If Ricky Hatton were serious about bouncing back from his loss to Manny Pacquiao, he should forget about Freddy Roach and start training with Cachupoy and Don Pepot.

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The whole world was abuzz after Manny Pacquiao's devastating knockout of Ricky Hatton this weekend, but his true victory might have come hours before. CNN International is reporting that the pay-per-view buyrates for the Pacquiao-Hatton megafight is expected to be between 1.6 to 2 million.

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I gotta admit, I like Ricky Hatton. He's got a sense of humor about himself--he once entered the ring in a fat suit as a nod to his detractors who call him Ricky Fatton--and throughout the build-up to his fight against Manny Pacquiao, he carried himself with humility and grace that his hooligan fans never bother to show. He's also smart and articulate, and with his popularity, he has been a good ambassador for boxing all these years.

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Fire Quinito gathers all the essential reading after Manny Pacquiao's sensational second-round knockout of Ricky Hatton, so you can save time to gawk at Hayden Panettiere's sexy geek chic get-up at the Star Trek premiere.

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Manny Pacquiao beat the living daylights out of Redford White Ricky Hatton in the second round of their megafight in what was the worst beatdown of the British since the early days of World War II. Hatton, who had previously lost only once in his career, tried to take the fight to Pacquiao early, but a lightning right hook sent the British bad boy down midway through the first. Another barrage near the ropes late in the round sent Hatton once more to the canvas, and the Pacman finished off the Hitman in the second round with a picture-perfect left hook.

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Fire Quinito gathers all the essential reading for the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton superfight, to save you time to gush at how beautiful and solemn Juday and Ryan's secret wedding was.


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Now that's what Twitter is for! Brian Viloria had a series of very interesting tweets today about his dinner with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.

Stuff, for example, like what Arum really thinks about Hatton's chances tomorrow versus Pacquiao: "Manny should destroy Hatton... worse than Diaz... Even worse than De La Hoya."

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