Will Marquez do better than Hatton did?

I think that Mayweather's KO victory over Ricky Hatton helped to erase the images of how uncomfortable Hatton had Mayweather in the early rounds. Ricky had some very quick speed and was sometimes catching Mayweather as Floyd went straight back. I gave him a few rounds up until he got stunned in the 7th. My question is: Will Marquez be able to have Floyd uncomfortable, squirming? Will he be at least able to confuse Mayweather with his style? Personally, I think he'll give a better account of himself than Hatton did.. I could see him landing some great counters and having Floyd a little gun shy, early on. What do you guys think? depends if the ref lets him fight on the inside! lol

Floyd should be more aggressive but then again, Floyd literally takes all risk out of his fights by fighting so cautiously. He probably could have blasted Hatton out in about 4 rounds if he wanted to but that would have widened Hatton's window of opportunity to land something. To be fair to Ricky he was coming of a one-punch KO against JLC so he was dangerous and confident enough to pull the trigger. It's hard to blame Floyd I guess for eliminating risk but it would be nice if he went after the smaller man for a change. But if I guess if we were all in Floyd shoes with his ability we'd fight the same way. I do think JMM could knock Mayweather out, to be fair. His last two KO's have been so conclusive it's hard to see how he couldn't cary that power up another 7 pounds or so. Agree. The power could conceivably be there for him, whether he is able to do anything with it we will have to see. The way Floyd was haggling over the extra couple of pounds i would not be surprised if he fights his usual boring fight, i think he would fight a tactical fight against Edgar Sosa :lol1:

Marquez will be more competitive than Hatton as long as he is not coming foward and leading to Mayweather, he does that and his questionable defence will mean he gets hit with the cleaner/harder shots, also Marquez is not a guy that closes distance fast, so if he does come foward Mayweather will have time and space to counter. If Marquez is gonna come foward and be aggressive he better close the gap fast and not give Mayweather time to think about what he is gonna throw, but that is dangerous to. Marquez best bet is to make Mayweather lead tp him but i cant see that happening. Floyd should be more aggressive but then again, Floyd literally takes all risk out of his fights by fighting so cautiously. He probably could have blasted Hatton out in about 4 rounds if he wanted to but that would have widened Hatton's window of opportunity to land something. To be fair to Ricky he was coming of a one-punch KO against JLC so he was dangerous and confident enough to pull the trigger. It's hard to blame Floyd I guess for eliminating risk but it would be nice if he went after the smaller man for a change. But if I guess if we were all in Floyd shoes with his ability we'd fight the same way. I do think JMM could knock Mayweather out, to be fair. His last two KO's have been so conclusive it's hard to see how he couldn't cary that power up another 7 pounds or so.

Marquez will be more competitive than Hatton as long as he is not coming foward and leading to Mayweather, he does that and his questionable defence will mean he gets hit with the cleaner/harder shots, also Marquez is not a guy that closes distance fast, so if he does come foward Mayweather will have time and space to counter. If Marquez is gonna come foward and be aggressive he better close the gap fast and not give Mayweather time to think about what he is gonna throw, but that is dangerous to. Marquez best bet is to make Mayweather lead to him but i cant see that happening.

I dont know, Hatton was quick against PBF. He got on the inside no problems, that's impressive. You got to think PBF on form just won't give JMM anything to counter. So he has to be more aggressive to create opportunities, and well, he's the smaller man. JMM would destroy Ricky though, it would be a train wreck.

Marquez, unless completely screwed by the weight gain, I don't think will get knocked out. He's a crafty counterpuncher so there is a good chance Mayweather will need some time to develop a strategy. Marquez certainly won't just walk into anything like Hatton does.

I have no opinion on this, as it is really impossible to tell. We have no idea how the weight will affect JMM and how the lay off has affected PBF. Depending on those factors, JMM may do better than Ricky or may do a whole lot worse. We just won't know till fight night. I really hope that JMM does and somehow picks up the win, but IMO I think PBF stops him.

JMM will mos def do more than clinch and land 6 punches per rd.

no doubt JMM is a better fighter than hatton. but that does not mean he'll do better than hatton. im not saying he wont. im even giving him a chance to beat FMJ. its just that there other things to consider, like JMM being in that weight for the first time. his age. FMJ's skill. and both of their styles. etc.

You have to ask yourself is Marquez the best skilled fighter Floyd has ever faced? What happens if the weight really doesn't matter? Then Marqez should have a decent chance at winning let alone put up a fight. He'll be competitive. The only way Floyd can beat Marquez is by opening up...this might actually end up being a great fight. If Marquez can take Floyd's punches then how is he not going to win rounds? I do think either way Floyd will land at a very high percentage as usual, but he'll have to trade a lot more than he's used to.

Marquez is better technically then Hatton but he doesn't have the size. He is gonna be fighting a guy who's been at welterweight for five years now and is well adjusted to the weight. One thing you forget is that it was Hatton's aggresive man handling style that gives and gave Mayweather problems, Marquez isn't that type of fighter. I don't think I've ever seen Mayweather in with a real counterpuncher like Marquez though.

Chinny JMM will be his next KO victim. It's more impressive to me to knock out two guys that had never been stopped than someone who almost got knocked out by Collazo.

He'll whip JMM around the ring until it's stopped. If that's what you call boring then prepare to be bored. Who has Floyd stopped besides chinny Hatton?

Definitely. I think so. I know Marquez is coming up from lightweight to welter, and that he would be making a huge jump even up to Jr. welter, but that guy has some major skills and brains. I think his jumping up in weight is on the edge, some what acceptable, a bit more and I would have him falling completely off. Something like if he had jumped up to Jr. Middle.

No way is this fight going 12 rounds. Ya'll act like Floyd is Derrick Gainer or some shit. I don't think Floyd will pull a quit job like Smoke did, but he will likely try to make the fight boring.

No way is this fight going 12 rounds. Ya'll act like Floyd is Derrick Gainer or some shit. Fight is going 12, Marquez wont stay down and Floyd wont meet the canvas

yea I think so and i hope so!!!!

Most definitely he will. He'll do better than Castillo did in his first fight with Mayweather.

Hatton had the pressure and style to make life difficult for Mayweather. There's no doubting that Marquez is a better boxer than Hatton but his style just doesn't have the tools to break down Floyd. That said, I see it going 12 rounds and Floyd will win a WIDE UD and maybe score a knockdown.

i don think JMM wins over 3 rounds...