Mayweather Hatton: Toe to Toe Battle?

[moofo]

So Oscar is slightly taller....
90% of Hatton's opponents are taller than him.
Hell even Floyd is taller than Hatton.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

So Oscar is slightly taller....
90% of Hatton's opponents are taller than him.
Hell even Floyd is taller than Hatton.

Why did you even PRETEND to be objective?? Seriously?

Oscar is "only" taller ...right?

There's no little matter of an 18-20 pound weight difference. Right?

[steptwome]

After watching JT go down in a glorious blaze of fists and fighting like a warrior, the poon-tang Mayweather better step up to the plate and make for a good fight. I myself, promised to never, evvvveerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr buy another Mayweater PPV instead (it's like throwing my money away) so I will catch this one at the bar.

Will Floyd come out more aggressively against Hatton whose coming up from 140? Will he use ALL THAT TALENT in an exciting way and actually entertain with some freaking balls? Or will Floyd do what he's done for the last 2 years and pot-shot and run his way to another boring-ass UD?

But who am I ****ing kidding here? Floyd ain't going to do none of this ****. Floyd says all this ****, but he's gonna go in there and prance his way around the ring like a ballerina and basically dance away with all you fools' money. I'd bet my left testes satchel that he is going to sucker all of you once again. Not even the game's premier brawler in Hatton will entice Floyd to be a man.

Floyd, be like JT....he took his beating like a man and even in defeat, people respect him more than you who has never lost yet. Fight the good fight Floyd, or you will always be remembered as a *****/businessman fighter like Roy Jones.

I think floyd is going to prove a lot of people wrong this time around. remember his last few outings were against opponents that were "Naturally" and "Physically" bigger than him. with DLH, Mayweather was "actually" 20lbs lighter. The difference with Hatton is the fact that there is no "clear cut" physically advantage whatsoever. With Baldomir, and DLH it would have been foolish to take senseless risks. I believe you are going to see more offense from Mayweather. Remember where you heard this.

[Wiley Hyena]

I dont get where all this talk of Hatton not having the qualities to keep Floyd on the backfoot comes from. Steptwome, you say that Hatton doesnt have that ability and yet Oscar does but I dont seem to remember Oscar doing any of that to Floyd in their fight. Oscar would force him back with the jab but then fail to throw anything of note. IMO, thats what cost him the fight. Had he unloaded on Floyd he may very well have taken the decision or even possibly stopped Floyd.

Everyone knows that Hatton is best when fighting on the inside (ask Tszyu or Castillo), so if the fight is up close and toe to toe then Floyd will be in trouble.

I cant see Floyd wanting to go anywhere near Hatton and simply trying to stay away and use his speed to box him from the outside.

Agreed.............see Addison's clips in his thread "wrestling" for great examples of why Hatton has a real shot here.

[Wiley Hyena]

I think floyd is going to prove a lot of people wrong this time around. remember his last few outings were against opponents that were "Naturally" and "Physically" bigger than him. with DLH, Mayweather was "actually" 20lbs lighter. The difference with Hatton is the fact that there is no "clear cut" physically advantage whatsoever. With Baldomir, and DLH it would have been foolish to take senseless risks. I believe you are going to see more offense from Mayweather. Remember where you heard this.

I'll remember. And, I disagree that "there's no clear cut difference between Hatton and Floyd physically."

Floyd has height and reach advantage, but after that Hatton's the bigger, stronger man. You will see this on Dec. 8 no matter who wins.

[ferocity]

If Hatton stays on top of Mayweather it may look like what Castillo was doing to Floyd in there second fight round 5.

[steptwome]

If Hatton stays on top of Mayweather it may look like what Castillo was doing to Floyd in there second fight round 5.

noooooo. Hatton lacks the technical skills of Castillo

[MindBat]

What alot of you don't understand is that even if PBF made it to the finals of Dancing with the Stars he would still have a little under a month to train. The reality of it is longer training camps are to get rust off, timing down and to get into shape (losing weight). PBF stays in great shape so he doesn't have ring rust or have to worry about getting his timing down by sparring a bunch of rounds. Really all PBF has to do work on his game plan for the Hatton fight.

I have to agree on this. So far, Floyd has maintained fit while inactive.

He's aware it's much harder to whip himself back into shape after slacking off from training for a few months. So, he's inspired to work out at all hours of the day and night to maintain that edge.

Dancing is just another form of fitness training, especially if you treat it as such.

The dancing should, in fact, add to his footwork and coordination, not to mention his stamina, rather than diminish it. Similar to playing a different sport during off time.

Just how I see it.

As far as going toe to toe, a smart fighter needs to determine when to go toe to toe, and when to box at a distance, so as to conserve energy and be cautious.

Only an ignorant fighter would go toe to toe with Ricky right off the bat knowing the risk involved.

I'm sure there'll be some toe to toe action throughout the fight, just not as much as we would all like to see.

All in all, they should both put on a great performance to give the fans, especially the paying ones, they're money's worth.

[HISTORY]

Mayweather will smash Hatton the same way he smashed Arturo Gatti. Hatton is too aggressive and will get counter punched like a little British beyatch.

[steptwome]

I have to agree on this. So far, Floyd has maintained fit while inactive.

He's aware it's much harder to whip himself back into shape after slacking off from training for a few months. So, he's inspired to work out at all hours of the day and night to maintain that edge.

Dancing is just another form of fitness training, especially if you treat it as such.

The dancing should, in fact, add to his footwork and coordination, not to mention his stamina, rather than diminish it. Similar to playing a different sport during off time.

Just how I see it.

As far as going toe to toe, a smart fighter needs to determine when to go toe to toe, and when to box at a distance, so as to conserve energy and be cautious.

Only an ignorant fighter would go toe to toe with Ricky right off the bat knowing the risk involved.

I'm sure there'll be some toe to toe action throughout the fight, just not as much as we would all like to see.

All in all, they should both put on a great performance to give the fans, especially the paying ones, they're money's worth.

I agree. Good post