Pacquiao vs. Hatton.

Manny Pacquiao’s astounding two-round shortwork of the supposedly bigger, stronger and meaner Ricky Hatton was actually Pacman’s shortest winning match since his one-round stoppage of his challenger for the IBF super bantamweight crown back in 2002.

Guns ablaze, the 30-year-old Pacquiao stunned Hatton with powerful right and left hooks all throughout, sending the Hitman down twice in the first and putting him to sleep in the fateful second.

The shortened “Battle of East and West" megafight lasted a total of five minutes and 59 seconds, Pacquiao’s quickest work since annihilating Thai Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym in only 2:46 to retain the 122-lb strap seven years back.

Throughout his career, the hard-hitter from General Santos City had finished off six of his foes within a round while seven others fell in two, including Hatton for the IBO light welterweight title, Jorge Elicier Julio for the IBF superbantam belt, and Reynante Jamili for the WBC International superbantam strap.

Pacquiao’s shortest demolition of a marquee fighter came against Mexican legend Erik “El Terible" Morales, who went down at the 2:57 mark of the third in their 2006 superfeatherweight gig.
Against Hatton last Saturday in Las Vegas (Sunday in Manila) Pacquiao was probably at his meanest in years.

Even before the protagonists climbed the ring, trainer Freddie Roach said a KO win within three rounds was inevitable for the Filipino superstar.

How come, Freddie?

Hatton, he said, had an onrushing style and a glaring doughnut hole on the defense – a perfect fit for his faster ward.

“Everytime Ricky throws his left hand, he pulls it back, he cocks it and he’s wide open for a short right hook in the inside from a southpaw stance," Roach said in a post-fight interview posted at Skysports.com.

“We worked on that everyday in the gym, the timing of every shot and it just worked beautifully," he added.

And worked beautifully it really did.

With Pacquiao landing his newly-developed right hooks to set up his vicious lefts, the Filipino pound for pound king took the lights out of Hatton with a stunning one-punch TKO in the second round.

The all-Pacquiao show started right at the opening bell when he sent Hatton to the canvas not once but twice, the first with a left-right-left combo and the next with a jarring right just before the first canto ended.

It was essentially over from there, if you ask Roach.

“I knew it’s over because Ricky doesn’t have the ability to adjust. He fights the same way over and over again. I watch him (on video) for 2-1/2 months, I knew him pretty well," he said.

He actually predicted a three-round KO, a round more than how long the actual fight lasted but Roach had no complaints. After all, it was still the same result; his pupil just added extra sugar coating to an already sweet triumph.

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