MAYWEATHER: I fight BETTER going backwards

[Mozza]

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.

We both know what Mayweather meant so there is no point in trying to make excuses for him.

[Vladimir303]

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.

I remember the fight like it was yesterday. There was alot of holding mostly because Collazo isn't as good fighting backwards as mayweather. He smuthered most of his punches and couldn't find enough space to throw combination........until the 12th.

Floyd will be back paddling all night hitting hatton while he is coming forward.....count on it. Either his corner will get tired of him getting hit and throw in the towel or it will go to the judges unaminously for Mayweather.

[tredh]

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.

In most cases when people are against a fighter it is never what the fighter they dislike did it is always what the fighter they wanted to win didn't do. Never wanting to credit the fighter they dislike with being the reason as to why the other fighter couldn't do what they wanted to do.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

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.

Because it seems much more logical that a southpaw stance (which Hatton had trained for over a few weeks) would present a problem EARLY in the fight. And over the course of the fight, a smart fighter like Hatton would figure it out, not have the stance become MORE puzzling to him as the fight progresses.

The southpaw stance doesn't pose a problem in rounds 1-5, but it confuses you in rounds 9-12?? Yes. That does seem counterintuitive to me.

Examples: PBF got hit by Corley EARLY. By Zab EARLY. By Sharmba EARLY.

[AntonTheMeh]

As A Floyd Fan Anybody That Thinks This **** Will Be A Walk In The Park Is Wrong.ricky Hatton Knows What This Fight Means Just Like The Kostya Fight,im Not Saying He'll Win[floyd Tko]but He's Coming To Fight.i Don't Underestimate The Heart Of Ricky, Kid Has Tons Of It.

[El Jesus]

We both know what Mayweather meant so there is no point in trying to make excuses for him.

hes talking about **** like this, i dont need to make excuses for anyone, at all, but i know his fight record, i know who hes fought, and how he has fought them, i have been following him his entire career, what hes done in the ring against pressure fighters is my interpetation of what hes saying.

[Mozza]

Because it seems much more logical that a southpaw stance (which Hatton had trained for over a few weeks) would present a problem EARLY in the fight. And over the course of the fight, a smart fighter like Hatton would figure it out, not have the stance become MORE puzzling to him as the fight progresses.

The southpaw stance doesn't pose a problem in rounds 1-5, but it confuses you in rounds 9-12?? Yes. That does seem counterintuitive to me.

Examples: PBF got hit by Corley EARLY. By Zab EARLY. By Sharmba EARLY.

I don't see why the same rule should apply to all fighters especially Mayweather who is much smarter in the ring than Hatton. I have watched Hatton take big shots Eamonn Magee, Jon Thaxton, Juan Urango and Luis Collazo. These are the fights in which Hatton has struggled most. Perhaps it is a coincidence that they are all southpaws but I don't think so.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

We both know what Mayweather meant so there is no point in trying to make excuses for him.

I, for one, will be making NO EXCUSES for FMJ fighting a boxing match on the perimeter. I think that fight style maximizes his chances of winning. And a fighter should always use the winning gameplan.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I don't see why the same rule should apply to all fighters especially Mayweather who is much smarter in the ring than Hatton. I have watched Hatton take big shots Eamonn Magee, Jon Thaxton, Juan Urango and Luis Collazo. These are the fights in which Hatton has struggled most. Perhaps it is a coincidence that they are all southpaws but I don't think so.

To my point, Magee floored Hatton early...right? Urango landed nothing meaningful after round six.

Agreed?

[Mozza]

hes talking about **** like this, i dont need to make excuses for anyone, at all, but i know his fight record, i know who hes fought, and how he has fought them, i have been following him his entire career, what hes done in the ring against pressure fighters is my interpetation of what hes saying.

I am not saying that Mayweather has not mixed it up with people, to say that would be farcical, but Mayweather has clearly implied that he is going to beat Hatton at his own game and it is highly unlikely that Mayweather will employ such tactics. You can either accept that or continue to bury your head in the sand.