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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Ricky Hatton v Manny Pacquiao: How the fight unfolded
Round One
Hatton starts well for the first 30 seconds, stays outside, moving well (and keeping to the game plan) as Pacquiao appears to start slowly. Then Pacquiao launches an assault catching Hatton flush with a straight left hand. Then a right hook. Then he launches an all-out assault, twice sending Hatton to the canvas. The final minute of the round is torrid for the Mancunian, a rapid right hook as Pacquiao moved to his left catching Hatton on the chin sending him to the canvas. Hatton takes the count from referee Kenny Bayliss on one knee, rises, but is soon in trouble again, as a straight left floors him in front of his corner. 10-7 Pacquiao
Round Two
Hatton looks composed, remarkably, at the start of the second stanza, beginning it with some success, knocking Pacquiao back, but is then warned by Bayliss not to hold and hit. Hatton lands with a left hook, and looks to be getting back into the contest but as the round ends Pacquiao enacts a punch of clinical brutality, felling Hatton flat onto his back, crumpling under a left hook which leaves him glazed and motionless. Hatton looked out before he landed on his back on the ground.
"I did not count," said Bayliss. "I called the fight over because Ricky was glazed in his eyes and was showing no motion to get back up." Promoter Bob Arum says immediately at ringside that Pacquiao can "go on to become the greatest pound for pound fighter of all time". Hatton is on the canvas motionless for three minutes, and walks out of the arena. He is immediately taken to hospital "on precautionary grounds".
SOURCE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxingandmma/5266578/Ricky-Hatton-v-Manny-Pacquiao-How-the-fight-unfolded.html
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Ricky Hatton could dump Mayweather after Pacman fight
Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Snr could split after the controversial trainer admitted to problems in their camp.
The American riled some in the Hatton team by turning up late several times for training, leaving the fighter to start sessions with assistant trainer Lee Beard.
Mayweather's outrageous antics in front of the TV cameras have also not gone down well, sparking accusations he was hogging the limelight.
The pair could part company after tonight's showdown with Manny Pacquiao and Hatton has already given Beard more responsibility.
Mayweather admitted his relationship with Beard has become fraught.
"Was there a problem?" he said. "Yes. I addressed the situation and the problems I had with him. It was taken care of.
"It doesn't mean a camp isn't a good camp just because a person has a problem."
SOURCE: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/05/02/ricky-hatton-could-dump-mayweather-after-pacman-fight-115875-21325457/
A MOMENT OF PREDICTION, A DAWN OF REFLECTION
LAS VEGAS, California, May 2, 2009 – It's 2 o' clock in the morning. And, soon enough, Ricky “Hitman” Hatton will reassert his supremacy at 140 pounds against Ring Magazine Champion and Pound-for-Pound King Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, for the former’s IBO Light Welterweight Championship belt in the forefront of the world stage at this luxurious MGM Grand Garden Arena.
While each spectator anticipates to join the roaring crowd at the beginning of the night, this date, and just a few hours from now and to try to inspire with madness and chanting for their respective favored fighter just when that illusive time comes, Pacquiao and Hatton rather have found their respective solitude for better composure, if not contemplation.
As these two great men prepare for the “Battle of the East and West” and cool off their minds, boxing prophets are still delving into heated debates, if not exchanging friendly notes of predictions, at the hottest boxing forums and corners of the earth. And, it seems like the pundits and fans have crossed their paths and have exhausted all arguments as of this writing. The momentum has shifted to some sort of “wait-and-see” introspection.
Nevertheless, nobody has really given a clear-cut reading of the crystal ball. Even this writer would surely fail to give a near perfect clue despite his boldness in many instances.
But, forget about predictions for now. It’s amazing to note what many see from both fighters this moment. It is an intriguing aura from each of these humble icons. It is the sense of serenity that they both embrace before they will enter into that potentially stormy 20 x 20 foot canvas set on stage which has been painted with black and blue masterpiece that the world is anxious to see.
The anticipation of this fight is probably a record breaking one that may surpass the Mayweather-Hatton fight and possibly the Pacquiao-De la Hoya fight as well, all because of the prospect of excellent marketing mix by the promoters and the support this event gets from the wide range of audience across the continents, nonetheless. In fact, tickets for the boxing arena are sold out. And, tickets for close circuit viewing are fast selling to almost sold out, too, according to the Top Rank officials. And, the Pay-Per-View sales volume is likely to yield record high.
Despite the fact that I am rooting for Pacquiao, I am not discounting the possibility of an upset.
Hatton does have plenty of fire to nullify the odds-makers. He already has tasted the bitterness of his first defeat in the hands of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on December 8, 2007 at 147-pound division. Such defeat rather has been his lesson-book and springboard of motivation as a matter avoidance of pain. Hatton is a pragmatic optimist in his own right. And he is motivated more than ever, probably more than Pacquiao’s content.
Hatton’s lone mission: To default the tectonic shift in boxing that the Pacman has bolted across the Pacific to this land of milk and honey, and to the European continents in the process.
Now it’s our turn to enter into the apparent twilight zone – a moment of prediction, a dawn of reflection – in fact.
But, will the Pacman Era be cut-short?
SOURCE: http://philboxing.com/news/story-23988.html
While each spectator anticipates to join the roaring crowd at the beginning of the night, this date, and just a few hours from now and to try to inspire with madness and chanting for their respective favored fighter just when that illusive time comes, Pacquiao and Hatton rather have found their respective solitude for better composure, if not contemplation.
As these two great men prepare for the “Battle of the East and West” and cool off their minds, boxing prophets are still delving into heated debates, if not exchanging friendly notes of predictions, at the hottest boxing forums and corners of the earth. And, it seems like the pundits and fans have crossed their paths and have exhausted all arguments as of this writing. The momentum has shifted to some sort of “wait-and-see” introspection.
Nevertheless, nobody has really given a clear-cut reading of the crystal ball. Even this writer would surely fail to give a near perfect clue despite his boldness in many instances.
But, forget about predictions for now. It’s amazing to note what many see from both fighters this moment. It is an intriguing aura from each of these humble icons. It is the sense of serenity that they both embrace before they will enter into that potentially stormy 20 x 20 foot canvas set on stage which has been painted with black and blue masterpiece that the world is anxious to see.
The anticipation of this fight is probably a record breaking one that may surpass the Mayweather-Hatton fight and possibly the Pacquiao-De la Hoya fight as well, all because of the prospect of excellent marketing mix by the promoters and the support this event gets from the wide range of audience across the continents, nonetheless. In fact, tickets for the boxing arena are sold out. And, tickets for close circuit viewing are fast selling to almost sold out, too, according to the Top Rank officials. And, the Pay-Per-View sales volume is likely to yield record high.
Despite the fact that I am rooting for Pacquiao, I am not discounting the possibility of an upset.
Hatton does have plenty of fire to nullify the odds-makers. He already has tasted the bitterness of his first defeat in the hands of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on December 8, 2007 at 147-pound division. Such defeat rather has been his lesson-book and springboard of motivation as a matter avoidance of pain. Hatton is a pragmatic optimist in his own right. And he is motivated more than ever, probably more than Pacquiao’s content.
Hatton’s lone mission: To default the tectonic shift in boxing that the Pacman has bolted across the Pacific to this land of milk and honey, and to the European continents in the process.
Now it’s our turn to enter into the apparent twilight zone – a moment of prediction, a dawn of reflection – in fact.
But, will the Pacman Era be cut-short?
SOURCE: http://philboxing.com/news/story-23988.html
Friday, May 1, 2009
THE WINNING TICKET! Manny Pacquiao Meets Former President Bill Clinton
4/29/09,Las Vegas,Nevada --- Manny Pacquiao (r), boxing's No. 1 attraction and pound for pound kingpin, met with former President Bill Clinton last night at the Four Seasons Hotel at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. President Clinton wanted to personally wish Pacman good luck before he challenges junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. Pacquiao vs. Hatton headlines The Battle of East and West, Saturday, May 2 at the soldout MGM Grand Garden Arena. The world championship extravaganza will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
SOURCE: http://philboxing.com/news/story-23936.html
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