Pacquiao don't need a rest day
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/28/2009 — MANILA, Philippines - It was supposed to be a rest day for Manny Pacquiao, but the Filipino ring icon still found a way to work and sweat out. Despite strict orders from his trainers not to do strenuous physical activities on a Sunday, the 30-year old southpaw got up early in the morning ...

Weight not an issue for Pacman?
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/24/2009 — MANILA, Philippines – Unlike before, weight would not be an issue for Manny Pacquiao this time. Trainer Freddie Roach said the “Pacman" currently weigh 146 pounds Thursday, giving him just enough leeway to shed the extra weight in time for his International Boxing Organization (IBO) ...

Don't play into Hitman hands, Pacman told
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/28/2009 — HOLLYWOOD – There’s only one way Manny Pacquiao could lose this fight, and Bob Arum, the master promoter, knows how. “I’m not saying he would lose but he could lose,” said the chief of Top Rank Promotions, who went on to say how Pacquiao, boxing’s pound-for-pound champion, could end up as ...

Grand welcome awaits Pacquiao
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 5/5/2009 — A ticker tape parade in the city of Manila, a grand welcome in Mindanao and a possible unprecedented military promotion await newly crowned International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao upon his return to the country on Friday. Pacquiao’s hometown of ...

The Best Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton Preview: Class is king
boxiana.blogspot.com 5/1/2009 — Do you remember the scene in Don’t Look Back when Donovan and Bob Dylan exchange songs in the hotel room? The first time I watched it I saw it as a competition, a lesson taught to the younger Donovan by the king; and watching it today there still ...

Pacman in homestretch of training for Hitman bout
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/23/2009 — MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao was in a lighthearted mood Tuesday when he entered the final phase of his sparring at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles, California. And for someone who knows him for so long, that means just one thing – the “Pacman" is all set and ready against Ricky ...

Ricky Hattons vs. Manny Pacquiao Betting Preview
bankrollsports.com 4/30/2009 — The boxing world will take center stage once again this Saturday night with the most anticipated fight of 2009 between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton. The battle will take place at the famous MGM Grand Gardens Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The junior welter-weight bout promises ...

Pacman hits Las Vegas ready for winning
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/29/2009 — LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao is the last man on earth to engage himself in a word war. And this time is no exception, even as his trainer, Freddie Roach, and Ricky Hatton’s trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., have traded barbs before the press, often times catching the soft-spoken, kind-hearted ...

Pacman throws 1st ceremonial pitch at Giants game
manny-pacquiao-vs-ricky-hatton-boxing.blogspot.com 4/23/2009 — HOLLYWOOD – Manny Pacquiao, the person and the bobblehead doll, was all over the ballpark. Boxing’s pound-for-pound champion threw the ceremonial pitch for the Giants-Padres baseball match at the AT&T Park in San Francisco Tuesday, and drew as much attention as he does in the boxing ...

The Unparalleled Manny Pacquiao
bloodyelbow.com 5/3/2009 — Hatton gets positively stuck with one of the most brilliant punches I've ever seen by the incomperable Pacquiao : Hatton stills comes out aggressive. Hatton standing up too straight. Manny landing with the right hook. Pac Man now backing him up again. Pac Man is extremely accurate. Pac Man ...

Trainers bring their own trash talk to Pacquaio-Hatton bout — USATODAY.com Boxing - Top Stories 4/27/2009
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton will put on the gloves and trade punches in the biggest fight of the year Saturday. Their trainers, ...

Ricky Hatton needs to use science, not savagery, against Manny Pacquiao — L.A. Times - Boxing 4/27/2009
That's the advice he gets from fellow fighter David Diaz, who knows first-hand that trading blows with Pacquiao doesn't work. > David Diaz has a strange ...

Hatton diary: True to my roots (Yahoo! Sports) — Yahoo! Sports - Boxing News 4/28/2009
Editor's note: This is the third of four diary entries, exclusive to Yahoo! Sports, from Ricky Hatton, the No.

Pacquiao-Hatton clash to be test of wills — FOXSports.com News for MMA/Boxing 4/28/2009
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton both love to push the action and aren't comfortable going backward. Something must give Saturday.

Hatton puts his rep, title on line against Pacquiao — USATODAY.com Boxing - Top Stories 4/29/2009
Few people in boxing ever took Ricky Hatton seriously.