Pacquiao-Hatton: How Do You See It Playing Out?

[S A M U R A I]

Does Hatton rush at Pac?

Or does he start slower and more patiently?

How do you see the fight panning out?



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[Fulcrum29]

Does Hatton rush at Pac?

Or does he start slower and more patiently?

How do you see the fight panning out?

I see Hatton eviscerating him, wiping the floor with Pacman's brains, eating his soul and harvesting it for the afterlife. All by the 8th round at the latest.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i see hatton voluntarily running into the ring post to end his misery

[Pullcounter]

Hatton's gonna try and outbox Pac for the first few rounds...

Once Pac lands the left-cross and hurts Hatton, hatton will wrestle pac to a close SD.

[-Boxzilla-]

i think hatton will feel pacs power at the beginning and think he can walk through it ... then start getting truly hurt as he slows down and eventually gets stop late ...

[The_Demon]

i think it may be slightly tentative for a few rounds with pac landing more shots but hattons power coming through in round 5-6 and very one-sided from then on.like the malignaggi fight but with manny throwing more punches

[Komander]

It could go either way. Hatton gets completely overwhelmed by Pacs speed. Or Pac isn't able to handle Hattons body attack and power.

[talip bin osman]

ricky hatton, like aaron pryor is the mainstay @ 140 will overwhelm the one coming up in weight, pacquiao like arguello in the later rounds... i really hope manny pacquiao proves me wrong on this one...

[Silencers]

I think Hatton will come out quick, trying to pressure Pacquiao, trying to get inside on the smaller man and work the body, rough him up, try to use his naturally bigger frame to wear down Pacquiao down the stretch, body punching will be very important for him in this fight.

I think Pacquiao will come out tentative to see what Hatton does, if Hatton starts to pressure him Pacquiao will start moving around, standing his ground when he has to but moving around for the most part and countering Hatton's aggressiveness, making Hatton's aggressiveness work against him.

That's pretty much how I see the first third of the fight going.

The latter parts of the fight is harder to predict because it depends on how well each of them does in the first few rounds, if Hatton gets his body shots in and starts to wear Pacquiao down, we could see a great toe to toe battle happen down the stretch when Pacquiao would be forced to stand his ground, if Pacquiao can wear Hatton down through accumulation of his countershots, then we could see Pacquiao start backing Hatton up when Hatton starts to weaken and fade.

[MaD RoBoT]

Round 1: Sizing each other..Pac throwing more jabs while Hatton keeps pressing

Round 2-3: Hattons face turning red from pacs jab & lead straight

Round 4-6: Pace slows a bit...Hattons working on his wrestling move this time...

Round 7: BOOM! Hatton caught by a vicious counter left

GAME BABY!