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Manny Pacquiao is unlikely to spar with Commonwealth Lightweight champion Amir Khan in the build up to his eagerly anticipated clash with Ricky Hatton, live on Sky Box Office.
Stablemates Khan and Pacquiao sparred together ahead of their respective wins against Marco Antonio Barrera and Oscar de la Hoya.
Hatton has been …

“We are both very aggressive and both like to go forward but ultimately my size and power will be a factor.

“But it is not just a power thing; I’m working on my speed. I think they see me as a slow fighter and they will get a shock on the night just how fast I can be.

“I’ll be keeping the same ferocity I have always had and when he feels my strength I don’t think Manny will stand about.

Both Hatton and Mayweather, Sr. just laughed off earlier statements by Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who said that the Brit’s chin will be Pacquiao’s target. The Filipino’s coach said the chin is Hatton’s weakest link.

thisislondon.co.uk
Former IBF light-welterweight champion Hatton, who faces Manny Pacquiao in May, plans to fight just three more times, and wants a finale against the American who outclassed him in December, 2007.
Retired Mayweather is said to be eyeing a comeback and Hatton said: “I’d like to finish the year off fighting …

Pacquiao entered the gym followed by his entourage and began to warm up with his strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza. Stretching with Ariza using both standard exercises and elastic tubing, Pacquiao seemed relaxed and business as usual. Antillon, who seemed a bit eager before Pacquiao arrived, got right to work, wrapping his hands and jumping in the ring for some shadowboxing. Last week, Jorge Linares was here as Pacquiao’s sparring partner as Antillon was recovering from being sick. Seemingly to most to be the antithesis of Ricky Hatton, a slick junior lightweight champion now moving up to lightweight, Linares is an orthodox fighter who prefers boxing and trickery to stalking and pressuring. Antillon is just what the doctor ordered to prepare for Hatton. A hard-hitting, intelligent pressure fighter who can fight from either stance and in possession of a solid chin, Antillon, who is ranked #2 in the WBO, #3 WBA and #3 in the WBC, is no sparring partner. He is a man on the verge of getting a crack at the cream of the junior lightweight and lightweight division.

Nevertheless, Pacquiao’s emphatic and well-deserved win launched him into the stratosphere. The boxing world immediately began to clamor and demand that his next opponent be the only man in the world with a similar skill set and the distinction of being the undisputed top fighter on the planet, one Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It stood to reason that each fighter, being victorious over boxing’s most celebrated figure of the last decade, would be natural foils for each other, and so the speculation, demands and cries from fans and writers became deafening. As it turns out, Floyd had been listening…

Pacquiao has enlisted the services of Bolton’s 2004 Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan as a sparring partner but Hatton dismissed the usefulness of that exercise.

Khan recently beat Marco Antonio Barrera but Hatton said the 22-year-old’s style was too different to his.

By Dan Horgan
Juan Manuel Marquez is attempting to bite off far more than he can chew.
The current unified lightweight champion, fresh off a scintillating ninth-round knockout of upstart Juan Diaz in February, is the front-runner to fight former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. in “Pretty Boy’s” comeback fight on July …

GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines – Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao resumed his training at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), putting behind the controversy that could have stirred up a hornet’s nest.
GMA News’ 24 Oras reported that Buboy Fernandez, Pacquiao’s assistant trainer, jacked up Pacman’s sparring sessions to …

On that night, if Hatton were fighting Pacquiao, my speculation is that he may have been more successful as the Filipino is not really a defensive specialist—although Manny has improved much in this department.

However, please note that Manny has the speed and the power to ride out the tough moments in any big fight. Based on Hatton’s performance against Mayweather, if that was Pacquiao, I believe the Filipino’s speed and power may eventually outperform Hatton’s. (Pacquiao by unanimous decision)

He faces the first of them - Manny Pacquiao - on May 2 in Las Vegas, and if successful, for which many believe there is a growing body of support, Hatton intends then to go after Juan Manuel Marquez, who can think, fight, box and brawl at the same time, and then Hatton’s nemesis in 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jnr.

From one living legend to another, Shane Mosley,, Good Ol Shane, One would think that after terminating the Tornado that the doors should be wide open to come on in and make a big date with the Sugarman, well that has not been the case thus far. First Mayweather turns down 9 Million, yes!! 9 Million to come back and face Shane, then Cotto bolts towards a Clottey match, as for the young lion Berto, well Berto is leaning towards fighting Juan Urango who happens to be a junior welter.. That only leaves the Pacquiao/Hatton winner and even that isn’t promised cause Money May can come back and wreck all that, biggest fight for Shane may just be a date with one of his partners, Juan Manuel Marquez.

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

An extremely disappointed WBC president Don Jose Sulaiman says he plans legal action to prevent Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao from using the WBC belt in the ring when he fights Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton in Las Vegas on May 2.</p><p>In an overseas telephone conversation with BoxingScene.com, insidesports.ph, …

Pacquiao skipped training Saturday and Sunday in order to thresh out his contract problem with Solar Sports, whose top executives led by William Tieng and Peter Chan Liong personally met the Filipino in his posh Palazzo apartment in Los Angeles.

The rematch with De La Hoya would have been worth a lot of money. It is “Oscar” after all! Mayweather, to the disbelief of the boxing world, opted to not take what would have been an easy payday, especially considering what happened to De La Hoya when he opted to face Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao as a replacement. This is the first example that Mayweather is perhaps not all about “money” otherwise why would he turn down a lucrative rematch? Something that nearly every fighter would have jumped at

To the ordinary person like me, this is nothing more than hype, intended to attain one goal; to advertise the upcoming Hatton-Pacquaio fight and ensure it will be a blockbuster. No problem with that, is there?

“We’re going after his chin. That’s the money shot,” said Roach as Pacquiao trained vigorously for his May 2 title fight against the British superstar at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“When Manny takes the day off, he usually needs it,” Roach said

“If I beat Pacquiao, I’d like to fight Marquez. Then next summer I’d love an open-air fight at Wembley Stadium against Floyd Mayweather, Jr,”

On Saturday, April 4th on Showtime Boxing, fans can tune in and catch the 140-pound title unification fight between Timothy Bradley and Kendall Holt. In a recent media release sent to us here at DoghouseBoxing, Bradley discussed his upcoming challenge againt Holt, as well as who he hopes to fight …

By STEVE LILLIS
RICKY HATTON is plotting a £100million ring farewell with two blockbuster British battles.
 
The Mancunian risks his IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight titles when he faces the world’s top fighter Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2.
 
If Hatton, 30, defeats the Filipino he reckons that will set up …

By NICK GIONGCO
As Manny Pacquiao tries his best to remain focused owing to the television mess that he is embroiled in, all is quiet and well over at Ricky Hatton’s UK training camp in Manchester.
Hatton has been relentless during his daily workout under the watchful eyes of Floyd Mayweather Sr. …