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Any Questions? - BoxingScene?s New Pound for Pound Top Ten
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Since the retirement of Joe Calzaghe, there had been little reason to revisit the sport?s ten best fighters but a series of events and milestones have shaken up the picture in ways which can appeal to any fight fan.
On Saturday, May 2nd, former multi-division World Champion Floyd Mayweather annou Read Full Story >>>Hatton apologises to fans
ClubCall.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Ricky Hatton has said sorry to the thousands of fans who travelled to Las Vegas to watch his second-round defeat to Manny Pacquiao.
The Manchester-based fighter was confident of victory over the 'best pound-for-pound fighter in the world' but suffered a second-round knock-out in the IBO light-welte Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's TKO victim Hatton: I lost to a terrific fighter
GMA News Online, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Ricky Hatton was upset at the way he fought Manny Pacquiao, but he didn?t mind losing to a fighter whom he referred to as ?terrific."
The day after absorbing his first defeat ? and worst overall ? as a junior welterweight, Hatton readily extended apology to his throng of Br Read Full Story >>> Floyd Snr 'not to blame'
SkySports.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Team Hatton have moved quickly to stop Floyd Mayweather Snr taking the blame for the devastating defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao - insisting is merely a "consultant".
The 56-year-old trainer had courted controversy in the days before the MGM Grand showpiece, which ended in disaster as the H Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton: Manny Pacquiao used me like a vacuum cleaner
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Top Excuses Of Ricky Hatton For Getting Destroyed By Manny Pacquiao:
1. In the first round, I was just trying to do my Juan Manuel Marquez impression. I told my team we should've sold advertising on the bottom of me white boxing booties but they didn't listen.
2. The translator for Floyd May Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton should retire, but can hold his head up high, reckons Barry McGuigan
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Mon, 04 May 2009
A great career is over. Or at least it should be.
Mercifully Ricky Hatton did not sustain a prolonged beating.
Nevertheless the end was brutal. It was unnerving seeing that final punch. After a loss like that there is no point talking about a future in the ring.
You can't teach an old dog n Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao parties till early a.m.
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 04 May 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Less than three hours after scoring another smashing hit in the ring Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao joined his supporters in the pool area of the Mandalay Bay referred to as The Beach where he belted out his favorite songs to the delight of those in attendance.
Pacquiao sang his trade Read Full Story >>> 2 hero?s welcomes eyed for Pacquiao
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 04 May 2009
GENERAL SANTOS CITY?Two separate hero?s welcomes await the homecoming of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, local official said Monday.
Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. confirmed to reporters that the city government is conferring with the Pacquiao camp for the finalization of the planned welcome rite Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao didn't drop Hatton third time, YOU did
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
And, yes, even you closeted, socially inept Pacnuthuggers, come on out. Walk away from the computer screen and your video games for a hot minute and take a bow also.
From President GMA on down to the guys selling cigarettes in the midst of Metro Manila traffic, you all get a Pacman pat on the b Read Full Story >>> ?And it just worked beautiful"
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Today you wonder what Ricky Hatton thinks of Floyd Mayweather Sr. Is Hatton glad his trainer taught him those nifty hand-pad tricks? What does he opine of the new jab Mayweather gave him? How about that campaign for ?greatest trainer of all time?? And the free-verse poetry?
Fact is, Hatton?s unco Read Full Story >>> Roach, Mayweather agree: Splattered Hatton must quit
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
They won’t be sitting around the campfire singing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and roasting marshmallows any night soon.
I can’t see Coach Freddie Roach sitting at his favorite LA Irish saloon with a Guinness in his hand while Floyd Mayweather Sr. sips his trademark Moun Read Full Story >>> Why Hatton must call it quits
EuroSport.com, Mon, 04 May 2009
Yahoo! Sports' man in Las Vegas, Martin Rogers, believes Ricky Hatton should walk away from boxing after his second-round knockout by Manny Pacquiao.
Floyd Mayweather Sr spelled out with uncharacteristic lucidity the unwanted reality that thousands of fight fans already felt in the pit of their s Read Full Story >>> US Embassy lauds Pacquiao for 'dedication to excellence'
GMA News Online, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - The US Embassy on Monday lauded boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao for knocking out British boxer Ricky Hatton last Sunday in their fight in Las Vegas.
In a statement, it said Pacquiao?s second round demolition of the ?Hitman" was proof of ?Pacquiao?s commitment and dedication Read Full Story >>> 'Titanic' Hatton seals doom via Pacman iceberg - analyst
GMA News Online, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Like the supposedly unsinkable Titanic that rammed itself into a rock-hard iceberg, Ricky Hatton virtually sealed his own doom when he slugged it out with Filipino dynamo Manny Pacquiao.
Thus said fight scribe Recha Trinadad, an observation echoed by other sports analysts w Read Full Story >>> Solons: Let people decide on 'Congressman Pacquiao'
ABS-CBN News, Mon, 04 May 2009
It is up to the people to decide whether Philippine boxing champion Manny Pacquiao should be their representative, several congressmen said in response to the boxer's plan to run for Congress.
Pacquiao said in a recent interview that he is eyeing the Sarangani congressional seat. He ran in the 20 Read Full Story >>> Pirated Pacquiao DVDs reach Manila streets
ABS-CBN News, Mon, 04 May 2009
The speed that Manny Pacquiao exhibited in his fight against Ricky Hatton was duplicated by video pirates in Manila who rushed to mass produce copies of the ?Battle of East and West.?
A report on ?Umagang Kay Ganda? noted that pirated DVDs of the fight were already available in Divisoria even bef Read Full Story >>> Guess who were booed at the Pacquiao-Hatton fight?
GMA News Online, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Some Filipinos booed two people while watching the big match between Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton last Sunday.
One was the British fighter; the other was Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., whose advertisements popped up during commercial breaks Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, staff to be tested for flu virus
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines -- People's champ Manny Pacquiao can have his victory tour around the country as long as he arrives from the United States without any symptoms of the deadly A(H1N1) virus, a top health official said Monday.
Like all other incoming passengers, Pacquiao as well as his entourage Read Full Story >>> House fails to hold session
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 04 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives on Monday failed to hold session for lack of quorum.
The session was supposed to start at 4 p.m. but only few lawmakers were present on the floor. At least 132 members should be present to constitute a quorum.
When the roll call was finally ca Read Full Story >>> Hatton Announces Plan To Fight With Hat On In The Future
The Spoof, Mon, 04 May 2009
Ricky Hatton, the Manchester-based boxer who was so unceremoniuosly dumped onto the canvas at the weekend by Filipino pocket dynamo Manny Pacquiao, has said that, in all future championship bouts, he will fight opponents wearing his trusty sunhat.
Pacquiao destroyed Hatton within two rounds o Read Full Story >>>
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