Floyd Mayweather Sr. Reveals Ricky Hatton's Strategy

[GRUSTLER]

The fact that a fighter is undefeated in a particular weight class doesn't mean he's unbeatable, though. I'm yet to see the logic in using this as an argument.

There's nothing untrue about saying Manny is a better fighter than Hatton. This is a given. He's P4P #1 and Hatton's around #8 for a reason.

If you look at it from this perspective, How can Manny be the better
fighter at a weight class he never fought in? Hatton is the man to
beat at 140, he bested the challengers and competition to earn that
spot. Why should Pacquiao be considered better in a division that
he hasn't even fought in? Roach can feel he has the better fighter
and so can Floyd because it's warranted for them to think that BUT
I wouldn't try to give Manny props over Hatton going to fight his 1st
fight at 140.

[- JCHING -]

If you look at it from this perspective, How can Manny be the better
fighter at a weight class he never fought in? Hatton is the man to
beat at 140, he bested the challengers and competition to earn that
spot. Why should Pacquiao be considered better in a division that
he hasn't even fought in? Roach can feel he has the better fighter
and so can Floyd because it's warranted for them to think that BUT
I wouldn't try to give Manny props over Hatton going to fight his 1st
fight at 140.

Exactly. Manny's not even proven himself to be the best at 135 let alone 140. He beat the corpse of a business man at 147, and Roach has said that'll be his only fight at welter - he knows Manny has no business at that weight. How the heck people think Manny is suddenly gonna beat the best at 140, with IMO no real evidence thus far to suggest he's the real deal above 130, is beyond me...

[Fox McCloud]

Man, Mayweather Sr. really might be the world's best trainer...

This sounds like a bulletproof plan... enough that I almost am ready to switch my prediction on this fight.

This should be a good one.

[Saiko]

I was reading what Jim Watt said about this fight in Sky Mag (TV mag). I think he's right. He said 'Pacquiao is the better fighter. Its just depends on if he can deal with Ricky Hatton at the weight'. I think this is a correct reading of this fight , because Castillo clearly had trouble with 'the weight' when he fought Hatton, and Hatton won easily and you could see Castillo being pushed around the ring and really feeling the punches. Ricky Hatton has never lost at this weight?

If Pacquiao has no problem then he will win good. He has fought better opponents too so we know he is the better fighter.

[Saiko]

Jim Watt agrees with jching and GRUSTLER

[GRUSTLER]

I was reading what Jim Watt said about this fight in Sky Mag (TV mag). I think he's right. He said 'Pacquiao is the better fighter. Its just depends on if he can deal with Ricky Hatton at the weight'. I think this is a correct reading of this fight , because Castillo clearly had trouble with 'the weight' when he fought Hatton, and Hatton won easily and you could see Castillo being pushed around the ring and really feeling the punches. Ricky Hatton has never lost at this weight?

If Pacquiao has no problem then he will win good. He has fought better opponents too so we know he is the better fighter.

How do you feel that Pacquiao has fought better opponents?
This is not about that, it's about who can fight more effectively
at 140. If you want to judge it like that, then who fought the
biggest strongest fighters? Ricky Hatton right? Manny will be
on Hatton's turf and like I always said, Hatton has felt more
power than Manny has and I feel Hatton power will be more
than Manny's at that weight. Clearly people are over looking
the pros and cons of this fight but I am so glad that it is
only in a couple of days so we can put to rest the speculations
and observations, the moment of truth is near but with that said
all through this promotion/training tour, Hatton has made clear
that Manny is no competition for him confidently. There's a lot
of things here people are not focusing on but this Saturday
will tell everything......can't wait!

[GRUSTLER]

I think a guy like Juan Manuel Marquez would give Hatton more
problems than Manny Pacquiao because JMM is a calculated puncher
and opportunist when he wants to be. Manny Pacquiao has great
speed and is aggressive but his aggression will get neutralized by
Hatton's. Manny/Hatton are almost similiar with their approaches
in the ring, even Manny said it. Manny looks for openings and takes advantage of them by applying pressure and speed. Hatton is going
to be a rhythm killer for Manny and turn the fight into a brawl.

People keep saying that Hatton has a weak chin? But the only person
to knock him out was a great, precise, counter puncher, everyone else Hatton has fought to the end even on his worse performance,
if he is definitely on his A game like I think he is, Manny is in trouble.
Not taking anything away from Manny because he does have more
than a slim chance to win but only if Hatton falls off his game. It
reminds me of Cotto/Margarito almost because both had similiar styles
(power and aggression) but the bigger, tougher man neutralized the
smaller, faster, more skilled fighter and please NO plaster talk because
I'm just making an example of styles.

[Saiko]

Yes I do agree with you GRUSTLER - I do kind of think that too, I think a lot of people are overlooking that fact and are saying Manny will win easily. I do see it as a fifty-fifty fight at the moment.

In another thread I said that I didn't honestly know which way to call this fight, and that the result will be obvious when the fight is over. I said this becasue if Hatton wins people will say well look he is king at this weight (undefeated) and who has Manny fought before at this weight? so it was obvious that Hatton would win. And most people think Pacquiao is the better fighter (though not at this weight) so if he wins people will say it was obviously going to happen.

I think maybe after a round we will be able to see what the result wll be. It does come down to how strong Pacquiao is at the weight. At the moment Hatton has just as much chance of winning.

Looking forward to it too!

[Dave Rado]

Has anyone considered that Lazcano was an ex-featherweight and he had Hatton on ***** street in round 7/8 ? (in regards to people saying Pac might not even hurt Hatton).

Pacquiao is an ex-Light Flyweight. So what? Where they started is irrelevant.

Of course if Hatton is wild and leaves his chin out to dry like he did against Lazcano, Pacquiao would hurt him and probably knock him out, but you won't see that version of Hatton against Pacquiao - it was probably the worst performance of his career and was the reason he signed up with Floyd Snr. - yet he still won 10 out of 12 rounds in that fight.

[Dave Rado]

both corners are VERY confident, which i like....

but maybe its just me, but it seems floyd sr. and hatton are actually more prepared, and have some sort of technical plan of attack....

whereas roach and pacquiao seem to think speed and talent alone is gonna win this thing...

I think it's more a case of Roach wanting to keep their game plan private until the fight.