Hatton has been saying that he will match Manny Pacquiao’s phenomenal speed inside the boxing ring.
Granted that he catches Pacquiao on a bad-hair day, there’s no way Hatton could equalize.IT’S HOGWASH what Ricky
Hatton would be left huffing, puffing, fumbling.
But there’s one trick Hatton could use to hobble down the Pacman.
Hatton could infect his rival.
How? Please share this rough draft of a boxing feature prepared earlier for an Inquirer sister publication:
* * *
The warning is out for Manny Pacquiao to beware of a virulent virus that could cause him to fall in Las Vegas on Sunday.
It’s an Englishman, not a Mexican, Pacquiao will be fighting.
But that hardly helps.
The Filipino boxing superhero can’t afford to drop his guard.
There, indeed, are other more poisonous fighters outside Mexico, pinpointed as the source of the killer flu virus now threatening the world.
* * *
Pacquiao must be warned anew.
Hatton, who flew into the battle site from well-scrubbed London, is not neat.
The British Hitman, infamous for his hit-and-grab tactics, is anything but safe.
Hatton could be equally menacing as the swine flu virus.
Hatton is capable of infecting and slowing down Pacquiao.
* * *
No stranger to dirty ring tactics, Hatton could turn the fight into a sticky affair.
He will try to hit and hug.
In the process, he could also cause Pacquiao to suffer general body weakness, akin to the ones experienced early by swine flu victims.
This boxing disease that Hatton threatens to inflict is transmitted through body blows.
Hatton can be expected to unleash this weapon in wild abandon.
* * *
Trainer Freddie Roach has ordered all warning sirens shut.
He swears there’s no need to worry.
Hatton can never hope to cause damage (of epidemic proportions) up there in the boxing ring.
There’ll only be rarified air, free of sticky anomalies, once Pacquiao turns on his speed machine
* * *
The way Roach puts it, Pacquiao need not bring a vaccine or an antidote. The job will be done, via the short route.
Hatton will be contained in three rounds, or less.
It will be easy, Roach promised.
They will go for the head, where the KO jackpot sits.
* * *
OK, it’s said that knockout is a disease that spreads once the link between the knees and the brain is rudely cut.
Pacquiao, based on his awesome record, is very capable of scoring that kind of stoppage.
But there’s one outstanding hump.
Hatton will not be a willing victim.
Hatton will neither be a statue like David Diaz nor a paralytic like Oscar De La Hoya when he enters the ring against the Pacman on Sunday.
The British Hitman will be very dangerous.
* * *
There will be no third straight Sunday punching picnic for Pacquiao.
Hatton promises to be tough dish, a very difficult meat.
Maybe the hardest since Pacquiao’s controversial points win over Juan Manuel Marquez in 2007.
That, no doubt, lends to the certainty of fireworks – explosion –inside the ring.
* * *
Pacquiao can also be expected to come up with his finest stand yet.
It should be the best, the ultimate Pacman, defending and attacking.
Of course, Pacquiao need not be told that he can’t afford to expose himself to unnecessary danger.
He must avoid the ropes and capitalize on his skills, superior speed and power.
He should never for a moment be either careless or impatient.
Otherwise, his mother Dionisia, in Las Vegas to watch Pacquiao, the Thrilla from Manila, could end up attending to the latest victim of the London Flu.
Granted that he catches Pacquiao on a bad-hair day, there’s no way Hatton could equalize.IT’S HOGWASH what Ricky
Hatton would be left huffing, puffing, fumbling.
But there’s one trick Hatton could use to hobble down the Pacman.
Hatton could infect his rival.
How? Please share this rough draft of a boxing feature prepared earlier for an Inquirer sister publication:
* * *
The warning is out for Manny Pacquiao to beware of a virulent virus that could cause him to fall in Las Vegas on Sunday.
It’s an Englishman, not a Mexican, Pacquiao will be fighting.
But that hardly helps.
The Filipino boxing superhero can’t afford to drop his guard.
There, indeed, are other more poisonous fighters outside Mexico, pinpointed as the source of the killer flu virus now threatening the world.
* * *
Pacquiao must be warned anew.
Hatton, who flew into the battle site from well-scrubbed London, is not neat.
The British Hitman, infamous for his hit-and-grab tactics, is anything but safe.
Hatton could be equally menacing as the swine flu virus.
Hatton is capable of infecting and slowing down Pacquiao.
* * *
No stranger to dirty ring tactics, Hatton could turn the fight into a sticky affair.
He will try to hit and hug.
In the process, he could also cause Pacquiao to suffer general body weakness, akin to the ones experienced early by swine flu victims.
This boxing disease that Hatton threatens to inflict is transmitted through body blows.
Hatton can be expected to unleash this weapon in wild abandon.
* * *
Trainer Freddie Roach has ordered all warning sirens shut.
He swears there’s no need to worry.
Hatton can never hope to cause damage (of epidemic proportions) up there in the boxing ring.
There’ll only be rarified air, free of sticky anomalies, once Pacquiao turns on his speed machine
* * *
The way Roach puts it, Pacquiao need not bring a vaccine or an antidote. The job will be done, via the short route.
Hatton will be contained in three rounds, or less.
It will be easy, Roach promised.
They will go for the head, where the KO jackpot sits.
* * *
OK, it’s said that knockout is a disease that spreads once the link between the knees and the brain is rudely cut.
Pacquiao, based on his awesome record, is very capable of scoring that kind of stoppage.
But there’s one outstanding hump.
Hatton will not be a willing victim.
Hatton will neither be a statue like David Diaz nor a paralytic like Oscar De La Hoya when he enters the ring against the Pacman on Sunday.
The British Hitman will be very dangerous.
* * *
There will be no third straight Sunday punching picnic for Pacquiao.
Hatton promises to be tough dish, a very difficult meat.
Maybe the hardest since Pacquiao’s controversial points win over Juan Manuel Marquez in 2007.
That, no doubt, lends to the certainty of fireworks – explosion –inside the ring.
* * *
Pacquiao can also be expected to come up with his finest stand yet.
It should be the best, the ultimate Pacman, defending and attacking.
Of course, Pacquiao need not be told that he can’t afford to expose himself to unnecessary danger.
He must avoid the ropes and capitalize on his skills, superior speed and power.
He should never for a moment be either careless or impatient.
Otherwise, his mother Dionisia, in Las Vegas to watch Pacquiao, the Thrilla from Manila, could end up attending to the latest victim of the London Flu.
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