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Fat Joe
03-02-2009, 03:42 PM
Since moving up in weight Pacquiao has looked like a million dollars while Hatton came in for a bit of criticism for the Lazcano fight but then dismantled Malignaggi (personally I found this fight boring as fuck, but I did watch it after 1 hours sleep so I wasn't very alert).

Will Hatton's alcohol / junk food diet mean he has gone downhill since facing Mayweather? Or will he actually be in better shape now that Floyd senior is training him?

I ask this question as it's obviously going to be interesting to see if Pac can do a better job on Hatton than PBF did.
trotter
03-02-2009, 03:47 PM
We'll not know for sure until they fight

But things were not right in the Hatton camp before Floyd, hadn't been for a while perhaps

I personally think he'll be fresher, more experienced, more rounded than when he faced Floyd

His ring smarts have improved over the years a lot, but he's lost a lot of the dynamism of his youth, whether that equates to a better or worse fighter I don't know.

But I think Pacman will, all in all, be facing a better fighter than Floyd did
Fat Joe
03-02-2009, 03:50 PM
His ring smarts have improved over the years a lot, but he's lost a lot of the dynamism of his youth, whether that equates to a better or worse fighter I don't know.

He could possibly be on the same level, a bit like Calzaghe when he got older and lost some attributes but gained others.
icemax
03-02-2009, 03:52 PM
As Ray, I mean Trotter says, we won't know properly until fight time but I suspect that Hatton will be better prepared than he was for PBF against a man who doesn't pose anywhere near the same risk
GazOC
03-02-2009, 04:00 PM
Hopefully Hatton has learnt a little from the PBF fight and won't go hell for leather from the first bell.
steelem
03-02-2009, 11:08 PM
I got a feeling HATTON can cause the upset here
yesihavearm2
03-02-2009, 11:43 PM
I think the version of Hatton will be about the same.

The BIG difference will be that Joe Cortez will not be refereeing this bout which TOTALLY spoiled the PBF/HATTON fight for me (not saying that it would have changed the result).