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Originally Posted by fliptuner
Not much to say for Pacquiao's performance - it pretty much spoke for itself. Complete domination.
After Hatton got nailed and the cheering subsided, a genuine feeling of concern came over my friends and I as he laid there, in what seemed almost seizure like. He definately got his pebbles rattled in a big way. In the replays, you could just see the shockwave go from his chin through his whole head. No doubt he's got a concussion.
What I found interesting was that his neck didn't twist like you normally see when a fighter gets tagged like that. It was like his neck was tensed up and most of the power from the hook got absorbed by his head/brain. Looked pretty freaky in slo-mo.
I was actually pretty surprised that the Vegas line on this fight was only 270 for Pacquiao.
I really hope things get better for Freddy Roach - he wasn't looking too good in his interview. He's turned Pacquiao from a one handed fighter to what he is today. Whatever he's doing with Pacman is working. Hopefully their successful partnership can continue for a long time.
BTW anyone see Batista in Pacquiao's entourage.  |
I think that's the whole point of that punch, the perfect area to hit someone to knock them down, the chin has no parts that can use to help absorb the hit and so the head takes almost all the punishment and your legs would just buckle and you drop ... it was actually very painful to watch in slo mo cause you can see the impact and how hard that punch actually was ... Roach is frickin like the Ross Brawn of boxing right now, perfect strategy for each fighter pacman is facing ... Hatton I thought was going to come out a bit more defensive but instead came out just swinging wildly (as Roach predicted, the british announcers laughed at him for saying how it was going to be a KO in 3 Rounds) ... all those hits on him was cause he was just too slow and never protected himself ... kinda like that chocolate milk commercial where the basketball player was so much faster than everyone else ... Hatton is done in the sport and he deserves his retirement and can enjoy his life with his family now, no need to prove anything else, he was a champ, he got beat by a champ and not some lucky punk ...
oh and yah how can you not see him ... Batista was frickin massive ... and wearing white did not help him look any smaller ... but seriously ... those pants were way too tight to be comfy ...