Whats Floyd doing sparring Baldomir for DEC 8??

[HeavyHitter]

agreed floyd will have his success as ricky comes in, but the point is that floyd may be VERY suprised as to how quickly hatton closes the gap and cuts off the ring, something his previous opponents in the most part have been **** at. you ever thought how floyd will respond to that? im pretty sure ricky will EXPECT to get hit, floyd certainly wont, big difference in mentality and if it comes down to a war it could be very interesting.

I expect we will see Mayweather apply to elbow to move him away and catch him with a right numerous times in this fight!

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

I expect we will see Mayweather apply to elbow to move him away and catch him with a right numerous times in this fight!

mayweather use elbows??? lol surely not!!! i think ricky will use equal rough house tactics so def cant complain on that score!

[El Jesus]

mayweather use elbows??? lol surely not!!! i think ricky will use equal rough house tactics so def cant complain on that score!

hes talking about what he does to measure opponents who sit close on him, its not really a roughhouse tactic.

[eazy_mas]

Lovemore N'Dou is a step in the right direction. A small step, but a step all the same. The fact that they hired Baldomir as a big name sparring partner does strike me as though they are overlooking Ricky.

well if he didnt overlooked Brussel or Sharmba I dont think he will overlook Hatton.

Floyd me be taking trash in the out the ring and shows disrespect but actully both fighters respect each other by showing each on training hard.

another thing you cant tell because the sparring session is secertive too so you cant tell what they been telling Baldomir to do and who is sparing there.

Another thing about Floyd he loves to play mind games with his oppennet like going to the hopistal shows that he has hurt hands and arms but it not bad as it seemed maybe he is only conditioning them for future injury

[HeavyHitter]

hes talking about what he does to measure opponents who sit close on him, its not really a roughhouse tactic.

Yeah thats it. I think that could work to great effect against Hatton!

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

hes talking about what he does to measure opponents who sit close on him, its not really a roughhouse tactic.

i think we both know that mayweather is very free with his elbows and does not just use it to "measure" his opponents... so it is a rough-house tactic... but no complaints as hatton uses his own fair share and boxing is a physical sport

[El Jesus]

i think we both know that mayweather is very free with his elbows and does not just use it to "measure" his opponents... so it is a rough-house tactic... but no complaints as hatton uses his own fair share and boxing is a physical sport

i hate to break it to you, but oddly enough, and im not being sarcastic, mayweather is one of the cleanist and most professional fighters in the ring. his personality outside the ring is the complete opposite of what he does in-ring, because mayweather almost never fouls.


the comment about him being "free with his elbows" isnt true, he doesnt aim at you with bolo punches, he uses it to measure distance. its not a rough house tactic at all.

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

elbows in the face are against the rules... perhaps the term rough house tactic is unfair but mayweather does use his elbows

[eazy_mas]

elbows in the face are against the rules... perhaps the term rough house tactic is unfair but mayweather does use his elbows

it not like he is using it through all the fight.

exesive clinching, elbows, lowblow, rabbit punch, liver shot and headbutt are all against the rules but fighter still do it.

bow how if the ref didnt do anything during the fight then what can you do? only fight onwards for a win.

[Technical_Skill]

all very well and good.... but if recent history is anything to go by floyd will concede the first few rounds and hope ricky tires... which he wont. i see your point about baldomir and endurance and its a good one. do you think they've under-estimated rickys footwork though? because its incredibly quick, and he's severely under-rated in that department imo

Hatton is faster in closing the distance then baldomir, but the key for floyd in this fight is simply to stepstep in fire, i dont think he really needs to back off as much, i will say this as well, imo.....

Mayweather is gonna go to the body.

Mayweather is a seriously underatted body puncher, and i reckon he will go to limit hatton's movement, then drown him out later on in the fight.

If hatton can land some good shots early, and doesnt get discouraged by getting hit, then he has a chance, if not, he could get hurt, and hatton does tire, urango hurt him in their fight and hatton was clinging on, Collazo had him all over the place in their fight, Tsysu clearly floored hatton with a body shot which was given a slip in that fight, so hatton can get hurt, has been down, has ran out of gas before.

Obvoiously he seems to be in great shape for this fight, but imo, floyd has to lose this fight with either ****** tactics or taking hatton lightly. As far as the latter goes, i cant see it happening right now, floyd is very angry with hatton for mouthing off about him to hbo and floyd has siege mentality anyways where he thinks everyone wants to see him lose, hopefully he comes in tip-top, if he does, i know who im picking.