Floyd Jr. should have never left 135...

[QUISQUEYA]

He cant even make 140 anymore, hence him fighting Ricky at 147.

Have you seen what the JWW's weigh on fight night? They outweigh FMJ in the ring.

[C'MONMANG']

Have you seen what the JWW's weigh on fight night? They outweigh FMJ in the ring.

um HAtton didnt even out weigh Floyd when they fought.
and he's a JWW.

[QUISQUEYA]

um HAtton didnt even out weigh Floyd when they fought.
and he's a JWW.

On. Fight. Night.

Hatton is ~154 in the ring on fight night. Floyd is the same or slightly less than his weigh-in weights. 146 - 148.

Here are the in-ring weights of some recent bouts:

Corrales (148) vs castillo (149) in a lightweight bout

Hatton 158 vs Collazo.

Hatton @ 152-154 for nearly every other fight.

Bojado vs Forbes....both fighters at 150+


http://www.*************.com/intervi...-ricky-hatton/


RICKY HATTON: No, I don’t think so. I mean as I’ve said on a couple of occasions, when I fought Luis Collazo at welterweight last time. And normally when I weight 140, you know, I normally get in the ring about the 152 amount (ph), you know, the following night, you know, when, from the weigh in to the, to when I step in the ring. And against Luis Collazo I think I come in about 158, 159. I tried to make me self as big as him if you like when really I wasn’t. And so I think I’m going to come in on the night, the weight that I perform best at in the ring, and that will be, you know, the 152 amount. And Floyd was underweight six weeks ago when I met him really, so, you know, he’ll be pretty much the same and I will have grown, if not grown, sallied up, you know, so I don’t think Floyd is the biggest. I’ve beat some very big men, you know, but, you know, sometimes people have just go the stance to do it, and I think, one thing that I think Floyd hasn’t bargained on is how clever I am. You know, there’s a method to my madness, and I think that’s going to be the key really. He’s just bet for me to go in there all guns blazing with no real thought to what I’m doing, but there is a lot of thought to what I do, and he’s put, just got to put it in sort (ph) of …

[boxing_pundit85]

I'll tell you...

I'm watching Mayweather-Corrales (yes I know it's at 130, not 135) and Floyd looks just absolutely fantastic. Seriously, he looks almost perfect. Great jab, excellent combinations, fantastic elusivity, he had it all.

Although he struggled with Castillo at 135, he did well in his other two fights. I wish he would have stayed down there and fought Casamayor, Freitas, Lazcano, etc.

There would be no talk about ducking whoever I don't think. I think Floyd has a right to not want to fight Cotto, probably because Cotto is a giant next to him, but Floyd really has put himself in that boat by entering into 147. If you are going to claim the lineal championship in a division, you are going to be expected to fight the best in that division.

135 didn't even really fall off when most of the good fighters previously mentioned left. We now have Nate Campbell, Juan Diaz, Julio Diaz, Kid Diamond, etc.

I don't know, what do you all think about this? How cool would it have been if Floyd had stayed at 130 until the Chavez fight (when he said he couldn't make that limit anymore), and then never have left 135?

Fighters move up in weight for 5 reasons.

1.Money

2.Champion Belt collecting

3.Money

4.Dominance

5.Inability to maintain weight due to natural increases.

i like the first four for money man.

[Fox McCloud]

He cant even make 140 anymore, hence him fighting Ricky at 147.

You don't think any of that had to do with him trying to bulk up so he could fight at 147/154? I said he should have stayed at 135. Not that he should move back down.

You can't honestly tell me that you think Floyd grew from a 130 pounder to a legitimate 147 pounder in just 7 fights, can you?

No, Im sure of it. Just like SSM cant make 135 anymore.you just cant, thats why fighters move up. Floyd has fought maybe 3-4 opponents his whole career that were "bigger" then him. do the research....

what a dumb thread

Looks like you got your "I'm a prick" statement in for the day. Kudos.

Anyway, thanks for reading the original post, because so much of it is about him moving back down to 135...

[-Antonio-]

It's a crime Casamayor never fought Mayweather. Even Johnston would have made for a very interesting fight. Mosley is another one.

[Fox McCloud]

140 huh? NAH, it's 135!

[larryx]

Well PBF would have struggled to make the weight, As he was growing older his body would have outgrown 135...I know he could have done the Joe Calzaghe/B-Hop thing and stayed in one weight and defend his titles like 30 times but you also have to realise that he was obsess in getting a fight with Dela hoya so he knew he had to move up in weight to get the fight.

i couldnt have said it any better,,this man knows what hes talking about

[Fox McCloud]

i couldnt have said it any better,,this man knows what hes talking about

You can't deny that he had a few more fights though...

He had some damn good challengers at 135 too, certainly better than the fighters he fought at 140.

Casamayor, Freitas, Lazcano (yeah he actually was a credible threat at 135)...

It works out well for Floyd that Castillo ended up on top of the foursome that included him, Corrales, Freitas and Casamayor though.

[C.Y.]

good thread.. i think if he would of stayed at 135, he would probably beat everyone that came in his path.. casa-may would of been a really good fight.. i think alot people forget he was an absolute beast at the lower weight divisions.. the lightweight divisions are his natural weight classes and of course he had to change his style and adjust to fighting much bigger fighters at these higher weight classes..