If Hatton wins, is it really an upset?

[MissDeeCole]

by all accounts, yes

[Benny Leonard]

what you on about, Malinaggi did throw.

He threw like two punches....Kid was afraid to throw for fear of breaking his hands again...which he has done many times before and needed surgery each time. At least that was his side to it. He has shown to do similar things in the past after coming off surgery and not wanting to throw and looked bad in the process.

But I liked what Hatton was doing as far as just looking at him putting on a display of what he is now. But we'll see if that works when he has a "live" fighter in there. I hope so because it will make for a great fight.

[One - Shot]

Hatton will be a walk in the park

[zhandy11]

You say so?

Cmonn, bluffer!

[QUISQUEYA]

Betting odds says it is and mainstream media will claim so.

But personally, not really, especially since Hatton claims that Manny is the smaller and less powerful fighter. I'll call this 52-50, just like their purse according to Arum (not 52-48 as originally reported), with the 2% edge to Manny. By KO of course. Ricky is a tough fight for Manny and if he wins it shouldn't be called an upset.

I thought Asians were good at math?!

[Dubious-Dutch]

I thought Asians were good at math?!

[-X-]

Hatton will be a walk in the park

[Weebler I]

You do realize that every time Floyd and Hatton were separated by at least a foot, Floyd was whooping Hatton's ass.

No he wasn't and especially not in the first 6 rounds.

Floyd also took away Hatton's own game by reversing tactics against him: He bullied the bully.

No, he cheated and the ref let him away with it and repeatedly picked on Hatton.

Floyd proved stronger than Hatton and Hatton said this himself that he was surprised at Floyd's strength.

That doesn't equate to saying he was stronger. Although he was more comfortable at the weight, chiefly because Floyd refused to fight at 140 or a catch-weight.

Hell, I didn't even think that was the best version of Floyd. The best version of Floyd was left below 147. That Floyd fought from Round 1 and threw more punches and behind a stiff jab. This Floyd was ready to retire and did so afterwards. Floyd could have made things a lot easier if he fought the way he did Chico: jab and move; throw some combos, etc. He could have picked apart Hatton from round 1. But he did what he wanted to do and beat Hatton at his own game.

Nonsense, Mayweather was under real pressure and the ref relieved that pressure for him.

What's funny is that some people complain about that fight yet they forget the same thing happened to Tszyu in regards to Hatton getting the unfair advantage with the holding and dirty tactics. Yes, he did what he had to do against the Old Man but...if that was in the States, even at that stage of Tszyu's career, you wonder if it would have been different.

The Tszyu thing was made up by Mayweather in 24/7, no one mentioned it before that but since then all you have is Floyd nuthuggers claiming Hatton cheated. Why? because Hatton did something Mayweather didn't have the balls to do, take on Tszyu and beat him.

Oh, and if Mayweather-Hatton was in the UK, and the holding and dirty tactics were allowed like they were with Tszyu...unless the ref is totally bias and only warns and takes point away from Floyd, then Hatton would have been still KTFO if they both were on even ground of letting everything go. Floyd was just to good, to skilled, to smart, and to strong for Hatton that night.

Nonsense, once again Mayweather got away with everything and was protected on the inside by Cortez in the first 6 rounds, he couldn't live with Hatton and the ferocious pace he was setting but the ref was his insurance policy.

I'm hoping Sr. really has re-energized Hatton; it seems so. Ricky also seemed to buckle-down with Sr. at the helm.
Well, Pac should be favored. Even Freddie Roach said Hatton looks past it since fighting Floyd. If Freddie is right, then Pac will win unless Ricky gets lucky with a body shot or something.

Sr. is going to do nothing but hold Hatton back. If Hatton is going to win this, it'll be the old Ricky who does it.

However, if Hatton can show up at his best, and take what he has been reportedly doing in camp into the fight, and stick with it, I would make him the slight favorite.

If he ignores what he's been doing in the camp, he'll win comfortably.

[Weebler I]

He threw like two punches....Kid was afraid to throw for fear of breaking his hands again...which he has done many times before and needed surgery each time. At least that was his side to it. He has shown to do similar things in the past after coming off surgery and not wanting to throw and looked bad in the process.

no Malinaggi was winning and outboxing Hatton until Hatton landed a huge shot in the 4 round and hurt Malinaggi. He stopped throwing after that.

But I liked what Hatton was doing as far as just looking at him putting on a display of what he is now. But we'll see if that works when he has a "live" fighter in there. I hope so because it will make for a great fight.

it's all smoke and mirrors pad-tapping bull****. If he's going to win, the real Ricky Hatton will have to come out, the warrior who doesn't stop for nothin.

(nothing apart from the ref that is, the only person who has beat him in his career).

[Google_It_Bitch]

He looked great aginst Paulie...a super fast slick boxer.

Hatton will take this.

But Cotto beat up Paulie in his prime with one had because Cotto broke his hand and Cotto is slow and Cotto was dehyrated when he did it, so Hatton beating Malignaggi should not really be a barometer to go by. Now had Hatton lost to Malignaggi lol anyway...