Hatton Pacquiao Fight Buzz

Already this early, the still unfinalized May 2nd fight between boxing superstars Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquaio is creating a buzz across the net and blogosphere.

Chris Williams at boxingnews24, has this to say for Hatton to win the fight,

Clearly, Hatton is going to need multiple strategies to use if he has a hope of beating Pacquiao, because if he goes into the fight with no plan B or C, he’s going to get drilled to pieces by Pacquiao straight away. If he’s smart, he’ll figure out that Pacquiao likes to fight in and out with his attacks, and then try to time him when he comes at him and meet him with power shots.

As long as he can limit the damage in these attacks, he might survive into the later rounds of the fight where he has a fighting chance at possibly winning a close decision. But it’s doubtful he’ll have a good enough strategy to beat Pacquiao and will end up being beaten to a bloody pulp like so many other Pacquiao opponents.

While from Marco Vasquez at bleacher report,

On the other hand, Ricky Hatton is an active fighter—still fast and in shape. Manny and Roach will be surprised that Hatton is faster than what they think and hits a lot harder also.

Now I'm a great Manny fan, but I'm looking at the facts that I see, so I go with Hatton on the victory. HATTON WILL STOP MANNY in fifth round... Surprise...

These are just some points of view from boxing fans and afficionados alike. For Pacquiao and Hatton fans, it's a fair point to say that they think that their fighter is the better of the two. I just can't wait for the Pacquiao Hatton fight to happen.

Ricky Hatton Boxing Record

Ricky Hatton is considered by many as one of boxing's biggest and most exciting fighter today. He has piled up a very impressive boxing record with 45 wins and 1 loss.




Hatton's Professional Boxing Record:

DATE	OPPONENT	LOCATION	WINNER
2008-11-22 2008-05-24	Paulie Malignaggi Juan Laczcano	Las Vegas, NV Manchester, Lancashire, UK	Hatton KO 11 Hatton W 12
2007-12-08	Floyd Mayweather	Las Vegas, NV	Mayweather KO 10
2007-06-23	Jose Luis Castillo	Las Vegas, NV	Hatton KO 4
2007-01-20	Juan Urango	Las Vegas, NV	Hatton W 12
2005-05-13	Luis Collazo	Boston, MA	Hatton W12
2005-11-26	Carlos Maussa	Sheffield, England	Hatton KO 9
2005-06-04	Kostya Tszyu	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 11
2004-12-11	Ray Oliveira	London, England	Hatton KO 10
2004-10-01	Michael Stewart	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 5
2004-06-12	Carlos Vilches	Manchester, England	Hatton W12
2004-04-03	Dennis Pedersen	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 6
2003-12-13	Ben Tackie	Manchester, England	Hatton W12
2003-09-27	Aldo Rios	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 10
2003-04-05	Vince Phillips	Manchester, England	Hatton W12
2002-12-14	Joe Hutchinson	Newcastle, England	Hatton KO 4
2002-09-28	Stephen Smith	Manchester, England	Hatton DQ 2
2002-06-01	Eamonn Magee	Manchester, England	Hatton W12
2002-02-09	Mikhail Krivolapov	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 9
2001-12-15	Justin Rowsell	London, England	Hatton TKO 2
2001-10-27	Freddie Pendleton	Manchester, England	Hatton KO 2
2001-09-15	John Bailey	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 5
2001-07-07	Jason Rowland	Manchester, England	Hatton KO 4
2001-03-26	Tony Pep	London, England	Hatton TKO 4
2000-10-21	Jonathan Thaxton	London, England	Hatton W12
2000-09-23	Giuseppe Lauri	London, England	Hatton TKO 5
2000-06-10	Gilbert Quiros	Detroit, MI	Hatton KO 2
2000-05-16	Ambioris Figuero	Warrington, England	Hatton KO 4
2000-03-25	Pedro Teran	Liverpool, England	Hatton TKO 4
2000-01-29	Leoncio Garces	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 3
1999-12-11	Mark Winters	Liverpool, England	Hatton KO 4
1999-10-09	Bernard Paul	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 4
1999-07-17	Mark Ramsey	Doncaster, England	Hatton W6
1999-05-29	Dillon Carew	Halifax, England	Hatton TKO 5
1999-04-03	Brian Coleman	London, England	Hatton KO 2
1999-02-27	Tommy Peacock	Oldham, England	Hatton TKO 2
1998-12-19	Paul Denton	Liverpool, England	Hatton KO 6
1998-10-31	Kevin Carter	Atlantic City, NJ	Hatton KO 1
1998-09-19	Pascal Montulet	Oberhausen, Germany	Hatton KO 2
1998-07-18	Anthony Campbell	Sheffield, England	Hatton W6
1998-05-30	Mark Ramsey	Bristol, England	Hatton W6
1998-04-18	Karl Taylor	Manchester, England	Hatton TKO 1
1998-03-27	Paul Salmon	Telford, England	Hatton KO 1
1998-01-17	David Thompson	Bristol, England	Hatton KO 1
1997-12-19	Robert Alvarez	New York, NY	Hatton W4
1997-09-11	Colin McAuley	Widnes, England	Hatton TKO 1

From this fighter's record above, Ricky "The Hitman" is undoubtedly one of the best. The Hatton Pacquiao fight is definitely going to be exciting. Stats courtesy of HBO.

Ricky Hatton Bio

RICKY "The Hitman" Hatton

Full Name: Richard John Hatton
Nickname: The Hitman
Date of Birth: October 6, 1978
Height: 5'6"
Hometown: Manchester, England
Division: Light Welterweight
Record: 45-1 | 32 KOs

Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, is a two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion and former WBA super lightweight and welterweight world champion. Hatton has beaten defending world champions in four of his last five fights. In his boxing career, he lost only once to American, Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Ricky Hatton was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He was raised on the Hattersley council estate in Hyde, Greater Manchester. Ricky has a huge, fanatical following in England especially in his hometown of Manchester. Hatton's entrance music is the Manchester City club song "Blue Moon" as performed by the band "Supra." He has been the biggest draw in Great Britain for several years.

Hatton's debut fight was on 10 September 1997 against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre. He won it via a knockout in round 1. On 5 June 2005, in what many considered as the breakout year for Hatton, he beat Kostya Tszyu, a widely regarded top pound-for-pound boxers in the world by a technical knockout after the Australian failed to answer the bell for the 12th round. Ricky Hatton was a heavy underdog for this fight, and the victory announced his entry to the upper echelons of the world boxing scene. Prior to the fight the majority of boxing critics had given Hatton little or no chance and this victory was regarded as one of the best victories by an English boxer in the last 20 years. On 26 November 2005 Hatton won the WBA title when he defeated Carlos Maussa in the ninth round of a unification bout. In December, Hatton was named the 2005 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year.

On January 1, 2007, Ricky Hatton was recognized by the Queen of England in the annual New Year's honors list, and received the title MBE (Member of the British Empire). The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace, and he will now be known as Ricky Hatton, MBE.

Regarding his nickname, Ricky said, "I've always been a fan of Tommy Hearns, and everybody associates that that's where I got it from, but everybody's a Tommy Hearns fan. I got the nickname the first day I walked in the gym. I was 10 years old and put a pair of gloves on and started walloping the bag, and my amateur coach said, 'Look at him, look how evil he is. He's a little Hitman.'"

Surely, Hatton fans are looking forward to the coming Hatton Pacquiao fight.

Pacquiao Hatton Fight is On!

Bring it on! Boxing fight fans should rejoice. Pound for pound champion Manny Pacquiao will face Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton. It's just a matter of time now before they officially settle on a date and venue.

Bring it on! This is going to be 2009's fight of the year.

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