Pacquiao will stop Hatton within the first half of the fight.
Contrary to what many boxing enthusiasts may be expecting, I do not see Ricky Hatton using his strength and size and goin’ smokin’ in the early stage of the fight. If Hatton’s corner has no respect for the smaller guy’s punching power, then the fight will end very early for Manny.
I’m therefore envisioning both fighters boxing, that is, jabbing and occasionally throwing power punches and hooks, in the firs two or three rounds of the fight: for Manny, because he’s more comfortable with this style, and for the street fighter from Manchester, because he has to feel first how effective on him those redoubtable power punches are from the pound-for-pound king as he begins to absorb them before deciding to go for a brawl, where he’s equally comfortable.
The size-up stage is favorable to Manny who has already proven he’s an excellent boxer-puncher. If Manny’s jabs and counter-punching are too much for Hatton and Hatton’s jabs (I’m quite certain his famous trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. has honed this untapped skill of him) are not finding the target (Manny’s head movements and blocks as against slower and bigger opponents are now givens), Hatton will then be instructed by his corner to switch to slugging to catch up on points with body punches in the fourth round. But Manny will neutralize this change of strategy by maneuvering to stay in the center of the ring which will not be hard for him to do because of his superior footwork and ring generalship.
What Hatton did to IBF junior welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi, essentially a boxer and a “slickster” with little punching power, will not work because Manny is faster than Malignaggi, and Manny can choose to be explosive and slug out it when called for to stop the pressure and aggression from the bigger fighter, Hatton.
Interestingly, Malignaggi lost to Hatton because well behind on points his trainer Buddy McGirt stopped the fight in the 11th round against the fighter’s protestation. This scenario is very unlikely to happen to Manny and his trainer Freddie Roach despite the recent case of Gerry Peñalosa having been stopped by Roach for being similarly well behind on points in a title fight against Puerto Rican sensation Juan Manuel Lopez. Gerry is a great fighter but Manny Pacquiao is Manny Pacquiao.
Somewhere in the fifth or sixth round, not only would Manny be piling up points, it’s also likely Hatton face would be busted up by then.
If Manny never comes to respect Hatton whose body shots Manny has, hopefully, trained well to absorb, I could see Manny not giving Hatton any quarters at all but taking him out with a killer combo before the end of the sixth round.
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Manny in six? So what?
Manny won at 2. So, FLIPS, VOTE FOR HIM FOR PRESIDENT! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!
Comedian for Vice-President! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!
Flips loves sports that is NOT Academe-supported, education-optional!
It’s obvious! Why? You ask? Pagmatalo sa debate gusto nalang nila mag-bug-bogan!!!!! HA!HA!HA!HA!
So, therefore, Manny Pacquiao is fit for President. If he is beaten in debate … He’ll ask them for a fist fight which is natural for Flips!!!! HA!HA!HA!HA!
Fresh of Las Vegas – 05/02/2009.
Waitresses, hotel personnel, cleaning crews disapprove of Filipinos coming to Las Vegas. MGM was trashed by Filipinos. They didn’t leave tips. Rude. Arrogant. Noisy nosy. Most of all towels, were lifted off. …
looks like pacquiao won! round 2.
Pacquiao won! Hotel personnel lost! Hoity-toity, haughty Flips trashed MGM. They left MGM with air of arrogance. I’M A FILIPINO! Not FILIPINO-AMERICAN! Not AMERICAN! But FlipPino … HA!HA!HA!HA1HA!HA!HA!
And Dr. Pacquiao is our future president! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA1HA!
I would suggest Dr. Pacquiao for President and eRAP Para-lahat-pantay-HeRAP … we deserve it because we adore education-optional academe-non-supported, kindergarten-drop-out sports …. HA!HA!HA!HA!
I read on-line Los Angeles Times and NYTimes not a blip of Manny….FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL and other academe-supported sports gets the headline front and center.
We are so oblivious! We are dense!
Congratulations Manny.
I think I saw someone waving an upside down Philippine flag.
If it was a foreigner; maybe he didn’t know what it means when the red part is up.
Renato pacifico,
If those kind of tips are mandatory, then surely the hotel personnel can press for them as the bill is being paid.
So are the tips you are writing about mandatory?
BTW, one of the most common complaint in Filipino sport predilection is that Filipinos love basketball too much to the detriment of other sports.
And one of your posts is pertaining to basketball as being an academe supported sport. Are you willing to stand by what you stated about what kind of sports “Flips” supposedly love ?
Justice, service personnels in America are capped 15% by IRS regardless they received it or not … So they get to be taxed on the 15% that they never received … … NOW, HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT???
I’m not familiar with taxes in the U.S. but I looked up Publication 531 of the IRS.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p531/ar02.html#en_US_publink100022527
“What tips to report. Report to your employer only cash, check, debit, or credit card tips you receive.”
What kind of document is used by the IRS for taxing these unreceived tips that you are writing about?
BTW, I viewed the LA and NY Times online several hours ago.
And they actually had a fair amount of “blips” on Manny.
And before much of those “FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL and other academe-supported sports” that you like to write about; a story about a horse named “Mine that Bird” took precedence.
So what educational institution will that horse be headed to?
“And before much of those “FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL and other academe-supported sports” that you like to write about; a story about a horse named “Mine that Bird” took precedence.
So what educational institution will that horse be headed to?” … JUSTICE
That’s bad, dude. Totally bad news for boksingeros. That means horses got more brains than boksingeros!!!
HA!HA!HA!HA!
That goes to show that Mine the Birid has more brains than Boksingeros …
Totally bad news …
It’s your turn to explain the 4 unused rounds. Joke lang.
Primer, I actually did: “If Hatton’s corner has no respect for the smaller guy’s punching power, then the fight will end very early for Manny.” (pls. see last sentence of 2nd par.)
Floyd Mayweather, Sr. is a dumb trainer after all, just one of the clueless many who thought letting Hatton go smokin’ like Joe Frazier in the early rounds to draw Manny into a brawl is Hatton’s best gamble to win the fight.
Btw, contrary to Renato’s rant, boxing is a sport for very intelligent people. And as a “sweet science,” it is essentially a “team sport,” which demands the kind of character, discipline, focus, commitment and of course teamwork (or Bayanihan spirit, if you will) necessary to manage and grow successfully a large enterprise like a nation-state.
Indeed, Manny has the stuff wanting in many of our politicians. If even a handful of our leaders, the economic and political elites in particular, behave like him who thinks of what he can bring to his country in equal terms as, or maybe loftier than, his self-interested pursuits, the Philippines regaining its title (and keeping it as long as it takes) as the “Pearl of the Orient” may not be far behind.
Looks like our Nick is of the same frame of mind: “… if there is one lesson to be learned by this victory, it is that preparation is key, and so is implementation of strategies. As a nation, let’s ponder the preparation, planning, and implementation a bit more.”
I just wonder why boksingeros are left uninvited in black tie events???? Just wondering?? If ever they get endorsements it’s not as much as the academe-supported, education-must-have sports …
By the way, out of hundreds of boksingeros, who had the most in endorsement money and how many were they?
Marketers know better ….
… and with all my rantings and expose … in polls and survey Flips claimed to be … ta …. da … drum roll, pleez … ASSIMILATED!!!!!
Assimilated my ass! They have balikbayan full of cultural baggage.
The Congressmen viewers have a day in Las Vegas, Nevada. I know
that they spent millions of people’s money again for their entertainment.
Renato Pacifico,
No it does not.
Unless of course you’re prepared to prove that; with the attending risk of you proving that horses also have more brains than those who participate in your “FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL and other academe-supported sports” because the horse story took precedence over much of those too.
And if you’re not; then you should quit already as the list of your claims that you are unable to support or defend is getting long!
So the “Totally bad news” thingy is on you!
BTW, what’s with the “dude” thing?
Are you in the Down Under like the other one?