Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton May 2nd [official poll/predictions]
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Yeah, hopefully they'll have something planned to fill the time incase the fights do end early (which I'm almost positive they will...the guy that Koborov is fighting got scraped by Lara, and I've never heard of the other two opponents), instead of Lampley & Company trying to pull shit out of their ass for an hour.
Pacman smokes Hatton.... Hatton is a good fighter but has been unimpressive against top level competition. Also Pac has made a career beating fighters that only come forward throwing a lot of punches. Hatton comes forward and is not a big puncher. Hes a accumulative puncher that wears guys down and I just don't see that working for him against Pacman. I don't think Pac will lose till he fights a slick top level boxer (Marquez is the closest thing hes fought like that and he had problems with him both times).
Things really not looking good for James Kirkland who is supposed to fight on the Pacquiao undercard. He is now in federal custody.
James Kirkland's Situation is Not Getting Any Better
By Mark Vester
The legal situation involving undefeated junior middleweight James Kirkland is not getting any better. On Sunday Kirkland was arrested when a firearm was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas. Kirkland, who is currently on probation for a 2003 armed robbery charge, was booked by the Travis County Sheriff's Department and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
The Fight Network spoke with Roger Wade, the public information officer at the Travis County Sheriff's office, and they were informed that Kirkland is no longer in their custody. According to Wade, Kirkland was transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and is being held under federal custody with no bail being set.
Kirkland is scheduled to face Michael Walker on the undercard to the May 2 Pacquiao vs. Hatton HBO pay-per-view. He is also set to return to action on HBO in August.
James Kirkland's Situation is Not Getting Any Better
By Mark Vester
The legal situation involving undefeated junior middleweight James Kirkland is not getting any better. On Sunday Kirkland was arrested when a firearm was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas. Kirkland, who is currently on probation for a 2003 armed robbery charge, was booked by the Travis County Sheriff's Department and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
The Fight Network spoke with Roger Wade, the public information officer at the Travis County Sheriff's office, and they were informed that Kirkland is no longer in their custody. According to Wade, Kirkland was transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and is being held under federal custody with no bail being set.
Kirkland is scheduled to face Michael Walker on the undercard to the May 2 Pacquiao vs. Hatton HBO pay-per-view. He is also set to return to action on HBO in August.
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That was dope, they showed the Giants game Manny threw the first pitch at.
Okay, so is it me or does Ricky look really slow ?
Here's a recent clip of Manny doing some bag work, it seems as if he gets off 5 or 6 punches in the time that Ricky takes to get off 2 or 3.
I think again, in this fight, speed will be the difference. Manny will throw his combos and be out before Ricky can even get set and get his shots off.
I'm seeing this one getting stopped in the mid to late rounds, quite possibly on cuts since Ricky's face has a tendency to turn into ground beef.
Okay, so is it me or does Ricky look really slow ?
Here's a recent clip of Manny doing some bag work, it seems as if he gets off 5 or 6 punches in the time that Ricky takes to get off 2 or 3.
I think again, in this fight, speed will be the difference. Manny will throw his combos and be out before Ricky can even get set and get his shots off.
I'm seeing this one getting stopped in the mid to late rounds, quite possibly on cuts since Ricky's face has a tendency to turn into ground beef.
Anybody who thinks Ricky looks slow, needs glasses. Anybody thinks this is gonna be a repeat of the De La Hoya fight doesn't know boxing. Manny doesn't have any clear advantages in this fight. If anything, he is the one that will be at risk. He will be the smaller fighter, the speed is about dead even, and he better be prepared to be pressured the whole fight. The body shots will be vicious. Somebody will get TKO'd in this fight. This will be the hardest fight Manny has been in by far. This is not a lightweight fighter he is fighting or a dehydrated shell of a fighter he is fighting. He will be in the ring with a master body punching technician waiting to expose Manny. Hatton's only loss comes at the hands of one of this eras best fighters. Manny hasn't taken shots from a guy this big as of yet, so we'll see if he can handle the power. We know Hatton can handle Pac's power being that he has been in the ring with heavier punchers
Marquez exposed Manny, but we all know Marquez is a master counterpuncher who exposes most fighters he fought.
Since neither fighter will fight going backwards, I doubt this will be a UD. More like a TKO by who ever has the strongest will. Mayweather is faster than Manny and punches harder, and he hung with him for a while so Hatton shouldn't have a problem with speed or Manny's power. They'll both be there to be hit, so we'll see.
Since neither fighter will fight going backwards, I doubt this will be a UD. More like a TKO by who ever has the strongest will. Mayweather is faster than Manny and punches harder, and he hung with him for a while so Hatton shouldn't have a problem with speed or Manny's power. They'll both be there to be hit, so we'll see.
Uhhh, WHAT??? Are you serious, speed dead even? What are you smoking, seriously? I want some!
Pacquiao is one of the fastest fighters in the game, period. Hatton is not. I agree this will be a tougher fight than a lot are predicting, but there is a reason Pacquiao is pound 4 pound #1, which I remind you he was ranked #1 BEFORE beating de la hoya. So dehydrated Oscar or not Pac was already considered the best in the sport b4 kicking his ass.
And sure, ricky hatton has only lost one fight to Mayweather, but he also hasn't faced nearly as good as opposition as pacquiao or many other elite fighters.
Ricky has looked good in ONE fight in recent years, Paulie Malignaggi who fuckin sucks and couldn't knock out his 8 year old sister. Hatton nearly got KO'd and stopped by Juan Lazcano prior to that and looked like a hot pile of shit. Here is a pic of Ricky after that "win:"
Prior to Mayweather he stopped a shot Jose Luis Castillo, and nearly got KO'd by Luis Collazo. Granted, he does look like he improved a bit after hiring Floyd Mayweather sr, but you cannot teach a old dog new tricks. He might have added a little bit of head movement, maybe he'll get off a few more combo's than he normally would, but after 6 rounds at the most he'll resort to what he's known his entire career - lunge, punch and clinch, repeat. A receipe for disaster when facing a guy like pacquiao.
@206... Keep it real, we can both name a few of Pacs fights in that same 8 year span that he looked pretty beatable, namely against Marquez, Erik Morales (though he did get his revenge) etc... You named fighters like Lazcano and Collazo (who is a good fighter who beat Berto in my opinion) who are decent fighters and bigger than Hatton. Every fight he came close to losing was against bigger opponents, and the fact that his faced has been bashed in means he came to fight, and didn't run, isn't that what real boxing is all about. You mean to say since his face was scarred that's a bad thing?
And as far as speed, it didn't do Malinaggi any good... Pac is the faster fighter but coming from the weight classes he comes from, speed is a given. End of the day, they are both gonna have to rely on what they do best, and what Hatton does best is pressure and go to the body, once he goes to the body, you can cancel all that speed you talkin about Manny having. Hasn't manny been stopped by a body blow before??? Hmm
And as far as speed, it didn't do Malinaggi any good... Pac is the faster fighter but coming from the weight classes he comes from, speed is a given. End of the day, they are both gonna have to rely on what they do best, and what Hatton does best is pressure and go to the body, once he goes to the body, you can cancel all that speed you talkin about Manny having. Hasn't manny been stopped by a body blow before??? Hmm
I posted the pic to show how much damage he took to a lesser fighter and should provide an idea on how open Hatton is, who like you say doesn't run and comes to fight. He eats a ton of leather and pacquiao will be teeing off on his face all night.
Paulie sucks!! He hadn't looked good in several fights, the guy cant punch for shit. Sure, Paulie has speed but you need some pop to keep a guy like hatton off.
But before you said their speed was dead even? So that was just for shits & giggles?
LOL, you're reaching DEEEEEEP if you want to play that card. He got stopped by a low blow that was ruled a body shot and the other time he was stopped the fight was in 1999 at 112 pounds, Pac was so weight drained for that fight that he went up 2 weight divisions immediately after. No one even brings up those losses for obvious reasons, you should know better!
Paulie sucks!! He hadn't looked good in several fights, the guy cant punch for shit. Sure, Paulie has speed but you need some pop to keep a guy like hatton off.
But before you said their speed was dead even? So that was just for shits & giggles?
LOL, you're reaching DEEEEEEP if you want to play that card. He got stopped by a low blow that was ruled a body shot and the other time he was stopped the fight was in 1999 at 112 pounds, Pac was so weight drained for that fight that he went up 2 weight divisions immediately after. No one even brings up those losses for obvious reasons, you should know better!
I never said it was dead even, I said it was about dead even... And if you watch closely you can see Hatton has very fast hands. Speed Advantage, slightly to Pac, Power to Hatton. No matter who wins the fight, Pac's face won't look as pretty as it does now. hatton is already used to being bruised. And you said lesser fighters... Collazo, who you consider a lesser fighter (Lesser only in promo diollars maybe) would give any fighter including Pac problems, c'mon. I'll go out on a limb and say Collazo can beat Pac. In a rematch, he could probably beat Hatton too