Cortez: "Hatton wasn't allowed to fight his style"

[RodBarker]

Eh, it wasn't a shut out and this doesn't answer my question.

Mate that is so funny ,,, given 1 round beat down and KOed ,,, it wasnt a shut out was it .

[Benny Leonard]

You guys act like Hatton was a saint in the ring. Hatton did as much holding and wrestling as Floyd used his elbow which was used to push Hatton back when holding. Besides it was a KO not a decision so stop with the ****ing threads and the complaining your making you Hatton fans look even worst.

I agree. People have to understand that pushing with your elbows is safer than using your gloved-hand to push someone back, why? because you would look like Rahman vs. Lewis (when he was KTFO)...it leaves you exposed. Floyd's "old school", he knows what is best.

If he was throwing elbows to cut or hurt, the ref would have noticed.

Hatton tried to pull a Tyson-botha, where he looked like he was trying to brake Money May's right arm in one of the rounds.

Floyd started to do it right back as if to say, "Your a bully, I going to kick your ass at your own game."

[Benny Leonard]

I bet all my points on Floyd about 2 weeks ago. Look at my avatar though, notice how Floyd is Holding Hatton's arm with one hand and stretching him out with his elbow/forearm to the throat/face. Did Ricky walk into that?

Yeah, look at the picture, look at how close they are. You cannot extend your arm so you push off with your elbows/forearms.

[Jim Jeffries]

The ref kept it clean , my biggest fear going into this fight was headbutts , Floyd could tie Hatton up even if there was no ref , thats what you fail to see and he did it all night , just nullified him , it would have been a very messy push-a-thon if it wasnt kept clean and a big chance for a head clash , probably what Ricky wanted because he couldnt put a mark on him any other way .

Look at the sequences where they were allowed to punch out , Floyd wins 90% of those exchanges and Hatton backs out , look at the 8th when Floyd turned it up a notch , Hatton was holding and back peddling and taken to town ,,, this was a prize fight and like all prize fights they unwind over rounds and go through hills and dales , it was a battle over time that the better man won , and he won in a shut out .

Do you even know what a shutout is?

[bestboxingonly]

the fight should have been better a bit if cortez wasn't that much concern and i dont know why. there where lots of times that the fight should be break a little bit longer not that very quick. cortez could have warned hatton easily if somethings illegal was thrown right away. lots of fighter do that to gain the some inside advantage, hopkins is one so why would hatton is b exempted. i thought floyd was ready for that so thats no problem w/ him, he handled the pressure ok but cortez was not.

[wmute]

Off course he did , its called tactics , re-read what I said about its a battle over time with hills and dales ,,, do you guys really watch boxing because it seems to me you follow the biff not the essence of the sport .

Dont get me wrong, I respect the roughhousing Floyd had in his bag of tricks. In fact he is greater in my eyes now that I know he has that too. This does not change the fact that Cortez ******. (Note that this is the exact opinion Hatton has on the subject)

ps: I love Hopkins, Casamayor, Duran, Hatton, JC Chavez, Castillo... I love inside fighting

[Jim Jeffries]

Yeah, look at the picture, look at how close they are. You cannot extend your arm so you push off with your elbows/forearms.

While holding his other arm so that he can't pull his glove out?

[Mozza]

Mate that is so funny ,,, given 1 round beat down and KOed ,,, it wasnt a shut out was it .

No. A shut out is when a boxer wins every round which not even the nuttiest of huggers could say happened in this match.

[wmute]

I dont get it. I think those that dont admit mayweather was fouling are not true fans of the sport and neither of Mayweather. A great fighter can adapt and do what he takes to win.

Mayweather outroughed Hatton. He outhattoned hatton. What do you want more?

And the early clinching was superb strategy.

Boxing is not figure-skating (ok given some past episodes maybe I picked the right sport to contrast )

[RodBarker]

Do you even know what a shutout is?

Do you ever look past the nose on your face .

Win 1 round in 10 and to end up like this is a shutout mate !

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