Hatton's tactics

No need for the hostile tone tbh noones talking down mayweather in here were just having a discussion. If you dont like it, dont read or dont post or don't do both. Your choice. I'm not being hostile. I'm just still riding the high from last night. I just think your a little bitter about what happened. Its all good he'll be back, don't get your panties all in a bunch. Oh and I post wherever the fuck I want to.

I just loved what Hatton said after the fight and I know the Brittish fans just cringed. " I know he's not the biggest ww but I sure could tell the difference." Haha classic! So I guess we will never get to see Cotto vs. Hatton since my boy Floyd banished him from the kingdom of the ww's again. I was really looking forward to that fight. But after last night I am convinced that Cotto would also beat the shit out of Ricky maybe even worst then Floyd did. Ricky needs to stay at 140 and maybe fight a Paulie Malanaggi or Junior Witter.lol

did'nt go to the body at all, very poor from Ricky, but it might just be that Floyd was to damn good.

No need for the hostile tone tbh noones talking down mayweather in here were just having a discussion. If you dont like it, dont read or dont post or don't do both. Your choice.

Excuses, excuses, what ifs, why can't you just admit Hatton got beat at his own game! If he would have banged to the body or used his jab, do you seriously believe that would have changed anything? Whenever Hatton did get inside Floyd made it so rough in there that as soon as he got in there he wanted to get back out cuz Floyd was peppering him w/ crisp accurate shots. And he most definitley abandoned the jab because everytime he threw it he was getting countered with straight right hands or getting his head snapped back w/ hard and I really mean HARD jabs. I was pleasantly suprised that Floyd's jab was that good!

Mayweather has freakishly long arms which allows him to not be hit under any circumstance when he goes into the shell.

Versatility. Floyd adapted to Hatton's style and employed his own style like jabbing for an entire round, fighting inside for an entire round, and using his defense to rest for periods. He showed his versatility in all facets of the game and came out victorious against a game, prime, elite fighter.

I am assuming you guys are all British because Hatton was totally outclassed. You can make all of the excuses you want but Hatton is not even in the same class as Mayweather. The thing that stopped Hatton from winning was Mayweather. 1.Read my post above yours 2.Proceed to shut the hell up

I am assuming you guys are all British because Hatton was totally outclassed. You can make all of the excuses you want but Hatton is not even in the same class as Mayweather. The thing that stopped Hatton from winning was Mayweather.

Also a note on moving to the side for body shots. Since Mayweather is turned sideways with his elbow sticking out, if ricky went to the right to hook the body hed be hitting mayweathers back which would be automatic points according to cortez. If he went to his left hed be standing right in front of floyds right hand which he keeps free for countering these exact situations. If hatton dropped his left hand to hook floyds body, you know damn well that counter right would've been in his face quicktime. In contrast when castillo was on the ropes before he got ko'd he was standing straight on, square with ricky which allowed him to get round the side and smash his ribs. So in ways it was floyds style that got ricky somewhat off his usual body attack game.

Maybe he didnt look it, but maybe floyd did get to him a little bit? He had the aggression but not the thinking aggression he had with castillo. Maybe he was feeling the pressure of carrying the hopes of all his fans in such a tough fight? He really didnt do many body shots at all but really i think thats down to mayweathers style. Most times he wanted to go to the body he got warned for hitting at the back and back of the head as mayweather turned away. I was crying for him to jab more aswell. The bastard was walking in with his hands down and not moving his head in the end *cries* WHY RICKY WHY. Damn good fight though. Even though my guy lost i still had a smile on my face afterwards.

Hatton should have changed tactics he was doing okay early but i think Floyd was showing signs of anxiety personally his timing was little off in the 1st round etc as soon as he settled down & got into a rythm Hatton was up against it & all the spoiling had taken its toll on Hatton he was easier to hit he should have used the jab to close the range like Oscar did i know he does'nt really have a jab but he should have tried to use it regardless ,casue walking his way in or feinting his way in or rolling and coming up with shots wasnt working he was getting counter puncheed to easily u seen the end result he tried to jump in with a left hook to close the range instead of Jab his way in & he dropped his right hand left his chin hanging out the rest is history the guy should develop his Jab that is the reason Collazo hammered him with counters for walking his way in without jabbing ,he got away with it with Tzsyu no good head movement, did'nt move to the side to hook the body, went for head shots, why oh why did'nt he go to the body.

The only thing that lost hatton this fight is that his aggressiveness was numbed down by the ref. In the first few rounds he was doing what he said he would do. Use head movement and footspeed to get in and smother Mayweather. It was working slightly. That was the best I ever saw anyone get to him in a long time. After a million warnings, the ref coming to his corner, and a point deduction where was hattons sense of urgency and aggression? In the first few rounds he was right on Floyd like he planned but after, he started giving floyd space to punch, and thats when he started getting hit. He knew Cortez was on his ass. He knew Cortez was taking points away for BS reasons. He knew floyd knew how to milk the ref. How do you get into a rythm with all that shit on your mind.Fighting ref and opponent. Hatton stopped coming forward the way he was and mayweather took advantage. Now, did anyone notice that Cortez ONLY let hatton do his boxing AFTER floyd took the lead? In the earlier rounds he was literally right in there as soon as they touched each other. In the later rounds he let hatton do his boxing more but only after he started taking punishment. Im not taking anything away from the fight it was friggin brilliant i was literally shaking the whole fight from anticipation and excitement. But wouldnn't it have been a better fight to remember if floyd himself found a way to nullify hattons attacks instead of th ref? RICKY didnt stop coming foward he tired due to all the grappling & became easier to hit through tiredness

The only thing that lost hatton this fight is that his aggressiveness was numbed down by the ref. In the first few rounds he was doing what he said he would do. Use head movement and footspeed to get in and smother Mayweather. It was working slightly. That was the best I ever saw anyone get to him in a long time. After a million warnings, the ref coming to his corner, and a point deduction where was hattons sense of urgency and aggression? In the first few rounds he was right on Floyd like he planned but after, he started giving floyd space to punch, and thats when he started getting hit. He knew Cortez was on his ass. He knew Cortez was taking points away for BS reasons. He knew floyd knew how to milk the ref. How do you get into a rythm with all that shit on your mind.Fighting ref and opponent. Hatton stopped coming forward the way he was and mayweather took advantage. Now, did anyone notice that Cortez ONLY let hatton do his boxing AFTER floyd took the lead? In the earlier rounds he was literally right in there as soon as they touched each other. In the later rounds he let hatton do his boxing more but only after he started taking punishment. Im not taking anything away from the fight it was friggin brilliant i was literally shaking the whole fight from anticipation and excitement. But wouldnn't it have been a better fight to remember if floyd himself found a way to nullify hattons attacks instead of th ref?

he should have just put it out there as a nuisance factor at least. How can you blame him though? what a random change in style it would have been.