Hatton Mayweather Re-watched.

some of the rounds were closeish, but still mayweather rounds. floyd was just biding his time, feeling hatton out. when he realised that's all hatton had then it was game over and he opened up on ricky.

i haven't watched it for a while but hatton at the most won two rounds in the fight and personally i think that's being rather generous.

yes cortez was poor but floyd whoops ricky in ricky's own living room with ray as the ref.

the difference in class is massive.

 

It depends, nowadays, Pac has a penchant of showing how improved he is no matter what. But yeah, it was a close fight till the deduction mainly because of being agressive. If Pac cant take the Hitman's punches, then he is ****ed. We've never really seen Pac fight on the backfoot yet.

 

I would agree with that.

When Floyd opened up, the chasm between them in terms of class, speed, and power was clear for all to see.

 

The fight was never even close to being close.

 

Agreed. Whenever Mayweather began throwing combinations (round eight) he started to hurt Ricky, and it was pretty much curtains. I think if Floyd had been letting his hands go with regularity opposed to potshotting for most of the fight, he could have finished Ricky much earlier. I only had Ricky winning one round (round five) by the way.

Anyway, I don't think Mayweather-Hatton should in any shape or form be used as a barometer for Pacquiao-Hatton considering the difference in styles between Manny and Floyd.

 

Close first 6 rounds, 4-2 or 3-3 is about right. People who talk about schooling and shutout don't know what they are talking about. Floyd was in danger in the first 6, and was FORCED to use fouling to make it through without damage. Which he did successfully, and from the half point, it's history. Now not talking about whether you liked Floyd's tactics or not, but talking about PacMan's chances, it's quite evident, that Pacquiao doesn't have these half-legal/illegal, rough-house tactics or the experience how to effectively tie up bigger opponents, so he'll be in a hell of a first 6 rounds. Hatton's handspeed in the early rounds is slightly underrated IMO, Floyd never was able to simply outbox him from distance. He decided it's necessary to hold the head, use the shoulders, the elbows, pushing Rickys head back, turning him around, making off balance with his hands etc. Whether you liked these tactics or not, these are missing from Pac's arsenal, whose a terrific, but very honest fighter.

He'll have to use his superior handspeed, picking his shots very well, placing the straight left with 100% precision not to get countered and use his excellent upper body movement to avoid Ricky's assault on the inside. PacMan is superior in speed, balance and movement areas, but so was Mayweather, and he still decided it's necessary to foul has way through the dangerous early rounds. And Floyd had better defense, slightly better handspeed, much longer arms and better timing than Pacquiao, making May 2's first 6 rounds unpredictable. So far only Mayweather was able to come through the first 6 ahead on points and withour serious damage, and with tactics PacMan is not familiar with. Hatton's style, offen criticised, and not always a beauty to watch, but ultimately effective. PacMan's biggest advantage in this fight will be his southpaw stance and the straight left, but even with those two anti-Hatton weapons, the first 6 will be extremely difficult for him.

 

i disagree, it was more to do with hattons fustration at the ref that caused the fight to be onesided in the last few rounds, with a non bias ref and at 140 hatton could win imo.

 

It was the FLOYD's Lucky punch with the GREAT help of the ring post that failed HATTON. In PACMAN's case it will be the true punch coming from his LEFT! :hat

 

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This is a bunch of whiney bull****. Floyd was never in trouble against Hatton. Never. In those first 6 Rounds any truly objective fan of boxing would have given Ricky only one of the first 6 rounds. And to say that the only way Floyd was able to gain an advantage is through "holding his head, use elbows, and push Ricky's head" tells anyone all that needs to be said about your bias.

 

Cortez was a joke! Without him It would have been a competetive 12 rounder with mayweather taking the UD.

 

Bollocks, Hatton had Mayweather back peddeling through the first few! Mayweather did use illegal elbows to keep Hatton at bay.