This May 2, 2009 will be a date to witness Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton fight. Everybody is surely excited to watch this since both fighters are the best. The question whether who among the best is really the best will be reckoned this on May 2009.
I should say that Hatton displays a strong potential to win the fight as his physical attributes would tell. Experience wise cannot be discounted too since he never lost any fight in his entire career so far. He must have the attributes of a winning fighting machine.
What Manny Pacquiao displays however is his champion spirit. He not only does have the spirit to win the fight but also has the drive to go beyond what he can deliver. If Hatton desires to take away the pound for pound title from Manny Pacquiao, then he can always take it, Manny cares much of the title as well but he has something biggerr in mind which far beyond what the title can offer anyway. What I am saying here is that, hatton looks at this coming May fight to be his 100%, Manny on the other hand already had the 100% done and is now moving forward to his 200%.
It is different when one sets his goal to something that is already at hand rather than setting a goal which still reachable. The fights that Manny faced were the rungs to his ladder in achieving what his ultimate goal would be. We cannot tell his what his final goals are for now, because only he can determine that, unless he wants to share it us. One obvious goal that Manny wants to achieve beyond his fights is his desire to help his countrymen. Another obvious desire that Manny has which provides him the edge against his opponents is winning for the glory of his countrymen. There many motivating factors that contributes to the success of Manny which I believe will give his opponents the hardest time to defeat him.
If there is any motivation that Hatton can take to win this fight against Manny is the fact that Manny wouldnt look at the pound for pound so much as he used to desire for it in the past; because after this fight, Manny will just be proceeding to achieve his next objective which is to become not only a winning icon but also the champion whose heart is for the people.
Shifting paradigm may be the best tool Hatton can take this time to have winning edge against Manny. If he keeps his world revolving around winning the pound for pound and becoming great in boxing, then Manny will just swallow him alive.
Good luck for both of them!
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