Pac-Man just ate my lunch

Take two, so since the last entry was completely political here is a rant all things sports. I happen to love all things combat sports. I have been watching replays of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton fight for the past 23 hours trying to comprehend what I was seeing. Hatton who is by no means a chump or bad fighter gets completely embarrassed. For those that have not seen it find it by “legal” means (should read pirated video is as easy as finding real Somali pirates these days) and watch the mastery. I had to watch the fight three times to figure out if Hatton landed a single punch in the first round. On the second knock down of Hatton Pacquiao actually knocks Hatton down with a punch while simultaneously completely ducking Hatton’s salvo. Simply amazing skill, if you would like an idea the ability it takes to perform that maneuver just try and get out of watching any of Kate Hudson’s last 5 cinematic endeavors with the Mrs. while watching Tombstone for the tenth time. Manny then follows that knock down by punching Hatton’s hand so hard it hits him in the face and puts him down again. Truly awesome power, the only other time I remember seeing anything like that was Mike Tyson knocking out Marvis Frazier and breaking his jaw. Poor Marvis Frazier the Macaulay Culkin of boxing. Smokin Joe turned out to be about as good at managing a career as he was at managing real-estate. (Google it, It’s a fair to middlin joke)
But I digress, with that kind of skill and power you have to look at the Pac-Man as one of the greatest fighters of our time if not of all time. He has better movement than Ali, better power than Tyson (for his size), and at least as technique as Sugar Ray Robinson. You have to rank Pacquiao as one of the unparalleled kings of his sport.