Hatton - Mayweather: A Year On

[Ray*]

Only fight I could seein getting the hype like that would be Hatton v Witter. Witter would play the Mayweather role and people of England wouldn't like him.

has Haye's fight even been hyped in the papers yet? not read any this week.

Nobody seem to be hyping up the Haye fight yet to be honest, Hatton/Witter would have done a lot but now after both had lost their titles...Hatton/Witter could have been the biggest hyped domestic grudge fight in the UK since Benn/Eubank but the risk was too much for Hatton.

i was getting seriously heated in some discussions with people who were buying into the massive Hatton tabloid hype before the fight

seeing him kiss the turnbuckle was a great feeling.....my mate sent a text on the day of the fight saying "Floyd's losing his composure, i think Hatton's gonna do him you know!" and i still rub it in his face to this day lol

I have the video on my laptop and everytime i feel down i was play it and it puts a smile on my face, Some of the Hatton fanatics were the worst bunch of fan i have ever seen.., I could excuse most of the people who didnt know nothing about boxing in my area like my newsagent who was picking Hatton because he read how Hatton KO castillo and Mayweather couldnt do it in 24 rounds.....I just laugh and told him to keep his money in his pocket instead of betting on Hatton.

[squealpiggy]

That was the smartest thing floyd did in that fight. The plan was FORCING the ref to break them up. Here's how he did it. He knew ricky liked to hit and hold and what he did differently than other opponents ricky had was to tie him up HALTING the action. This worked perfectly.

Wait... so Floyd cheated to win?

[Bea5T]

loved that fight

well worth the 50$ for ppv

[Joe2608]

The hype was insane over here. It was funny because i was the only one who knew Mayweather would win, the rest were just dumbass casual fans who think Ricky Hatton is the best thing since sliced bread.

[deliveryman]

By the way, the reason why Cortez broke them up was because Floyd would often tie Hatton up when he got in close. If no one is throwing punches, in a clinch, then you're going to get broken up, sorry that's boxing.

What's even funnier is that half way through the fight you hear Roger tell Floyd in the corner "Floyd, **** it, you can beat him on the inside too, you dont got to back away from this mother****er"

[bishop2006]

One of the best build ups ive seen,i remember after the weigh in i was HYPED,the only fight that will capture the public imagination like Floyd-Hatton/Floyd DLH is Mayweather vs Pacman,that would be a HUGE event

[Dan...]

"Hatton rocked Floyd". LMFAO.

Hatton fans are the p4p worst in boxing.

[revs1227]

woulda been so much better without cortez ,,,floyd woulda still won but teh fight woulda been more exciting

[Kid McCoy]

woulda been so much better without cortez ,,,floyd woulda still won but teh fight woulda been more exciting

That's about right. Cortez's performance was an irritant, but ultimately Floyd won because he's the better fighter.

[Brandish]

One of the best build ups ive seen,i remember after the weigh in i was HYPED,the only fight that will capture the public imagination like Floyd-Hatton/Floyd DLH is Mayweather vs Pacman,that would be a HUGE event

you mean pac vs floyd would have been the biggest fight pac is going to get creamed by hoya. the only wat pac vs floyd takes place is if pac can take hoya the distance and can beat ricky hatton. if pac goes 1-1 then a floyd fight might be possible if he goes 2-0 then you have the biggest fight of the past thirty years. p4p#1 vs p4p#1 that would be a dream fight.