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The Philippines is celebrating a major victory during the early Sunday morning hours as their native son, Manny Pacquiao, has taken down the champ, England's Ricky Hatton, in the second round of what was the most anticipated fight of the year.
"It was certainly the most bet on fight thus far," claims Payton O'Brien of Gambling911.com.
Hatton was down in Round 2 following some hard rights from Pacquiao and lost by a TKO.
Pacquiao had jumped to a -245 favorite at Bookmaker.com by fight time.
Pacquiao is the former WBC lightweight world champion, WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF super bantamweight world champion, and WBC flyweight world champion. He has also held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight and super featherweight divisions. For his achievements, he became the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win four world titles in four different weight divisions. He is currently rated by the Ring Magazine as the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
