Hatton to beat everyone in the light welterweight division

[Jarlaxle]

Have you watched Hatton, for a pressure fighter he never takes shots.

Saying Hatton is hitable and Mayweather is too hard to hit doesnt prove anything, i could just Hatton's too strong and punches too hard and Mayweather is too weak and cant punch hard enough.

From what I have seen of both fighters I dont see much difference in power. Hatton lands harder to the body but Mayweather lands punches people dont see. To me thats tit for tat. Hatton does take shots. Vs Tszyu he smothered Tszyu's power. Tszyu landed plenty punches off of his back foot. Tszyus loses power when he is going backwards. There were a couple times Hatton took two flush punches coming in on Tszyu but since Tszyu was crowded and he did not get full extension they did not have big power behinde them. That was a good strategy vs Tszyu but that wont work vs Mayweather. Giving Mayweather a punch or two just to get inside wont work because Mayweather can just scoot away. Its not like Hatton is versatil. Thats what he is going to do and it wont work. Mayweather could move and pot shot all night and since Hatton does not have one punch power Mayweather could periodically go on the attack himself just to win rounds more convincingly.

[roosta]

From what I have seen of both fighters I dont see much difference in power. Hatton lands harder to the body but Mayweather lands punches people dont see. To me thats tit for tat. Hatton does take shots. Vs Tszyu he smothered Tszyu's power. Tszyu landed plenty punches off of his back foot. Tszyus loses power when he is going backwards. There were a couple times Hatton took two flush punches coming in on Tszyu but since Tszyu was crowded and he did not get full extension they did not have big power behinde them. That was a good strategy vs Tszyu but that wont work vs Mayweather. Giving Mayweather a punch or two just to get inside wont work because Mayweather can just scoot away. Its not like Hatton is versatil. Thats what he is going to do and it wont work. Mayweather could move and pot shot all night and since Hatton does not have one punch power Mayweather could periodically go on the attack himself just to win rounds more convincingly.

i have to agree with you. mayweather is more moble and has a better defence then tszyu.

[Gio]

i have to agree with you. mayweather is more moble and has a better defence then tszyu.

He sure does. Mayweather is a defensive master. Fighting backwards is nothing to him. He will land so many counters on Hatton, that he wont know what to do.

Hatton seems like a one dimensional fighter, Mayweather is far from that and he WILL expose Hatton as that.

[DiegoFuego]

Chavez definitely earned that knockout

[Parodius]

Have you watched Hatton, for a pressure fighter he never takes shots.

Saying Hatton is hitable and Mayweather is too hard to hit doesnt prove anything, i could just Hatton's too strong and punches too hard and Mayweather is too weak and cant punch hard enough.

Hatton don't hit too hard. Chico & Pacman is the hardest hitters from the smaller guys, also Cotto, Zab & Tszyu hits harder then Hatton. Mayweather & Hatton have the same kind of KO ratio. Again you are overrating your boy Hatton. Like I said Mayweather will beat Hatton anywhere, I hope he goes to Manchester & teaches Hatton a lesson. Hatton can also bring his homeboy REf Dave Parris with him.

[Parodius]

If Hatton can smother as effectively as he did against Tszyu, then I think he'll beat Mayweather in a close one.

But for the record, Hatton did nothing illegal in Manchester other than that horrendous low blow (although Tszyu had it coming), so I really don't know what all the bitching is over. I'm American, but I admit that Hatton fought the perfect fight and got a cagey veteran to throw in the towel. You can't knock Hatton's performance against Tszyu, it was the perfect fight.

Don't tell me you've been doing crack, like some of these Hatton fans. What have you been smoking, didn't you also say that Chavez earned that knockout. I can't believe we both like Chico, you sure you're a Chico fan.

[SHANE, (from england)]

Hatton has got heart, desire to win, power, endurance, youth, stamina, speed and can take a punch he will be the best for the foreseable future.

[jcarlie]

I think this opinion that kostya was "over the hill" is just crap.Look how he destroyed mitchell in his fight before hatton.I also thimk people on here are exagerating the performance of mayweather against an awful gatti,who was static,flatfooted and as for his defence...That isnt to say i think hatton would beat mayweather,its too close to call,i just hope it happens if not to stopo all the hatton mayweather slanging match!

[uncle_rico]

i think it would be a much better fight than mayweather gatti,
but if floyd can move and counter the way he wants, it
will be 12 rounds of hatton gettin beat up.
OTOH, if hatton can stop floyd from gettin off by stayin in his chest,
and actually keep his hands up when floyd throws (unlike gatti)
and work the body, there could be a major upset.
it would be a great fight to watch if each round hatton
and floyd took turns doing what they do best; you'd see
floyd's incredible speed, skill, and (underrated?) power.
And you'd see hatton's relentlessness.

my gut feeling tho tells me floyd is just too good.
i can see this guy cleaning up 140 and 147 (i'm from bk, so, i'd hate
to see zab lose, so, maybe floyd loses to zab
i think a confident mosley can prolly beat anyone under 154, but,
has he lost all his confidence? he coula/shoulda knocked out
estrada, why's he holding back?
but i digress..

interestingly enough, i think tzyou would do better against
floyd than hatton would.
tzyou has seen and dealt with that kind of speed before,
so, i think that'd be a more competetive (and potentially a little boring?)
fight.

in anycase, i like both guys, i love to see 2 completely different styles at the same weight, keeps things interesting and makes for the best fights.

[elveiel]

Hatton don't hit too hard. Chico & Pacman is the hardest hitters from the smaller guys, also Cotto, Zab & Tszyu hits harder then Hatton. Mayweather & Hatton have the same kind of KO ratio. Again you are overrating your boy Hatton. Like I said Mayweather will beat Hatton anywhere, I hope he goes to Manchester & teaches Hatton a lesson. Hatton can also bring his homeboy REf Dave Parris with him.

Where did Chico and Manny Pac come into it?? Hatton's a bigger puncher than Mayweather, surely you cant be bias enough to say otherwise??

My reply was just pointing out that having one advantage over an opponent doesnt mean that they will win.

I dont understand this hometown, hometown ref bull****. Hatton vs Tszyu was a totally fair contest, there was a couple of times when both fighters got rough but its a mans sport so who cares. UK or US, i've got Hatton to beat Mayweather by stoppage.