Can an Aborted Duck Fetus Save Pacquiao from Hatton?
Um… NO.
In case you have no idea how close we are to this huge Manny Pacquiao – Ricky Hatton fight, the event dubbed as ”The Battle of East and West” is on this Saturday and if you haven’t made your bets yet, I suggest you make some now.
Yep, Ricky ”The Hitman” Hatton will be at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada where he tries to finally save boxing from Manny Pacquiao and third world retardation. Hatton, unlike the other fighters Pacquiao faced before, is someone who is still in his prime. He is a technical fighter who can also brawl with Pacquiao if the fight suggests it.
Hatton is, by no means, a dehydrated Oscar De La Hoya and it will take Pacquiao more than an aborted duck fetus to keep up with this guy. Third world retardation has gone long enough in the sport of boxing and it’s about time that somebody puts an end to it.
Yes, boxing, thanks to Manny ”The Pacman” Pacquiao, has become retarded since he took the sport from its scientific and technical roots and turned it into a circus. You see, during the days of a young Mike Tyson or even an older Lennox Lewis, boxing was all about finding out who truly is the best in the business. Unfortunately for the sport, Pacquiao and his people are turning it into a fuck-fest where they just look for past world champions, wait for them to turn 40 and pit ‘em up against the Pacman just so the third world moron can mug the guy without resembling any semblance of scientific boxing.
It’s irritating. And what’s even worse is the fact that Manny Pacquiao’s people, based on Pacquiao’s wins over dehydrated and aging boxers, actually believe that the Pacman can now carry boxing after Oscar De La Hoya, the last old fart Pacquiao took advantage of.
Yep, they actually believe the third world moron’s hype. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, even claimed that ”people are becoming fascinated with him.” Really?!? There are people out there who are fascinated with this guy?
The only kind of people who I see will be fascinated with a fucking moron like Manny Pacquiao is either the kind of people who have no idea what boxing should really be or they are not fans of the sport at all. I am. I’ve been a fan of the sport since Mike Tyson was charged for rape. I watched Lennox Lewis jab his way to titles. I watched Bernard Hopkins prove his critics wrong time and time again and I also witnessed Roy Jones Jr. make a fool of himself from time to time.
Manny Pacquiao shouldn’t be in the world of boxing in the first place and I’m really hoping Ricky Hatton takes him out, PERMANENTLY.
Can Ricky Hatton beat Manny Pacquiao up and finally save boxing from money-hungry morons like him? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Ricky Hatton +200
Manny Pacquiao -260
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I do not know why you are so angry at Pacman. He is not arrogant, he is not boastful etc. The only fault Pacman has is because he came from Asia. I can understand if you hate his fan base but to hate a person as he is without a level headed arguement is mind blowing! Whenever I read your article (pacquiao hatton) the anger and hatred stands out more than the rational reasoning one would be proud of in his article.
I think you should loosen up. Life is too short to have a steady pulsating hatred on one person that you cannot so much do something about it. For all your rants and foul language, I am beginning to see you worst than all of boxing. It is not pacman that needs to be retired but guys like you!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Okay, the reason why hate this fucker so much is the fact that he tries to woo the sport away from what it should be to something where he can fool his remaining fans into thinking that he’s fighting for his country when in fact, he is absolutely NOT.
I mean, who is he kidding? We all know that what he’s after is hard cold cash and no third world retard can tell me otherwise.
Besides, boxing is just a contest between two fighters trying to determine who is better. That’s just about it. And for a moron like Pacquiao who goes on and tells his country that he’s fighting to unite whatever it is he’s trying to unite is just plain retarded.
Why do I hate Pacquiao so much? It’s because of the reasons I stressed here. I hate the fact that he takes advantage of the sport for the rest of the world to have pity on his third world mustache.
Boxing is boxing and that’s what it should just be. And oh yeah, Pacquia reminds me why I’m so against incest in the first place. I reckon he’s a product of one.
Maybe I do need to retire. But then again, who will be left to write about all these shit and continue to fuck with Pacquiao and people like you?
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I wish Haton stayed up a little bit more, wasted my pay-per view money because of stupid wana be Ricky Haton who didn’t stand a chance for Manny’s left and right hook. I bet it was the fetus that got Haton.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Manny Pacquiao (the best pound for pound boxer in the whole universe) put on an explosive performance for the whole world to see when he brutally knocked out Ricky Hatton inside two rounds Saturday at the MGM Grand, and left no doubt about his status as the greatest boxer on the planet today.
Pacquiao, getting heavier and yet faster and stronger, was more than a ferocious animal in the ring. He knocked Hatton down twice in the opening round, and finally finished the Briton off with barely a second remaining in the second round of their one-sided brawl.
“He’s a monster,” said promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank at ringside. “He’s the greatest fighter ever.”
“I hope you enjoyed the show. It’s nothing personal because I’m only doing my job,” Pacquiao said at the post-fight press conference.
Asked to comment how it felt throwing that winning punch, he said, “The last punch was a left hook, and I believe he will not be able to get up after that. I didn’t think he would get up.”
The Filipino southpaw weighed in at 138 lbs Friday, and Hatton at exactly 140 lbs. But up on the ring, the Filipino icon looked more solid with his body as he checked in at 148 lbs against the heavier and slower Hatton at 152 lbs.
Pacquiao landed the first good punch of the bout dubbed “Battle of the East and West,” a right hook, and after taking a solid blow to the hip and a few hits during a clinch, he landed a right hook to the face that sent the erstwhile champion down at the center of the ring with 55 seconds left in the round.
In a way, the early knockdown came as a surprise to the 16,262 fans in attendance, even to Pacquiao supporters who hoped to see a knockout but probably not as quick as this one. Hatton got up and Pacquiao went for the kill, and down went the Briton again.
It was a left straight that sent Hatton reeling back and down in front of his own corner. Confused, he managed to get up at the count of eight, and just shortly after, the bell rang. At this point, everybody felt that the end of the fight was to come in the next round.
It did.
With nine seconds left in the second round, Pacquiao let loose a powerful left that was more of a hook based on his stance. It was a million-dollar punch, so strong it sounded like Hatton’s jaw cracked.
For the third and last time, the man who vowed to stop Pacquiao went down unconscious like a fallen log.
Referee Kenny Bayless was quick to attend to the fallen ex-champion, and though he did not bother to count, it took him a few seconds before signaling the end of the bout with only a second left in the round.
“I didn’t have to count,” Bayless said.
Hatton lay on the floor like he was sound asleep.
For a while it seemed that Pacquiao didn’t know what to do, whether to celebrate or come to the aid of his foe.
He seemed to have smiled, exposing his mouthpiece, then walked back to his corner.
In the flick of an eye everybody was there ready to celebrate with him.
Pacquiao knelt in prayer in a neutral corner, as Hatton’s handlers, together with ring physicians, attended to the knockout victim from Manchester. It took a couple of minutes before he was able to get up. With so many people in the ring, it was hard to see if the fighters ever shook hands.
From his dressing room, the Manchester brawler, who was reduced to a pitiful sight, was brought to the Valley Hospital for precautions. He was accompanied by his family, including his parents, Ray and Carol, and his 5-foot-10 fiancee, Jennifer Dooley.
Dooley cried hard at ringside, and had to be consoled by a friend, as Hatton lay on the canvas.
Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions and Hatton’s promoter, went with them.
“We’re concerned with Ricky’s health. He looks okay but we just want to make sure. We’re just worried about him we wanted to make sure he’s okay,” said Hatton’s lawyer Garreth Williams, explaining his client’s absence at the post-fight press conference.
Arum said he came up to Hatton, and told the 30-year-old Mancunian not to get “discouraged.”
The ageless promoter added that there are still big fights to be fought, and there remains a chance for him to win a world title again.
Hatton’s trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., said sometimes, “when a boxer gets knocked out like that it’s hard to recover.”
The cocky trainer showed up at the post-fight press-con but neither confirmed nor denied that he was parting ways with Hatton. It was reported the other day they had personal differences allegedly because of the trainer being late for some training sessions.
Pacquiao, who was introduced by ring announcer Michael Buffer as the best fighter in the world, was welcomed as the “new” International Boxing Organization junior welterweight (140 lb) champion of the world, raising his world titles in different weight classes to six as most people say.
Pacquiao had won the WBC flyweight (112 lbs), the IBF super-bantamweight (122 lbs), WBC super-featherweight (130 lbs) and WBC lightweight (135 lbs) championships. Together with Ring Magazine’s featherweight (126 lbs) crown he joined De la Hoya as the only six-division champs.
Pacquiao fought in three weight classes last year, winning each battle against Juan Manuel Marquez at 130 lbs, David Diaz at 135 lbs, and De la Hoya at 147 lbs.
The Filipino ring icon said he feels very comfortable at 140 lbs, and Saturday’s win should serve as a stern warning to all pretenders.
Ring experts said the punch that knocked Hatton out could have knocked out any other fighter in the higher divisions, even the Mayweathers, the Mosleys, the Cottos or the Margaritos.
It was surely heard around the world, and Pacquiao’s popularity was even magnified a hundred times by it.
Roach said he knew “Hatton was a sucker” for the right hook.
“We knew how to prepare for that so it was easy for us. This was no surprise. Hatton pumps his hands before he throws a punch. He is a sucker for the right hook and this is what we worked on. He cocks back before he throws his punches. He fights the same way over and over. I studied tapes of all his fights for the last two months and I know him as well as I know my own fighter.”
True enough, based on slo-mo replays, Hatton pumped his gloves before getting caught by Pacquiao’s telling blow in the second round.
In the press conference, Pacquiao invited everyone to join his post-fight party at Mandalay Bay’s The Beach (poolside).
He said he was going to sing a few songs and even brought his own band from Manila. Up on the room on the 29th floor of the hotel, Pacquiao’s voice could be heard belting out his favorite songs.
The party was over by 2 a.m.
Hatton walked into the arena ahead of Pacquiao. He was in his trademark black get-up, looking serious, chewing gum, and barely surrounded. In his dressing room, he was welcomed by Shane Mosley.
Pacquiao, moments after, arrived and made his way to his own dressing room. As usual, he smiled as he walked, and had his lovely wife, Jinkee, to his left, followed by a bunch of friends. It was the first time he showed up for a fight wearing a beard and moustache.
The MGM Grand was bursting with people, some of them dressed like they’re going to the Oscars, still a few hours before the fight.
People were still bidding for tickets, looking for spare ones, and those with a face value of $1,000 were being bought for as much as $6,000.
Three bouts before the main event, the arena was almost filled to the rafters, and British fans started warming up with chants of “Go! Ri-cky Hat-ton!” filling the air. Unconfirmed reports said 25,000 British fans flew all the way to Vegas for this fight.
According to Lee Samuels of Top Rank, some 18,000 fans packed the venue although there were 16,262 tickets sold, and he reported sales of 10,000 more on the closed circuit television in the different hotels around the official venue.
Footage of Friday’s official weigh-in pumped up the crowd as the seconds and closest supporters of both fighters almost filled the ring, waiting for their grand entrance.
Philippine flags, big and small, were all over the place, but still it was the British fans who lorded it over with their Wembley-like chants that were done as if they practiced them for a week.
As Martin Nievera did his own bouncy version of Lupang Hinirang, Pacquiao was shown over the giant screens getting a final rubdown from trainer Buboy Fernandez.
In his red-white-and-blue robe, Pacquiao looked like a Philippine flag was draped all over him, while Hatton came out in his colorful, beaded robe with lace on the edges.
Lights went out and thousands of cameras clicked away as footage of Hatton’s biggest wins were shown, as well as Pacquiao’s.
Being the champion, it was surprising for Hatton to climb the ring first. He walked slowly, stone-faced, his IBO belt hoisted behind him and the British flag waving.
Pacquiao was led up the ring by his new ally, former world wrestling heavyweight champion Batista, a half-Filipino. First thing he did was kneel before a neutral corner for a moment of prayer.
Then it was showtime as Michael Buffer hollered, “Let’s get ready to rumble.”
But there was none. Because Pacquiao made it a personal show.
According to computer statistics, Pacman landed 73 of 127 punches in just under six minutes, including 34 of 53 power punches in the second hand.
Hatton connected only 18 of 78.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:15 am
hahaha, don’t know bout you guys but boxing includes a close study of your opponent… pacman did it, let him be, as for the money, didn’t those old timers and great ones received them too? why is he any different?
just because he’s asian and it kills you that the great manchester nook lost? c’mon, if hatton was sure he can beat pacman, let him challenge the pacman again, maybe then your hate comments would end, but then again, who knows what your motivations are….
May 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Too bad your Hitman lost, then. hahaha
May 4th, 2009 at 9:10 am
hahaha! the “dehydrated oscar dela hoya” actually did better against pacquiao than hatton in his prime! hahaha! nice try
May 4th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Now Sing…
There’s only one Ricky Hatton,
One Ricky Hatton,
Walking alone,
Dropping around,
Sleeping in a never neverland.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
i guess you were crushed when hatton got flattened in the second round, huh?
maybe you should get some training in and pick up where hatton left off.
oh did you hear? mayweather sr. blames hatton for not listening to him and suggested that hatton should retire. isn’t that so disrespectful to be said to someone who is in his prime?
here’s something to write about, how come hatton lost to pacquiao?
lose the attitude man. you’re just embarrassing yourself. don’t worry, God still loves you.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Pacman = No. 1
’nuff said…
May 5th, 2009 at 5:00 am
rockstar … the sleeping mat.
loosen up guys …
November 15th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I just read this after clicking a picture that came up in my search result for “Haton after Pacquiao”… Since I don’t have a picture to speak a thousand words for my 3rd world country ass… I’ll just say I saw the Cotto-Pacquiao fight last night, did you?
June 4th, 2010 at 11:44 am
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November 28th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Damn. The picture in this blog shows up frequently on google images. Must be embarrassing for the blogger.
August 14th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
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