. the right hook should be amply used though to make it very difficult for hatton to read where the punches are coming. pac is not the one dimensional fighter in the first jmm fight, you can really see that he has more confidence in that right hand of his.

my best bet would be for hatton to clinch him up all night long and throw his bombs away. he just needs to be careful. the problem with brawlers really is that they will almost always get hit first before they land their own.

 

I think Pac will use the right hook a lot in this fight. Always the best punch for a southpaw to use against an orthadox fighter. Manny won't have the time he had against Diaz or ODLH to buzz around picking Hatton off with straight punches all night. One thing Hatton isn't is stationary unlike Pacs last 2 oponents and if Hatton brings his recently found again head movement Manny is going to have to use different angles or he may make himself quite predictable and get countered like Paulie did for 11 rounds and Paulie is no slouch. People talking about Hatton doesn't have the ability to counter i suggest you watch his last fight... he pretty much beat up on Paulie all night by countering the jab... and Paulies jab is a fast jab.
For me though the biggest thing Pac has to work on is his punching going backwards because that has always been one of his weak points and he will be going backwards a lot in this fight.

 

hatton's defense is weak and an easy target to Pac's straight left and head roll, this can inflict cuts or big damage to wide open face of hatton. No pac opponent ever solved that problem.

 

Hattons defence was weak but has now employed the best defensive coach on the planet and looked much better defensively in his last fight. Manny also cuts easily and Hatton hits harder

 

Everything in Pac's arsenal is gonna be a problem for Hatton. Hatton cant go leaping in recklessly because Pac is really not too bad with his right hand counter, he took out Velasquez and KD Morales with it and I'm sure he's improved it since too. Hatton cant mess around from the outside either, Pac has a longer reach and his jab-left hand is dangerous from mid range, the guy out jabbed Barrera from mid range in the first round.

Pac is fast becoming a complete fighter, its a shame its coming towards the end of his career. If Pac had Roach since he was 6yrs old we would be seeing one of the most complete fighters ever. Hatton is alot faster than DLH and Diaz so he will definitely have his moments, I think alot of people will be surprised at how Pac will deal with Hatton on the inside though.

 

the left hand lead will be key here. if mayweather solves this and hatton times it well, they have solved half of the problem.

i think hatton should go exculisevely to the body in the first 4 rounds. in pac's last few fights, he has only been visibly hurt twice. one was against mab, the illegal shot at the break, and the other was body shot from jmm. i think going to the body more will slow pac in the later rounds. another this is that pac has good head movement and targeting the body, arms, chest included, will be easier for hatton.

hatton should stick to pac like glue, push him around, throw elbows and low blows just to frustrate pac.

 

you'll never know...
thats what makes pac a very interesting fighter..
so unpredictable