Pretty Boy vs Hitman

[Technical_Skill]

Dude, today I really like your style

I like your sig,

Oh, Canada Joe has changed his name for a 3rd time, he is now Steelhammer86, just so you remember. lol.

[LOLORSKATES]

I'm thinking the same as i've always thought about this fight : Floyd would box Hatton's ears off.

[El Jesus]

Is that so? Then how is it that pressure fighters and volume punchers have the advantage against pure boxers?

Its the case most of the time, with few exceptions, Julio Cesar Chavez vs Pernell Whitaker is one of those exceptions. It takes an outstanding and intelligent pure boxer to be able to handle that type of fight.

[Kenny Blankenship]

Neither of these two guys have ever been involved in a fight of the year type fight or even came close to it. What makes anyone think this will be any different?
Hatton will spend the majority of the fight trying to chase Floyd down while eating a few punches along the way.
Floyd will win a lopsided decision in a fight that will have very little drama.

[Chipp3r]

If you put an average pressure fighter and an average pure boxer together then maybe. Floyd Mayweather is probably the most skilled boxer of all-time, undeniably the most skilled fighting today. The "swarmer vs. boxer" argument does not hold up here because of Floyd's high level of skill. In other words, Floyd is a better boxer than Hatton is a pressure fighter. His defensive skills are so amazing that he can avoid most punches that are thrown at him, and his punching accuracy is so good that as he evades punches he can fire off shots that hit his opponent cleanly, and he does all this better than anyone else out there.

Floyd is not superman. His skills have been on show alot recently because he's been fighting old and slow fighters, bar Judah.

He won't look so fast against Hatton and he won't be able to handle the inside fighting. If he does, then props to him, he is the full package but if Hatton drags him to the trenches then i'd like to see how Floyd reacts.

Floyd does have weaknesses. You just have to look hard for them.

[tito yuca]

The same could be said about Robinson and LaMotta.

First of all ******* Lamotta was a MIDDLEWEIGHT and Robinson a WELTERWEIGHT. Second of all, Robinson WAS NOT as skilled as Mayweather. He is considered the greatest fighter of all time but in terms of pure boxing skill Floyd is miles away. And most importantly, Robinson won FIVE out of SIX times.

[squealpiggy]

First of all ******* Lamotta was a MIDDLEWEIGHT and Robinson a WELTERWEIGHT. Second of all, Robinson WAS NOT as skilled as Mayweather. He is considered the greatest fighter of all time but in terms of pure boxing skill Floyd is miles away. And most importantly, Robinson won FIVE out of SIX times.

Floyd isn't miles ahead on boxing skills. In fact as a complete package Robinson is generally more highly rated because he had a far better offense than Mayweather, But that's pure conjecture. The remaining five LaMotta - Robinson fights are also irrelevant, Robinson lost the first one. And the weights don't really matter either. The point is that boxing is littered with examples of highly skilled boxers losing to less skilled brawlers.

[FUMIN 88]

Originally Posted by tito yuca
First of all ******* Lamotta was a MIDDLEWEIGHT and Robinson a WELTERWEIGHT. Second of all, Robinson WAS NOT as skilled as Mayweather. He is considered the greatest fighter of all time but in terms of pure boxing skill Floyd is miles away. And most importantly, Robinson won FIVE out of SIX times.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU CRAZY

[tito yuca]

Floyd isn't miles ahead on boxing skills. In fact as a complete package Robinson is generally more highly rated because he had a far better offense than Mayweather, But that's pure conjecture. The remaining five LaMotta - Robinson fights are also irrelevant, Robinson lost the first one. And the weights don't really matter either. The point is that boxing is littered with examples of highly skilled boxers losing to less skilled brawlers.

Well you brought up the example, by saying "look at Lamotta and Robison" you're suggesting that Lamotta beat him every time. If he lost 5 out of 6 how does your argument look? And how are you gonna tell me the weight does not matter? Lamotta was a MW and Robison a WW when they fought. That will NOT be the case when Floyd and Hatton fight, so it's useless to compare these two fights. Just proves what Technical_Skill said as being true, that the only arguments Hatton fans have is "Hatton has the style to beat Floyd" and "it will be Duran-Leonard 1". Now it's Robinson-Lamotta 1? Great.

[squealpiggy]

Well you brought up the example, by saying "look at Lamotta and Robison" you're suggesting that Lamotta beat him every time.

No I didn't. It's a simple case that highly skilled boxrs are sometimes (often) beaten by less skilled fighters with a good chin and a relentless attack. Robinson - LaMotta, Duran - Leonard and Frazier - Ali are three of the more prominent examples. In all three cases the brawler lost the rematches, but they won the first fights and that's the important issue here.