This should have been rickys game plan

[bruzza]

if ricky watched this vid n a couple of his early fights before the fight n kept his composure am sure he would hav gone the distance

[tills9191]

man, he looks really good, its weird, he looks better here than he fights now. He seems a lot more swift on his toes, and very relaxed, and doesn't load up big on every punch.
I think he should have continued with this style.

[BmoreBrawler]

probably has something to do with him being shorter w/ no reach vs Floyd. Might affect strategy a little bit.

[Lucky13]

great vid
Ricky displayed tremendous skills right there although his opponent didn't seem like he wanted to fight.
He actually feinted, something he rarely does now, he didn't go all crazy on his opponent, he kept his composure and attacked like a fox, he didn't even hold lol.
If he came with this approach towards Mayweather he would've done much better. Someone mentioned in a thread that the crowd worked against Hatton and sometimes I believe that. Hatton had too much pressure going into this fight, and it just kept building up which led to his downfall. I still believe that Hatton has right tools to beat Mayweather at 140 to say the least.

[revs1227]

it worked ..wow ive never seen somthin like that..what a skillful body puncher he was jesus ..his foot speed is wild 2 ..he was all over that bum

[squealpiggy]

Hatton has upped the tempo considerably. He's a lot better now, faster and stronger. He feinted against Floyd and had success doing it.

[EeZz]

it worked ..wow ive never seen somthin like that..what a skillful body puncher he was jesus ..his foot speed is wild 2 ..he was all over that bum

Revs what are you talking about PBF elbowed Hatton in your sig? I didnt see any elbow thrown or landed in that gif.

[shawn_]

His plan should have been quit after Cortez took the point away. Spared himself some damage and it would have earned him lots of fans.

That would have been the funniest thing I had ever seen in boxing if after bending over in kiss my ass fashion Hatton raised his arms in victory and refused to fight with the "knob head" of a ref that calls himself Joe Cortez.

There is really is no other plan that what Ricky was doing. He just doesn't have the physical attributes to do anything else. He cant box from the outside, his arms are too short.

[boxingsmash69]

nice vid...

this is what his opponent ended up being:

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...8706&cat=boxer

[MaYaN_SuN]

if ricky watched this vid n a couple of his early fights before the fight n kept his composure am sure he would hav gone the distance

The irony of that poised Hatton performance is that Floyd might have been able to start quicker as opposed to bein thrown off ballance by Hattons early pressure.