Hatton and Graham on how they'd beat Mayweather...

Which is exactly why they are in such a rush to fight him LOL, To be fair Billy Graham deserves his own thread, some of things he says are pure cack. I used to read these forums and other a long time before i finally joined, you and me both know there were people picking Gatti to knock PBF out.

Billy Graham obviously has seen something in Hatton,that maybe others dont. Which is exactly why they are in such a rush to fight him

Hatton from last night (in the MEN - Manchester Evening News): "I don't mind telling Floyd how I'm going to fight him and beat him. It'd be up to him to deal with it which I don't believe he could. "I'll jump all over him. He has a longer reach and faster hands (than me), and better combinations and dexterity than anything I've seen in me life. "So it's not rocket science that I shouldn't stand off the guy. He's not exactly the easiest to hit either. "So if I tried to stick-and-move and use side-to-side movements and all that he'd be finding my head more than I'd be finding his head, without a shadow of a doubt. He's just a class act. "But I'm bigger, stronger and fitter than him and cute enough not to go at him in a straight line. "I'll be on him like a rash, smothering his work, stepping around, always looking for any variety of bodyshots and switching upstairs. "He will not be able to operate on my tempo and I don't expect him to last 10 rounds. "He can only beat me on cut eyes, but with those big gloves he wears because of his bad hands he's not exactly a cutting puncher." Graham from a little while back (in the MEN): "He'd of already tasted defeat against Oscar so he'd be coming into the fight hungry to get back on track. "We won't match him for pure boxing ability, but he won't match us for balance and agility on top of strength and workrate. "Ricky is the only fighter who can take Floyd at light-welter or welter. No question about that. "Floyd relies on physical gifts more while Ricky uses more anticipation, we'll drain him physically and then we'll start to out-box him and get him out of there. "It'll be the biggest win in British Boxing history, one in front of Hatton-Tszyu." Graham from '05: "I'm a big Mayweather fan. I think he is fantastic, a wicked talent. The Mayweather fight is the one me and Ricky has talked about for over two years. "We knew he'd come, we knew we'd fight him at some point and I've been watching Mayweather very closely for exactly that reason. "But this is the biggest fight of Mayweather's career, too, because he's not had a super fight in a long time, if ever. "Mayweather should forget all the talk of fighting Winky Wright at middleweight and start building to what would be a huge, a mega fight in the summer. "I've been against Winky Wright twice before so I know him well and Winky would dwarf Mayweather and absolutely pulverise him. "Mayweather, if he is serious about Wright, needs a frontal lobotomy. He should concentrate on all the great fighters in any around his own division and forget Winky Wright because he wouldn't have a hope in hell's chance." "Actually, I think it could be one of the easiest fights for me. But let everyone build Floyd up - more kudos for us when he beat him. "Everyone says the one fighter to give him trouble was Castillo (in the first of their two fights) but Castillo made every mistake a pressure fighter shouldn't make. He threw punches to arms and elbow, there was no thought to go along with his pressure, he was committing himself first. I remember watching the fight and thinking Ricky wouldn't make any of the types of mistakes Castillo was making. "And people who say Ricky is just an English Gatti - and look what Mayweather did to Gatti (in June) are dead wrong. I knew Gatti had no chance. He didn't have a plan at all, he was even asking Ricky for advice on the day of the actual fight! "Ricky is bigger, stronger, faster, younger, a much bigger puncher and an all-round more talented fighter than Gatti. As much as I love Gatti, he never had a chance with his style against Mayweather. "But trust me. Take cuts away and Ricky beats Mayweather seven nights a week." Graham from June '05: "We have talked about Floyd Mayweather for the last couple of years and nothing has changed. "Ricky Hatton isn't Arturo Gatti. I know what to do to beat Mayweather. "Ricky has got the tools. He needs educated pressure. Mayweather has got wicked balance but Hatton has fantastic balance as well." Billy Graham obviously has seen something in Hatton,that maybe others dont.

It is a great point actually, but thanks for trying. Anytime ......

No, it's not really that great a point. The analogy between you and Ricky is a poor onje. You are not a 42-0 champ who's won belts at 140-7 in his last four fights. It is a great point actually, but thanks for trying.

still the best point of the thread No, it's not really that great a point. The analogy between you and Ricky is a poor onje. You are not a 42-0 champ who's won belts at 140-7 in his last four fights.

Yawn. Saying you'll beat him and actually fighting him are completely different things. I could type on here about how I could beat Mayweather, but if I turned him down every time he asks to fight, why should people listen to me anymore? still the best point of the thread

Why would anyone wanna see this fight? Ricky already said he'd be silly to try to outbox him because he'd come off second best. So what does that leave? PBF ain't going to stand in one spot and let him take pot shots at him, so the only thing left for him is again to hit and hold constantly. I think it would be a bad match up to watch. well if you thought Mayweather v Chavez was boring, then yeah I could see how you wouldn't want to see Hatton v Mayweather because that's basically how it will go. I didn't find it particularly exciting, but it was pretty good.

nobody below 154 can beat Mayweather. Size is the only thing that can beat this man.

Why would anyone wanna see this fight? Ricky already said he'd be silly to try to outbox him because he'd come off second best. So what does that leave? PBF ain't going to stand in one spot and let him take pot shots at him, so the only thing left for him is again to hit and hold constantly. I think it would be a bad match up to watch.

At the end of the day up until now Floyd has proven himself a better fighter than Hatton, but Hatton WOULD have a chance against the Pretty Boy. However, like someone said above, Mayweather will have a plan to counter that - he'll know what Hatton is gonna do and will prepare for that. I don't see Hatton beating Mayweather, but I DO see him making it a tough fight for PBF

Easier said then done anyway...was that juy's alt whom said that Hatton is a better fighter than Mayweather?

hatton-"i'll hug him until he submits like the ufc"

what i always find funny, is that Hatton acts like floyd doesnt gameplan like Bill Bilicek before a big game. Floyd will take away everything you wanna do, and do everything you DONT want him to do

I don't agree Tuggers Hatton is a better fighter than Mayweather at whatever weight they fight at. Simple as that. End of discussion worst post ever

Hatton would of got my vote for fittest boxer, pound-for-pound in the world.

I'll believe it when it happens...

I think Hatton for his fights comes in excellent shape which allows him his high work rate. I think Hatton's achilles will be that PBF is equally in shape That's not the case though, I wouldn't say. The case is, Mayweather cannot box at the kind of pace Hatton can/could set, and Hatton can/could set a pace like no other (being effective at the same time).

I gotta side with Hatton on the conditioning note. Before the Collazo fight I can't remember Hatton actually looking tired or that his legs were gone. Even in the Collazo fight Hatton's conditiong was very good IMO and is what kept him on his feet. Remember after Collazo definitely hurt Hatton with some shots, Hatton held, recovered, then came back strong in the later half of that round. I think Hatton for his fights comes in excellent shape which allows him his high work rate. I think Hatton's achilles will be that PBF is equally in shape and is just faster and slicker with better defensive technique.

Its not that he's the biggest THREAT. Its that he's the biggest FIGHT. Same reason as Witter talking about Hatton (though less of a match, realistically). If Hatton can stay in good shape and stick to those tactics, that would be the best possibility of beating Floyd. He gives PBF all the due respect, is realistic about his aims and tactics (which nobody can deny really). The test is just putting it into practice, which isnt going to be easy. Cant blame him for trying to get the fight and I'm certain it will happen. And that it wont be as straightforward as so many people on here seem to think. For all of his faults, Urango was a stronger fighter than Floyd, trying to push him around all fight is tiring. His punches are not as good as Floyd's, but they are likely to be heavier and when he connects with one (as he did in the fifth to the body) it no doubt takes more out of you. No, hes the biggest threat AND the biggest fight.