What's so different???

[kamicazze]

i love hatton and granted he does have the style and grit 2 beat floyd but what many of these points are frogetting is FLOYD IS JUST THAT DAMN GOOD and no matter what happens he will always seem 2 win! de la hoya seemed 2 be beating floyd but the statistics showed differently, also hatton cut up easily and their is no more accurate puncher in the world 2day! BUT if the fight was at light welterweight i would have backed hatton to edge it, but on the collazo evidence and the assumption he will not have as much training as it is 7 pounds less 4 him 2 drop hatton will get owned!!!!!

[Addison]

i must debate you in this part of ur post. mayweather kept gatti VERY honest, and he will be able to keep ricky honest as well. u say this wont be the ricky that fought collazo, fine, but the fact is collazo still almost knocked him out and i think floyd punches a tad bit better and more accurately than collazo. yea ricky will be a better 147 than the collazo fight no doubt, but hes not fighting collazo this time, hes fightin mayweather. he has a good arsenal of punches yea thats true and he has a big heart and an adrenalined pump style. so what? mayweather has never fought a pressure fighter before? he can throw combos at mayweather all he wants to and try and trap him, thats wut 38 other fighters claimed to do, and didnt. yea oscar was ove the hill, but he is more skilled and powerful and a better overall fighter than ricky is today. does ricky have the style to beat mayweather? sure... but so did everyone else who fought him, they jus couldnt use it cuz mayweather took it away from them. hattons heart and determination will not get him thru mayweathers pin point accuracy. u say floyd cant keep ricky honest. BULL****. mayweather can keep the smaller man off of him with precise shots to the head and body when ricky does his bullrush in.

this ongoing argument between hatton and mayweather is gonna go on nonstop unfortunately, but at least this thread has some maturity in it.... but IMO, this is gonna be an extremely one-sided fight for floyd. i kinda agree with beauty, and i cant see how so many people came to the fact ricky is gonna "own" mayweather. even if he does win, it aint like hes jus gonna embarass him or anything, so where the hell do people get off sayin hes gonna destroy mayweather. thats jus silly...

Yes, I think those are some good points.

It's dissapointing we're back on Collazo..

I knew he'd be brought up again regardless..


Your feeling that Mayweather can keep him honest is a very pedestrian by the numbers view of how things could play out..

Don't think I'm dismissing Mayweather's POTENTIAL.


Hatton is a man with nothing to lose. He's expecting to get laser targeted.

He'll be coming through those punches because he has NO CHOICE.

And he ****ing knows it!

It's either that or sit there and get picked off.


Hatton is a SPECIALIST. He knows how to worm his way in there.

He's one of the BEST IN THE WORLD at doing what I've described..

Keep that in mind.

Without that there is no equation with Hatton winning.


Wait and see my friend..

[Addison]

addison stfu for 1 sec and read this.

I just read it.

You made my point for me.

[msagrain]

what do you means says ***ing who? i asked you a question.

I just read it.

You made my point for me.

lol just awser the question. what has race got to do with this fight?

[squealpiggy]

i must debate you in this part of ur post. mayweather kept gatti VERY honest

I'll stop you right there! Gatti has been stopped by the following fighters:

Angel Manfredy 43(32)-8
Oscar De La Hoya 38(30)-5
Floyd Mayweather 38(24)-0
Carlos Baldomir 43(13!)-11-6
Alfonso Gomez 17(8)-3-2

He has also taken a wicked beating in every fight he has lost and a good many of the ones he has won. He's really not a good indicator of power, Hatton has ten times the resilience that he does.

u say this wont be the ricky that fought collazo, fine, but the fact is collazo still almost knocked him out

Collazo didn't even knock him down! Collazo had him hurt for part of the 12th round, but Hatton wasn't down, nor did Collazo do enough to win the round 10-8. Hatton struggled with Collazo but I think that the degree to which he struggled has been exaggerated especially on here.

and i think floyd punches a tad bit better and more accurately than collazo.

Kostya Tszyu punches as accurately as Mayweather and a damn sight harder to boot. Hatton walked through those punches. Hatton at his best is a machine.

u say floyd cant keep ricky honest. BULL****. mayweather can keep the smaller man off of him with precise shots to the head and body when ricky does his bullrush in.

Hatton isn't the smaller man though. He's certainly shorter, but he isn't smaller in build. The fact is that both guys will probably weight the same on fight night, around 150 lbs, but Hatton is shorter and will therefore be carrying more compactly. I know there has been some disagreement here but I feel that Hatton will be stronger than Floyd on fight night.

i kinda agree with beauty, and i cant see how so many people came to the fact ricky is gonna "own" mayweather. even if he does win, it aint like hes jus gonna embarass him or anything

I can't argue with this. My pick is for Ricky to win a tight points decision, though I can't rule out the possibility of a stoppage. Any stoppage would be a brutal uphill struggle war of attrition late late on rather than a one sided beatdown, but I think it's more likely that this one is going to the scorecards. I think that Hatton and Floyd will bring out the best in each other.

[Addison]

lol just awser the question. what has race got to do with this fight?

WHENEVER a White guy is fighting race has something to do with it.


They ****ing booed Evander Holyfield when he fought Seamus McDonough.

HaHa...

[tyson]

Good post, Addison. I'm starting to look foward to your insight on things..

Hatton is relentless, more so than any fighter I've seen lately.
This silent confidence he has is bothering Mayweather, me thinks.
Ricky is madly determined when he needs to be, and he's not in that ring to play with anybody. He's just there to hurt the other guy, I like that.

Skillwise, it's not much of a contest. But **** the noble art of self-defence;
Sometimes the best defence is all out offence.

While I expect Mayweather to win, I really do believe Hatton has a great shot at upsetting Floyd.

People say Mayweather has great defence, incredible skill and smarts.
People are right.

People say Hatton is one-dimensional. People say Floyd will run rings around Hatton. People say Hatton won't be able to hit Floyd with the left hook to the body.
People say it will be an easy fight for Floyd.
If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still foolish...

My thoughts on Hatton;

-Fast and good legs, easily better than Castillo at closing the distance and cut off the ring.
-Reasonably fast hands, although not in Floyd's league, the speed is good.
-Strong jab, which he uses both before and after a combination, making him rather difficult to read as you have to cover up for that jab.
-Strong physically and mentally, able to keep a ferocious amount of pressure at all times, being rough and tough on the inside while having the stamina to keep it up for the full 12 rounds.
-No bull**** attitude, no flashy ****, just tried and proven all out aggressiveness.
-Determination right out of hell.

Mayweather is supposed to win this fight, at least in most people's view. He's the better technically skilled fighter and the bigger man.

But skills are just one part of the equation. Mayweathers high chin is another...

[msagrain]

WHENEVER a White guy is fighting race has something to do with it.


They ****ing booed Evander Holyfield when he fought Seamus McDonough.

HaHa...

did nigel benn ever get booed and it was an all white crowd.

[squealpiggy]

Floyd is the better fighter, there's no question. But for one night Ricky can be the better man.

[squealpiggy]

Regarding race, it's less of an issue for the British. Case in point: Joe Bugner was booed when he fought Frank Bruno.