Manny Pacquiao

Could Ricky Hatton Beat Manny Pacquiao?

February 6, 2009

Normally I would frame the question the other way around, asking whether the super lightweight Ricky Hatton, the naturally bigger fighter, could beat Manny Pacquiao, a super featherweight, but in watching how poorly Hatton did against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their December 8th bout, I have my doubts about how well Hatton would do against a fighter as fast as Pacquiao.

The whole idea of Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao is due to Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, who casually mentioned in a recent interview that the 29 year-old Hatton is someone that Pacquiao would like to fight after he finishes with Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz. Roach said this to Boxingtalk in references to Hatton, “Yes, and of course if we win that (fight at 135lbs), we want Ricky Hatton. Ricky had a great performance against Mayweather. There are certain guys at 140lbs that I will let Manny fight, and Ricky Hatton is one of them.

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