Did the GUINNESS catch up with Ricky?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Hatton was in the shape of his life. How in the hell was he fading by round 8?


He hadn't taken that many bodyshots.
He was fighting a fight he is accustomed to (inside mauling).
He was fighting a man his own size.
His activity wasn't that high (40 punches/round).


Were you disappointed in Hatton's stamina?

[Azteca]

His stamina was great.

Maybe he amped himself up for the fight too much. Burning unneccesary energy in the clinch.

Who knows.

He was getting broken down after round 6.

[Silencers]

I don't think it was Hatton fading so much as Mayweather stepping up his level after 6. His stamina was fine.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Maybe it was the guiness!!! Or thats what his fans would like to think!!!

[Marduke]

He was charging repeatedly into Mayweather's punches.

It nearly knocked him down earlier in the fight, then eventually knocked him out.

[Wiley Hyena]

It was a sense of hopelessness. A sense that his chances early in the fight were directly frustrated by Joe Cortez. A sense that he was unfairly penalized. A sense that he had to go for a desperate knockout to win. He was right. The judges showed obviously that he had to have a KO to win the fight.

What goes around, comes around. The spectre of Hatton's victory over Tszyu in Britain, where Hatton was allowed to do anything to win that fight but pull a knife, came around in haunting fashion. This is about the only positive spin I can put on how tonight's fight was governed. Cortez was on a mission to save American boxing from the Brits. And to the detriment of the sport, he fulfilled his duties well.

[shawn_]

Hatton was in the shape of his life. How in the hell was he fading by round 8?


He hadn't taken that many bodyshots.
He was fighting a fight he is accustomed to (inside mauling).
He was fighting a man his own size.
His activity wasn't that high (40 punches/round).


Were you disappointed in Hatton's stamina?

I stated before the fight that Hatton was losing his work capacity, but Joe Cortez didn't help him conserve energy either.

[warp1432]

It was a sense of hopelessness. A sense that his chances early in the fight were directly frustrated by Joe Cortez. A sense that he was unfairly penalized. A sense that he had to go for a desperate knockout to win. He was right. The judges showed obviously that he had to have a KO to win the fight.

What goes around, comes around. The spectre of Hatton's victory over Tszyu in Britain, where Hatton was allowed to do anything to win that fight but pull a knife, came around in haunting fashion. This is about the only positive spin I can put on how tonight's fight was governed. Cortez was on a mission to save American boxing from the Brits. And to the detriment of the sport, he fulfilled his duties well.

Save American boxing when he's mexican?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I've lost respect for anyone using the Joe Cortez excuse.

[Azteca]

I've lost respect for anyone using the Joe Cortez excuse.

Take your blinkers off.

He did ref the fight a little unfairly.