Ricky will probably beat Floyd, Will over Skill

Exactly. These British bozos don't realize the honed fighting machine that Mayweather is. Watch him closely and you'll see how comfortable and professional he ALWAYS is in the ring. In actuality, his mental toughness is his greatest asset. Regardless of the situation he is always calm and tactical. The man has never as much as been rattled and he's had a 160lb. Oscar throwing flurries and left hooks that wizzed by only inches from his face. He's been in there with super-fast Judah countering him like a panther and was able to stay calm and impose HIS WILL during the course of the fight. The notion that a primitive fighter like Hatton will have too much will for a boxing virtuoso like Floyd is laughable and shows the true extent of boxing knowledge ingnorance that these British bozos showcase all the time on these forums. It's going to be a slaughter. I really can't imagine a situation where Hatton does anything of note. He will get picked off because he just comes in without a jab and tries to wing power punches. That may work with old guys like Tszyu and Castillo, but that is the exactly the wrong way to fight Mayweather. There is no real way for Hatton to come out with any positivity after this kind of bout. If I was his promoter I'd keep him as far away from Mayweather as possible. Mayweather is the LAST guy I'd put Hatton in with. If he couldn't handle Collazo, how would he contend with Mayweather?

The difference is that Mayweather is full of will himself. It's not like Roy Jones who caved under pressure. Mayweather isn't just a boxer, he's a fighter. The skill is there with Mayweather and so is the will. To me, Mayweather belongs up there with Ray Leonard as one of those guys who could overcome the will of another man with his own, with skill to match. Exactly. These British bozos don't realize the honed fighting machine that Mayweather is. Watch him closely and you'll see how comfortable and professional he ALWAYS is in the ring. In actuality, his mental toughness is his greatest asset. Regardless of the situation he is always calm and tactical. The man has never as much as been rattled and he's had a 160lb. Oscar throwing flurries and left hooks that wizzed by only inches from his face. He's been in there with super-fast Judah countering him like a panther and was able to stay calm and impose HIS WILL during the course of the fight. The notion that a primitive fighter like Hatton will have too much will for a boxing virtuoso like Floyd is laughable and shows the true extent of boxing knowledge ingnorance that these British bozos showcase all the time on these forums.

The difference is that Mayweather is full of will himself. It's not like Roy Jones who caved under pressure. Mayweather isn't just a boxer, he's a fighter. The skill is there with Mayweather and so is the will. To me, Mayweather belongs up there with Ray Leonard as one of those guys who could overcome the will of another man with his own, with skill to match.

Collazo funked Hatton up and had him discouraged by the 8th round when Hatton wasn't coming forward with his usually gusto. By the 12th round Collazo almost had Hatton out on his feet and if it were a 15 round fight, NO DOUBT Collazo would've knocked Hatton out. Collazo is 40 percent the fighter that Mayweather is at 147. Mayweather is going to bust Hatton up. By the 6th round, Hatton will have eaten so many straight right hands and hooks that he won't be coming forward anymore. By the 10th round they're going to stop the fight by TKO for Mayweather. Ricky Hatton is short-armed and won't be able to touch Mayweather with those shots that he leaps in cause Floyd will roll those all night long and then counter Hatton's face. The truth is, MAYWEATHER IS THE BIGGER AND STRONGER FIGHTER HERE. No doubt on this one, Mayweather has honed his body to perfection at the higher weights he fights around these days. His body is stronger and more muscular than the short-limbed and stocky Hatton and people will be surprised when they see how easily Floyd pushes back at Hatton. Once Hatton realizes this, he will fold as he will have absolutely no chance. You British bozos better break out your kleenex tissues for all those tears. Your idol, Ricky "the Hugman" Fatton will be put in his place as the bum who beats up on past their prime fighters that he is. His limited style will be taken apart by the master boxer that Floyd is and I'm looking forward to most of these fake boxing fans from Britain (really Calzaghe and Hatton nutriders) finally vanish.

no he wouldn't like to elaborate hatton will win cause he's british pretty plain and simple. That's what I was thinking.

Hatton will win this fight. mark my words. Would you like to elaborate?

Hatton will win this fight. mark my words.

Mayweather is no where near as as strong as Hatton No where near as good an inside fighter, Rickys won all his fights on the inside, if floyd was so good why does he dance on the outside instead of giving what the fans want which is getting involved. Plus for any fighter they have both fought, Ricky has beaten the fighter more convincingly on the inside than Mayweather has done by dancing about How can mayweather be more experienced when hattons fought more fights As for more accustomed to huge events, sorry mate but u have no idea. Floyd fights infront of his 4 friends and his family, Ricky fills arenas as for your other points, I agree Floyd has everything over Hatton deal with it. The only inside fight Hatton has is hugging and hitting. What fighter? A shot Castillo? Get real.

lol yea you can never tell these days every other post seems to be an american who knows nothin acting like his opinion is valid and actualy means somthin Yeah you brits don't do that.:bottle:

Hatton's people say this fight will be like Duran vs Leonard1..fighter beating the slick boxer. Some other people think it might be like Meldrick Taylor vs Chavez...another fighter beating the quick boxer at the last minute. But, I beg to differ.. Duran beat Leonard in their 1st bout because Leonard took a risk by fighting Duran's fight. Same thing with Taylor vs Chavez..Taylor wanting to show his "machismo" by squaring off with Chavez in the last round was another mistake. This won't happen to Floyd. Why? Mayweather never fights anybody's fight or takes risks, he comes in with his usual style , sticks to his game plan, makes his opponent fight his fight and plays it safe till the end of the fight. Only thing going for Hatton is his Heart and Desire. And this by no means will be like Gatti vs Floyd. Floyd fought a walking dead man that night. Gatti that night had no will like in his other fights and quite frankly didn't put up much of a fight. Prediction: Floyd's style will be too much for Hatton..though Hatton's desire and heart will keep him going. A lot of misses, wide punches and clinches by agressive Hatton. Sure, hatton might win a few rounds but that's it. Floyd will play it safe by fighting him on the outside using his reach, speed and pot shot routine. Floyd winning by decision that's if Floyd doesn't stop him first by tko due to cuts. Hatton is capable of beating Floyd...in a phone booth! :rolleyes: But in the ring, Floyd will have enough space to Pot Shot and move in the fight. Floyd wasn't stupid by taking this fight.

oh please, floyd has fought bigger, stronger pressure fighters before and dominated. you think he's going to lose now that he has a reach advantage and no size disadvantage?

People in hell want ice-water. We can't always get something just because we want it badly. Hatton is going to get murdered in that ring and he knows it. This ain't a movie.

Challenge: what history is that? Here is some history: Pernell Whitaker outclasses Chavez. SRL makes Duran quit in frustration after a close first fight. Here's some history: Duran beats the bigger and more skilled Leonard in a close first fight. LaMotta beats the far more skilled Ray Robinson in a close first fight. Frazier beats the far more skilled Ali in a close first fight. They all lost the rematch, which would be my prediction for Hatton should there be a rematch. The weight of history is there. Hatton has the will, he has the hunger going into this fight. Mayweather had already retired believing that he had proven all there was to prove. So there's no denying whose will is greater in this fight. Hatton feels he has everything to prove.

Oh ya and who posted the poll?

Well I just came back to this thread without even viewing it once since posting it. Forgot about it. I haven't read every post but someone mentioned Floyd has will to have done all his accomplishements, yeah no doubt. I'm not saying he's got no will. I'm saying maybe that someone with a greater will that wants to win it so bad no matter what the heck he has to do in there, just might overcome Floyd's obvious advantages. Whether Hatton is the man to do it or not remains to be seen but I get the impression, he wants to win this for all of Manchester as they'll have an unbelievable star in Ricky who already is a star. But a man that beat the man regarded the best fighter on the planet? I really think he's gonna be motivated for this one.

he loses but gets a few rounds

Will over skill??? You Shill... You'll have to find another thrill!!! Jill...

I don't understand what about Ricky Hatton suggests to people that he can beat Mayweather, and I guess I never will. The fight won't even be close though, if it does make it to the end of the 12th, which it might not, expect a wide margin of victory by PBF. Argue the rest all you want, I personally am a huge fan of Floyd's, but I can think of about 8-9 other fighters off the top of my head at 147 that would not only wipe the floor with Hatton, but also that I would've liked to see PBF fight instead of beating up on a slightly overrated Hatton. I'm not even really convinced he could beat the other 140 pound title-holders. I know you guys want to see him lose, but trust me, Ricky Hatton is setting his fans up for failure. You are being tricked...I'm not even sure he really believes he can win this fight.

Also, Floyd won't try to keep Hatton away from him. Ricky will find that Floyd is a better inside fighter than he is. Floyd will carve Ricky up with short , chopping punches inside. Hooks, upperscuts, body shots. Floyd will bust Ricky up on the inside... what will be Hatton's 'Plan B'? WOW what a nuthugger... LMAOOO Floyd better than Hatton on the inside your funny. I guarantee you that Floyd will not go on the inside once with Hatton because he knows hes gonna get hit and smothered.

Mayweather is no where near as as strong as Hatton No where near as good an inside fighter, Rickys won all his fights on the inside, if floyd was so good why does he dance on the outside instead of giving what the fans want which is getting involved. Plus for any fighter they have both fought, Ricky has beaten the fighter more convincingly on the inside than Mayweather has done by dancing about How can mayweather be more experienced when hattons fought more fights As for more accustomed to huge events, sorry mate but u have no idea. Floyd fights infront of his 4 friends and his family, Ricky fills arenas as for your other points, I agree He beat a castillo post Mayweather and 2 diego corrales fights which means he didn't really beat the Castillo we normaly see. Mayweather is more experinced because he has fought more experinced fighters in champioship fights. How many championship fights does hatton have?