Hatton vs Mayweather

[chabobo66]

Man, no matter what happened, it would be an exciting fight because Hatton would make Mayweather fight. ****, he retired the raning Jr. Welter in the world. Why wouldn't he have a chance agains Mayweather. A lot of pressure is the key to beating a slick boxer.

[antihero]

Hatton might beat Mayweather if Ricky had a baseball bat in his hands. Other than that, no way.

[msagrain]

hatton win 4 defo!!!

[ml2niceguy]

mayweather would pick hatton apart though

[Mozza]

I would love to see Hatton and Mayweather fight. Sadly, I don't think Hatton would win but nor do I think it is impossible that he could win and he would certainly give Floyd more problems than some people think.

[Benny Leonard]

Mayweather made the fight with Oscar more difficult: all he had to do is what he was doing later in the fight, don't stay near the ropes and just move.

[buellster]

Hatton!

Ricky would destroy Floyd!

He's a brawler who doesn't mind the sight of his own blood.

In this fight, the first time Floyd gets cut he'd panic and then Ricky would kick his you know what.

[Benny Leonard]

Hmm yeah maybe, i'll be honest, im not sure Kosta Tsuyu is the fighter people think he is,

He didnt wanna fight mayweather, people dont bring that up, Mayweather called him out several times, he had took hatton instead thinking it would be an easy night,

Skills wise i dont see the hype with Tsuyu, but ive seen little of him to make that claim competant,

Dont think Hatton has fought one slick fighter, dont think he wants to fight a slick fighter, dont think he could handle a slick fighter.

The idea that he will stay at 140 and not fight the WBC champion is hillarious, he doesnt even wanna unify his own divsion.

Bet ya if harris beat Witter, he would consider fighting Harris. lol.

Not exactly sure if Mayweather was calling out Tszyu prior to the Hatton fight with true intentions at that particular point. Mayweather could of probably fought Tszyu right after Zab or around 2002/03, although I am not sure if this was part of the time when Tszyu started to get injury prone, causing him to hold off on fights.

I do remember hearing Mayweather sending Tszyu a call to see if he wanted to fight, but this was after the Hatton loss. I do remember hearing Tszyu say, "If I wanted a fight with Mayweather, I know I could get it right now", but I just do not remember exactly when this was: before or after the Hatton fight.


At one point I thought Mayweather backed off the Tszyu fight after he saw his boy Zab get blitzed, but who knows, maybe I am wrong.

In an article leading up to the fight with Tszyu, Zab did say Tszyu was a declined fighter/"Not the same fighter he once was" prior to their fight. This was in response to Kostya saying he was going to look at some "old tapes" of himself and fight the way he used to.


Remember, the Tszyu we saw later on and even around the Phillips fight was not the same Tszyu that made his name in the amatuers and early part of his career. He seemed to go from an incredible elusive, combination punching, fast, powerful machine to somehow going to the "Soviet" style that I can't remember him ever having in the fights I watched from his amatuer and early part of his pro career. What happened? I am not sure. I always blame Sunny Australia to make me feel better.
I really do think if he came to the States instead of Sunny Australia he would of reached his full potential and pushed himself to the next level because he would of had to. Being around the best sparring partners, great training and trainers, great fighters, the "American" attitude, etc. Tszyu would of been better off, at least from a fighter's stand point.



For Hatton, Tszyu wasn't 100%. Nobody in their mid 30's, coming off a long layoff from two serious injuries that needed surgery, having fought only 9 rounds in 3 years is going to be 100%; especially not fighting a young, hungry, punching machine like Hatton.

[typeone]

i think you're a ****en idiot. odlh and mayweather both humiliate hatton.

M8 you are another one of them fowl mouth pricks!! Nothing in what you have said there explains where your coming from at all....I aint gonna sit here ****ing silly little girls slanging match with ya..Jog on fella jog on fella