MAYWEATHER: I fight BETTER going backwards

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Collazo was also a southpaw, did you take that into consideration?

I've the the Collazo/Southpaw excuse alot.

But why was hatton able to do well early, and the southpaw stance only bothered him late?

That seems counter-intuitive. Dontcha thnk?

[Vladimir303]

Collazo was also a southpaw, did you take that into consideration?

True but it won't matter. Hatton is hittable from either stance and floyd is accurate. They don't call Ricky the Hitman for nothing.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

Collazo was also a southpaw, did you take that into consideration?

No he didn't, because your making the mistake of thinking Mayweather fan boys can be objective when discussing Ricky Hatton.

[El Jesus]

I thought Mayweather had already said he was going to go "toe-to-toe" with Hatton? Well that lasted long. Still more than six weeks until fight night and already Mayweather is going backwards. What a surprise.

did it ever occur to you that..well..maybe..a toe to toe fight still happens if someone is pressuring you or trying to put pressure on you, while mayweather is on the ropes etc? i mean pretty much a pressure fighter against mayweather is GARUNTEED toe to toe action.

[Mozza]

I've the the Collazo/Southpaw excuse alot.

But why was hatton able to do well early, and the southpaw stance only bothered him late?

That seems counter-intuitive. Dontcha thnk?

Not really. I don't see any reason why a problem can't reveal itself throughout a fight and it is not the first time Hatton has struggled with a southpaw.

[Vladimir303]

Even backing up you can still be toe to toe.

Think for second what TOE TO TOE means. It only means that the two fighters lead foot is next to each other. It doesn't mean that floyd will stand there and trade punches.

[El Jesus]

Ok, so then how did Floyd "press the action from minute one", when he clearly lost the first 2 rounds? It was Judah who pressed the action from minute one, then gassed out by round 5.

i dont think judah gassed out to be honest, i honestly think mayweather going to the body attack and showing him a different angle led to his downfall, because judah still had his moments later into the fight. judah wasnt throwing a mountain of punches, by round 3 mayweather started going to the body and judah didint like it. Its easier to point to the idea that judah simply "gassed out" as opposed to giving mayweather credit for figuring him out and beating him.

[Mozza]

True but it won't matter. Hatton is hittable from either stance and floyd is accurate. They don't call Ricky the Hitman for nothing.

Hatton gets hit trying to get close to his opponents, that is just part and parcel of the way he fights but you seem to be making the mistake of thinking Mayweather will land twice as much as Collazo owing to faster hands and better footwork when the truth is that many of the troubling shots that Collazo was landing can be directly attributed to his southpaw stance.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Just because a fighter is moving forward, doesnt mean he's pressing the action. The one who presses the action, is the one who is more offensive WHILE moving forward. In that case, Zab was clearly the more offensive fighter for the first part of that fight.

"Pressure" does not equal "activity".

Do you think of Paul Williams or Ivan Robinson as pressure fighters?

It was sadi all along that hatton would be coming forward. Applying the pressure. Here is PBF doing that to Zab. Closing the distance and getting inside on Zab.

Deevel, you are wrong on this one. FMJ applied the pressure on Zab.

[Mozza]

Even backing up you can still be toe to toe.

Think for second what TOE TO TOE means. It only means that the two fighters lead foot is next to each other. It doesn't mean that floyd will stand there and trade punches.

Don't be facetious, it doesn't suit you.