Why Hatton would beat Mayweather at 140..

[GEOFFHAYES]

Saying because he looked bad against Collazo = he's ineffective at 147 is inconclusive and based on no logic after just ONE fight.

He's been shown to be poor against southpaws before, he has a clear limitation with that stance. So he might just be bad with southpaws, he might still be effective at 147. Fact is, we don't know... yet.

That's absolute rubbish, he has no problem with the southpaw stance - I've seen him time and again fight against southpaws with textbook techniques and thoroughly dominate them.

You'd have to be blind or ****** to suggest that Hatton didn't looked absolutely hideous against Collazo, his agility and flexibility clearly just was not there and he couldn't get his punches off - he was literally muscle-bound. How he grinded out that victory with zero speed against a half-decent fighter like Collazo is beyond me.

[GEOFFHAYES]

That fight shows how much trouble Ricky would have with a slick boxer.

It's laughable to suggest that.

Did you not notice within 30 seconds of the first round that something was severely wrong? How Hatton could, well, barely ****ing move?

[Guest]

That fight shows how much trouble Ricky would have with a slick boxer.

Maybe it shows how much trouble Ricky would have with a slick SOUTHPAW boxer.

We have NO way of knowing that it wasn't entirely reliant on the southpaw stance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there's a high probability that Floyd wouldn't box Ricky's ears off, it just troubles me that people on here add 2 + 2 and make 5000.

Now if people want to advance the conversation and talk about how Floyd can fight from the southpaw stance and how that might factor into a fight, then good.

Until then they're making massive leaps in what Hatton can and cannot do on the evidence of just ONE fight.

[Guest]

Hatton himself talked about Tzu not being prime.....that is a fact.

"I know Kostya's up for it, too, and I wouldn't expect anything else from him. But he's had nine rounds of competitive boxing in four years and has been out injured for maybe a total of two years."

If I am going to stop him, it will be later on. If he stops me, it will be early. He hasn't been in the trenches in five years, though. Let's see what he's got left." -Ricky Hatton

So I guess Hatton's own estimation of Tzu doesnt count either huh

Didn't Mayweather talk about Gatti being a C-level fighter?

[GEOFFHAYES]

Maybe it shows how much trouble Ricky would have with a slick SOUTHPAW boxer.

We have NO way of knowing that it wasn't entirely reliant on the southpaw stance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there's a high probability that Floyd wouldn't box Ricky's ears off, it just troubles me that people on here add 2 + 2 and make 5000.

Now if people want to advance the conversation and talk about how Floyd can fight from the southpaw stance and how that might factor into a fight, then good.

Until then they're making massive leaps in what Hatton can and cannot do on the evidence of just ONE fight.

You haven't got a clue what your talking about.

It was nothing to do with any southpaw stance, and nothing to do with the opponent. This is blatantly unless your a ******, it's blatantly clear to see that Hatton could barely move.. I really don't understand why many people have such **** vision.

[FeelTheA-Force]

You haven't got a clue what your talking about.

It was nothing to do with any southpaw stance, and nothing to do with the opponent. This is blatantly unless your a ******, it's blatantly clear to see that Hatton could barely move.. I really don't understand why many people have such **** vision.

chill dude.

would you say hatton was "muscle bound" therefore slow bcoz of the sudden weight increase of muscle in less than 4 weeks.?

[GEOFFHAYES]

chill dude.

would you say hatton was "muscle bound" therefore slow bcoz of the sudden weight increase of muscle in less than 4 weeks.?

Yeah, obviously. It was quite pathetic, but amazing at the same time that he somehow managed to win!

[FeelTheA-Force]

Yeah, obviously. It was quite pathetic, but amazing at the same time that he somehow managed to win!

its crazy how majority of americans think thats how hatton fights. they dont even take into consideration that he was very badly muscle bound.

[GEOFFHAYES]

IMO... this is the most skilful and talented fighter in European boxing history taking on the most skilful and talented fighter in American boxing history.

[GEOFFHAYES]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5697125803473081355&q=mayweather

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2786473657513697883&q=ricky+hatton