Floyd promises the fans a toe-toe battle!

ROBERT MORALES: Floyd, before I ask you this question, let me preface it by saying that I think you can and probably will stop Ricky Hatton inside the distance on December 8th. That, do you think there might, if there's one complaint that I heard after the De la Hoya fight, and it wasn't that you won because we all thought you won, including myself, it was that there wasn't quite enough toe-to-toe action to make fans happy. FLOYD MAYWEATHER: Well you don't have to worry about that this time. You don't have to worry about that. Believe me, when I tell you this, you don't have to worry about that. You won't get, you won't get a lot, you're going to get that from the opening bell. FLOYD MAYWEATHER: I just wanted to say that I appreciate all the media because, I mean you guys are the ones that helped Floyd Mayweather get to the level that he's at over the years, writing all the articles and I appreciate, I mean everybody. I really, and I truly mean that and thanks for supporting me. My family appreciates you guys. Be there December 8; if you can't, buy pay-per-view because you, this go-around I have to give you guys a toe-to-toe battle and I'm not going to let you guys down. I'm going to go out there and perform well and all my U.K. fans, all my U.K. writers, I appreciate all the articles and continue to write about Ricky Hatton and continue to write about Floyd Mayweather and I'll see you guys next week. Thanks

Comments (20)

Allucard

So Mayweather decides to go toe toe with a smaller fighter instead of running, I'm not impressed. If he went toe to toe with the other top welterweights then I would be. lol you ppl dont have a notion of reality. FLOYD IS A FUCKING LIGHTWEIGHT NATURALLY, HATTON IS BIGGER

18y ago

Ray__Ray

serious obsession:kiss: I see you've sensed Deevel obsession of Floyd Mayweather Jr.:lol1: :lol1:

18y ago

JHAVIS

ive seen most of floyds fights. he stood toe 2 toe with the much bigger oscar on several exchanges. he wasnt hurt at all in the fight. why would he be afraid to exchange with hatton? he would beat to the punch every time. hatton is in for a long painful night.

18y ago

Boxingwizard

He has gone toe to toe with several fighters. Its not his fault that he can fucken beat his opponent on sheer skill nothing else. If i was floyd i would duck and counter duck and counter cirlcle and counter faint and counter and at the same time be laughing at hatton just to show how much better he is at this sport. He dont need to go toe to toe thats for people that cant out skill their opponent. the only chance they have is to rush and throw whatever. That's not my point, what I'm saying is that he can go toe to toe with Ricky Hatton since he's the "smaller fighter", but he can't go toe to toe with any of the top welters, or at least put up a fight. I mean I understand he's a small welterweight, but he could at least throw more punches in his recent bouts against Baldomir and Delhoya.

18y ago

Randall_Hopkirk

"On the pads in training last week, Mayweather asked his uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather to slow down his punches and make them wider and more ponderous in order to imitate Hatton's style." :rofl: :rofl: Is 'ponderous' in 'ol Rog's vocabulary?

18y ago

Mike_Tyson77

Fuck you, Floyd. I like that avatar. LOL!

18y ago

abdiel2k3

this is gonna be a chance for hatton to do another gatti pot shot with prices boomin counters and avoid the slower "harder" shots i sure hope he takes advantage of the situation and does so he doesnt need to box and run from hatton hes taken on better he can easily do what he did to gatti with ricky he may have to take a lil more since hatton is younger and more resiliant but i can see floyd taken it by landin more it may be to his advantage to stay close and roll rickys shots while comin back with 3 or 4 of his own

18y ago

ERI104

Ricky Hatton doesn't want to box Floyd because he knows he'll get his ass crushed that way. Instead he wants PBF to come on into this territory where skill is obsolete and power is everything. If floyd does this, he's an idiot. This is a battle of styles. To see who's style is better, more refined. What kind of style is better and so on. $500 on floyd. that's all the money in my bank right now... i'm a very poor college student.. and if he looses i'll be a very sad college student haha.

18y ago

crillz

Floyd is a better Boxer than y'all think, he is also a good fighter, he knows how to FIGHT on the inside, I will say this though he WOULD be stepping out of his zone if he goes toe to toe with Ricky, he did that with Gatti but Gatti is no Ricky, Floyd should just NOT feed into that bullshit about toe to toe because this is BOXING, if he does happen to switch up into that more aggressive, less defensive Floyd there is still no doubt to me that he wins, I respect Ricky and think he is great but beating Floyd? unlikely, at least on paper but this is a anthing can happen sport and on Dec. 8th anything can happen.. 100

18y ago

big_paulie

am i seeing things alot of you guys arn't?? floyd stands right there in front of you, see v chavez, ndou, baldomir. this is boxin not ufc and you people who are calling for floyd to stand toe to toe and trade shot for shot are doing so because you know thats the only fucking chance hatton has

18y ago

passey

Toe to to toe is not going to happen. PBF won't change his style this late in the game. What you're see is the typical PBF...countering and "punch and get out".

18y ago

loui_ludwig

PBF said this too against Dela Hoya. Toe to Toe, yeah right.

18y ago

FloydNO1KO

if floyd goes toe to toe with ricky hatton i will quit my my job, dump my girlfriend and set my car on fire LOL

18y ago

pelonxsoldier28

floyd going toe-to-toe, i'll believe it if i see it. untill then he's full of shit.

18y ago

Floydko1

lets not go over the top this fights gonna last 12 rounds this is mayweathers hardest fight off his life and i would not be surprised if hatton beats him if floyd brings his ego into the ring

18y ago

Ray

Why are some dumb fans that dont understand the skills of boxing want PBF to go toe-toe? If that man wants to box on his toes so be it..Nobody is begging Hatton to box Mayweather..Its like they begging for any advantage that Hatton could get...I like Hatton and if he wants to win he needs to be prepare for any style that Mayweather brings to the table not begging or looking for an advantage.

18y ago

Johnny_Rebel

Floyd will fight Hatton toe to toe if toe to toe means fighting like Whitaker fought Chavez...

18y ago

ROSS_CALIFORNIA

Floyd might stand toe to toe, but not in the early rounds. Floyd is very defensive minded, he can't just shut that off like a light switch.

18y ago

phallus

Fuck you, Floyd. He said he was going toe to toe with De La Hoya. That really didnt happen. But I think DLH had a much better chance to beat Mayweather than Hatton does. does floid expect us to fall for the same bullshit twice? he'll go toe to toe with haten just he did with the drag queen

18y ago

ANDROID_DOES

So Mayweather decides to go toe toe with a smaller fighter instead of running, I'm not impressed. If he went toe to toe with the other top welterweights then I would be. He has gone toe to toe with several fighters. Its not his fault that he can fucken beat his opponent on sheer skill nothing else. If i was floyd i would duck and counter duck and counter cirlcle and counter faint and counter and at the same time be laughing at hatton just to show how much better he is at this sport. He dont need to go toe to toe thats for people that cant out skill their opponent. the only chance they have is to rush and throw whatever.

18y ago