Filipino "Pac Man" Destroys English "Hitman"
Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao annihilated Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton Saturday night to capture both the light welterweight IBO and The Ringchampionships at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 knockouts) knocked Hatton (45-2, 32 knockouts) down to the canvas twice in the first round before he finished the decided mismatch with a vicious left hand to “The Hitman’s” temple at 2:59 of the second round.
"I didn't have to count," Referee Kenny Bayless said after he took one glance at Hatton, 30, the battered 2005 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year.
"I'm surprised the fight was so easy," admitted Pacquiao, 30, who became the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight classes. "He was wide open for the right hook. I knew he would be looking for my left."
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