The Ring (magazine): Partial Tally of its Poll: Mayweather-Hatton

Wow those polls are incredibly close, can't say people don't think Ricky will win. Yup. Some 8% more think Hatton will win either by stoppage or decision. I would have thought it will come out the other way around, what with Floyd on top of The Ring's P4P list for quite a time. And noting the 8% who voted that Floyd will stop Ricky, the number indicates that only few of those who think Mayweather will win also think he has the power to stop Ricky. In any case, additional questions are provoked: Does it seem that the magazine's subscribers subscribe to the publication but not to the editors' take? (The Ring eds have Floyd as the best there is for years now)? Could it mean that the "Bible of Boxing" is being read but not taken by its own readers, book, chapter and verse? Does this mean that the authors of the "Bible" do not have as much influence over its readers as has been and continues to be thought? :D

Yeah....but the numbers are interesting. True...... :)

Wow those polls are incredibly close, can't say people don't think Ricky will win.

Yeah....but the numbers are interesting.

or wish?????? Nah. It's not for me to wish that the numbers reflect the styles. They just look to me like they do. There's no point in me wishing that they do. I think (not wish),that this is also notable: If the 8.9% who think Mayweather will KO Hatton is added to the 36.4% who think Mayweather will win by decision, the total arrived at is 45.3% If the 18.9% who think that Hatton will win by decision is added to the 34.4% who think Hatton will stop Mayweather, the total is 53.3%. The numbers therefor say: more of the respondents think Hatton is going to win! And, the numbers are derived from the votes cast by respondents who went to The Ring magazine's website. The question therefore that is begged is: are the respondents really hardcore boxing buffs? Another question: if we assume that to be so, is that assumption valid based on the facts that: 1.) They went to The Ring's boxing site 2.) They bothered to take the poll? In other words, is it valid to say that--by extrapolation-- most of the subscribers of The Ring think (or wish) that Hatton will win? Or, are there more Hatton fans who subscribe to The Ring than there are PBF fans? Or, are those who took part in the poll subscribers of The Ring? I dunno. I'm just musing. Edit: the poll continues so there's no saying that the numbers won't change at all.

.I think. or wish??????

looks like the poll reflects what the majority wishes would happen. On both sides? A variance of 1.9% is close, I think. That is: 36.4% think (or, wish?) Mayweather wins by decision; 34.5% think (or, wish?) Hatton takes this through KO. Significantly, the votes also reflect the styles of the protagonists...I think.

Yup. It's another one of those fights that invites the subjective. The punchstats are that Mosley landed more jabs while Cotto landed more heavy punches. All told they landed the exact same amount of punches (uncanny!) That leaves the observer--and the judges themselves--having to weigh-in one's preferences on matters as ring generalship, effective offense, etc... The poll was off only in the sense of the official result. That the poll itself was close also is an uncanny foreboding of how close the fight eventually unfolded. (29% and 26.6% are close because there were very few respondents, thus a single vote has a larger impact than it would have were there more respondents). Actually quite the opposite.

looks like the poll reflects what the majority wishes would happen.

To me, from what I HAVE seen now, I think Cotto/Mosley could have gone either way.Yup. It's another one of those fights that invites the subjective. The punchstats are that Mosley landed more jabs while Cotto landed more heavy punches. All told they landed the exact same amount of punches (uncanny!) That leaves the observer--and the judges themselves--having to weigh-in one's preferences on matters as ring generalship, effective offense, etc... The poll was off only in the sense of the official result. That the poll itself was close also is an uncanny foreboding of how close the fight eventually unfolded. (29% and 26.6% are close because there were very few respondents, thus a single vote has a larger impact than it would have were there more respondents).

By the way, more of those who took part in The Ring's poll in the Mosley-Cotto fight were off: 29% had thought Mosley would win by decision, while 26.6% had it for Cotto by decision. Most of those who participated in the poll had it spot on in the Calzaghe-Kessler fight: 49.1% voted for Calzaghe by decision. 12.8% thought he would KO Kessler. 13.6% of the votes were cast for Kessler winning by decision. 23.1 % had it for Kessler by KO. To me, from what I HAVE seen now, I think Cotto/Mosley could have gone either way.

By the way, more of those who took part in The Ring's poll for the Mosley-Cotto fight were off: 29% had thought Mosley would win by decision, while 26.6% had it for Cotto by decision. Most of those who participated in the poll had it spot on in the Calzaghe-Kessler fight: 49.1% voted for Calzaghe by decision. 12.8% thought he would KO Kessler. 13.6% of the votes were cast for Kessler winning by decision. 23.1 % had it for Kessler by KO.

The poll obviously reflects a lot of wishful thinking.:)LOL!!! :D .......

The poll obviously reflects a lot of wishful thinking.:) The poll is accurate. Most want Hatton to win. Most think Mayweather will win.

The poll obviously reflects a lot of wishful thinking.:)