Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7 on HBO: Episode 1

by Luke Thomas on Apr 13, 2009 12:30 PM EDT in News Comment 30 comments

Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook thinks there's more reason to be optimistic about this mini-series after some recent lackluster editions:

I'm looking for Floyd Sr. to spice this series up after the rather dull back-to-back 24/7s that were Calzaghe-Jones (a complete bore, really) and Oscar-Manny (Oscar's fakeness rang out like a church bell all over the show). Hatton is entertaining, Floyd is entertaining, Manny is entertaining, and Freddie's entertaining. The main four are all good. They're no Roger, but who is?

Part two after the jump.

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I am so amped up for this fight but now im just going crazy counting the days.Mayweather Sr is the man

by RealIrish on Apr 13, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Man I cant wait for WAMMA to get their 24/7 style show going!!!

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Apr 13, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

by RealIrish on Apr 13, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's never a lackluster edition of 24/7.

My favorite television show. Period. Whatever production company does these, UFC should hire them, because that shit they did with GSP and BJ in no way compared.

Great drama, great storylines, great music, great production value.

Best thing on television, bar none, and putting Floyd Sr. and Roach in the same one is a seizure-inducing level of awesomeness.

First episode did not disappoint. Adding in Moorer and his inflated and unjustified ego is just going to up the hilarity quotient.

Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion

by The Kittitas Kid on Apr 13, 2009 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

^this

24/7 is waaay better t han primetime. maybe it’s a budget thing but …it feels so much more epic.

by rainmaker6 on Apr 14, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoever does NFL films

should make one of these

they make the 08 lions look fun to watch

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Apr 13, 2009 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dude...

the ’08 Lions WERE fun to watch.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 13, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i realized as soon as i said it

how about the 08 browns? not bad to the point of fun, just bad

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Apr 13, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

One thing you do not want to hear from your corner is “we will get through this”!!!!!!
Personally he should have fired him after the kosta tszyu fight

by RealIrish on Apr 13, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“Best of all time, not this time,that time,pat-time,full-time” Gotta love Sr

by RealIrish on Apr 13, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw this last night. Damn it was good and it did its job. I want to order this PPV already!

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 13, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lets say Hatton wins this fight (which I think is very pluasable). Floyd Jr. may come out of retirement soon maybee. Hatton vs. Floyd Jr. would be such an epic storyline. especially since Hatton is being trained by his opponents father (what a twist of fate).

by Bandaka on Apr 13, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I dunno, the first fight wasn’t particularly close as I recall.

by Chris Nelson on Apr 13, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it wasn’t close, at all. I ordered it just because I wanted to see PBF lose. =/ lol

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 13, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lets say Hatton wins this fight (which I think is very pluasable).

That’s actually not at all plausible.

Did you want me to read the rest of your post anyway?

Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion

by The Kittitas Kid on Apr 13, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So do you have any boxer on the planet that could beat Floyd?

by subo on Apr 13, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Manny Pacquiao. Or Hatton with a gun.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 13, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If hatton had,had a btter trainer who had a clue what to do if plan A didnt work then it might have been some bit competitive for more than 4 rounds

by RealIrish on Apr 13, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but probably not. Floyd Sr. himself said Hatton knew zero defense before the Malignaggi fight, and if you’ve seen him, that’s not hard to believe.

The guy’s a slugger, and he’s gotten this far on power and heart. That’s fine. Good on him. Make your money. But he’s not beating Money and he’s not beating Pac. Ever. Not on his best day.

Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion

by The Kittitas Kid on Apr 13, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Manny Pacquiao… any maybe some other fighters if they were in their primes like Mosley or Casamayor.

Williams could test him but Floyd would have no reason to come back and fight such a fighter like him.

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on Apr 13, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pride!

we all know Floyd fights for pride, right? a warriors heart!

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Apr 13, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope… he fights for the IRS…lol.

Stupid idiot throws away money like it is candy…

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on Apr 13, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was trying to make a joke lol

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Apr 13, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Chris Nelson on Apr 13, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Rec’d.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 13, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gold.

by subo on Apr 14, 2009 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hatton has the man who trained MAyweather to be the man he is today. I would be fucking scared if I had to fight someone and in th corner of that guy was my father who knew ALLL of the the tricks in my book. You don’t think that would give Hatton some kind of edge? Who knows who is going to win Pac vs. Hatton, its a close fight now that Hatton has Floyd Sr. on his side.

by Bandaka on Apr 14, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mayweather sr for teh WIN!!!
cant wait!!!

by radamez85 on Apr 13, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, that was pretty cool. As much as I loved the primetime series for GSP/Penn, it’s not nearly as good as this. Hopefully they improve the story-telling and eloquence for the next primetime.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 13, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs