Floyd Mayweather Sr.: “HATTON WILL DISMANTLE PACQUAIO.”

[nyckid]

Oscar De La Hoya. The moniker given to him throughout his career was “Golden Boy.”

He was touted as a 10- time world champion spanning six weight classes. He was the only American boxer to bring home the gold in the ’92 Olympics.

He set revenue records that may never be matched in the boxing world. HBO’s mouthpieces noted that athletes in major American sports don’t even make 100 million in “36 minutes” of fighting once a year.

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[Uke]

Originally Posted by nyckid

Oscar De La Hoya. The moniker given to him throughout his career was “Golden Boy.”

He was touted as a 10- time world champion spanning six weight classes. He was the only American boxer to bring home the gold in the ’92 Olympics.

He set revenue records that may never be matched in the boxing world. HBO’s mouthpieces noted that athletes in major American sports don’t even make 100 million in “36 minutes” of fighting once a year.

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I agree.

Hatton wouldn't just sit there and let Pacquiao have his way with him. Hatton would rush him and get inside and use his power where its effective.

I thought Hatton was the recipient of a few gifts himself. Once against Collazo, then once against Castillio. Anyone see those fights? Hmmmm?

Anyway, if Hatton uses the same tactics he used against Tszyu he'd beat Pacquiao. Mayweather Senior saw the exact same thing that most boxing fans who actually watch boxing saw: DLH wasn't fighting back. Anyone can beat anyone as long as one of them isn't fighting back. No matter the height and size disparity.

[Tom Yum]

Originally Posted by Uke

I agree.

Hatton wouldn't just sit there and let Pacquiao have his way with him. Hatton would rush him and get inside and use his power where its effective.

I thought Hatton was the recipient of a few gifts himself. Once against Collazo, then once against Castillio. Anyone see those fights? Hmmmm?

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I can see that happening too. How would Pacquiao handle that tactic?

He hasn't faced anyone with the power and infighting of a guy like Hatton. His last fight showed his ability to eventually pick apart the guy he's fighting - whom was a jab and move type fighter.

Pacquiao has good power in both hands and puts some nice combinations together, but is his strategic game smart and sophisticated enough to stop Hatton?

[GQchris]

Mayweather Sr. also said that there was no way that Pacquiao could take the much bigger De La Hoya, that there was "no way", we all know how that turned out.

[Uke]

Originally Posted by GQchris

Mayweather Sr. also said that there was no way that Pacquiao could take the much bigger De La Hoya, that there was "no way", we all know how that turned out.

First and foremost, Mayweather Sr has infinitely more boxing wisdom, experience, skill and knowledge than all of us. Kid yourself if you like. That man fought Sugar Ray Leonard for the welterweight title of the world and he's trained the real p4p king of this generation: his son. He's not just some old man running off at the mouth.

Second, Mayweather Sr was right. There is no way that Pacquiao would have won if Oscar would have simply fought back. He actually states this. He saw what I and plenty of other boxing fans saw, and if anyone were a boxing fan OFF of this site they would have heard the buzz in the boxing community.

I could care less about DLH. If a man 5'6 meets a man who is almost 6'0 and the taller man has better boxing skills then the taller man will win unless that smaller man has huge power and lands something big and unexpected.

Hatton is made for a boxer that actually requires distance to bounce in and out. If he gets inside and uses the body work that made him famous it would get ugly quick. Pacquiao is one dimensional, but so is Hatton. Hatton's more of a bulldog in a phone booth type fighter who has trouble if a boxer can control, the distance. I don't think Pacquiao can control the distance if Hatton gets rough.

But no matter what we say, if Hatton comes in to fight and just keeps his guard up and throws punches that he clearly has no intentions of landing he'll lose too. Anyone would doing that crap.