I am not a boxing fan and I don’t have HBO, but I am really intrigued by this fight. Does anyone know of a website that will have realtime commentary?
I was at the MGM Grand the night of the Oscar De La Hoya-Bernard Hopkins fight in 2004 and it was one of the most electric (and scary) environments I’ve ever been in. I’ve never again seen the enormous wads of cash or the tremendous eye candy anywhere since then.
OK. I found this - http://teampilipinas.info/2009/05/pacquiao-vs-hatton-live-stream.html
Whoa
Holy crap I hope he’s OK.
A slower ,aggressive fighter wades in . It does not usually end well. Fights are about styles. Hatton does not have the right style for a quick,fast handed,hard hitter. This will knock Hatton down the lists. Too bad ,I liked his fights.
Hell, it should end his career (not least for the sake of his health - he did not look in a good way at the end). But yeah, it’s hard to believe he thought he could win like that. Completely bonkers fight to watch - you could see within seconds that Hatton’s tactics were essentially kamikaze. Boxing’s such an odd sport; it’s hard to think of any other top-level sporting event where one side can come in with a game plan so completely and utterly flawed.
You have to say Pacquiao vs. Mayweather would be absolutely mouthwatering, though. To be honest I was disappointed that it didn’t happen straight away after Pacquiao/de la Hoya, but a warm-up fight for Mayweather probably is for the best.