Will the referee allow Hatton to hold and hit against Mayweather?

[SkillspayBills]

I also think the ref will allow them to just fight, he will break up the clinch but the majority of the time he will let them fight.

[Azteca]

For once in my life, he would be my referee of choice for this fight. I usually like Richard Steele, but this is a fight made for Jay Nady.

Yeah...Jay freakin' Nady you want to referee this bout. You serious??????

[-Hyperion-]

nope, Floyd Mayweather can get a good referee.....of course if we're talking any other fighter against Hatton, they would allow it.....

[Kobe Bryant]

I voted no in a hig profile matchup like this. And the venue (HBO PPV) and the hype that will build up in the next few months, I think the ref is going to ensure that the fight doesn't become a hugfest. And I hope they clean that **** up as well. I know Hatton is an inside fighter but, I don't want to see 12 rounds of holding. I already payed for B-Hop vs. Winky.

[-Hyperion-]

They shoudlve gotten Jay Nady to referee Winky vs B Hop, he wouldve disqualified Hops for being a dirty whore....

[Fox McCloud]

Yeah...Jay freakin' Nady you want to referee this bout. You serious??????

He doesn't allowing a bunch of holding which seems to be a focal point of this matchup. I really don't like him much though, I think he interferes too much, but no referee has been tough on holding and hitting like he has, so that's the only reason.

[Azteca]

Way too tough. There is an art to infighting and holding and jockeying for space like Hatton does. Nady would eliminate that. He allows zero infighting - ZERO.

[Fox McCloud]

Way too tough. There is an art to infighting and holding and jockeying for space like Hatton does. Nady would eliminate that. He allows zero infighting - ZERO.

I think he would have allowed Castillo-Corrales to do their thing. That's in fighting. I think he would have been down for the Mayweather-Gatti beatdown, which was sort of in fighting. I think he just eliminates holding and hitting, which is the coward's brand of in fighting IMO.

[Super Cartel]

The choice on the ref is a very important one because it
could be the key to who wins the fight here...

If Hatton isnt allowed to do his clinching which is a part of his game
then your looking at points getting docked etc...
not good for Hatton at all...

[Fox McCloud]

The choice on the ref is a very important one because it
could be the key to who wins the fight here...

If Hatton isnt allowed to do his clinching which is a part of his game
then your looking at points getting docked etc...
not good for Hatton at all...

... Sort of. It would certainly eliminate Hatton's chance of winning a decision, but I thought that was an extremely limited possibility in most people's eyes anyway.

He could still go for the knockout, even if he does have points taken away.

I could see Floyd losing, but I just can't see him losing a decision.