Manny Pacquaio vs British Superstar Ricky Hatton

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The Ring magazine, boxing’s acknowledged bible, has declared the bout between Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and British superstar Ricky Hatton as a junior welterweight championship match.

“Hatton is The Ring champion, and as long as they both make weight, The Ring championship will be at stake,” the magazine’s editor in chief, Nigel Collins, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net).

Pacquiao, The Ring’s top dog in the pound-for-pound class, held the magazine’s featherweight and junior lightweight belts in the past after defeating Mexicans Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Hatton will defend his Ring belt along with the fringe International Boxing Organization (IBO) belt against Pacquiao on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. - Dennis Principe, PDI