Manny Pacquiao completely destroyed Ricky Hatton's dream of taking the Pound-4-Pound crown from him by sending the Mancunian slugger into his "Wonderland" in a lopsided fight amid the boisterous singing by Ricky's supporters of his fight song, There's Only One Ricky Hatton soaring over the air at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Pacman never gave the Hitman a chance right at the opening bell as he peppered him with vicious left and right hooks that hit their target which in this case is Hatton's face and chin. The Pride of Manchester went down twice under the barrage of blows in the first round and was saved by the bell from further damage.
It was only a matter of time as Pacquiao came out smoking in the second round as he brilliantly box the now bewildered opponent with uncanny accuracy of his punches and excellent defense.
The end came with just seconds left in the round when the Filipino fighter landed a wicked left hook flush to Hatton's chin.
Hatton was knocked out cold and was out even before his body touched the canvas. He was unconcious for a considerable amount of time while his corner and the ringside physician tried frantically to attend to him while Pacquiao quietly went to his corner knelt and prayed.
It was a display of devastating power, accuracy and explosion as well as ring generalship by Manny Pacquiao that left without a doubt that he is the King of the Boxing World.
Mabuhay Ka MANNY!
NOTE: But the sweetest of it all was because I correctly predicted the outcome that Manny will beat the lights out of Hatton right from the opening bell and will eventually pulverize him in the Second Round.
This is the time that I wish I was a gambling man for I could have made a killing in the prize fight. But winning the bragging rights against both my Filipino and American friends alike who toed the lines of several "boxing experts" about how the fight will end is enough consolation.
I posted my prediction earlier in my previous entry in this blog. :)
Let's re-live the classic fight one more time-
The Battle of East & West Undercard
(W) Humberto Soto vs. Benoit Guadet
(W) Daniel Jacobs vs. Michael Walker
(W) Matt Korobov vs. Rodrigo Aguilar
(W) Erislandy Lara vs. Chris Gray
(W) Matthew Hatton vs. Ernesto Zepeda
(W) Mike Alvarado vs. Joaquin Gallardo
(W) Abner Mares vs. Jonathan Perez
(W) Bernabe Concepcion vs. Yogli Herrera
(W) Joe Murray vs. Misael Nunez
(W) Omar Chavez vs. Tyler Ziolowski
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