well imo rickys footwork is faster than floyds and faster than anybody he has ever faced. i also remember reading that hattons left hook was clocked at over 30mph if that helps as well
Zab is faster than mayweather. Hits twice as hard also.
well imo rickys footwork is faster than floyds and faster than anybody he has ever faced. i also remember reading that hattons left hook was clocked at over 30mph if that helps as well
I'm on record as saying that Ricky Hatton is faster than Floyd Mayweather.
Not my words but those of Bernard Hopkins.
Thoughts?
Bernard is going a bit senile, apparently.. Though this is even a bit far fetched for him. Do you have a source?
Edit: Nevermind, I see that you've posted a link on the front page.
floyd is faster than ricky with his upperbody movement which is a testament to how flexible he really is, and his flexibility will overwhelm the living shit out of hatton. floyd can really manuver is upperbody fast and to the right spot. his footwork is fast but not the quickest, but the best placed footwork, because he knows where to move to at all times. hatton does have quick feet, but that's only when he storms in, whereas mayweather has fast feet going backwards or coming forwards because of how he places them.
floyd is a master puncher when it comes to accuracy because his timing is impecable, so he doesn't have to have the fastest hands, but in his case, he does have fast hands and good power also. hatton really doesn't have what it takes imo to beat floyd, nor has he ever. he has fast feet and can move his feet from side to side good, but against floyd, hatton's timing will have to be damn near perfect because another strong assest of floyd is his ability to control the pace of a fight, whether he;s defensive or offensive, he's that cerebrial in the ring. his relaxation gives his punches more speed, because he doesn't wast them, and he's not jumpy and on edge. ricky hatton better have a huge trick up his sleeve to defeat floyd, because if he doesn't, he's in for a terrible evening come december 8th, and i feel he doesn't have a huge trick up his sleeve at all. floyd has fast hands, fast feet, and more importantly than those, a very flexible upperbody, and he can land counter shots from any angle, whether he's flexing sideways or flexing back, it doesn't matter. he will overwhelm ricky hatton, and for the poster who claimed sugar ray would be too much for floyd because of his combinations, think again. yes, leonard had fast combos but many of them missed, and floyd is such a defensive to offensive genius, sugar ray would get countered with a powershot, which duran did to him and hagler. floyd is faster than duran and hagler, so he would tag sugar ray also. i would have loved to see these two fight, it would have been an exciting fight imo.
hopkins can claim what he want, but hatton's hand speed is slower than floyd's, and floyd's upperbody movement is too flexible for hatton to land anything effective on him imo, but we'll see.
Bernard is full of shit.
The guy just loves to hear himself talk...
When he runs out of talk this is what happens
"Ricky is faster than Mayweather" wtf...
Yeah I agree Hopkins loves the sound of his own voice. Sure Ricky is fast, but Floyd is fuckin fast.
You mean "winner"?
That's a typo. Better than pulling stuff outta your ass. Like saying they were Everlast.
http://www.winning-usa.com/progloves/progloves_01.jpg
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41103000/jpg/_41103422_mayweather_gatti416.jpg
I'm on record as saying that Ricky Hatton is faster than Floyd Mayweather.
Not my words but those of Bernard Hopkins.
Thoughts?
I was under the impression Hopkins stopped smoking crack years ago. Guess not.
Floyd isn't throwing an uppercut unless its late and he's winning. I think the punch is dangerous because he doesn't get fully into it when he makes contact. He hurt his hand against Baldomir with it.
I'm on record as saying that Ricky Hatton is faster than Floyd Mayweather.
Not my words but those of Bernard Hopkins.
Thoughts?
I think hatton has possibly the quickest feet in boxing. Handspeed, Floyd is faster.
I know, and your point is?
Think mayweather is gonna be very effective with that uppercut?
I wasn't making a point about the fight with Floyd- I was kinda still on the Kostya vs Zab/Kostya vs Ricky convo.
But no- I think Floyd will be most effective with a lead left and the straight right as always. He may uppercut off of the ropes, but I have a feeling that he will really try to stay off of them in the fight. Or else it may be trouble.
Floyd only is gonna throw out combos on someone who he knows won't answer back with much like Gatti. Somebody has to push him out his comfort zone.
I wanna know how he didn't hurt his hands against Gatti. He must have some good gloves or something lol. He hit him with every punch there is. Except maybe an uppercut.
I think he wore Winner Gloves.. the soft Japanese brand. I think he could have cut Gatti up before the 6th, otherwise.