Fenech: Why Hatton beats Mayweather

[Katz]

in what weight catergory?
140 - Hatton has a chance
147 - no chance at all....

[Orange Sneakers]

Hatton at his best at 140, might be the nearest to unbeatable in boxing of the last five years

[satori555]

who has hatton fought the past 5 years cept bums and old men? pretty sure no one. a 48 year old kostya tsuya coming off a 12 year lay off and a castillo who fought only once at 140 with a blindfold on. and he barely beat them.

[drvooh]

This will be like a miniture Frazier vs Ali styles....It just depends on whether it is like the first fight or the second or third one

[freedom213]

Fenech is one of the few people to agree with me that Floyd didnt get out of 2nd gear with Oscar. Everyone is saying how close it was but you could easily tell that Floyd was cruising in that fight. It looked like he wasnt even trying hard.

I also agree with Lewis about everything he said, e****ally with Tszyu. Ive always said that Hatton would beat Tszyu every single time no matter when they fought. He's just a bad matchup because Tszyu needs space and is a little like a robot. If you can get on the inside and rough him up then you can beat him all day. Hatton is Tsyzu's worst nightmare. With that being said, a old Tsyzu still had the fight extremely close against a prime Hatton so that still tells you how good he was and how much I think Floyd could expose Hatton

yeah....your both wrong

[Grappler_Baki60]

Boxing legend Jeff Fenech has defied the prediction of his old trainer Johnny Lewis to publicly predict a Ricky Hatton victory against Floyd Mayweather.
Casting his expert eye over the brewing super-fight, three-time world champ Fenech said that while he was a fan of both fighters he believed Hatton had the tools and tenacity to spring a major upset against the fighter most pundits say is the world’s best boxer pound for pound.
Last month, trainer Lewis who guided Fenech to the world bantam, super-bantam and feather crowns and took Kostya Tszyu to junior-welterweight greatness, predicted Mayweather would stop Hatton with his explosive speed and superior skills.
But Fenech (pictured, left with Joe Frazier, Kostya Tszyu and Anthony Mundine) won’t buy that.




Last month, trainer Lewis who guided Fenech to the world bantam, super-bantam and feather crowns and took Kostya Tszyu to junior-welterweight greatness, predicted Mayweather would stop Hatton with his explosive speed and superior skills.

But Fenech won’t buy that.
``Look, Mayweather is a great fighter,’’ Fenech said. ``He absolutely played with Oscar De La Hoya. I don’t think he got out of second gear because he knew he was way out in front in terms of technique.
``It wasn’t a great fight because Floyd didn’t have to lay it on the line.
``But I do think Ricky can change it all around for Floyd.
``I think Ricky is the kind of strong, fit, hungry pressure fighter who can get under the skin of a guy like Mayweather the same way I used to wear opponents down.
``I’ve seen in a few of Mayweather’s fights – especially his first, close fight with Jose Luis Castillo and then against Zab Judah, when a guy stays on him and leans on him, stifling his movement, he doesn’t look anywhere near his best.
``There’s no better fighter in the world at a distance than Mayweather but I don’t think he’s a great infighter.
``When he gets hit in close he has a tendency to do nothing offensively, he just turns his body away and waits for the referee to step in and separate the fighters.
``I think Ricky Hatton will have seen this and will capitalise it, scoring with a lot of short, hard effective punches before the referee moves.
``In close Ricky really has a chance to break Floyd down and I think he has the desire, that unbelievable will to win, that can spring a massive upset.’’
The big fight is set to take place later this year with the undefeated Mayweather saying he’s ready to end the Englishman’s unbeaten run, now standing at 43-0 (31 KOs) and looking red hot after his four-round destruction of Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas on June 23.
Hatton’s promoter Dennis Hobson has offered Mayweather $12m to fight Hatton in Britain later this year and Mayweather says he is willing to come out of retirement to fight Manchester's light-welterweight champion.
Mayweather is 38-0 (24 KOs) and coming off a close points win over De La Hoya for the WBC junior-middleweight title.
He has since relinquished that crown but kept the welterweight title in a sure sign that he’s willing to meet Hatton at 147lb.
Fenech was part of Lewis’s star stable that has produced five world champs – Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Jeff Harding, Virgil Hill and Gairy St Clair.
Fenech has also had great success as a trainer, taking Danny Green to the WBC Interim super-middleweight title and guiding Vic Darchinyan to the IBF flyweight crown before splitting with both fighters.
Lewis, who threw the towel in when Hatton stopped Tszyu in Manchester two years ago, has a different view to Fenech and says Mayweather has too much artillery for the Manchester mauler.
``If they fight on middle ground at 147lb Mayweather will stop Ricky,’’ Lewis said.
``Ricky is a very strong kid and he would be dangerous early – but I think Mayweather will take control behind his jab.
``He will outbox Ricky and dominate him.
``I think it would turn into a one-sided fight the longer it went. Mayweather is a great talent, a brilliant boxer.’’
But Fenech, who was robbed of a fourth world title when Azumah Nelson was handed a ``Vegas draw’’ in their 1991 battle for the WBC junior-lightweight crown, has the final word.
``No matter how talented a fighter, any boxer can be beaten,’’ Fenech said. ``No-one is invincible.
``Boxing is all about styles and how one style can overcome another.
``And of all the fighters in the world, I believe Hatton is the one with the style and the mental strength to give Mayweather his first loss.’’

This is pointless what makes u people think hatton the overated bum can beat PBF? I feel sorry for all u hatton fans ur boy is gonna get ****ed up

[Easton Assassin]

This is pointless what makes u people think hatton the overated bum can beat PBF? I feel sorry for all u hatton fans ur boy is gonna get ****ed up

Maybe because many believe Floyd is an over rated punk that cherry picked his way to p4p1. Name one great fighter he has fought since leaving 130?

ok, then, STFU with PBF is GOD ignorance!

[PBDS]

Lewis has also said in another article...

``Kos (Kostya) and Floyd are different boxers. Kos has to measure his opponents and time them, Floyd can just use speed and reflex - instinctive speed, explosive speed.

``He’s far too fast for Ricky. Kos couldn’t measure the little ****er because he (Hatton) was shifting forward all the time, non-stop, non-stop. That is why I was saying to Kos in the corner that he has to catch the little ****er at the start of the rounds, hit him with the right hand right at the start of the round.

``Floyd doesn’t need to get his timing together like Kos. He has too much speed. He won’t throw right hand leads all the time, I think he’ll get behind his jab, hurt Ricky with counters if Ricky gets beyond his jab, then get behind his jab again and use his speed off of that and go again. It won’t even be a race.’’

``Kos only hurt guys with the right hand when they are at the point of extension on the end of the right hand. Kos isn’t strong! He doesn’t bench press much. It was the extension of the elbow and Ricky wasn’t laying out there long enough.

``Floyd is a strong kid, with Ricky coming in it’ll be double impact. He’ll definitely hurt him with counters. Definitely. Then his speed will come off and play the rounds out. It won’t be a race.’’

...Kostya was one of the strongest lower weight guys ever in terms of his bench press ability. Floyd is the weak one. I do believe that Ricky can break him down.

[rambov]

Jeff Who????

Who the **** is he? I think he sucks....

[Verstyle]

This is all nice but all these Hatton-Mayweather threads is a tease. Thats like ppl talking about how Arnold will fair against the T-1000 in Terminator 4. How do we know they're going to fight? Even if it does get signed it will be another year before they fight probably anyway.