Hatton kept talking about how he was stronger etc. You knew he was ****ed then. People assume Floyd is "delicate", but he's pretty good on the inside.
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How did Floyd neaturlize Hatton?
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Letting Hatton smother his work and just being savy on the inside, little body shots on the inside slowly breaking him down.
Leading and then tieing him up not letting Hatton get into a rythm.
I expected Floyd to move a lot more than he did in this fight, but it seemed from early that he fight was going to be an ugly one with a lot of wrestling. I think Hatton was expecting a much easier time at close range, he's eluded to that in the past.
This is the last time Floyd really pushed for a stoppage. There's a moment in the 8th round where he hurts Hatton with a check left hook and throws about 20+ punches unanswered. When do you ever see Floyd doing that? Never. Not since that fight.Last edited by IronDanHamza; 03-23-2016, 04:07 PM.
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Floyd was able to identify the cracks and target them. It was a very disciplined fight on his part. Can be said of so many of his fights though. He was very focused and didn't sway from implementing his game. Not as exciting as seeing someone decide to slug it out but it is what it is. Breaking down Hatton produced a brilliant KO that's possibly the highlight of his career.
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Wasn't that complicated. Go back and watch the last 10 seconds of the 1st round, where Mayweather hit Hatton with 4 clean lead right hands before the bell rang.
Told me all I needed to know.
Go to the 26:45 mark:
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The main factor is when Ricky realized Floyd was just as if not more physically strong than he... And he could stifle his inside brawling technique Inhibited him from staying inside with strong clinching turning over shorter crisper hooks and getting off first... And blasting devastating straight right pull counters.
I agree that cortez defi itely inhibited hatton from. Staying in the inside longer but it really didn't matter.
Essentially Floyd could do what hatton did even better
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