Ricky Hatton, Erik Morales, Timothy Bradley Share Predictions On Pacquiao vs. Thurman Fight

Boxing legends and Manny Pacquiao’s past opponents have shared their unique predictions of the Pacquiao-Thurman superfight.

Former boxing world champions Ricky Hatton, Timothy Bradley and Erik Morales revealed their own predictions on the upcoming welterweight superfight between Pacquiao and Thurman. Two of the boxers picked the Filipino boxing legend, while the other one is banking on the younger champ.

There are three predictions that seem to matter the most ahead of the Pacquiao-Thurman fight -- Hatton’s, Bradley’s and Morales’ -- not only because they are world-famous boxers, but also because of the fact that they were all Pacquiao’s past opponents at one point. Just yesterday, a compilation of Paquiao-Thurman predictions was uploaded by FightHype.com. In the video, Hatton and Bradley shared their insights and picks. Hatton picked Pacquiao, while Bradley banked on Thurman.

Hatton had a lot to say about the fighter who marked the beginning of the end of his career. Hatton said he believes that Pacquiao may not be “the same force he was a few years,” but he has still managed to win his fights and that makes him think that Pacman could still win even if he’s already aging.

The former champ highlighted that Pacquiao still looks good and even used the phrase “rock on” as he agree that 40-year-old champ should still fight. However, Hatton hopes that Pacquiao knows “the right time to get out.”

American former world boxing champ Timothy Bradley, on the other hand, has a different opinion about the fight. According to Bradley, the fight is very important for the younger fighter, Thurman, as not too many fighters are given the chance to share the ring with a legend like Pacquiao. Bradley put his bet on Thurman to win the fight and emphasized that the WBA welterweight champ is smart and knows how to beat Pacquiao.

Bradley also shut down Thurman’s apparent plan to retire should he not succeed in beating Pacquiao, saying he believes that Thurman is just “pumping” himself up as part of motivation. Although Bradley picked Thurman as the possible winner of the fight, he mentioned that even if Thurman beats Filipino champ, what he beat was a 40-year-old boxer and not the prime Pacquiao.

If there is one fighter among the three whose prediction arguably matters the most, it is that of Erik Morales. Morales was one of the few fighters to beat Pacquiao during his prime, and fans would really want to hear what he has to stay.

Just over a week ago, Morales has already predicted that Pacquiao will be able to KO Thurman in “Round 10.”

And just recently, Morales and Pacquiao personally met each other again after 13 long years. Shortly after the meeting, Morales was interviewed by EsNews, and the Mexican boxing legend once again confirmed that Pacquiao will win the fight.

When Morales was asked how he was able to beat Pacquiao before, Morales said he did it by having a “strategy” and “making a move wherever Manny didn’t want to go.”