For now a calm climate is
set for the impending Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao super fight. However, on the
horizon, a dark and powerful storm full of electricity is waiting to strike.
When fight night finally arrives, the age old question of what happens when an
unstoppable object meets an unmovable force will be answered.
Many fights have promise of
being great but few deliver. I have a feeling we will not be disappointed with
this one. Both Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao always roll deep with fans
making the crowd for this showdown worth the price of admission in itself. The MGM arena can
unbolt the seats and throw them away for this fight because they won’t be used
once the bell rings. Every super fight of the past decade has been billed
-either on paper or on people's minds- as the fight that saves boxing. A few
years back Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. brought that burden into
the ring with them. it was laid upon them to save boxing. Truth is boxing
doesn’t need saving, it needs more fights like Hatton vs Pacquaio.
As heavily anticipated as
the De La Hoya vs Mayweather was, this upcoming fight simply has a completely
different feel to it. It won’t be a chess match or a match-up of skills. This
fight comes down to two things, toughness and balls, and luckily for us both
men will bring them into the ring. Now don’t get me wrong, both Ricky Hatton
and Manny Pacquiao have acquired great skills in their art. It’s just that
their brush paints a more brutal picture than others. I might be getting a bit
carried away with the fight still a little more than two months away, but how
can you not be excited about this fight?
Most of us began playing the
fight out in our heads as soon as the ink dried and the fight was announced.
Will the naturally bigger Hatton be able to bully and work his thumping hooks
to the head and body of Manny Pacquiao? Perhaps it will be Pacquiao’s speed
and straight left hand that will make the difference.
On May 2nd, flesh
will be bruised and battered and bodies will hit the canvas. Who’s arm will be
raised in victory and which head will hang in defeat? We ask you, the fans, for
your vote.