[Tony2005]

No one really saw that coming (including Hatton).......

Experts were split on who was going to win the fight...The brits on the whole were saying Hatton and the Americans Pacquio...

Reports coming out of the Hatton camp near fight time was that their trainer Floyd Mayweather would be sacked after this fight were not the thought of thing fans want to hear so close to the first bell......

Hatton took the decision to enter the ring first and looked pumped up as he waited for the Pacmans enterance....

Paquiao looked calm even smiling as he made his way to the ring and looked in great shape.

From the start i was obvious Hatton hadnt changed a thing after the loss to Mayweather.....he charged in with no head movement and was being picked off at will by a fighter many classes above Hattons..

The first right hand that landed sent Hatton to the canvass for an 8 count and even when he got up he didnt look like he would see the first three minutes out and when he went down again his saving grace was there was only a few seconds left till the bell.

Back in his corner he still looked shaken and there was nothing coming from his cornerman who seemed more interested in squirting water over him.....


Back out for the second and Hatton had his first and only bit of success when he caught the Pacman with a good left hook but it didnt have the affect needed to stop the little man coming forward and with less then a minute of the round remaining Hatton charged in once again and Pacquiao ducked under Hattons lead to explode a cracking left hook to his jaw and he was out before he hit the deck.....The arena went silent and all you could hear was the trumpet cases opening as the Hatton band packed their instruments away......

The ref didnt need to count and although there was a couple of minutes anxiety for the watching Hatton family and fans he finally got up and seemed to have recovered....

Ten minutes after the fight he still looked a little dazed and was taken away for test which happily showed nothing wrong but a bruised ego......


This is the end for the popular Manchester fighter.....and goes to prove that Hatton was never in the very top class of fighter and learnt nothing from the Mayweather defeat...

There was no head movement and the usual Hatton charge towards his opponent who just used his speed and the fact Hatton was charging in to make the punches have more effect then they would have if Hatton would have boxed behind a jab.....

Going to Mayweather was always going to be the wrong decision and although he won the first two fights under the new trainer both were against light punching lower class fighters and in Vegas this morning all the faults he had before te Mayweather fight were there for all to see again.

Hatton has nowhere to go now.........i doubt he will drop down in class and fight for the British or european tittles as i dont think he could get himself motivated enough for those levels so retirement looks the better option for The Hitman who gave his mass of fans some great nights and the watching tv audiences some thrilling action throughout his career........

A nice genuine bloke who deserves the millions he made and now he can go away and eat what he likes and enjoy the rest of his life in the knowlege he entertained everyone........