There is every sign that Manny Pacquiao could fight Rick Hatton next year. Having met Manny at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles last month on a press trip to see Amir Khan at work, I have the feeling that if he came to the UK, he would become hugely popular with British fight fans. Maybe even as popular as Hatton.
What's not to admire about Pacquiao ?
I somehow doubt there would be the same insulting, football-fan style chants aimed at Pacquiao, which are often aimed at other 'away' fighters, as we have seen recently with Ricky Hatton against Floyd Mayweather, Joe Calzaghe against Bernard Hopkins, and even on Saturday night in Nottingham when Carl Froch fought Canadian Jean Pascal for the WBC super-middleweight title.
There is something very special about the man - a humility which always strikes a chord with British fans.
source: telegraph.co.uk
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