MANILA, Philippines – With the way Ricky Hatton normally fights, celebrated trainer Freddie Roach believes the Hitman from Manchester is “tailor-made" for the lightning fists of his ward, Manny Pacquiao.
Speaking at Monday’s press conference at the Imperial War Museum in London, Roach said Hatton’s press-forward style makes him vulnerable to the power shots of the Filipino pound for pound king. Thus, he once again predicted a late-round stoppage in favor of his prized fighter come May 2 in Las Vegas.
"It will be a great fight in the first half but Manny will get to him in the later rounds and will knock him out at some point," Roach said in a report by Sky Sports. "Ricky is very resilient but his come-forward nature will walk him into some shots and that will get him out of there. He's tailor made for us."
Hatton, the defending International Boxing Organization and Ring Magazine world junior welterweight champion, has maintained that he will veer away from his old bulldozing style against the Pac Man and will instead rely on hand speed and punching power. Hatton’s corner, led by Floyd Mayweather Sr., has been working on this change in style.
But as far as Roach is concerned, one can’t teach old dogs new tricks.
"Mayweather Sr is trying to improve that but I don't think you can change Ricky Hatton at this point in his career. Once he gets hit, he'll lose composure and revert to what he does best and that's fight," Roach said.
"Ricky talks about having worked on his defense and head movement but he is what he is. He's been doing this for a long time. They'll have a gameplan coming into the fight but after the first round he'll go back to his natural style. That's good for him in some ways because that's the best shot he's got at beating Manny. If he tries to outbox Manny and fights like Floyd teaches then he'll lose," he added.
In an apparent dig at Mayweather – with whom he’s had a history of bad blood – Roach quipped: "Floyd teaches one way and one way only and that's not suited for Ricky in my opinion. He'd be foolish to try and outbox Manny." -GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151120/Hatton-tailor-made-for-Pacquiao-says-Roach
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Hatton 'tailor made' for Pacquiao, says Roach
MANILA, Philippines – With the way Ricky Hatton normally fights, celebrated trainer Freddie Roach believes the Hitman from Manchester is “tailor-made" for the lightning fists of his ward, Manny Pacquiao.
Speaking at Monday’s press conference at the Imperial War Museum in London, Roach said Hatton’s press-forward style makes him vulnerable to the power shots of the Filipino pound for pound king. Thus, he once again predicted a late-round stoppage in favor of his prized fighter come May 2 in Las Vegas.
"It will be a great fight in the first half but Manny will get to him in the later rounds and will knock him out at some point," Roach said in a report by Sky Sports. "Ricky is very resilient but his come-forward nature will walk him into some shots and that will get him out of there. He's tailor made for us."
Hatton, the defending International Boxing Organization and Ring Magazine world junior welterweight champion, has maintained that he will veer away from his old bulldozing style against the Pac Man and will instead rely on hand speed and punching power. Hatton’s corner, led by Floyd Mayweather Sr., has been working on this change in style.
But as far as Roach is concerned, one can’t teach old dogs new tricks.
"Mayweather Sr is trying to improve that but I don't think you can change Ricky Hatton at this point in his career. Once he gets hit, he'll lose composure and revert to what he does best and that's fight," Roach said.
"Ricky talks about having worked on his defense and head movement but he is what he is. He's been doing this for a long time. They'll have a gameplan coming into the fight but after the first round he'll go back to his natural style. That's good for him in some ways because that's the best shot he's got at beating Manny. If he tries to outbox Manny and fights like Floyd teaches then he'll lose," he added.
In an apparent dig at Mayweather – with whom he’s had a history of bad blood – Roach quipped: "Floyd teaches one way and one way only and that's not suited for Ricky in my opinion. He'd be foolish to try and outbox Manny." -GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151120/Hatton-tailor-made-for-Pacquiao-says-Roach
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Speaking at Monday’s press conference at the Imperial War Museum in London, Roach said Hatton’s press-forward style makes him vulnerable to the power shots of the Filipino pound for pound king. Thus, he once again predicted a late-round stoppage in favor of his prized fighter come May 2 in Las Vegas.
"It will be a great fight in the first half but Manny will get to him in the later rounds and will knock him out at some point," Roach said in a report by Sky Sports. "Ricky is very resilient but his come-forward nature will walk him into some shots and that will get him out of there. He's tailor made for us."
Hatton, the defending International Boxing Organization and Ring Magazine world junior welterweight champion, has maintained that he will veer away from his old bulldozing style against the Pac Man and will instead rely on hand speed and punching power. Hatton’s corner, led by Floyd Mayweather Sr., has been working on this change in style.
But as far as Roach is concerned, one can’t teach old dogs new tricks.
"Mayweather Sr is trying to improve that but I don't think you can change Ricky Hatton at this point in his career. Once he gets hit, he'll lose composure and revert to what he does best and that's fight," Roach said.
"Ricky talks about having worked on his defense and head movement but he is what he is. He's been doing this for a long time. They'll have a gameplan coming into the fight but after the first round he'll go back to his natural style. That's good for him in some ways because that's the best shot he's got at beating Manny. If he tries to outbox Manny and fights like Floyd teaches then he'll lose," he added.
In an apparent dig at Mayweather – with whom he’s had a history of bad blood – Roach quipped: "Floyd teaches one way and one way only and that's not suited for Ricky in my opinion. He'd be foolish to try and outbox Manny." -GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151120/Hatton-tailor-made-for-Pacquiao-says-Roach
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Hatton to change style against Pacquiao
LONDON — Ricky Hatton knows his bulldozing style of fighting won't be good enough to beat Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2. Instead, he will rely on hand speed and punching power.
A former world light-welterweight champion who has never lost at 140 pounds, Hatton is taking on a fighter who moved up two weight divisions to easily beat Oscar De La Hoya at 147 pounds in December.
A powerful body puncher, Hatton (45-1) used his straight ahead, aggressive style to stop Kostya Tszyu for the IBF title in June 2005. But he will need more to beat a fast fighter who is considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
For Hatton that means he'll need a repeat of the performance that stopped Paul Malignaggi in 11 rounds in November, the British fighter's first fight since losing for the first time to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"Kostya was a great punching powerhouse but I bulldozed him into submission," Hatton said Monday. "But in my last fight against Malignaggi, who is a speed merchant, I ended up out-boxing him and out-speeding him. In the end I beat him up.
"The Ricky Hatton of old would have put his head down and steamed in at 100 mph without a lot of thought on how to do it," he said. "I've no doubt Manny's speed will cause me problems but they said that about Malignaggi."
Hatton and Pacquiao (48-3-2) were at London's Imperial War Museum to help sell the contest to British fight fans although Hatton is expected to have several thousand supporters at the MGM Grand Garden.
Despite Hatton's insistence he will change his approach, Pacquaio's trainer, Freddie Roach, said it wouldn't take him long to go back to his old ways.
"It will be a great fight in the first half but Manny will get to him in the later rounds and will knock him out at some point," Roach said. "Ricky is very resilient but his come-forward nature will walk him into some shots and that will get him out of there. He's tailor made for us.
I don't think you can change Ricky Hatton at this point in his career. Once he gets hit, he'll lose composure and revert to what he does best and that's fight," Roach said. -AP
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151115/Hatton-to-change-style-against-Pacquiao
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A former world light-welterweight champion who has never lost at 140 pounds, Hatton is taking on a fighter who moved up two weight divisions to easily beat Oscar De La Hoya at 147 pounds in December.
A powerful body puncher, Hatton (45-1) used his straight ahead, aggressive style to stop Kostya Tszyu for the IBF title in June 2005. But he will need more to beat a fast fighter who is considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
For Hatton that means he'll need a repeat of the performance that stopped Paul Malignaggi in 11 rounds in November, the British fighter's first fight since losing for the first time to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"Kostya was a great punching powerhouse but I bulldozed him into submission," Hatton said Monday. "But in my last fight against Malignaggi, who is a speed merchant, I ended up out-boxing him and out-speeding him. In the end I beat him up.
"The Ricky Hatton of old would have put his head down and steamed in at 100 mph without a lot of thought on how to do it," he said. "I've no doubt Manny's speed will cause me problems but they said that about Malignaggi."
Hatton and Pacquiao (48-3-2) were at London's Imperial War Museum to help sell the contest to British fight fans although Hatton is expected to have several thousand supporters at the MGM Grand Garden.
Despite Hatton's insistence he will change his approach, Pacquaio's trainer, Freddie Roach, said it wouldn't take him long to go back to his old ways.
"It will be a great fight in the first half but Manny will get to him in the later rounds and will knock him out at some point," Roach said. "Ricky is very resilient but his come-forward nature will walk him into some shots and that will get him out of there. He's tailor made for us.
I don't think you can change Ricky Hatton at this point in his career. Once he gets hit, he'll lose composure and revert to what he does best and that's fight," Roach said. -AP
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151115/Hatton-to-change-style-against-Pacquiao
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Pacquiao: Hatton fight harder than Oscar bout
MANILA, Philippines – Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya was a great opponent, but for Manny Pacquiao, facing Ricky Hatton may be even tougher.
Pacquiao was man enough to admit it before some 6,000 cheering fans at the Trafford Center in Manchester about how he expects Hatton to give him a lot of problems in their May 2 light-welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I’ve been in a lot of big, big fights and beaten a lot of great fighters. My last fight against De La Hoya was important, but Ricky Hatton will be much harder," he said.
Though not as decorated and celebrated as De La Hoya, Hatton is at the peak of a career that has seen him win titles in the light-welterweight and welterweight classes.
He also lost just once in 46 fights – to retired unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – 32 of which "The Hitman" won by way of knockout.
De La Hoya lost a one-sided eight round technical knockout to Pacquiao at welterweight in their 2008 December showdown in Las Vegas.
“This fight will be a great challenge because Ricky is a great fighter. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime fight," said the 30-year-old world’s top pound-for-pound fighter.
To the wild cheers of his fight fans, Hatton said Pacquiao doesn’t scare him despite being the great champion that he is.
“This is a fight between two nice men, but there is nothing nice about either me or Manny when we get inside the ring. We’re both aggressive, but where some other fighters have been worried about him, he certainly won’t worry me," said the Manchester native.
The two noted punchers are making a tour of Manchester to promote their 12-round fight many expected to be one of the biggest for the year 2009.
A formal press conference would be held on at the Imperial War Museum in Southwark London before Team Pacquiao leaves for Los Angeles.
A similar promotional tour is expected to hit the cities of New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco before Pacquiao kicks off a rigorous two-month training at Freddie Roach’s famed Wild Card gym.
Visiting London for the first time, Pacquiao toured the city Sunday during his rest day.
He went on a sightseeing tour of Big Ben, Westminter and the House of Commons, the Trafalgar Square, the London Eye and other well-known tourist spots.
Hatton is expected to remain in Manchester for another four weeks, and then flies to Las Vegas to hook up with trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. –GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151038/Pacquiao-Hatton-fight-harder-than-Oscar-bout
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Pacquiao was man enough to admit it before some 6,000 cheering fans at the Trafford Center in Manchester about how he expects Hatton to give him a lot of problems in their May 2 light-welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I’ve been in a lot of big, big fights and beaten a lot of great fighters. My last fight against De La Hoya was important, but Ricky Hatton will be much harder," he said.
Though not as decorated and celebrated as De La Hoya, Hatton is at the peak of a career that has seen him win titles in the light-welterweight and welterweight classes.
He also lost just once in 46 fights – to retired unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – 32 of which "The Hitman" won by way of knockout.
De La Hoya lost a one-sided eight round technical knockout to Pacquiao at welterweight in their 2008 December showdown in Las Vegas.
“This fight will be a great challenge because Ricky is a great fighter. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime fight," said the 30-year-old world’s top pound-for-pound fighter.
To the wild cheers of his fight fans, Hatton said Pacquiao doesn’t scare him despite being the great champion that he is.
“This is a fight between two nice men, but there is nothing nice about either me or Manny when we get inside the ring. We’re both aggressive, but where some other fighters have been worried about him, he certainly won’t worry me," said the Manchester native.
The two noted punchers are making a tour of Manchester to promote their 12-round fight many expected to be one of the biggest for the year 2009.
A formal press conference would be held on at the Imperial War Museum in Southwark London before Team Pacquiao leaves for Los Angeles.
A similar promotional tour is expected to hit the cities of New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco before Pacquiao kicks off a rigorous two-month training at Freddie Roach’s famed Wild Card gym.
Visiting London for the first time, Pacquiao toured the city Sunday during his rest day.
He went on a sightseeing tour of Big Ben, Westminter and the House of Commons, the Trafalgar Square, the London Eye and other well-known tourist spots.
Hatton is expected to remain in Manchester for another four weeks, and then flies to Las Vegas to hook up with trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. –GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151038/Pacquiao-Hatton-fight-harder-than-Oscar-bout
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Pacquiao, Hatton corners trade verbal jabs
MANILA, Philippines – The fighters have shown only respect for each other. So the usual bitter words that accompany a fight were left to the respective trainers of Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
During Saturday’s press conference in Manchester for the “East vs. West" megafight, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach and Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. did not waste time in throwing verbal jabs at the other.
According to the Manchester Evening News, the “opening bell" rang when promoter Bob Arum introduced Roach as “the greatest trainer in the world."
Mayweather immediately grabbed the mike to say: “If anybody thinks Freddie ‘the Joke’ Roach can out-train me, they have to be sick."
To which Roach, a three-time trainer of the year awardee, retorted: “It’s a shame Floyd senior isn’t in the Hall of Fame."
Mayweather snapped back: “He should be in the Hall of Shame!"
Through all these, Pacquaio and Hatton could only look on and laugh.
The two celebrated trainers/ strategists have had a history of bad blood, which started when Roach replaced Mayweather to whip Oscar de la Hoya into winning shape for his super-fight with the latter’s son, Floyd Jr. in 2007. The Golden Boy eventually lost via split decision.
In the same presser, Mayweather belittled Pacquiao’s dominant performance against The Golden Boy last December, saying: “When he beat the world legend Oscar de la Hoya, he was over the hill, now it’s time for you to swallow the same old pill."
Mayweather even waxed poetic in predicting the downfall of Pacquiao to his ward Hatton.
“When it comes, Manny, then you had better be ready, because I don’t want you to blame it on Freddie," he told the Filipino phenom.
Pacquiao, the reigning world pound-for-pound king, and Hatton, the defending International Boxing Organization lightwelterweight champion, will duke it out on May 2 in Las Vegas. -GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/150879/Pacquiao-Hatton-corners-trade-verbal-jabs
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During Saturday’s press conference in Manchester for the “East vs. West" megafight, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach and Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. did not waste time in throwing verbal jabs at the other.
According to the Manchester Evening News, the “opening bell" rang when promoter Bob Arum introduced Roach as “the greatest trainer in the world."
Mayweather immediately grabbed the mike to say: “If anybody thinks Freddie ‘the Joke’ Roach can out-train me, they have to be sick."
To which Roach, a three-time trainer of the year awardee, retorted: “It’s a shame Floyd senior isn’t in the Hall of Fame."
Mayweather snapped back: “He should be in the Hall of Shame!"
Through all these, Pacquaio and Hatton could only look on and laugh.
The two celebrated trainers/ strategists have had a history of bad blood, which started when Roach replaced Mayweather to whip Oscar de la Hoya into winning shape for his super-fight with the latter’s son, Floyd Jr. in 2007. The Golden Boy eventually lost via split decision.
In the same presser, Mayweather belittled Pacquiao’s dominant performance against The Golden Boy last December, saying: “When he beat the world legend Oscar de la Hoya, he was over the hill, now it’s time for you to swallow the same old pill."
Mayweather even waxed poetic in predicting the downfall of Pacquiao to his ward Hatton.
“When it comes, Manny, then you had better be ready, because I don’t want you to blame it on Freddie," he told the Filipino phenom.
Pacquiao, the reigning world pound-for-pound king, and Hatton, the defending International Boxing Organization lightwelterweight champion, will duke it out on May 2 in Las Vegas. -GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/150879/Pacquiao-Hatton-corners-trade-verbal-jabs
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