Gareth A Davies
760 articles · Telegraph.co.uk
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Manny Pacquiao’s trainer predicts ninth-round knockout for Ricky Hatton
Boxing's great debate of 2009 began yesterday at the Imperial War Museum, London, where Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao met face to face in front of the national media with the Filipino's…
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Long weekend of contrasting fortunes for rivals Hatton and Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, who meet in the ring in Las Vegas on May 2, had contrasting weekends.... Four-time world champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao was greeted by hundreds of Filipino fans…
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Manny Pacquiao lives the dream as Ricky Hatton awaits
Manny Pacquiao slipped quietly out of The Grosvenor House Hotel on London's swanky Park Lane to meet the dawn chorus at Hyde Park, before boarding a train for Manchester to be greeted…
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Hatton beats proud and pensive Pacquiao – at darts
Predictably, Ricky Hatton won the first round against Manny Pacquiao less than an hour ago, defeating the Filipino in a game of 501, darts that is, at his local pub. The Rovers…
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Stick to the padwork Manny you won’t beat Ricky Hatton at darts
Manny Pacquiao was in his hotel room in London's swish Park Lane - a few hundred metres from Buckingham Palace - throwing darts at a practice dart board, tonight, by all accounts.…
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Ricky Hatton’s excesses tamed as he prepares for Manny Pacquiao arrival
According to several insiders from Ricky Hatton's camp, the thoughts of trainers Floyd Mayweather Snr and Lee Beard on Hatton's excesses between fights have found a foothold. Hatton has not 'binged' on…
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Signs that Hatton already focused on ‘fighting dirty’ to dismantle Pacquiao ? Nonsense
Manny Pacquiao scheduled for UK next week The world's pound-for-pound boxing champion is scheduled to arrive in the United Kingdom late next week for a whistle-stop tour of the UK, taking in…
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Inevitable war of words in Pacquiao-Hatton superfight
Boxing's pound-for-pound No 1 Manny Pacquiao has hit back at Lee Beard's comments that Pacman "makes mistakes" in the ring, that there are flaws in the great Filipino's technique, and that Beard,…
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Talk of Cotto-Pacquiao already ? Come on Bob, give us a break…
We all love Bob Arum. Venerable promoter in boxing. But steady on, Bob. Already talking about Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto ? Yes, it may be a mouth-watering match-up, but of course…
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Hatton trainer says Pacquiao style is full of flaws, predicts 6 round stoppage
Very interesting interview on Ricky Hatton's website, rickyhitmanhatton.com, with Lee Beard, his co-trainer. Beard is the man who brought Ricky and Floyd Mayweather Snr together. In this article Beard explains how he…
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Is Manny Pacquiao the man to end Ricky Hatton’s career?
There are many who think so. The retirement of Joe Calzaghe in the last week in the UK, followed by debate and counter-debate, has focused again the spotlight on Hatton, who faces…
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Smaller Calzaghe would have been tempted to fight on against Pacquiao-Mayweather-Hatton
Joe Calzaghe said it all in his column in the South Wales Argus - the proceeds from which he has always given to charity - that his announcement to fight no more…
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Hatton regime change ahead of Pacquiao superfight in Las Vegas?
Ricky Hatton may have a new regime ahead of his fight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2 - if he can follow his own advice, and that being barked into his ear…
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It’s been emotional, says Ricky Hatton on Manny Pacquiao talks
Ricky Hatton has revealed that he experienced the full gamut of emotions from "delighted to devastated" during last week's negotiations with Manny Pacquiao over their May 2 superfight in Las Vegas. The…
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Hatton will praise Pacquiao skill not respond to Filipino fighter’s jibe
Manny Pacquiao's assertion that Ricky Hatton is "one-dimensional" has got the juices flowing on the eve of Hatton's first public comments on the great Filipino fighter. The debate is raging after Manny…
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Ricky Hatton seals Manny Pacquiao fight deal
Ricky Hatton secured his second shot at becoming the world's best pound-for-pound fighter after his Las Vegas showdown with Manny Pacquiao was confirmed on Monday. The Mancunian, the world's top light-welterweight, will…
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Ricky Hatton’s superfight with Manny Pacquiao to be confirmed
The jockeying for fiscal position between both camps ground to a halt late last week, but platitudes began again to ring out on both sides over the weekend. Across the Pacific and…
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Why is there so much nationalism with Manny Pacquiao’s every move?
Can we get one thing straight - Hatton v Pacquiao, or Pacquiao v Hatton, isn't the UK versus the Philippines. It is man on man, boxer on boxer. Or is it ?…
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Ricky Hatton fight against Manny Pacquiao ’99 per cent certain to take place’
The much atticipated fight is expected to be announced officially on Monday. The bout had been called off earlier this week with the two camps unable to agree financial terms. Williams said:…
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Did Pacquiao’s team underestimate Hatton’s PPV value?
There has been some bruising sparring going on behind the scenes as Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao's handlers and legal teams have battled it out over which fighter holds the financial face…
