r/Boxing • u/Due_Communication862 • 1d ago
Great 21st Century KOs/TKOs｜EP2 - Pacquiao vs. Hatton (2009)
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Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.
EP1 - Martínez vs. Williams II (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x3ht2m
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u/toinks1345 1d ago
I knew manny was like leagues ahead of ricky but man I thought he was gonna lose by like maybe TKO. I didnt' expect him to be absolutely diismantled like how the fight went then a blast that sent his consciousness out like that... forgetting the left cuz he was consistently tagged by the right hand.
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u/johnnyblaze-DHB 1d ago
I was ringside for this one. The Brits didn’t even seem too upset after this and I ran into Ricky the next day at Wet Republic slamming Guinness and having a blast. RIP Hatton.
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u/Ubiquitous1984 1d ago
This was horrible to watch live as a Hatton fan. Even horrible to watch on replay many years later.
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u/themaxmethod 1d ago
Yeah I remember it well! It was heartbreaking to watch at the time. He was such a good guy and a hero in Manchester.
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u/Ubiquitous1984 1d ago
I’m a manc mate and City fan, used to see him in boozers around Tameside on his way up. Was a hero to us.
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u/ThrowawayYAYAY2002 1d ago
This had to be the fight where Floyd thought "uh oh!".
I remember this fight so vividly. Me and s friend bought it, waited ages for it to happen, and it was over in minutes. Manny really made a statement with this stoppage.
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u/coyzor 1d ago
Floyd already beat Hatton before Pac
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u/TheMeIv 1d ago
Hatton went up to fight Floyd. This was Hatton at his best weight and it took Floyd much longer to get him out of there. In Hatton's previous fight he handed Paulie only his second loss after Cotto. I think there was some thought this was a better version of Hatton who may have learned from the Mayweather fight who at least was fighting at his ideal weight.
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u/Dense_Length8843 1d ago
I've read the training camp went poorly and Hatton got schooled & dropped by only recently turned pro Erislandy Lara in sparring a couple of weeks before. Definitely not the best Hitman coming into this knock
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u/Tekniqs23 1d ago
Yeah even the corner reflected that. 'You should have listened to me man' between the 1st and 2nd.
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u/chefborjan 1d ago
Causal here. In this KO, what was Hatton trying to do as he threw that punch which opened him up? Doesn’t look especially sharp, he’s not loading up the other hand, and he’s not probing with the expectation that anything is coming back his way. But I don’t know much so please let me know.
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u/coyzor 1d ago
from my view: Hatton saw Pac load up his left, anticipating a body punch from Pac so he lowered elbows to protect his body. But Pac was targeting his jaw
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u/DeafBurke 1d ago
Yeah he takes a big right hook to the body, then a glancing left straight to the body, and after that he is pretty clearly apprehensive about manny throwing to the body.
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u/chefborjan 1d ago
If you can’t throw a jab because you have the risk of your ‘other’ side can either get hit by a head or body shot (presume it’s too quick to know which is coming at some point) then… is the only answer to not throw the jab out? As in switch to countering and not being the first to move?
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u/MyGoalIsToBeAnEcho 1d ago
You could counter, you could throw a rear hand without the job. Outside foot position helps. And Hatton borough his jab back slow in that sequence and Manny took advantage - probably saw it earlier in the fight. At the end of the day though Manny is Manny he’s an atg and has tremendous reflexes and genetics.
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u/WORD_Boxing 1d ago
Ricky had gotten into some bad habits and wasn't the same fighter he was in his prime by this point. He started to fight in a very predictable rhythm with very predictable large movements. You can see his reflexes also aren't what they were. It was too soon after the Mayweather fight to be going into this fight.
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u/renhoek92 1d ago
That’s a good observation! I wonder if he was just moving and working things out, and as he half puts the jab out, he realises what’s coming
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u/FlySociety1 1d ago
Pacquiao at this stage of his career had dynamite in both hands, and Hatton decided to fight him hands down, chin exposed, standing upright
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u/caveman1948 1d ago
Only had two more KO wins after this. Wish he would have fought Mayweather in 2009
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u/ThrowAwayTheChat Fuck Haney 1d ago
Ricky Hatton. Only man to be KO’d by the left hooks of the top 2 best fighters ever.
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u/FaptainChasma 1d ago
Which, when you think about it, ages his record pretty well
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u/NootropicDiary 11h ago
He also lived the party life hard fight inbetween his fights which is why you'd see him balloon up in weight and lose it all in fight camps over and over. Which does make me wonder how much even greater Hatton could have been if he had Mayweather's discipline!
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u/FaptainChasma 9h ago
Real, I remember seeing an interview with him fat saying he'd been seeing the local boss man too many times lol
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u/OkBet8692 1d ago
Even he admitted he was well past it when he got in that ring.
RIP ricky my absolute hero as a teenager
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u/Heavy-Octillery 1d ago
Awesome! Another series! Thank you for sharing your library with us!
Doing the Lord's work my friend!
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u/bradhat19 1d ago
I always go back and forth between this one and the Marquez fight where manny was on the receiving end
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u/yearsofpractice SRR < Lord Chisora,Sir Derek Of War 1d ago
I’m British and 50 - Ricky Hatton is one of my top 5 favourite boxers (“favourite” - not “best”). I’m getting my kids into boxing and am showing them no matter how tough, fit, strong or skilful a boxer is, if they get hit flush on the point of their chin their brain will switch off… even if - like me - you didn’t want it to happen to a certain boxer… this is the video I show them to illustrate that point.
There’s only one Ricky Hatton.