The Killa' from Manila!

[JALU3]

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Round One:

A lot of pressure from Hatton. He's backing Manny up. Manny boxing well in the center of the ring. Ricky tying him up. Red welt on Hatton's cheek. Right hook drops Hatton. He's hurt. Hatton down again. Manny was landing at will. Pacquiao 10-8 round.

Richie says there is a lot of Duran in Manny Pacquiao. IBC is getting ready to leave. He says Hatton won't make it back.

Round Two

Hatton stills comes out aggressive. Hatton standing up too straight. Manny landing with the right hook. Pac Man now backing him up again. Pac Man is extremely accurate. Pac Man still backing him up, but punching a bit wildly. A left hand just flattened Hatton. The fight is over. He's flat in the center of the ring.

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Hatton looks in very bad shape on the canvas. He's being attended to by officials. It was a perfect, wicked left hand from Pacquiao.

Hatton is now sitting up.

The end comes at 2:59 of round number two.

Manny Pacquiao just keeps getting better and better. He is a fantastic fighter. What is amazing is that he's actually getting stronger as he climbs in weight. And remember, he's 30 and turned pro at 106 pounds.

Watching replays. Hatton was wide open for the left. His head was way up in the air, totally exposed for Pac Man. The Mayweather Jr.-Pacquiao fight now has to be made.

Ricky Hatton is unable to conduct the post-fight interview. Walking back to his dressing room, he still looks a bit wobbly. Someone from his entourage is putting his hand over the HBO camera to obscure the view.
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/boxing/blog/2009/05/roundbyround_manny_pacquiao_vs.html

News says that Metro Manila was almost crime free during the fight. (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/159697/Metro-almost-crime-free-during-Pacquiao-fight---police)

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(at fmr Subic Bay Naval Base)

[darius359au]

what I saw of it, Pacquiao made Hatton look like an amateur but ,when you look at Hattons record of 45-1 with 32 of those wins by knockout he's anything but, its absolutely stunning how dominant Pacquiao was!

[Jimbuna]

Hatton let himself down badly this morning. I've just heard an interview by his trainer stating he completely ignored pre fight advice/instructions and simply done his own thing.

Looks like he'll be retiring now....good luck to Pacquiao, the best fighter won on the night....it'll be interesting to see if his record matches Hattons when he hangs up his gloves.

[mr chris]

Looking forward to a Pacquiao V's Mayweather bout. :DL:DL

[JALU3]

I wonder if that'll happen, given Pacquiao's political ambitions, but that's an area of his life where he has known much defeat.

[mr chris]

I was under the illusion that the winner of the Hatton , Pacquiao fight would face the winner of the Mayweather , Marques fight. Now that fight would make lots of money for both fighters. That is normally a big factor in whether a fight gets made or not.

[JALU3]

Do you know if that fight would be a Championship/Title bout?

[mr chris]

I don't know to be honest. It was just what all the experts this side of the pond where saying over the weekend. They seemed convinced that these two fights were just a eliminator and then the two winners. Which they were sure would be Pacquiao and Mayweather. Will then face each other later this year for title of best pound of pound fighter on the planet.