I have touted Valero for a while. He can be a big,big hit in the US with his all acyion style.

Chris Arreola demolished Jameel McCline last Saturday. Outstanding series of combinations. That guy is definitely one to watch.
Winky Wright was totally outclassed by Paul Williams in the main event.

ESPN here had two hours of "Classic Boxing" featuring some of Mike Tyson's early fights, when he was 18 to 20 years old. He was really something. Not hard to understand why everyone feared him.

Hey TB,you are right,Arreola is one to watch,he keeps knocking them over,he can't be far away from a title fight now!

Williams is great,one of my faves,but i think Winky was well past his best and had not fought for nearly 2 years either!

Tyson in his prime was awesomely vicious. What a shame how the rest of his career/life went down the toilet....

Mike Tyson Pre-Buster Douglas was the best Heavyweight boxer imho.

Any one else watch HBO's 24/7? It's a great show and it's really getting me pumped up for this fight. I'm picking Hatton in an upset (which is ironic because he's the champ).

When is Hatton vs. Pacquiao? I definitely want to see that.

May 2nd. Going to be a great fight. Both men are favourites of mine but i am going with Hatton through sheer patriotism. However i would not be surprised one bit if Manny pulls it off. The guy is awesome.

Here is the first part of Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7.

I'm picking Manny Pacquiao in this fight....

Carl Froch fights Jermain Taylor tonight. This is going to be a great fight and i predict Froch to win by KO. He has a superb chin,punch and oodles of desire and drive. He has waited a long time for the big stage and won't give that up now he is there. Taylor is a good fighter but Carl will overpower him!

The fight is starting soon! I'm looking forward to this fight more than any fight in quite a long time!

Plus with the announcement of Mayweather Jr. coming back into boxing, I really hope Pacquiao wins because I want to see those two fight! The thing about this fight tonight is that I like both fighters so I will be happy for either guy, but I think I want Pacquiao to win because of what could happen in future fights.

That was a waste of $60.00. I was hoping for a long fight, but crap... Pacquiao is the best. Hatton was totally outmatched.

And America goes back to not giving a shit about boxing.

Hatton defeated by slick Pacquiao

Ricky Hatton suffered a devastating second-round defeat against Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.
Hatton, 30, was knocked down by a flashing right hook in the first round before being floored again by a left shortly before the bell.

Mancunian Hatton was pole-axed by a huge left in the second and counted out with one second remaining in the round.

The victory confirms Filipino Pacquiao's status as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
For 30-year-old Hatton it puts his future in the sport in doubt.

How can you say that? Almost everyone I know was watching this fight!

De Niro, what are your personal thoughts on this?

I didn't watch the fight.. Just read the report im afraid, ganna watch the highlights later..

If you are a Hatton fan then get ready to cringe. He was beat bad.

He'll probley retire now..

Im not really a boxing fan at all to be honest...

The irony is that a lot of American boxing commentators predicted that Hatton would win. They put a lot of stock in the fact that Mayweather's father is his trainer.

Quick and painful for the Brit. I like both of these guys, so I was hoping for a better fight. Oh well.

I knew Manny would win inside of 5 rounds. I'm a little surprised that it only took him 2 rounds to do that. Referee Kenny Bayless actually had thoughts about stopping the bout in the first round after the second knockdown but decided that Ricky was still ok. Looks like trainer Freddy Roach knew what he was talking about. Great job.

The much hyped Battle of the East and West proved to be not a battle after all because Manny Pacquiao deftly defused it.

Doubters should now put to rest the lame excuse that Oscar dela Hoya was not his usual self when the Pacman beat him like he never was. This excuse downgraded Manny’s accomplishment to some extent. Hatton even bought the idea and said that he could have likewise beaten the drained Oscar that night of 6 December 2008. Oscar’s partial assessment of a stronger and bigger Hatton winning over Manny supported the doubters’ proposition that Manny is not really that great.

With Ricky’s easier and earlier dismissal by Manny than Oscar was, Freddie Roach proves right in his assessment that the Oscar of 6 December 2008 could still beat many top fighters of today. And this does not exclude the Ricky Hatton of 2 May 2009.

When Floyd Mayweather, Jr. announced his comeback, these doubters immediately removed Manny from the top P4P pedestal and reinstalled Floyd to it. That because of Manny’s previous 3 losses as against none to Floyd the latter should be on top. But if past performances against common opponents were to be the gauge, which should not be, Manny’s have the edge.

Floyd struggled with Oscar to earn a split verdict while Manny dominated and made Oscar quit before the start of the 9th round. The old-man-making defeat eventually led to Oscar’s retirement from being a fighter.

It took Floyd almost 10 rounds to beat Ricky who, before the stoppage, was holding his own to give Floyd problems. Manny easily beat Ricky who was on dreamland just before the bell to end the 2nd round. Now Ricky might be contemplating retirement himself.

By unseating Ricky Hatton, Manny won his 6th title in as many weight divisions. More so, he is the first fighter to win a 4th lineal or real championship in 4 weight divisions. He has now won the flyweight, featherweight (which many erroneously do not recognize), junior-lightweight and now junior-welterweight lineal championship.

Here is the UK Sky Box Office version...

Some other quick non heavyweight battles.


Edwin Valero vs Antonio Pitalua



Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales 3



Tommy Hearns vs Roberto Duran.



Tommy Hearns vs Marvin Hagler.

That's because half of the people you know are Filipinos and the other half are Brits.

Manny was awesome. I take my hat off to him,he is a world class fighter and a top chap to boot.

Hatton should retire,he has a great career,made good money and the only 2 defeats he has suffered have been to future Hall of Famers. He is also a top chap and a great ticket seller. Anyone who can take 25,000 Brits to Vegas in the middle of a recession is a winner.

Manny was brilliant though. I love him,who does'nt?

Manny Pacquiao knocks out Ricky Hatton 2:59 of the 2nd round

Ricky Hatton lay motionless for several minutes before being transported to the hospital.





Ricky Hatton's fiance Jennifer collapses in tears as he suffers brutal knock-out in Las Vegas.

The fastest mouth in boxing stayed tightly shut on Monday as Ricky Hatton peered through the fog of his concussion and saw the unwanted spectre of a future outside the ring.

No snappy one-liners. No quickfire claims to an exalted place in the pantheon of British prizefighting. Not after being rendered senseless by Manny Pacquiao and hurried to hospital for brain scans.
The Hitman who feared no man inside the ropes could not confront the reality of his high-octane career approaching its end.

Hatton had spent months in denial after his first defeat, at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jnr. The referee that night, Joe Cortez, was tortuously rationalised as the culprit, even though Manchester’s pride and joy was outclassed en route to that knockout.

But there is no talking his way out of Saturday night’s two-round slaughter in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, so he said nothing.

Defeat is the loneliest of all the isolated places in the solitary sport of boxing but it is unusual for a leading practitioner not to emerge after a night of combat, win or lose.



Smiling again: Hatton and his fiancee Jennifer Dooley relax by the pool yesterday, a far cry from the ring where, hours earlier, Ricky lay unconscious after being hammered to the canvas by Pacquiao