Hatton speaks on Mayweather

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The one thing I don't like Mayweather doing in the ring is when he has his left glove pressed against his chin and he points his elbow at the other fighter. I've seen him do that quite a few times but granted, the ref usually says "stop doing that!" pretty quickly.

I worry that Hatton will come forward really fast and walk right into that elbow... And there's a high risk chance that he'll get cut bad because of it.

ahahahah..yeah floyd does that..and from time to time mixes it up with some "shoulder rolling"..lol. that little stinker....lol. i think hatton will be fine though..enough shots to matweathers hip, shoulders, and tummy will slow him down...lol

[BLOODSHED]

Theres an even higher risk of Hatton being embarassed by Mayweather.

[Easy-E]

[[[Hatton knows he has to beat Mayweather for legacy ]]]
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Not really. He just beat the king of the division, a first ballot HOFer and arguably the best p4p figher. Maybe Hatton feels he has unfinished business for a greater legacy. Mayweather just holds one belt of 4. I do hope the fight happens and the Duran/Leonard analogy seems a likely comparison as far as styles.

Beating Judah for the undisputed welter title would do more to add to his legacy. Especially since Hatton blows up to Duran like proportions between bouts.

absolutly not, mayweather is p4p number one, while judah isnt even in the top ten. imo, both mayweather and hatton would beat judah

[Easy-E]

www.secondsout.com

Hatton knows he has to beat Mayweather for legacy

By Ant Evans: "I beat Kostya Tszyu, who was number one in the division, and by doing that I became number one in some people's minds but to some people I know need to fight Floyd Mayweather to be the undisputed number one," said a thoughtful Ricky Hatton before adding, "And I agree. I have to fight Mayweather and that's the big fight I'm looking forward to next year."

In a idiosyncratic contradiction which could only exist in the sport of boxing, with its multiple champions and many weight divisions, IBF champion Hatton is acknowledged the man in the 140lbs (10stone) division but, somehow, Mayweather, the recognised No.2 at junior welterweight, is concurrently considered by most to be the best pound-for-pound exponent of the sweet science - the best fighter at any weight.

"It's a fight which has to happen for exactly that reason, really," Hatton told SecondsOut. "Everyone ranks me at No.1 at the minute but, pound-for-pound, Mayweather ranks above me so we have to settle this. Like I said before, I want to win all the major titles and after I win the WBA title (from Carlos Maussa, Sheffield, England, November 26) the big fight with Mayweather for all three belts is the obvious big event next summertime."

The mercurial Mayweather has already dismissed the Manchester Hitman as just another crude brawler, a one trick pony destined for an Arturo Gatti-like dissection courtesy of his scalpel sharp skills and speed. However, in his own way, Mayweather has a healthy respect for Hatton.

He must have, because the three-division world champion spoke almost nervously about Hatton's use of rough-house tactics, which, at least to me, indicates acknowledgement that the Hitman would achieve a measure of success with that battle plan where Mayweather's previous opponents - including Diego Corrales and even Jose Luis Castillo - did not.

"I'll go gentle on him," Hatton laugh. "I promise not to rough him up too much. I just think him saying stuff like that is just him. He's like the Junior Witter of America, he hasn't got a good word to say about anyone expect himself. Personality wise, he's very different to me, that's for sure."

But Hatton knows just how difficult it will be to defeat the Pretty Boy. "He's got amazing skills," Hatton admitted. "He's pound-for-pound the best in the world, he's great to watch, skilful, lightning fast, I always watch his fights. But I don't think he's the biggest fighter in the world. I don't think he's got much physical strength. When I went to see him fight Gatti, I saw him at the weigh-in and asked myself the question whether or not he was big enough or tough enough to hold me off for 12 rounds. And that'll be the big question once the fight comes along."

Hatton's trainer goes further. "Ricky against Mayweather will be the first Sugar Ray Leonard v Roberto Duran fight all over again," began Billy Graham. "Ricky, like Durand did, will just drag the master-boxer into a fight for the first time in his life and beat him."

"I'm a big Mayweather fan," 'the Preacher' added. "I think he is fantastic, a wicked talent. The Mayweather fight is the one me and Ricky has talked about for over two years. We knew he'd come, we knew we'd fight him at some point and I've been watching Mayweather very closely for exactly that reason. But this is the biggest fight of Mayweather's career, too, because he's not had a super fight in a long time, if ever.

"Mayweather should forget all the talk of fighting Winky Wright at middleweight and start building to what would be a huge, a mega fight in the summer. I've been against Winky Wright twice before so I know him well (Graham's charges Ensley Bingham and then Steve Foster were obliterated by Wright in Manchester a decade ago) and Winky would dwarf Mayweather and absolutely pulverise him. Mayweather, if he is serious about Wright, needs a frontal lobotomy. He should concentrate on all the great fighters in any around his own division and forget Winky Wright because he wouldn't have a hope in hell's chance."

I suggested that Kostya Tszyu, because of his punch power and sheer physical strength, was the hardest fight of Hatton's career but the biggest challenge of Graham's career would be to devise a strategy to best the ultra-talented Mayweather.

"Actually, I think it could be one of the easiest fights for me," he said. "But let everyone build Floyd up - more kudos for us when he beat him. Everyone says the one fighter to give him trouble was Castillo (in the first of their two fights) but Castillo made every mistake a pressure fighter shouldn't make. He threw punches to arms and elbow, there was no thought to go along with his pressure, he was committing himself first. I remember watching the fight and thinking Ricky wouldn't make any of the types of mistakes Castillo was making.

"And people who say Ricky is just and English Gatti - and look what Mayweather did to Gatti (in June) are dead wrong. I knew Gatti had no chance. He didn't have a plan at all, he was even asking Ricky for advice on the day of the actual fight!

"Ricky is bigger, stronger, faster, younger, a much bigger puncher and an all-round more talented fighter than Gatti. As much as I love Gatti, he never had a chance with his style against Mayweather.

"But trust me. Take cuts away and Ricky beats Mayweather seven nights a week."

Father and business manager openly admitted the turned down the chance to at least negotiation for a Mayweather fight in 2004. "That was the one fight, style wise, which I thought we needed a few more fights before taking," said father Ray Hatton. "But now Ricky has gone up to the top level with Tszyu and got the big win, there's no-one I wouldn't put him in with and not feel confident that he'd beat.

This article makes me respect hatton a whole lot. it shows hes a true boxer and a real man who wont back down from a challenge.
that being said, i think mayweather picks hatton apart by ud or late stoppage.

but still, i have alot of respect for ricky bc of this article...if what he says will happen happens that is

[KidBlackie]

[[[Anyone/Everyone knows Mayweather is a more talented fighter than Judah and beating him would be a much greater accomplishment than beating Judah.]]]
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Zab owns all the hardware in a superior division. Floyd is talented, but no more so than Ivan Calderon. Modern critics like to see a move up which Hatton has yet to do. Got it? If Hatton beats Zab, then he could make a superduper fight against Floyd, providing Floyd don't sit on a stick.

[druth]

I don't care for Hatton, but after reading that, I do respect him more.

I only wish he and Tszyu would have a rematch.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

I don't see why PBF would be able to stop Hatton. Hatton is on Castillo's level in my view and he gave PBF problems in each fight, got robbed in the 1st, and didn't allow Floyd to own him in the rematch. Therefore, one should deduce logically that Hatton will not get owned by Floyd if they fight, but in fact it will be a competitive fight. I couldn't see Floyd beating Hatton anymore easily than he did Catillo, given Castillo and Hatton's similarities.

[Easy-E]

[[[Anyone/Everyone knows Mayweather is a more talented fighter than Judah and beating him would be a much greater accomplishment than beating Judah.]]]
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Zab owns all the hardware in a superior division. Floyd is talented, but no more so than Ivan Calderon. Modern critics like to see a move up which Hatton has yet to do. Got it? If Hatton beats Zab, then he could make a superduper fight against Floyd, providing Floyd don't sit on a stick.

WOW, thank you for proving my point. in that last post, you basiclly spelled out that hatton needs to fight floyd, and that fighting floyd is more important that fighting hatton

can you please provide examples of modern critics?
thanks

[Gerald]

One thing I love about Hatton is that he talks about fights and fighters like a genuine fan of the sport and the people he's talking about. And I think that's reflected in his desire for big legacy defining fights. I love the fact that he genuinely wants the best without just shouting his mouth off and looking for the money or the respect without putting up for it.

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Hatton gonna get his head cut the **** up and made to look like the one dimensional dirty brawler that he is.....then PBF gonna dance all over his ass.....just for good measure...... HA HA