Word: hatton
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...along with the Celtics game. Manny Pacquiao, the pride of the Phillipines, is currently considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the game right now, after his victories over Oscar "Golden Boy" De La Hoya and arch rival Juan Manuel Marquez. The underdog in this fight, Ricky Hatton, pride of Britain, has endured legions of fans with his brawler-style and charisma in the ring. He's been a rising star in boxing, but needs to prove he's more than just a fluke after being absolutely obliterated by previous pound-for-pound king "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather...
...decided today was a great day to announce that he's coming out of retirement to fight Marquez. A victory in the match today almost guarantees a big-time fight, and a huge payday with Floyd sometime early next year. Most pundits will tell you Pacquiao should dispatch Hatton easily, and Mayweather will be the real challenge, but Hatton has more than a puncher's chance...
...unless you love this stuff, you're probably bored. There aren't too many non-sports reasons to watch the fight...unless you just really enjoy seeing people beat the crap out of each other. FlyBy would mention its some pretty cut men at work, but neither Pacquiao or Hatton are very attractive. Sorry...
...best British fighter we've ever had." - Fellow boxer Ricky Hatton, BBC Radio Wales...
...monster as for man. Grendel is a horror, a plague, to Hrothgar's kingdom, but he seems plaintive, lonely, in his cave. He complains to his mother in some Scandivanian tongue, as if Gollum had shown up in a Bergman film. Up close he has the physiognomy of Rondo Hatton, the actor whose acromegalic face got him roles as villains in ?40s mysteries and horror films. Grendel too seems typecast for villainy, but maybe the humans just don't understand how close he is to them. Why, they might...