If Hatton wins, is it really an upset?

[Burner]

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...

Right the same Cotto that wouldve een Ko'd by Hatton at 140.

[Benny Leonard]

The Weebler II;5175181]No he wasn't and especially not in the first 6 rounds.



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

How did he pick on Hatton?
He didn't allow him to grapple?
He didn't allow him to hit and hold?
He didn't allow him to rabbit punch?

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.

He couldn't move Floyd and Floyd tied Hatton up. Floyd used Hatton's tactics against him. Floyd used such tactics for two reasons: One, to get inside Hatton's head because when you try to bully someone and you can't bully them, and there is no other game-plan, you get frustrated and lose control.
Two: The more Floyd holds and Hatton holds, the more likely the ref will break it up quicker. If one fighter does it, it's only half as bad. Two fighters do it, and the crowd will boo, which in return will get the ref to break it up as soon as possible. Go watch Dempsey vs. Firpo and watch how quickly the ref breaks them apart.

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

Mayweather allowed that pressure to come to him and like he has been doing for a while at 147, he just sits there and waits until around the mid point and picks up his pace. If that was the lighter-weight Floyd, Floyd would come out and fight from round 1 by using his agility/feet, his jab, combos, etc. Lighter-weight Floyd beats 147 Floyd.

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.

No it wasn't. It was talked about right after the fight on this forum. I talked about it as well as many others.

For Tszyu vs. Mayweather: Wrong again. Mayweather moved up to 140 to take on Tszyu but there were obstacles. Tszyu was on SHOWTIME and Mayweather was on HBO. The only way you could get those two together would be for a PPV fight and to do that, they both needed a boost in popularity...so Floyd fought Gatti, an HBO fighter and also a title holder and Tszyu fought Hatton for big money on Showtime since Hatton was a Showtime fighter. If Tszyu beat Hatton, and Floyd beat Gatti (which he did), the fight was supposed to be next. Floyd talked about fighting Tszyu a lot.

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.

Keep telling yourself that. When Mayweather decided to open up, each time he got the better of Hatton. Hatton got knocked out.

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.

And what if Ricky shows up with what Sr. taught him and wins?

[Burner]

What did the ref have to do with the 8th round and on when May let his hands go and beat the **** out of Hatton?

Weebler stop being a sore loser.....its embarassing to a champion like Hatton to have you as one of his cry baby fans.

[Benny Leonard]

What did the ref have to do with the 8th round and on when May let his hands go and beat the **** out of Hatton?

Weebler stop being a sore loser.....its embarassing to a champion like Hatton to have you as one of his cry baby fans.

The ref allowed Mayweather to land on Hatton; that isn't allowed