I think in the end, floyd really did get into hatton's head

Yup. I knew Hatton was getting desperate when he started dissing Floyd's padwork and when he was just irate at the Las Vegas arrival, saying all Mayweather brought was the belts and nobody cared about him. I was like LOL this midget is toast

24/7 made Hatton look like an animal and a lot of my dumbass friends bought into it. One bet me money straight up that Hatton would KO Mayweather. I was laughing as I accepted the bet. I cleaned up big time thanks to that show. And yeah, my girlfriend who watched 24/7 was saying the same thing. She said Floyd's trash talk works because Hatton fought like he was a maniac with not control at all. I wasn't as convinced since Hatton always looks like shit to me, but the more I watch the fight and yes, the postfight interview, the more I'm convinced she and you are right about that. Mayweather is the best trash talker in sports. Look how fumed he got De La Hoya and Mr. Cool Hatton.

What I find funny is how Hatton and his people and fans keep complaining then at the beginning or end of the complaint they all say "take nothing away from Mayweather". But by complaining about the fight you are taking away from Mayweather. Thats like saying to a man "no disrespect but you are a bitch" or saying to a woman " no disrespect you are a whore, slut and a cunt". Just because you say no disrespect doesn't mean you aren't being disrespectful. All these bullshit complaints are actually taking away from the wonderful job PBF did. People need to man up take the loss regroup and get back up in the saddle. Shit right now Hatton and his fans are basically looking and acting like Ricky's girl was after the fight or whenever she was ballin crying. YALL NEED TO GO DOUCHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No it isn't. Floyd did everything to the best of his ability, no one can take that away from him. But the ref was questionable.

24/7 .... too much critiquing of PBF the person you know I don't even have to read responses to come to the same conclusion as this topic implies watch 24/7. Hatton seems more concerned with how Floyd spends his money .. how Floyd doesn't have many fans (45,000 vs 45) how Floyd trains (hope he hits me harder then the pads) ... I mean shit how does all the above factor into a fight with Mayweather cuz I don't think it matters how Floyd spends his money, treats his fans or even trains, but thats just me even on the last episode ... Floyd's trash talk was much more relaxed .. calling him a midget and saying he "screamed like a bitch" Hatton on the other hand, when he was rallying the crowd about "who they came to see" just seemed plain agitated ... he actually thought Floyd was serious about all the British fans coming to see Mayweather over Hatton.

Good post BlackJesus. Hatton was walking the ring like a caged tiger. He could barely contain himself. You simply cannot fight a sharpshooter like PBF with that attitude.

when i look at what happened, and i look at how the fight played out, and when i look at how hatton fought and his postfight comments. Floyd and his trashtalk really did have an effect on how hatton fought to some degree. nobody fights with their emotions unless there is something innate going on to some degree causing them to want to come out the way hatton did. DLH tried to warn hatton that what mayweather says gets on your nerves. Hatton went from saying he wasnt going to get into all of the bullshit trashtalk and bravado and other bullshit, to doing it to some degree himself. Hatton wasnt really being his usual self after awhile, the throat slash gesture at last wednsdays press conference really showed me that something was definately different about his demeanor. The fact that the magnitude of this fight was so huge, and the man he was in there with, and with the feeling that he wanted to not only make his own words reality, but make mayweather eat his probably had an effect, it had to have. Hatton didnt do what i thought he was going to do, and he was dominated worse than i thought hed be and ill tell you why. Hatton smothered his own punches, he didint work well AT ALL on the inside and you can blame the ref if you want, but on the inside, it was mayweather going to he body with shortened uppercuts and hooks. Hatton never unloaded, he never gave himself the space to unload and he was so intent on imposing his will on mayweather, but mayweather wouldnt budge, as uncomfortable as he was early on, mayweather never backed down and never folded, and i think hatton honestly expected that. Hattons downfall to me, was when mayweather really turned it up to the body, and the fact that i dont think he thought mayweather needed such little space to get off his punches. While hatton comes in wide, it is relativly quick, but mayweather is even quicker and needs less space to do so. The more hatton got his body assaulted, the worse off he was, by the 6th/7th/8th round it was starting to have an effect. As far as the ref goes, i really dont give a shit, hatton was NOT working on the inside, he was mauling and mugging, i would feel bad if hatton was being his normal self and working, picking shots, backing up, unloading, thats not what was happening, thats why i dont understand how Cortez stopped hatton from doing what he was supposed to be doing, PUNCHING. i agree good post

Course mayweather got into his head, hatton went from saying "he can't get under my skin" to basically acting just like mayweather towards the fight at which point mayweather had become more calm and focused. Even at the ring entrance time Hatton appeared to be hyped, and eager to get the fight under way... 24/7 didn't do hatton any favors...

What I find funny is how Hatton and his people and fans keep complaining then at the beginning or end of the complaint they all say "take nothing away from Mayweather". But by complaining about the fight you are taking away from Mayweather. Thats like saying to a man "no disrespect but you are a bitch" or saying to a woman " no disrespect you are a whore, slut and a cunt". Just because you say no disrespect doesn't mean you aren't being disrespectful. All these bullshit complaints are actually taking away from the wonderful job PBF did. People need to man up take the loss regroup and get back up in the saddle. Shit right now Hatton and his fans are basically looking and acting like Ricky's girl was after the fight or whenever she was ballin crying. YALL NEED TO GO DOUCHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think the majority of Hatton's fans realised that it would have to take a monumental effort for him to beat Mayweather. The simple fact of the matter is that Mayweather is the better fighter, but that doesn't mean that you can't have an opinion regarding the loss for Hatton without it sounding like your detracting something from the performance that Mayweather gave e.g. IMO Joe Cortez had a terrible night, and was needlessly seperating the fighters at times, and Hatton was always going to get caught because of the gung-ho approach that he adopted, but Mayweather performed exceptionally, no question.

What I find funny is how Hatton and his people and fans keep complaining then at the beginning or end of the complaint they all say "take nothing away from Mayweather". But by complaining about the fight you are taking away from Mayweather. Thats like saying to a man "no disrespect but you are a bitch" or saying to a woman " no disrespect you are a whore, slut and a cunt". Just because you say no disrespect doesn't mean you aren't being disrespectful. All these bullshit complaints are actually taking away from the wonderful job PBF did. People need to man up take the loss regroup and get back up in the saddle. Shit right now Hatton and his fans are basically looking and acting like Ricky's girl was after the fight or whenever she was ballin crying. YALL NEED TO GO DOUCHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol @ someone chucking that 1 star my thread faster than shinobi Nobody decides whether to post on the basis of thread-stars anyway.

lol @ someone chucking that 1 star my thread faster than shinobi

team mayweather-ref got into hatton head by not letting him fight The bottom line is it would had to have been an outstanding performance for Hatton to beat Mayweather, and that's despite the usually top notch Joe Cortez having a bad night. There is no doubt in my mind that the occasion got to Hatton a little bit, but he didn't do himself any favours with his Gung-Ho approach... That sort of approach was never going to work on Mayweather. I was in favour of the consistent pressure that Hatton was talking about applying prior to the fight, but it just wasn't controlled. He was attacking in straight lines, not using any angles, and not going to the body as often as he should have done... Basically, he was head hunting and looking to knock Mayweather out, especially after the cut. Although i rate Hatton a very good fighter, he does have flaws that Mayweather exposed further (although they have been evident throughout his career, even in his best performance against Tszyu), and i really believe that questions have to be asked of his trainer Billy Graham. My reason being that Hatton has natural talent that he hasn't developed. Again (as in another of my posts) that may sound daft due to the fact that Hatton was unbeaten prior to fighting Mayweather, but i honestly believe that Graham is lacking something tactically & technically.

This is ridiculous. It's not about press conferences, it's about boxing technique. Anyone who thinks this doesn't understand what it is to be a badass, to be unintimidatable.

I dont know if it was nerves or Floyd getting in his head. What ever it was he fought the wrong fight. I thought he would be more cautious coming in, being active inside and getting out before Floyd ould tag him. Instead he underestimated Floyd's physical strength. He thought he could out muscle him inside by just mauling him, and when Floyd didnt budge he got even more reckless just walking into jabs and straight rights. And like Addison pointed out. In the press conference Floyd clutched Hatton and basically man handled him. That was kind of foreshadowing what was to come because Floyd is stronger than Hatton, and he showed it.

I don't think so. If mayweather got into hattons head it didn't really showed as Hatton fought the same fight he has done lately, I didn't see anything special. he pretty much admitted he fought with more emotion and it got the best of him.

when i look at what happened, and i look at how the fight played out, and when i look at how hatton fought and his postfight comments. Floyd and his trashtalk really did have an effect on how hatton fought to some degree. nobody fights with their emotions unless there is something innate going on to some degree causing them to want to come out the way hatton did. DLH tried to warn hatton that what mayweather says gets on your nerves. Hatton went from saying he wasnt going to get into all of the bullshit trashtalk and bravado and other bullshit, to doing it to some degree himself. Hatton wasnt really being his usual self after awhile, the throat slash gesture at last wednsdays press conference really showed me that something was definately different about his demeanor. The fact that the magnitude of this fight was so huge, and the man he was in there with, and with the feeling that he wanted to not only make his own words reality, but make mayweather eat his probably had an effect, it had to have. Hatton didnt do what i thought he was going to do, and he was dominated worse than i thought hed be and ill tell you why. Hatton smothered his own punches, he didint work well AT ALL on the inside and you can blame the ref if you want, but on the inside, it was mayweather going to he body with shortened uppercuts and hooks. Hatton never unloaded, he never gave himself the space to unload and he was so intent on imposing his will on mayweather, but mayweather wouldnt budge, as uncomfortable as he was early on, mayweather never backed down and never folded, and i think hatton honestly expected that. Hattons downfall to me, was when mayweather really turned it up to the body, and the fact that i dont think he thought mayweather needed such little space to get off his punches. While hatton comes in wide, it is relativly quick, but mayweather is even quicker and needs less space to do so. The more hatton got his body assaulted, the worse off he was, by the 6th/7th/8th round it was starting to have an effect. As far as the ref goes, i really dont give a shit, hatton was NOT working on the inside, he was mauling and mugging, i would feel bad if hatton was being his normal self and working, picking shots, backing up, unloading, thats not what was happening, thats why i dont understand how Cortez stopped hatton from doing what he was supposed to be doing, PUNCHING. I don't think so. If mayweather got into hattons head it didn't really showed as Hatton fought the same fight he has done lately, I didn't see anything special.

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proberly did annoy him but floyd annoys everyone lol

when i think about the small 24/7 clips on youtube of hatton making fun of the way mayweather hits the pads and how hatton thought mayweather couldnt hurt him, i think about how foolish it looks now, i tried to explain to everyone that mayweather hits them like that for coordination and to maintain short accurate quickness, its not for show like some people were buying into. Before the fight you had all kinds of people "I CAN SEE THE FIERCE LOOK IN HATTONS EYE, HES GONNA WIN" etc trying to convince themselves that Hatton would come in with a vengeance and that ended up being the problem.

About the running thing, Floyd only "ran" at the start of the rounds when he was more relaxed. Very smart, because he knew that's when Hatton had the most energy, so he let the guy chase him and punch himself out early. Then, when both a bit more settled down, Floyd could work on him. I agree with BlackJesus. Mayweather did get into his head a bit. It was surprising to me that it took such a long time, because I really don't believe Floyd was bothering him mentally untill the weigh-in. And maybe you could see it in the ring as well, but the main thing keeping hatton from doing what he does best, was Floyd Mayweather Jr.