[Tony2005]

Tonight around 3am on Sky pay per view or bbc radio 5 live.

Hatton one of the most popular fighters to ever come out of England takes on Manny Paquiao thought of in boxing circles as the best pound for pound fighter in the world today....

Hatton only beaten once against Floyd Mayweather 17 months ago is confident of victory in a fight made at the weight he has boxed at most of his career.

Is Hatton really that good when stepped up into the very highest class ?

My opinion is that hes not quite good enough to handle the very best and although he beat a legend in Kosta Tsyu i believe Tsyu's best days were well behind him and the Hatton camp got their timing right in taking on the champ when they did.

A lot of Hattons opponents over the last three or four years havnt really been the top guys and when he did step up to fight Mayweather it was very one sided until the finish in round 10......

The Paqman has mixed in the real top class and last time out beat Oscar Dela Hoya in a fight where the experts said Paqman would be too small to deal with the bigger man.......Paquiao stopped Dela Hoya late on after a very one sided affair.

How do i see this fight going....?

Although Hatton will be the bigger man come fight time i dont see this being the big advantage many people think.

Hatton will try to work the body as both defeats suffered by Paquiao have come by body punches forcing stoppages but i dont see Hatton being quick enough and the work rate of The Pqcman will be the dividing factor in this.

Hatton will be dangerous for the first four or five rounds but i can see Pacman dealing with this and taking over the fight by half way to either win by a unanimus points decision or even a late stopage somewhere between rounds 10 to 12......

But whatever the result it looks like being another great night of boxing and im sure some twist and turns along the way........