I dont think Hatton has a chance to win in this fight, but if I were training Hatton i would do as follows:
- come into the fight at the best condition youve ever been
- take control of the center and dictate pace...impose your will on Floyd from the start and try to take away his confidence while increasing your own
- go to the body early and often - put the "money in the bank" and force this fight to turn into a brawl inside a phonebooth so that you negate a lot of Floyd's natural speed and boxing ability
- i would say that i would avoid going to Floyd's head as much as possible...his ability to slip punches is impeccable and its much easier to hit that body than the head....plus i worry if Hatton tries to headhunt, he'll get countered to hell and his morale will slowly fade as Floyd weaves and counters Hatton's shots....score to the body and hope to grind out a victory...
Pac's fighting style can be dissected by a great boxer who could work around the volume of punches and outbox Manny...But the boxer will have to fight essentially that perfect fight since Manny has never shown in his fights that he fades down the stretch...He brings the power and speed for 12 rounds and always seems to wear down his opponent down the stretch...Manny is very beatable because of his style, but you need to essentially fight the perfect fight since Manny's power and endurance forces you to be on your game for all 12 rounds - one mistake and you can be on the canvass like that...
i dont see a reason why Pavlik should switch trainers....sure Loew's advice to Pavlik during the fight was simplistic, but he has his fighter coming in prepared and ready to fight night in, night out and his record indicates that...plus, although Pavlik only has that 1-2 going for him, its still getting the job done...its like the pitcher who has the unhittable fastball: you know its coming, but its not like you have an answer for it....
Was it just me or did Pac look more winded than usual in the corner in between rounds, especially late? I think he undertrained/wasnt as in shape as he was in the fights prior to this one and could be a reason why he wasnt as aggressive as fights before and instead paced himself. Dunno, maybe Im just clutching at straws lol...
ya'll needa PM the mma-tv links cuz the owner is taking them down, he's on some other site bitching about ppl spammin the link and fillin the servers
hahaha, yea im reading that too
what does payscale have to do with quality of sport? i mean, just because boxers roll in more money right now, does that qualify as boxing overall being a better sport?
like others have said, the comparisons and fighting between fans of MMA and that of boxing is dumb. they are distinct and one can be a fan of both, like myself and others in this thread are from the looks of it...i think the best thing that the UFC has going for it is the fact that it is considered the premier organization in the world and thus the champion of the UFC is considered the unilateral champion of MMA in his division(sans possibly the case for Fedor)...if anything, boxing benefits from the pressure exerted by the UFC since it forces the best to fight the best sooner and more often in order to create that unilateralism that sometimes becomes nonexisten with all the boxing commissions, paper champs and whatnot...