Post Colonial
“The left hand of doom”
Couldn’t crash tonight without posting something more than 140 characters.
My prediction was wrong. I had it at the 9th round by stoppage due to a bloodied up Hatton. A prediction that even Lampley had made. Instead Pacquiao ended it within the second round. 5 minutes and 59 seconds to be exact. A knock-out that had an astonished Jay-Z get up from his seat.
I was blown away by the performance. But the fight left no doubt the power that Pacquiao possesses. This was at Hatton’s prime, undefeated weight class, without ballooning to the notrious Ricky “Fatton” status pre-fight.
Now the quest is onto Mayweather, who is trying to reclaim his P4P status. I don’t question Mayweather’s ability to take out Marquez, but I question how quickly, cause it won’t be easy for him. If Pacquiao has his game plan on point, and Money May, who took 10 rounds to take down a Hatton who fought at an unatural weight class, struggles against Marquez, then we will further solidify Pacquiao’s historical P4P status. Not to mention that Hatton was defeated under the tutilage of the same trainers who will likely continue to train Mayweather.
Arum and many say we don’t know what Pacquiao’s true weight class is. In addition to Mayweather, talks have been made against Cotto. This fight that would pit brothers of Spanish/American colonization. We pushing him too far? We will see.
Back to the fight: even with Hatton’s Manchester drums and brass instruments blasting away, Manny didn’t need the kulintang ensemble to help him out. Hatton’s crew was better off saving their energy to play “Taps”.
-Ninoy Brown
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:11 am
Omg We Were the loudest in our neighborhood. I thought by round 6 he would have Hatton. My dad thought by round 4 he would have him. So damn quick.
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
omg you literally took the title of your entry right out of my head. are you professor x?
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Props to Freddie, too. He called it for a 3-rounder. Manny can adapt to so many styles, it makes his speed so much more a threat. This makes me more confident for a probable Manny-Floyd ticket.
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Floyd’s pops dont train Money Mayweather though my main man. His uncle Roger has trained him since forever cuz he don’t like his dad at all. Unless they finally buried the hatchet since his dad was the one that said mayweather was gonna come back. I cant wait to see how marquez fights him though.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Don’t count out marquez….
he might rain on the pacman-money parade….
May 4th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Not counting out Marquez cause he’s good at adjusting his steez. It won’t be a cakewalk for May, but I’d still have my money on him. I know Sr doesn’t train Jr, but Roger helped out with Hatton and Sr comes in and help Roger every now and then. I also forgot that Roach trained De La Hoya, and the May team got it, albeit a debatable win.
Now word has it that Moseley is steppin into the picture cause a fight with Mayweather wont happen for a while. Moseley is old, but he’s a lot bigger, beat Margarito, and was constantly ducked by Mayweather. It’ll probably be at a catch weight of 143, but still. I think it’s dope that Pacquiao is willing to take on any fights that come his way, but as a fan, it’s anxiety inducing.
There’s also talks of Cotto.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
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May 7th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I saw Jay-Z too..when Manny knocked Hatton’s ass out and Jay-Z stood up and said “ooo” with a big “O”-shaped mouth.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
just givin love homie, good seein your stuff up matt. read your article on racewire, via wiretap. i intern for racewire actually, hah. small world.
i had a pacman ko in the 8th…was keepin score too…useless.
May 14th, 2009 at 7:29 am
So i finally saw the “fight”…
Damnz…
Pac is a baaaaadddd man…