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Does Hatton Really Stand a Chance?
By Juan Angel Zurita, BoxingFanatics.com, Fri, 01 May 2009
Over the past few months, I?ve spoken with many people about this fight. It didn?t matter whether they were Filipino, Mexican, African-American, White, etc. 8 out of 10 of them typically predicted a resounding Pacquiao victory. I found their perception quite intriguing considering the fact that Read Full Story >>>James Lawton: Hatton smiles in the shadows
The Independent, Fri, 01 May 2009
By the time Ricky Hatton rose to his feet here in the big ballroom of the MGM Grand packed with TV cameras it was as though the name, the presence and the meaning of Manny Pacquiao had come together to beat against those parts of his pale temples left uncovered by a rather forlorn floppy hat.
He Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Hatton Let Trainers Do the Talking
NBCLosAngeles.com, Fri, 01 May 2009
A national hero faces a man described as a "fat, beer-drinking Englishman" this weekend in Las Vegas.
It sounds like a mismatch, but don't be fooled.
There's only one Ricky Hatton, as his admirers constantly sing to anyone who will listen. Good thing, because if there were any more Ricky Hatto Read Full Story >>> Pacman loosens up playing chess
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 01 May 2009
LAS VEGAS - LOOKING AT the bemoustached guy playing chess Wednesday night, it?s hard to believe that he?s just two days away from a title showdown with a dangerous opponent.
Manny Pacquiao, in white shirt and red jogging pants, was slouched in the sofa making moves, studying the position and even Read Full Story >>> Oscar de la Hoya: Ricky Hatton has X-factor and Floyd Mayweather
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 01 May 2009
These two bonuses in his corner will take him to victory over Manny Pacquiao, the world's No 1 pound-for-pound fighter, on Saturday night, according to the former world champion at six different weight classes.
De la Hoya, dismantled in eight coruscating rounds here by Pacquiao last December, has Read Full Story >>> The Complex 7: Ricky Hatton & Manny Pacquiao
Complex.com, Fri, 01 May 2009
This weekend is shaping up to be a great one for sports, and no, we?re not talking about that epic trivia contest your boss is putting together for his birthday on Friday night. The NBA and NHL playoffs finally hit their second rounds, the Kentucky Derby is Saturday evening, and to top it all off, R Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao so hot, Hatton getting short shrift
Los Angeles Wave, Fri, 01 May 2009
Manny Pacquiao is hoping to do what he did his last time in the ring, which is give his opponent a real beating.
Oddsmakers feel he will, making the Philippines? national hero a 2-1 favorite over English challenger Ricky Hatton in their 12-round light welterweight bout Saturday at the MGM Gra Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Backing Hatton
By George Willis, New York Post, Fri, 01 May 2009
LAS VEGAS--Oscar De La Hoya, who announced his retirement as an active fighter earlier this month, has jumped full-time into his role as a promoter. "This is the first time I haven't played golf in Las Vegas while promoting a fight," De La Hoya told me today. "Now that I'm full-time into promoting I Read Full Story >>> Morales might wind up on Mayweather-Marquez undercard
Bad Left Hook, Fri, 01 May 2009
Should Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. actually fight on July 18, there could be a familiar face on the undercard: Erik Morales.
Morales has gotten back into the gym, and his comeback is serious. He told reporters he's shooting for a July return against a soft touch (he said "not a t Read Full Story >>> Hatton-Pacquiao Undercard Looking Stacked
By Ramon Aranda, 411mania.com, Fri, 01 May 2009
Though Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton will take center stage on Saturday night, the undercard, both televised and non-televised is giving fans and media alike reason to arrive early. Both Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have tapped some of their young prospects to give them a chance to showcase Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History - Thoughts
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
The old timers are right of course.
They look around at the fighters in recent times collecting belts in an assortment of weight classes and say, ?It?s not the same as it used to be.?
While the idea that titles were once alwa Read Full Story >>> Bruce Lee Pacquiao Vs. Chuck Norris Hatton?
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Standing straight up Manny Pacquiao is about the size of the top of a Mercedes Benz sedan, not necessarily imposing when you?re talking about a fighter considered the best boxer pound for pound Read Full Story >>> Boxer Manny Pacquiao looks beyond the ring to politics after Ricky Hatton fight
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
The boxer Manny Pacquiao is so popular in the Philippines that when he steps into the ring, the army and rebel guerrillas call a truce. Now he has his sights on a new challenge ? as a poverty-fighting politician.
In a corner of the Wild Card boxing gym, a small, compact man with a tiny waist, po Read Full Story >>> Roach, Mayweather Sr. in war of words
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS -- Respectfully. That is how junior welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao have conducted themselves toward each other during the buildup to their super fight.
Their trainers? Not so much.
While Hatton and Pacquiao, who is gunning for a world Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao on the Money?
By Diane Bennett, Diamond Boxing, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Fight week is finally here and odds-makers have listed Manny Pacquiao as a better than two to one favorite over Ricky Hatton. Are the odds makers always right, Hatton does not think so and is happy to be the underdog. Will Hatton use the underdog ticket as motivation to take his game to the next lev Read Full Story >>> Graham: Ricky will win spectacularly
By Ciaran Baynes, Setanta Sports, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton's former trainer Billy Graham is backing his old charge to score a spectacular victory over Manny Pacquiao.
Speaking on Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour, Graham rebuffed any suggestions that Pacquiao was a better boxer or quicker than the Hitman.
Graham added that with his natural size a Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao electrify Las Vegas
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
When Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao went head to head on Wednesday there was little to suggest that the two box-office stars have anything but a deep mutual respect for each other ahead of Saturday?s light-welterweight super-fight.
But the smiles will be replaced by grimaces come the first bell Read Full Story >>> The Old Malignaggi is Back - Paulie Malignaggi Interview
By Albert Alvarez, Diamond Boxing, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Paulie Malignaggi is out spoken, he is witty, and he is the kind of person that will bite his tongue for no one. Paulie Malignaggi may be a lot of things, you either love him or hate him there is no in between with Paulie. As boxing fans we only know them for being what they are in the ring. Outside Read Full Story >>> I am ready ? Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton behaved as though they were hosting a luncheon party for dignitaries on Wednesday at the MGM Grand.
They hardly spoke words of hatred towards each other and conducted themselves in a manner as though they were long-lost friends who suddenly bumped into Read Full Story >>> Al Bernstein Boxing Channel to offer Pacquiao-Hatton: One For The Fans
EastSideBoxing.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2009
iBN Sports, a premier Internet-based broadcast sports television network announced that its Al Bernstein Boxing Channel (ABBC) is now showing Pacquiao-Hatton: One For The Fans. A special show previewing the biggest fight in boxing. In the program, legendary boxing announcer Al Bernstein, talks to bo Read Full Story >>>
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