I watched the fight last week on PPV in standard-def.
But tonight in hi-def....what a thing of beauty.That knock-out goes right up there next to when Kosta had Zab Judah doing the Brooklyn hop.
It was kind of a double whammy...Floyd's left hook and Hatton going head first into the corner.
What a show by PBF...and yeah,those judges had it right on the money.
Hatton might have won a round.
screw cortez. he hella made it unfair.
i'm a floyd mayweather fan but i also like hatton so honestly, floyd mayweather was exageratting a lot. =\ and holding a lot.
Somebody should have told Ricky Hatton:
http://www.the-forum.com/EPHEMERA/images3/sp135.jpg
in the spirit of this hilarious yet blasphemous picture, didnt we have many arguments about "Hatton being the bigger man"?
Well, it isn't just England.
HBO's 24/7 show succeeded in making a lot of 'fans' think that this fight would be much more competitive than it was. They shot thousands of hours of footage, and edited down to 100 minutes. Heck, you can tell any story you want with that kind of editing.
They focused on Floyd's vulnerabilities (family, hands, visit to therapist), and they made Hatton look like an unstoppable, indefatigable machine.
By fight week, 'fans' were saying that Hatton "won" the press conference or "won" the weigh-in.
I was telling anyone that would listen at my work that the guy Hatton was fighting is a master boxer who would give hatton so much trouble and might knock him out, They even use the castillo fight to try to preach to me..I had to sit them down and tell them how boxing works, I explain to them that the castillo that went 24 rounds with Mayweather was totally different to the one that got KO by a bodyshot from Hatton..I told them Hatton only fought a name in castillo and the difference in the two castillo's..I was even ban from another boxing website for predicting a Mayweather victory by the Hatton fanatic website owner...It just shows you how some people were leading up to the Mayweather/Hatton fight.
LOL that i could understand..I was glad he took a beating, I still laugh in my sleep thinking about the Knock out..You wouldnt believe how many casual fans was fooled into thinking Hatton would beat Mayweather here in england, Even all the j british ournalist picked Hatton except for one who actually picked Mayweather and the guy was a veteran boxing journalist(Colin Hart) He was saying Hatton would take a beating and he would be stopped.
But all he got was Mayweather CAN never stop Hatton Bla blah Blah.
So you saw the video of Hart after Collazo as well?
How many discussions is it possible to avoid in one thread? You don't back up a single thing you say.
As for my "importance", as a long time member of this forum I've got a vested interest in it not being turned to trash by trolling punks.
i miss bozo no no.
I generally do not want fighters take punishment. I am human, and I am a fan of the sport.
That being said, I wanted to see Hatton take a vicious beating and I was hoping that the ref would have allowed it to happen. Mainly because the Hatton groupies were so hyperbolic and stubborn in the fight lead-up.
LOL that i could understand..I was glad he took a beating, I still laugh in my sleep thinking about the Knock out..You wouldnt believe how many casual fans was fooled into thinking Hatton would beat Mayweather here in england, Even all the j british ournalist picked Hatton except for one who actually picked Mayweather and the guy was a veteran boxing journalist(Colin Hart) He was saying Hatton would take a beating and he would be stopped.
But all he got was Mayweather CAN never stop Hatton Bla blah Blah.
the problem is that hatton was already getting his ass kicked previously, he was taking punishment and not giving it out, thats the thing, in the later rounds, hatton had no defense for mayweathers combos, and at this stage in mayweathers career, if hes landing combos at will and your just acting like a human punching bag, the fight is gonna stop. hatton had to be stopped, he showed no sign of being able to defend himself nor viably score a knockout.
Agreed. :boxing:
I believe Ricky could've gotten back up after that last one.
His eyes were not glazed over.
Groggy? Yes. But, fighters have gotten back up after three knock downs with no quit in them.
Corrales and Gatti comes to mind. :boxing:
the problem is that hatton was already getting his ass kicked previously, he was taking punishment and not giving it out, thats the thing, in the later rounds, hatton had no defense for mayweathers combos, and at this stage in mayweathers career, if hes landing combos at will and your just acting like a human punching bag, the fight is gonna stop. hatton had to be stopped, he showed no sign of being able to defend himself nor viably score a knockout.
Indeed...
Although, it was clear that Ricky had no intention of getting up from that second KD. He shielded his eyes from the lights (Tyson v Lewis style) and put the knee up.
After the 8th, both the ref and doctor took a good look at Ricky in the corner.
I believe Ricky could've gotten back up after that last one.
His eyes were not glazed over.
Groggy? Yes. But, fighters have gotten back up after three knock downs with no quit in them.
Corrales and Gatti comes to mind. :boxing:
that street fighter 2?
thats one of those marvel vs capcom type moves, i was waiting for ryu and cyclops to join in against hatton sabretooth and chun li.
I would rather not see a fighter take a punishment for our excitement, Gerald McCllellan is still there disabled...I saw Micheal watson the other day still needing help to walk..So no i dont want to see them KO cold.
I'm actually upset that Cortez stepped in at all. I was hoping for a Jay-Nady-twelth-round-of-Trinidad-vargas-like ending.
This would have indeed been the end result had Joe let the fight continue.
He spared the fans a brutal beating. :boxing:
I'm actually upset that Cortez stepped in at all. I was hoping for a Jay-Nady-twelth-round-of-Trinidad-vargas-like ending.
So Am I ..I miss the days of seeing people actually getting counted out..
I am sick Of seeing TKO... as the offical decsion... Whatever happend to the good old fashioned KO???