That camo wearin fool doesn't represent all brits so b4 i comment im discounting anything that i have heard him post.
I believe that Froch's knockout was impressive but the win wasn't, he has shown that his chin isn't as granite as we all thought and that dropping his hands will eventually cost him his title.
Now on to the original statement that Americans hate it when a UK fighter beats there guys.....thats the same for any country. If an american beat a UK fighter i would hate it, if a french guy beat a UK guy i would hate it, its called being patriotic. I for one am proud that froch is a world champ, that Haye and Kahn have the chance to become a world champs and that Hatton is the 'ring' champ and has managed to get another shot at a p4p number 1. When u think about it our country is so small we shouldn't really be producing as many talents as we do.
Come on you Brits
All depends on where the fight was held.
Fight Held In Germany = After wobbling Wlad in the early rounds Bruno wouldn't be able to finish him off and would lose on points or late stoppage.
Fight Held In London = Bruno would wobble and finish of Wlad in the early rounds, 2nd round KO for Bruno
Don't Know about the end result...no one truly knows if pac has the power to trouble Hatton let alone Cotto, I believe that the true picture of any possible result against Cotto (should the fight happen) can only be found after the fight with hatton.
That said you have some good points about the technical aspects he would have to rely on to win the fight.
It was quite a close fight but I had Floyd by Unanimous Decision. I was impartial when scoring the fight at the second time of watching!
I think it was closer than some people give credit....btw how can you give a UD theres only one of you, if there were 3 and all went FMJ then its unanimous but if theres only one of you its just a decision lol.
If i remember right...and i may well be wrong (if so call me on it, i don't mind) i think the ref on the night was Dave Parris. Now i rate this ref as one of the better referee's in the fight game, he regularly refs Friday fight night and Big Fight Live bouts and not in any i've seen can i recall either fighter claiming he was below par.....as for the Hatton-Tszyu fight i again can't recall either fighter complaining about the standard of the Ref, therefore i believe he wasn't biased
after they've been taken down.
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(sorry, I couldn't resist the dig)
Gotta luv the effort of him though....rock n roll's Phil Mitchell
End of the day this discussion can go on and on...some people rate hatton and some don't its the same with any boxer.
If as some of you think he is just a hugger then fair play to the lad he has done one hell of a job becoming a two weight world champion with only 1 loss to his name by the best boxer p4p on the planet.
Others (including me) think that he prefers a fight on the inside and could have a boxing match inside a telephone box, this style is disliked by americans and is bad for ppv, its damn effective though and makes opponents clinch to stop the barrage.
Either way theres no arguement that his style wether you see it as a good or bad style has got the man to 2 fights against p4p no.1's.
BTW i've mentioned in the past i think that Hatton's stength will be 2 much for Pac and i see hatton winning by KO in the 4th
He should do the correct thing for his health and retire....he doesn't need the money as his GBP is doing more than alright and he admitted after the Pac fight that he didn't have it any more.
Can't see him fighting again...if he does though won't be with Hatton as Hatton will not want to move up to 154 and after the Pac fight no way ODH will fight as low as 147 again
Would'nt read much into that, no1 gets on with one another 100% of the time, the training camp seems to have gone well and as long as there all pulling in the same direction come fight night they will be fine.
As well as that watching 24/7 it seems that there training camp is the more relaxed of the 2,