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Honorable Pacquiao---Sir Hatton? PhilBoxing.com Tue, 24 Feb 2009   New Year and new enemy for the Philippines boxing hero Manny Pacquiao. This, as he battles the British hitman Ricky Hatton in a no-frills punch-out in Las Vegas, Nevada. After heated negotiations on how to split the pie, both camps settled for an equitable sharing of their huge pot. That?s the latest word from the promoters--extras remain hidden. Everybody happy? You betcha. Oscar de la Hoya wants it at the site of his past debacles against Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, three of his noted tormentors. Remember when we batted for a Pac/Hat match but got waylaid for a dream ?mismatch?? We failed to land last year?s one-sided thriller owing to Oscar?s insistence in getting hammered ahead of the Briton---an 8th round battering courtesy of the Filipino nonpareil. In Hatton, Pacquiao is wary of a threat to his fabled pound-for-pound edge due to the Brit?s consistency in mauling his victims. But that?s the least of Manny?s worries as he winds-up his party days preparatory to his going into training at his Hollywood camp. Hatton meanwhile is at a tail-end of a Caribbean cruise all-set to report for a stint at a Las Vegas gym under the guidance of his wily trainer or is it a stand-up comic named Floyd Mayweather Senior. Kayoed by Floyd Mayweather Junior, the Manchester-puncher is aching to end Manny?s reign of torture on elite jr.-lightweights Marco Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Marquez, lightweight David Diaz and welterweight Oscar de la Heist---oops---Hoya. That?s clear in Hatton?s plans as laid out by his handlers who are zeroing in on Pacquiao?s 6th round demise. Well, it could happen if the game Mancunian gets lucky in knocking out with hell-fire bombs the GenSan Pacman. ?Mission Impossible? you Ricky lovers: Manny is guaranteeing his presence at the May 2,2009 slugfest---to quell any of Hatton?s onslaughts so as to beat him silly period. Folks, this is a fistic opera Manny and Ricky are conjuring from your pet hub where brutal punching is the main entr?e. Any of the two licensed Filipino or English combatants need to win big in this potboiler for the glories (read that (ital) lotsa monies) ahead. This early, an English boxing scribe is bragging what he calls Ricky?s all-out drive to rough up Manny with guiles from his dirty-tricks manual. Interesting. What?s more of a certainty, by our reckoning, are vicious toe-to-toe exchanges that will ratchet the action when the obliging warriors devour each other for 12 rounds or less at the MGM Grand Arena. If Hatton gets lucky and upsets the favored Pacquiao---knighthood---to be administered by Queen Elizabeth. Manny beats Ricky gets a congressional seat---replete with treasured kisses and then some from his own Queen Elizabeth. Click here for a complete listing of columns by this author. Click here for a complete listing of this author's articles from different news sources. |
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