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Just call that KO "The 2 hit combo!"
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I love that Ricky got clowned like that.
The other thing that I noticed last night was that when Floyd came over the console Ricky, he couldn't look Floyd in the eye. He kept looking away. During the pressers and weigh-in, he was face-to-face. But after he gets humiliated, he can't look at Floyd in the eye.
"He was more natural at the weight than me". Yeah Ricky, the guy who had 30 fights at SFW/LW is a more natural welterweight than the guy who has 40+ fights at 140. Yeah. OK.Comment
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Blues,
Dan Rafael, Iole, and a BUNCH of journalists scored it like you did. In fact, Lederman's scorecard is the one that stands out.
Here is Rafael's scorecard:
Welterweight
Floyd Mayweather TKO10 Ricky Hatton
Retains world welterweight title
Records: Mayweather, 39-0, 25 KOs; Hatton, 43-1, 31 KOs
Rafael's remark: No dancing from Mr. Dancing With the Stars. Instead, Mayweather used his fast fists to make Hatton pay dearly. Although Hatton had a couple of good moments early in the fight, this was basically a Mayweather blowout. He did everything.He used speed, defense, skills, combination punching, a jab and power to record a massive victory (which HBO will replay at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT Saturday).
Mayweather even dominated when it came to body punching, which was supposed to be the domain of the British star. The only thing Mayweather could have done to make it a more impressive performance might have been to box a round or two standing on his head.
Hatton, 29, lost a point in the sixth for hitting Mayweather, 30, behind the head. But Mayweather shook it right off and abused Hatton over the last few rounds of the fight. He had huge rounds in the eighth and ninth before knocking Hatton down with hard left hooks in the 10th, the second of which forced referee Joe Cortez to call it off.
The fight was everything you want in boxing. It was an entertaining, albeit one-sided, bout between two fighters with totally opposite styles and personalities. Plus a phenomenal crowd and atmosphere. Oh, what a crowd. The 16,429 who poured into the MGM Grand Garden Arena were virtually all Hatton's British supporters, but they made the event go off the charts. What passion. What supreme electricity. It was the single greatest event I have ever covered, from the singing and chanting in the hotel to the incredible scene at the weigh-in to the night of the fight, it was pure magic. It was a great fight to cap off a great year in boxing. One thing, however, remains the same: Mayweather was the best in the world when the year started, and he's still the best.
But will he fight on? Here's hoping he will because, love him or hate him, you gotta watch him. He's been talking retirement after his past few fights, but he can't walk away until he faces Miguel Cotto. Think about it like this: Mayweather is the recognized welterweight champion, but in his first fight after winning the title, he defeated Oscar De La Hoya at junior middleweight. In his next fight, Mayweather knocked out Hatton, the junior welterweight champion. It's time Mayweather cleaned out his own division, which means Cotto, Shane Mosley or even talented Paul Williams. It's fine for Mayweather to take a nice, long break. He deserves it after the grueling year he has had inside and outside of the ring. Just don't take too much time off.
Hatton isn't talking retirement, but his next move is up in the air. He could return to junior welterweight and defend his crown, or maybe he'll stay at welterweight. However, because of the one-sided nature of his defeat, it's going to make the prospect of a May fight with De La Hoya, which had been the plan if he won or looked good losing, hard to legitimize.Last edited by DIOS DOMINICANO; 12-16-2007, 10:15 AM.Comment
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It wasn't KO.. it was ONLY a KD.. hatton was Up by 8.. the ref let the fight continue... Hatton Got KO'd about 20 seconds later.. after 3 more big Punches land.. Not even including the turnbuckle..
That Check Hook was a Lovely Knock Down.. It wasn't a lovely KO... it will never be a KO no matter how much you guys want to change history...
facts are facts and they cant be changed....
Awaits the Floyd Boys Spin now...
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