Pacquiao-Hatton will be hard put to match Marquez-Diaz in fight-of-year sweepstakes

by Colin Seymour

The way Juan Manuel Marquez overcame Juan Diaz amid all kinds of adversity Saturday in their lightweight showdown has to make that the best candidate in sight for fight of the year.

Ricky Hatton has never been in a fight as good as Marquez-Diaz, and that includes his ugly signature win over Kostya Tszyu in 2005. He’ll be grabbing and gouging Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a manner, or lack thereof, that will preclude that fight’s rising to the aesthetic levels of Marquez-Diaz. read more