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Does anyone think the upcoming fight bewteen Hatton and Mayweather could be similar to the 1st Chavez Taylor fight. If Mayweather elects to try and fight it out with Hatton, and Hatton has prepared himself better to fight at welterweight this time, I can see it possibly being similar, going into the later rounds with Mayweather ahead and Hatton slowly getting to him and grinding him down. Wouldn't it be great if Hatton stopped him late. I'm not getting carried away with myself, as this would depend on a lot of if's, but it is one possibility, however personally I can't see Mayweather trying to outfight Hatton, I think he will completely outbox him and maybe try and stop him late on. To be honest I can't really see Hatton prevailing, he is up against the best boxer in the world, and fighting at the wrong weight, also I think cuts might come into play, but while he's in there, he always has a fighting chance. I'm just hoping and praying for a Hatton win in spectacular style. This is a very intruiging fight as there are so many possibilites, and none of us will have an idea of how it's going to go until the fight is well on its way. For boxings sake lets hope its a classic that we can all watch time and time again.
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I see it kind of like Duran vs Leonard -
hatton and mayweather do not have the styles to even be compared to as leonard and duran
they're different fighters so lets get that out the window
but as far as it leaving a huge mark on boxing i caa agree with u that it may have huge impact and be remembered as a classic fight as such was duran vs leonard
i agree with you as far as it being similiar to the mayweather - chavez fight. im glad someone else besides myself has seen that great fight on this board.. i dont know if ricky will be grinding floyd down in the later rounds becuz ricky himself fades in the later rounds.. but i do expect ricky to put up a good fight and i believe this fight is going to be a exciting, classic fight.. hopefully it is.. in boxing anything can happen.. but i expect floyd to win by late stoppageComment
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You guys seem to forget that Taylor was easily beating Chavez all night long and it was the Ref who saved it for Chavez in the last 2 seconds of the fight. Had Richard Steele not been such an idiot, Chavez would've lost that fight.Comment
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No one is going to wear Floyd down and stop him unless there way bigger like Margarito or Karmazin or somethingComment
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This fight is neither Chavez-Taylor nor Duran-Leonard.
You can't put Hatton in (or anywhere near) the class of Chavez/Duran. Those guys are generally considered among the all-time greats.
Ricky is a an undefeated champion at his peak. This is his time to do great things. But let's wait until he actually beats a top guy.Comment
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Floyd is a peak of physical perfection. He's a gym-rat who is in fighting shape at all times. Hatton is just much fitter and with much better stamina than most other boxers. Most guys Floyd fights tire towards and he coasts a bit without having to work too hard to win those vital final few rounds. Its unlikely he'll be able to do so with Hatton.
I wouldnt say that Hatton necessarily clinches or holds a lot to conserve energy, its normally a stiffling tactic to neutralise the threat from his opponent and to wear them down. He often uses it to stay out of trouble and not take risks after he has the fight won. Floyd does a similar thing with 'running' around a lot, he has the reactions and the footspeed to do this, Hatton doesnt.Comment
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NO WAY....... TAYLOR WAS A PHILLY FIGHTER WITH SOME GOOD BOXING.......DONT GET IT TWISTED HE DIDINT BOX YOUR EARS OFF AND GO TO A DECISION......HE HAD POWER AND COULD KO YOU AS WELL.................TO BAD HE WENT ******ED AFTER THE CHAVEZ FIGHTS.......AND STILL CONTINUED TO FIGHTComment
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