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Pacquiao too good for Hatton
By Tim Dahlberg
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 04 - 05 - 2009

Manny Pacquiao enhanced his claim to being the world's best pound-for-pound boxer with a second-round knockout of Ricky Hatton on Saturday.
Coming off an overwhelming win over Oscar de la Hoya, the Filipino was even better against Hatton, knocking him down twice in the first round before stopping him with a devastating left hand in the light welterweight bout.
Referee Kenny Bayless took one look at Hatton and declared the fight over at 2:59 of the round.
“I didn't have to count,” Bayless said.
Pacquiao needed less than half-a-round to figure out the onrushing Hatton, hitting him with a flurry of punches midway through the first round before putting him down for the first time with a right hook to the head. Hatton got up at the count of eight but Pacquiao landed another flurry and dropped him again just before the end of the round.
Hatton attempted to carry the fight to Pacquiao in the second round but was mostly ineffective as Pacquiao sized him up for a big punch. It finally came at the end of the round when he landed a left cross.
“I'm surprised the fight was so easy,” Pacquiao said. “He was wide open for the right hook. I knew he would be looking for my left.”
Pacquiao was a favorite to win, but few thought Hatton would go easily. His only previous loss came when he was stopped in the 10th round by Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he built a career and a reputation as a tough and aggressive fighter who wore his opponents down.
But he stood no chance against Pacquiao, whose punches came straight down the middle and landed with increasing frequency as the fight went on.
“I was just doing my job,” said Pacquiao, who is a national hero in the Philippines. “I always try to do my best in the ring.”
Pacquiao's best on this night quickly quieted a boisterous crowd of 16,262 at the MGM Grand arena, many of whom came over from England to sing and chant Hatton's praises.
They didn't even get a chance to warm up, though, before Hatton was on the canvas for the first time of the night.
“The fight was no surprise to me,” Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, said. “We know he always pumps his hands before he throws a punch. He's a sucker for the right hook.”
Hatton finally rose from the canvas after several minutes as doctors tended to him and Pacquiao's corner celebrated.
He walked from the ring with a wry grin on his face, while his fans serenaded him with one last verse of “Winter Wonderland.”
On the same day Mayweather announced his return to the ring with a July 18 fight against Juan Manuel Marquez,
Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 knockouts) earned $12 million for the fight, while Hatton (45-2) was paid $8 million.
On the undercard, Mexico's Humberto Soto knocked Benoit Gaudet of Canada down early in the ninth round and then stopped him with a flurry of punches to retain his WBC super featherweight title.


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