Pacquiao vs. Hatton - An Early Statistical Look

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An early statistical look on the May 2 clash between junior welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton. The fight will televised by HBO pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. [details]

[street bully]

Manny TKO 8.

[street bully]

I don't know about Pacquiao having more power than Hatton.

[sammylove]

Whatever....

This ain't a story.

[- JCHING -]

I'm sorry but the "advantages" section is ridiculously biased. How is Manny more powerful than Ricky? How are their chins even, when Ricky has fought much bigger and more powerful guys than Manny his whole career and only been KOd once despite being hit many times each fight? Manny has yet to be hit by a guy as big as Hatton cleanly, so the real chin comparison cannot be made yet. Pathetic.

[- JCHING -]

Also how are the advantages "statistics" when they are pure speculation, with the exception of height and reach?

[Bogler]

funny, this matchup was ridiculed about a year ago, that hatton would be tooooooo much for packie.

[revs1227]

ooooook???????

[OctoberRed]

I'm sorry but the "advantages" section is ridiculously biased. How is Manny more powerful than Ricky? How are their chins even, when Ricky has fought much bigger and more powerful guys than Manny his whole career and only been KOd once despite being hit many times each fight? Manny has yet to be hit by a guy as big as Hatton cleanly, so the real chin comparison cannot be made yet. Pathetic.

Hatton's last legit KO was Carlos Maussa in 2005. Castillo took a dive and Malignaggi was stopped by his corner.

Pacquiao's chin has stood up against everyone he fought from 122 up. Hatton has been down a few times. He was almost stopped against Collazo in the final round. He was hurt by Lozcano. He was Mayweather's first KO since Gatti. I could give Pacquiao the slight nod on chin.

[cminniti]

i don't think that the advantages are that far off. manny is definitely faster overall (not considering just handspeed but also footspeed, head movement, and agility). saying that they are evenly advantaged in the chin and experience section is a bit disappointing. vester should have dove into more detailed analysis of their respective matchups over the years to justify his determination. for instance, mayweather (hatton's lone loss and knockout) was pitted as the smaller fighter up against a brute when in fact it was mayweather who was used to fighting at a higher weight. aside from manny actually being the smaller man coming up to fight the brute aggression in hatton, mayweather and manny share two key characteristics in comparison to hatton that may be hatton's undoing: both have longer wingspans and are much faster than hatton (though one could easily and rightfully argue that mayweather is just about faster than anyone in boxing). it will be interesting to see if hatton will have trouble hitting the more agile and never motionless pacman as did de la hoya.

in my humble opinion, pacquiao W 9th TKO!