HATTON CAN PULL THE TRIGGER, BUT CAN HE HIT THE TARGET?

PhilBoxing.com

No less than Manny Pacquiao’s “boxing father” coach and trainer Freddie Roach proclaimed that Ricky Hatton “can pull the trigger.” Unlike the last Pacman foe, the Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya, whom Roach precisely predicted as the boxer who “can’t pull the trigger anymore.”

Pulling the trigger means that the boxer can still throw those stinging punches that could wane the opponent and those accurate blows that could antagonize the adversary. In shooting though, it’s not only pulling the trigger, but hitting the bull’s eye on the target which matters most.

In boxing, hitting the foe with a rock-hard punch that could send him to dreamland or connecting series of jabs and fists that could weaken his foe’s defenses are the fighter’s main goal. Target his face and body and if he hit his aims perfectly then it brings great hazard and eventually downfall to the opponent. read more