Hatton’s impatience will be his downfall – Roach

LAS VEGAS — Ricky Hatton’s style of fighting back hard when hit will be his downfall come Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino fighter’s trainer Freddie Roach said on Monday.

“He (Hatton) is not a patient fighter,” said Roach after presiding over Pacquiao’s final workout in Los Angeles. “(Hatton trainer Floyd) Mayweather will try to tell him to box but as soon as Hatton gets hit, he will come forward just like what he’s trained to do and lives to do all his life.”

And that’s when Pacquiao’s brilliance will come to play.

“He will walk into combinations until he gets knocked out,” said Roach, who actually has a vision of what will happen in the opening round.”

“In the first round, I see Manny boxing this guy and frustrate him and I’m sure he (Hatton) won’t find us, and he will take chances and swing from far away. No problem.”

Still, Roach believes Hatton will answer the bell armed to the teeth but it won’t be enough to turn the tables around.

“I’m sure he (Hatton) is also 100 percent in condition and he’s very, very confident. He has the cockiest trainer in the world. He (Mayweather) thinks it’s all about him but it’s all about Manny Pacquiao and the reason why we will win it is because I have the better fighter. There’s nothing to do with the trainers.”

Source: http://mb.com.ph/articles/204078/hatton-s-impatience-will-be-his-downfall-roach

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