The Hurt Business: Ricky Hatton’s Slim Chances Against Manny Pacquiao

By Daniel “Tex” Cohen

Obnoxious, overly loyal boxing fanatics with favorite fighters located in the center of their pupils often bother boxing journalists with insane, silly declarations and off the cuff insults. Whenever I write that Juan Manuel Marquez should have at least one victory over Manny Pacquiao, some Pacman fan takes an hour and a half to bang out some stupid, misspelled e-mail lambasting me for my opinion. I take it as a sign of why Pacquiao is a popular fighter and a pitiful politician. When your biggest supporters are emotionally driven and have trouble stringing together sentences, your socio-political movement is bound to suffer.

These fans are hardly unique. Mayweather supporters will never admit that he simply should have lost against Jose Luis Castillo and has avoided some of the best welterweights of the last five years. Oscar De La Hoya lovers never point to their man as overrated, and certainly never admit that he should have lost against a talented but non-commercial Felix Sturm. read more