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Pacquiao-Hatton: A matchup with global appeal
By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
THERE LIKELY won't be anyone chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" in America's living rooms or in the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas during Saturday night's pay-per-view matchup of junior welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
Welcome to professional boxing's new global reality, in which these United Read Full Story >>>PE?ALOSA HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Fearless Gerry Pe?alosa impressed his countrymen as well as some of the Puerto Rican crowd when he survived against Juan Manuel Lopez?s onslaught during the World Boxing Organization (WBO) superbantamweight championship in Bay Read Full Story >>> Catch Pacquiao, Hatton while you can
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Saturday?s Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight at the MGM Grand is expected to be one of the last opportunities for fans to see either man in action regardless of who wins.
The two, both 30 years old, have expressed a desire to leave boxing at or near the top of their game, likely within a couple o Read Full Story >>> Trainers set contentious tone for Pacquiao-Hatton
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Maybe Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton are simply too nice to trash-talk each other. Or maybe the fighters can't get a word in edgewise amid their trainers' verbal feud.
Cornermen Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr. have been trading barbs since before the fight was signed in February. Their ac Read Full Story >>> Hatton?s impatience will be his downfall ? Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Ricky Hatton?s style of fighting back hard when hit will be his downfall come Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino fighter?s trainer Freddie Roach said on Monday.
?He (Hatton) is not a patient fighter,? said Roach after presiding over Pacquiao?s final workout in Los Ang Read Full Story >>> Scorn of Pacquiao?s racial resume not limited to Jackson
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
In the narrow American mindset, it didn?t happen if we weren?t aware of it. Thus, when John David Jackson says Manny Pacquiao hasn?t beaten a black fighter, he means one black Americans know. That is, one of their own, an African-American.
Pacquiao?s 2001 victory over South Africa?s Lehlohonolo L Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton: The Chance for Something Special
By David Sauvage, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Here?s what makes a fight special: two superb fighters, each assuming the upper hand, neither succumbing to the other, throwing their whole beings into combat, because winning depends on it.
If Vegas is too far away, invite your friends over and cover the pay-per-view. Because on May 2, Ricky Hat Read Full Story >>> Boxing's gaudy belts no prize for Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao
guardian.co.uk, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton owns the International Boxing Organisation's light-welterweight title and officers of the IBO will be there at ringside in Las Vegas on Saturday night, along with a representative of the Ring magazine, happy to share in the glow of the fighter's accomplishments.
Of course, if the bel Read Full Story >>> Roach believes Pe?alosa can still win a world title
GMA News Online, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Similar to other boxing experts like him, Freddie Roach also thinks retirement beckons on veteran Gerry Pe?alosa.
But at the same time, he believes that matched up against a perfect opponent, the two-time Filipino world champion still has got what it takes to win another ti Read Full Story >>> The final countdown
SkySports.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton is back out in Las Vegas preparing for another crack at the pound-for-pound title.
In the build-up to May 2 you can follow the Hitman's every move with his exclusive fight diary on skysports.com.
Scroll down for Ricky's latest entry as we take you right behind the scenes...
Sat Read Full Story >>> Roach?s game plan: Take out Hatton?s focus
GMA News Online, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Freddie Roach has the work all cut out for Manny Pacquiao in his light-welterweight fight with Ricky Hatton.
Aware Hatton is not exactly a ?patient fighter", Roach said the thing to do is frustrate the Englishman champion and let him abandon their fight plan.
Once that h Read Full Story >>> Hatton - Vegas a second home
SkySports.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton reckons Las Vegas has come to feel like a second home as he prepares for Saturday's super-fight against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand.
The Hitman from Hyde has again drawn an army of British fans to the desert oasis for the fight that will determine the world's best pound-for-pound Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao 22nd in Time?s most influential list
GMA News Online, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao is the 22nd most influential person in the world, the final result of Time Magazine?s online poll showed.
The Filipino pound for pound king garnered the most number of votes among 203 finalists for Time?s 100 Most Influential People for 2009 with a total of 20 Read Full Story >>> 10: Pacquiao's most-pivotal fights
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
A weekly boxing list compiled by Michael Rosenthal. This week: The 10 most-pivotal fights in the career of Manny Pacquiao, who faces Ricky Hatton on Saturday in Las Vegas on pay-per-view television.
1. Oscar De La Hoya (2008, Las Vegas): Supplants De La Hoya as the sport?s biggest star with stunn Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton needs to use science, not savagery, against Manny Pacquiao
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
David Diaz has a strange recommendation for Ricky Hatton, a boxing brawler: Don't brawl against Manny Pacquiao.
When last we visited Diaz 10 months ago, he was face down on the canvas in the middle o Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Hollywood-to-Vegas Express boarding
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
If traffic becomes slower than usual this afternoon on the 101 south and 10 east, it might have something to with the 56-seat behemoth of a bus that is packing boxing's pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and a large entourage that some around the Filipino star have come to call "Manny's Merry Men." Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao and Hatton ready for Vegas boxing spotlight
Agence France Press, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) ? Manny Pacquiao avoided Manila's distracting delights to train in Hollywood so he could better focus upon what he needs to do to win Saturday's showdown fight with England's Ricky Hatton.
After working out for weeks next door to a Thai restaurant where he would eat dinner Read Full Story >>> Fear the Last F-word in Confident Ricky Hatton's Vocabulary
Buzzle.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
I really fancy myself for this one," Ricky Hatton says hopefully as his short and stubby fingers rub the flattened bridge of his fighter's nose. "I'm going to be fast and fiery and ferocious and ?" Hatton, The Hitman from Manchester now in Las Vegas for Saturday night's dangerous contest against Man Read Full Story >>> EXCLUSIVE: Hatton on the weakness of Pacquiao
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
The Telegraph asked Ricky Hatton, without revealing his game plan, what he has seen he could exploit when he meets Manny Pacquiao in the ring in five days' time ?
"I don't think Manny has the best defence in the world. I know I don't either, but I've been watching a lot of tapes of his fights, st Read Full Story >>> Why Hatton Will Win
By David M. Lee, 411mania.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Why The Hitman will prove the doubters wrong once more!
So the time is almost upon us. This Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao takes on Ricky Hatton for The Ring light-welterweight championship and the inconsequential IBO title. According to some experts this fight is nothing more than a showcase for Read Full Story >>>
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