Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Ricky Hatton

[Shanus]

As much as I would like to say Hatton... I predict another Gatti type massacre for Mayweather.. people keep saying Hatton has the style to beat PBF... but after the Collazo fight.. and even seeing Hatton VS Eamon Magee I say Mayweather has the style thats all wrong for Hatton.. Hatton is very susceptible to Counter punchers..

Hatton has a better chin than Gatti, and Gatti tried boxing in that fight, It'd be nothing alike.

I'm still undecided, I think either of them could win.

[GEOFFHAYES]

As much as I would like to say Hatton... I predict another Gatti type massacre for Mayweather.. people keep saying Hatton has the style to beat PBF... but after the Collazo fight.. and even seeing Hatton VS Eamon Magee I say Mayweather has the style thats all wrong for Hatton.. Hatton is very susceptible to Counter punchers..

With all due respect to Arturo Gatti, the guys not Ricky Hatton

As for the Magee fight, Hatton proved how skilful he is in that fight for me. And proved his composure and boxing brain - not panicking early on and switching to more educated pressure.

Forget the Collazo debacle, it means nothing. Hatton could barely move.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Hatton proved how skilful he is in that fight for me.

Every time Magee leaned back up on the ropes I expected him to counter the **** out of Hatton.. then I see a couple head feints, a combo, a step back and a jab as he came back

[Ta Khent]

Floyd wins at 140 and 147. Floyd's too fast at either weight. Hatton's performance in the Collazo fight showed me that he has difficulties with handspeed.

[Shanus]

Floyd wins at 140 and 147. Floyd's too fast at either weight. Hatton's performance in the Collazo fight showed me that he has difficulties with handspeed.

To me it just proves he has a difficulty with Welters.

[cortdawg25]

I don't see anybody beating Hatton at 140.

His level of performance against Phillips, Tackie and Oliveira IMO was incredible. Phillips and Tackie were established guys in the division who the likes of Cotto and Mayweather weren't exactly keen to fight. Phillips threw a hell of a lot of dangerous right crosses and Tackie was a beast on the inside.

Hatton just systematically beat Phillips down, it was a systematic beatdown and he showed great variety of punches and volume of punches throughout. Then came Tackie, a fight the US boxing people were shocked Hatton was taking because Tackie was so dangerous in a phone booth, but Hatton shows his mastery of distance and timing and a left jab that never missed once. Then Oliveira who had set CompuBox records with ammount of punches he threw, yet could hardly get any shots off against Hatton, and was stopped for the first time in his life in a fight where Hatton blows you away with his technical skill. Then comes Tszyu, thee fighter who was wrong for Hatton IMO and a guy I picked to knock him out inside five rounds, yet Hatton found ways to neutralise Tszyu getting his right hand off and extending his elbow, and made the best 140lber ever and reigning lb4lb #1 (according to many) quit on his stool like a *****. Then came Maussa, one of the most awkward fighters you'll see, and Hatton again finds a way to win - they felt Maussa couldn't fight backing up. That was a beaut of a one-punch KO.

Hatton is perpetual motion who has proved everything, ability to adapt (eg Magee fight), ability to withstand (see the bombs the gangly Quiros caught him with, right hand he launched into cold against Magee, that unreal right uppercut Phillips caught him with, and punches a natural welter in Collazo got through with), and abnormal stamina (due to a hole in his heart) - he can go 15 rounds all-out on the bodybag, and when I say all-out I do mean ALL-OUT.. and the bodybag, with all that padding is like punching a pillow, which is much more tiring that hitting something solid. That's not to mention a great variety of shots, usage of angles, footwork, ability to step off or step around to load up punches or open an opponent up, and those lethal bodyshots that cause opponents to piss blood.

hatton want fight anybody with a pulse at 140.

[Knicksman20]

Hatton couldn't move in the Collazo fight because he had a jab in his face for most of the night. Hatton was ineffective because Collazo is an underated fighter. A 40 year Vince Philips & Ben Tackie are nothing to brag about Juy Juy. Tszyu & Sharmba Mitchell dominated & won just about every round before Hatton beat him so you have no point. Mayweather would give Hatton a boxing lesson, that's why he went back to 140 because he couldn't hang with the big boys at Welter. The reason he moved to 147 was to chase Mayweather down for a big fight & Collazo put a damper on that.

[bishop2006]

GEOFFHAYES stop posting so much man,we already heard u say Hatton,****,

Anyway... Floyd by total massacre at 147,Floyd by domination at 140,U see how fast Floyd is at 140? He aint no BEN TACKIE N MAGIE or woteva bull****,were on about the best P4P,Floyd at any weight would beat Hatton IMO,Miguel Cotto would beat Hatton,Hatton vs Castillo i duno,Castillos gonna turn 33 when they fight,age might get to him

And this thread has come up alot of times,people always say Floyd

[Nate Dogg]

Mayweather will beat Hatton, Castillo is gonna beat Hatton, Cotto will beat Hatton, Margarito can beat Hatton...

AHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
sorry but that was too funny.

hatton says he,s staying at 140 so all those 147 would have to come down to fight him and at 140 hattons too good for all of them.

and incase you forgot yes cotto is a 147 now

[Cletus Funk]

Hatton by brutal bodyshot KO at 140, or by suffocation at 147.