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| Ricky Hatton v Manny Pacquiao: How the fight unfolded |
| 2009-05-03 18:32:23 |
Round OneHatton starts well for the first 30 seconds, stays outside, moving well (and keeping to the game plan) as Pacquiao appears to start slowly. Then Pacquiao launches an assault catching Hatton flush with a straight left hand. Then a right hook. Then he launches an all-out assault, twice sending Hatton to the canvas. The final minute of the round is torrid for the Mancunian, a rapid right hook as Pacquiao moved to his left catching Hatton on the chin sending him to the canvas. Hatton takes the count from referee Kenny Bayliss on one knee, rises, but is soon in trouble again, as a straight left floors him in front of his corner. 10-7 PacquiaoRound TwoHatton looks composed, remarkably, at the start of the second stanza, beginning it with some success, knocking Pacquiao back, but is then...
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| Pacquiao vs. Hatton: The Official Weigh In & Staredown |
| 2009-05-01 19:37:52 |
Four-time world champion pound-for-pound king Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, General Santos, Philippines and Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, Manchester, England weigh in (Pacquiao 138 lb,Hatton 140 lb) for their upcoming "The Battle of East and West" World Jr. Welterweight championship fight on Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas,Nevada. Pacquiao vs Hatton is presented by Top Rank and Golden Boy and will be available on HBO Pay Per View....
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| DAVE BATISTA TO CARRY ONE OF PACQUIAO’S BELT |
| 2009-05-01 10:26:23 |
Las Vegas NV:- One of the good things about hanging out at the Media Rooms after the formal press conference is over is ending up with a scoop the others guys never got. This afternoon, that is exactly what happened at the media room after the presscon for the undercard fighters of the Pacquiao-Hatton East Meets West battle at the MGM Garden Arena. I was having lunch with Nick Giongco of the Manila Bulletin and Lee Samuels of Top Rank Promotions joined us at the table. Incidentally, we found out from Lee that the sumptuous boxed-lunch we were enjoying was provided by MGM Grand. While we were having a conversation, Lee told us a “scoop” that he haven’t gotten a chance to tell the others because he never got to it on account of his hectic schedule. Lee showed us his cell phone with an ...
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| Pacquiao's popularity getting bigger as Hatton fight looms |
| 2009-04-30 04:51:55 |
To understand exactly who Manny Pacquiao is requires deeper inspection than simply calling him the best pound-for-pound fighter today.While he's the first Filipino athlete to appear on a postage stamp in his country, he's also a virtual lock to win a congressional seat in the Philippines when he runs next year. On Friday, when the next issue of Time magazine hits the stands, Pacquiao is listed as one of the world's 100 most influential athletes.Saturday, when he meets junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton in the first major pay-per-view bout of the year (HBO PPV, 9 p.m. ET, $49.99), he could solidify his position as the best fighter of his era as he goes for a record fourth lineal world title after becoming the champion at flyweight (112), featherweight (126) and junior lightweight (13...
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| Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton news conference is a con job |
| 2009-04-30 04:50:46 |
From Las Vegas -- An old wives' tale claims they once held a boxing news conference and there was actual news.Not Wednesday.They trotted out Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, opponents for Saturday night's next big deal in the sport. Both acted responsibly, spoke sensibly, brought no new insight to their match, and sat down.Unless Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather Jr. are fighting, the lead-up show is never about the boxers and always about the window dressing.That's the eternal charm. Boxing is the world's only honestly dishonest sport. It is the University of Con Artists, the Academy of the Slick. It is the worm of organized athletics. Cut off a piece of it here, another there, and it still keeps wiggling.If you are a member of the media, the people who run boxing know that ...
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| Tyson says Pacman has edge, will win |
| 2009-04-26 00:55:02 |
HOLLYWOOD – Mike Tyson is letting it known early. He’s putting his money on Manny Pacquiao.“Pacquiao will win,” was Tyson’s direct answer to Michael Marley’s question on who’d win on May 2 in Las Vegas where Pacquiao, boxing’s biggest draw today, faces Ricky Hatton at the MGMA Grand.Tyson, the ex-heavyweight champ and once considered as the baddest man on the planet, is not hiding his penchant for Pacquiao whom he watched train for the big fight against Oscar dela Hoya last December.Tyson came to the IBA Gym as Pacquiao wrapped up his training, shared a few pointers with trainers Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez, and walked away with a couple of ringside tickets for him and a friend.He said Hatton, the pride of Manchester, may find no answer to Pacquiao.“I like Ricky Hat...
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| Manny Pacquiao to feel Ricky Hatton's 'Art of War' in Las Vegas |
| 2009-04-22 18:00:53 |
Eleven days and counting before Ricky Hatton has the opportunity to cement his legacy as one of the highest achievers from British shores in a boxing ring.Manny Pacquiao, Filipino idol, enthroned as pound for pound No 1 in most observers lists, after an extraordinary year in 2008, stands in front of him."I'm in an ideal place," insisted Ricky Hatton from the IBA gym in Las Vegas. One more sparring session today, and a quiet week before the media cavalcade descends on The Strip, and the MGM Grand is transformed into a symposium for boxing fans and writers for six days."I've had an 11-week training camp, and I could not get any sharper. All I need now is a short rest just to get it all back. I've had the best sparring partners, and my timing, sharpness, weight...everything....is right. I'm i...
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| Hatton Pacquiao sell out inevitable in fan fight of the year |
| 2009-04-22 17:54:59 |
No surprise that 'The Battle of East and West', the super-fight between Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao and Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas has officially sold out. No surprise either that 50,000 closed circuit tickets are being made available at the Mandalay Bay, Mirage, TI, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus, Luxor and New York-New York. "Given that the live gate for this event is sold out, coupled with the sellout of tonight's San Francisco Giants baseball game where Manny is the guest of honor, indicates to me that 'The Battle of East and West' is on track to break all existing pay-per-view records," said Bob Arum, Chairman of Top Rank.Tickets for the closed circuit telecast will be priced at $50, not including handling fees. All seats are general admiss...
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| WILL PACQUIAO-HATTON LIVE UP TO HAGLER-HEARNS |
| 2009-04-17 16:48:22 |
Both Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr. have promised knockouts inside of three rounds, but will the highly-anticipated clash between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton live up to the lofty expectations of their trainers? While the styles of each fighter certainly could lead to the type of action witnessed on April 15, 1985, is there really enough bad blood between Pacquiao and Hatton to wage the same type of three-round war?"I don't like him, and he doesn't like me. That's not the usual prefight talk; that's just the way things are," Hearns would matter-of-factly state leading up to his title challenge. "He's chicken. He ducked me for three years until he thought I got old. Well, I'm not old, and he's in for a helluva beating," then champion Marvin Hagler would respond. Perhaps it was th...
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| Hatton-Pacquiao: Sideshow battle continues |
| 2009-04-17 16:38:59 |
The gesture seemed, well, almost genuinely nice.Then again that was only at first glance. Factor in the escalating war of words that Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao’s trainers have bombed on each other in the last few weeks, and every media member inside the cramped IBA gym Thursday afternoon knew nothing good could come from the gift setting on the table.“Just another joke from the (Freddie) Roach. But Roach is the joke,” said Hatton’s trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., who offered up a big smile after opening the hand-delivered box from Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels, complete with a bright-red ribbon on the outside that read “second place.”Inside there was a bottle of weight-loss supplements from Roach’s own line, Fighting Fit, a T-shirt with Pacquiao’s trainer’s likeness ...
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