In photos: 'Manny Pacquiao Fights Ricky Hatton'
By James Wray May 3, 2009, 16:27 GMT
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Unpredictable! does anyone made a guess that fight would end in 2nd round.
Truly Manny Paqiuao is the greatest boxer today.
Here's what I can say to his trainor, don't blame anything to your fighter. In all of the result, you are the one to be blamed. I think Mr. Floyd Mayweather Sr, the fight in May is not a good weather to you.
unbelievable!!!incredible!!!fantastic!!! Pacquiao has really the heart of a champion. He is a great warrior and a great man. Hatton and his trainor Mayweather have claimed victory earlier before the game has even started.
And see what happened..Hatton didn't even know where the punches came from..He was nailed by Pacman using a right hook in the 1st round and a left hook in the 2nd, which made Hatton 'the best of all losers'. Less talk less Mistakes..this is for Hatton and Mayweather..Before you Brag think first of what you can do...
As Zigg Ziglar says 'Once we fail we put blame on others, however if it's an achievement or victory we tend to claim it our own eve if it's not' This is what happen to Floyd Mayweather Sr. his prediction about Dela Hoya, Pacquiao fight that Dela Hoya will humble Pacquiao again he also predicted that a fight with Ricky Hatton will not last upto 3rd round, well, he's right but if you take a look all his prediction turn against him in favor of Manny Pacquiao and when he was interviewed he simply says 'That's boxing' oh really? and perhaps in his mind he might be thinking that Hatton lost to Pacquiao because of not following the game plan...putting blame on others.
In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the underrated overcomes the strong . . . . . . .. AGPareja 5.5.09
MANNY PACMAN PACQUIAO AND THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES IN BOXING IN OUR TIMES.
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao was dominating. Ricky Hatton was left helpless. Pacquiao cemented his claim to being the best pound-for-pound boxer Saturday night with a spectacular performance that ended with Hatton sprawled out on the canvas after a devastating left hand to the head late in the second round.
Coming off an overwhelming win over Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao was even better against Hatton, knocking him down two times in the first round before finally stopping him with a vicious left hand that dropped Hatton for good in the 140-pound title bout.
Referee Kenny Bayless took one look at Hatton and declared the fight over at 2:59 of the round.
'I didn't have to count,' Bayless said.
Pacquiao needed less than half a round to figure out the onrushing Hatton, hitting him with a flurry of punches midway through the first round before putting him down for the first time with a right hook to the head. Hatton got up at the count of eight but Pacquiao landed another flurry and dropped him again just before the end of the round.
Hatton attempted to carry the fight to Pacquiao in the second round but was mostly ineffective as Pacquiao sized him up for a big punch. It finally came at the end of the round when he landed a left cross that flattened the English fighter.
'I'm surprised the fight was so easy,' Pacquiao said. 'He was wide open for the right hook. I knew he would be looking for my left.'
Pacquiao was a 2-1 favorite, but few thought Hatton would go easily. His only loss came when he was stopped in the 10th round by Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he built a career and a reputation as a tough and aggressive fighter who wore his opponents down.
But he stood no chance against Pacquiao, whose punches came straight down the middle and landed with increasing frequency as the fight went on.
'I was just doing my job,' said Pacquiao, who is a national hero in the Philippines and is fast becoming a hero among boxing fans. 'I always try to do my best in the ring.'
Pacquiao's best on this night quickly quieted a boisterous crowd of 16,262 at the MGM Grand arena, many of them who came over from England to sing and chant Hatton's praises. They didn't even get a chance to warm up, though, before Hatton was on the canvas for the first time of the night.
'The fight was no surprise to me,' Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, said. 'We know he always pumps his hands before he throws a punch. He's a sucker for the right hook.'
Hatton finally rose from the canvas after several minutes as doctors tended to him and Pacquiao's corner celebrated. He walked from the ring with a wry grin on his face, while his fans serenaded him with one last verse of 'Winter Wonderland.'
'That's boxing,' said Floyd Mayweather Sr., Hatton's trainer.
On the same day Mayweather announced his return to the ring with a July 18 fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao stole the undefeated former champion's thunder with a performance that was so lopsided it looked like a sparring session. The southpaw easily got away from Hatton's wild advances and just as easily hit him with punches that shouldn't come from a fighter who was fighting above 130 pounds for only the third time.
Pacquiao weighed 138 pounds for the fight to 140 for Hatton, and was fighting a bigger man for the second time in a row. But nothing seems to bother the boxer who is so popular at home that there is talk of him running for president some day.
Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 knockouts) earned $12 million for the fight, while Hatton (45-2) was paid $8 million.
On the undercard, Mexico's Humberto Soto knocked Benoit Gaudet of Canada down early in the ninth round and then stopped him with a flurry of punches to retain his 130-pound super featherweight title. It was the second defense of the title for Soto, who improved to 48-7-2 with 31 knockouts, while Gaudet fell to 20-2.
Ricky Hatton, think that he can put MANNY, to a knockout in the first place. If there's a knockout, Hatton say's it won't be me, it's gonna be him which PACMAN, Hehehe! what a shame on his carrier as well as the fans that travel a thousands of miles just to witness the fight.
Atlas said pacquiao is god in the phil. you're wrong sir!
Ive seen the fights of Valero he is also good but please dont match him up with pacquiao now he will surely loss.
The next logical opponent of pacquiao is Mayweather jr. but I would say it will be a dull fight because Mayweather will always run & run while Pacquiao will chase & box. Fans dont like to see a running match in boxing. Mayweather should transfer to the track & field events.
Ricky 'THE SLEEPING MAN' Hatton. Am i right? :-)
TO: MR. MAYWEATHER SR.
WHO IS THE MULE AND THE REAL STALLION?
Paquiao did not win by Technical Knockout. He won by Knock Out. Technical means not knocked out yet but technically cannot continue so as good as knocked outso the referee will stop the fight. Knock out means Knocked Out...Can no longer get up from the canvas> Ricky Hatton was unconscious and referee did not see a need to count because he was KO!
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