Manny Pacquiao will assume the role of Clark Kent when he meets Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas.
Hatton trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. told Doug Fischer of The Ring magazine’s online edition on Wednesday that the British banger’s knack for throwing body blows will be “Pacquiao’s kryptonite.”
For Hatton to improve on his chances of scoring an upset at the MGM Grand, he will have to get through Pacquiao’s first line of defense.
“I have to be aggressive because Pacquiao is aggressive. Everyone pulls away from him and that’s when he catches him. I hope to move in on him,” said Hatton, who set up camp in Las Vegas over the weekend after six weeks of hard training in Manchester.
”Floyd is teaching me to use my jab and to move my head as I come forward, which will help me get inside without getting caught, but once I’m there it will be the old Ricky that breaks (Pacquiao) down,” said Hatton, who is a 2-1 underdog.
The final push of Hatton’s training will be supervised by Mayweather Sr. and assistant Lee Beard and the fighter’s agent, Paul Speak, stressed that they have “acclimatized” to the desert weather.
Speak said “everything is going well” and that “Ricky's younger brother Matthew will fly out to join the camp soon.”
Since turning professional in 1995, Pacquiao has been stopped twice — by countryman Rustico Torrecampo with a head blow — and by Medgoen 3K Battery of Thailand with a right to the ribcage when Pacquiao lost the World Boxing Council flyweight title on the scales for failing to meet the 112-lb limit.
Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico had also hurt Pacquiao with a body shot in their rematch last year, making Team Hatton more than confident of getting the job done in sensational fashion.
Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach said his fighter will have to stay away from the ropes since Hatton is a devil when given the chance to pound away when his man is pinned on the ropes.
Pacquiao is making his debut at 140 lbs, a weight class that Hatton considers as his territory.
Source: mb.com.ph
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