Hey fellaz I remember people on here saying Hatton was gonna be way to strong on the inside and all this bull$hit..Certain posters (though I won't mention any names) said they'd respect PBF if he knocked Hatton out...AFTER THE FIGHT THEY MADE EXCUSES!
PBF is retired, he wasted, yes wasted his talent by chasing relatively soft touches after such a sterling first half of his career, I just wish before he retired he took some decent welters on so you could actually see him tested against sterner opposition. I have a tonne of respect for his boxing skill and a tonne of respect for his athletic abilities and achievements up to 135. After that not so much. The biggest problem with the half of ESB that know the truth is that it goes beyond truth and into out and out fantasy land. Just yesterday even p4pdabest had to pull up some of the over exageration in the Manny Vs Tszyu thread when someone posted 130lbs Floyd would beat prime Kostya Tszyu. There's the truth and then there's stretching it.
Tszyu was one of the best 140 lbers ever. Some ppl never even seen Tszyu fight, they think he was just some big puncher, they fell to realize he was a good boxer also. Just cause Hatton beat him, that doesn't represent who he was. He wasn one of the best amateur fighters ever. To say PBF @ 130 would KO Tszyu @ 140 is ******ed. Even if they would've fought at 140, I highly doubt Tszyu would've been KO'd by PBF.
ne 1 who thinkg Floyd @130 would beat let alone Ko Tszu is makin something what it isn't...Floyd at 140 vs Kostya at 140 is a good fight..I don't Kostya bein kod though!
KT was a very deceptive speedster. He never looked like a fast figher, but he was. Guys like Zab thought he was slow and robotic. He learned the hard way. His stanze reminded me of Rosario. I was told it is a kickboxing stanze. PBF challeged KT from 130 when KT beat Zab. KT stated that PBF worry about the 130 division. I wonder how that would have faired if PBF did jump right up from 130 to 140 to avenge Zab.
I knew Floyd would beat Hatton. He fought a guy who was a natural 140 pound guy at 147. Why? He had guys who were better and stronger at 147 to fight and he didn't.