Hatton's legal adviser, Atty. Williams, informed the Daily Telegraph that the fight is 99 percent certain to exist as he was assured by Golden Boy Promotion thru its CEO, Richard Schaefer, the current world wide promoter of Ricky Hatton, that they already have a signed contract from Manny Pacquiao in their possession. On the other hand, Franklin "Jeng" Gacal, Pacquiao's legal adviser, said that he sees a formal announcement by Monday as he doesn't foresee any last-minute hitches.
Last friday, Atty. Gacal spoked with Hatton's lawyer, Gareth Williams, and had a good conversation and everything was OK. After this, a signed contract was forwarded to Top Rank honcho, Bob Arum.
In the meantime, Daniel "Tex" Cohen at Ringside Report doesn't see it good for Hatton and has given him the advice below in his fight with Manny.
"If Hatton changes his game plan to include movement and become a drastically better ring general, he might have a shot against Pacquiao. On the other hand, there are few boxing fans alive that can not see the extreme gap in speed between the two fighters. Hatton can move all he wants, but Pacquiao’s hands are probably faster than Hatton’s face. This suggests that the young Brit will need a flawless fight to out box and out fox his Filipino opponent."Formal Fight Announcement on Monday
It's a great way to start the week if as everything move on and the fight gets formally announced this Monday.
On a side note, regarding the brouhaha that happened when the fight seems to have been scuttled. It is coming to light now that the reason Manny Pacquiao initially rejected the deal and didn't sign it is because of Hatton's US promoter, Golden Boy. There seems to be some bad blood between Team Pacquiao and the Golden Boy Promotions. I would think it stemmed from the fight between Oscar dela Hoya and Manny Pacquiao where Manny got the lower end of the deal. I think Pacquiao has a point on this one.
Oh well, good that's the fight is going to happen now for sure! May 2 at Las Vegas.
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