Pacquiao to face an ‘aggressive, defensive, technical' Hatton

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Normally you wouldn’t associate Ricky “Hitman" Hatton with all three adjectives, the Mancunian known more for being a slugger than a boxer.

But the 30-year-old fighter claimed he would display all these traits on May 2 when he defends his International Boxing Organization and Ring Magazine world junior welterweight title against pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

"I think people are used to me, that sight of Ricky Hatton, which they still get. And I'm aggressive but I'm also technical as well. You've seen the boxing side of Ricky Hatton now, and that's going to stand me in good stead. I'm being aggressive and defensive and technical at the same time now," Hatton was quoted by the Sporting Life. read more