Finally Saturday Is Here

[Easy-E]

Thousands of people have been waiting for today for YEARS.
One of the biggest boxing fights in recent memory, its finally time to put up or shut up.

My take: Floyd's natural speed and supreme athleticism will win out in the long run, he will consistantly beat Hatton to the punch e****ially when Hatton tries to come inside.
Floyd could cruise to a decision, but if he gets in there and brawls a little bit, he could stop Hatton.
In my opinion, an extremly unlikely series of events would have to take place for Ricky to win this fight.

Who Do you think will win, and why?

[Easy-E]

What an interesting take on the fight, Easy E.

Apologies for bumping this, but I couldnt resist.

[Ramamaiden]

i think hatton will win xD

[Kball15]

that last week before a big fight feels like months

[!! AI-Holmes!!]

Thousands of people have been waiting for today for YEARS.
One of the biggest boxing fights in recent memory, its finally time to put up or shut up.

My take: Floyd's natural speed and supreme athleticism will win out in the long run, he will consistantly beat Hatton to the punch e****ially when Hatton tries to come inside.
Floyd could cruise to a decision, but if he gets in there and brawls a little bit, he could stop Hatton.
In my opinion, an extremly unlikely series of events would have to take place for Ricky to win this fight.

Who Do you think will win, and why?

You were right on the money man..

[shawn_]

You were right on the money man..

No he wasn't that doesn't come even close to describing the fight. Floyd using his athleticism, coasting to a decision...

Brilliant description of clenching, laying on the ropes, and Hatton getting knocked out....

[boxing_pundit85]

No he wasn't that doesn't come even close to describing the fight. Floyd using his athleticism, coasting to a decision...

Brilliant description of clenching, laying on the ropes, and Hatton getting knocked out....

get a life *****, that was a very prophetic post and you give him no credit. eat a ****

[ferocity]

this thread sucks

[shawn_]

There is really only one important thing to look at when determining how this fight will play out, Ricky's holding habits.

Ricky Hatton is an offensive holder, meaning he grabs on to one of your arms to neutralize any offensive capabilities you have when he comes in for his attack.

Floyd Mayweather, as demonstrated in the De La Hoya fight, is a defensive holder. This means that he usually grabs onto your right arm when you put him against the ropes and try to hammer him.

What does this mean? Floyd will tag Ricky while he gets inside, Ricky will grab Floyd's left arm, while Floyd grabs Rickys right arm.

In essence they will both be attempting to clench at the same time.
Ricky will hammer away with left hooks to the body, while Floyd will pot shot him with right uppercuts. When Floyd has had enough, he will grab Ricky's left arm and force the ref to break them, starting the process all over again.

This will be a boring fight, unless Ricky completely forgoes the left hook, and tries to make the fight all about uppercuts, in which case it might be interesting.

Most likely, Floyd will win by UD, with the judges favoring his clean shots landed while Ricky tries to get inside. A good fight to watch for how the action will play out, is Roman Karmizan v Cory Spinks. Not exactly how the fight will look, but an example of a game plan based on defensive holding.

Made on 10-17-07

Talk about prophetic? I predicted the fight down the the importance the refs willingness to break the fighters would play in this fight.

[boxing_pundit85]

Made on 10-17-07

Talk about prophetic? I predicted the fight down the the importance the refs willingness to break the fighters would play in this fight.

everyone who has ever seen hatton fight know that the ref will always play a big role in allowing or denying him to use illegal tactics and excessive holding, thats not a feat at all.