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floyd beats hatton by either early tko or ud. hatton can try to pressure floyd all he wants to, but many of you guys bring up castillio, a fight from 2001. it's 2006 people. you think floyd fights like he fought in 2001. he's more smarter than he was back then and he was smart then too. floyd approaches every fight with a different mindset, so he good at adjusting to different styles. if one thing doesn't work for him, he'll find something else that will. i can't say the same for hattom although he's very aggressive and has great body punching skills, but mayweather is smarter than hatton, and that's where it counts.
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There's a reason Hatton keeps saying he needs more tune ups before he can even think about Mayweather and asks for De La Hoya type money to make the fight. Hatton himself doesn't even believe he can beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr...Comment
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I don't see why people bring up the Castillo fight as proof that PBF could be beat with a style like Castillo's. The first fight was close. The second fight, Floyd came into the fight much better prepared on how to handle that style and won without question. Every fighter with a pressure-style since then has been easy for Floyd. Hatton is not ******, he doesn't want to fight Floyd because he knows he has little to no chance. Floyd has an advantage in EVERY aspect of the fight.Comment
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Billy Graham quotes:
"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 have talked about for 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."
"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."Comment
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Hatton by TKO Round 9, only if he goes back to what he was doing pre-kostya. Floyd would have to do some serious dancing to get away from Hatton cutting the ring down, Hattons body shots could have its toll, however I think PBF can get hit with the left over the top.Comment
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"Ricky has got the tools. He needs educated pressure. Mayweather has got wicked balance but Hatton has fantastic balance as well."
Graham is genuinely convinced Hatton beats Mayweather. I know a member of the camp and he feels he really is convinced, has studied Mayweather intensely and indentifies tiny flaws in his style that he feels Ricky will be able exploit.Last edited by GEOFFHAYES; 10-27-2006, 11:37 AM.Comment
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