IF THERE is one boxer more fitting to tell Manny Pacquiao to hang up his gloves it would be Ricky Hatton.
The 34-year-old Brit has felt what Pacquiao underwent in his last fight and ironically adviced the same boxer that ended his career to walk out from the brutal sport.
?The only advice I could give Manny Pacquiao is that his legacy is already secured,? Hatton said in a report at Boxing Scene. ?What is Manny going to achieve by having one more fight? Probably nothing. He?s an eight-weight world champion. There?s nothing more to be said.?
Hatton suffered a brutal second round knockout against Pacquiao in 2009. Hatton, like Pacquiao, was also knocked out cold.
Pacquiao was viciously put to the canvass face first by Juan Manuel Marquez in the sixth round last Sunday (RP time) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
?You?d like to see him go into retirement and spend some time with his family and be happy. He can?t do any more from a boxing point of view,? said Hatton, who now runs a boxing promotional outfit.
After his loss to Pacquiao, Hatton was into different kinds of vices. He tried to stage a comeback last month but he went back into retirement after suffering another knockout defeat this time in the hands of Vyacheslav Senchenko.
In the meantime, the 33-year-old Filipino superstar?s name has plummeted in The Ring Magazine?s mythical pound-for-pound list.
Before Pacquiao?s shocking loss to Marquez, he was ranked No. 2 along with unbeaten American superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now, Pacquiao dropped to No. 7 behind fellow Filipino Nonito Donaire, who dropped a slot lower at No. 6.
Mayweather Jr. was elevated as the pound-for-pound king, while Marquez moved up from No. 6 to No. 3 in the list. Andre Ward moved up to No. 2, Sergio Martinez remained at No. 4, while Adrien Broner broke into the ratings at No. 5.
