Exposed

No. Mayweather is class. I just feel that Hatton pre fight, post, whenever, outcome irrespective is overrated.

 

The thing is no elite fighter should be beaten that badly

those who say it was competitive for the first six rounds must have been watching a different fight to me. Hatton won one round imo.

He was brutally KO'd.

If it was close, and Mayweather simply ud or sd Hatton like he did Oscar De La Hoya, Castillo (the only other genuine p4p fighters he faced - although De La Hoya was not even that when he faced him), then I would be giving much more credit to Hatton, as he would have proved he belonged in elite class.

Where was his plan b, where was his defence, where was his ability to at least land on mayweather. That was not an elite fighter fighting another elite fighter. :deal

 

Yup, but I doubt logical and common sense conclusions are gonna resonate much here at the moment, there are a few people who are absolutely loving the chance to dance on Hattons grave.

By deriding Ricky so much people youre actually diminishing Floyds victory, I mean if Ricky is such a bum why in the hell did it take Floyd, the acknowledged p4p 'king' 10 rounds to get him out of there?

Logic people, it can be your friend too

 

So how do you know Mayweather is class?

Anyone can look good against a zero-dimensional bum.

Mike Grant looked awesome against nobodies.
A couple of years ago, Randall Bailey was 21-0 with 21 KOs, and everyone was saying he was a monster and P4P the biggest puncher in the sport etc..
Hamed was high in the P4P charts before he stepped up to fight Barrera.

The same things people are saying about Hatton's opposition could be applied to Floyd's if you claim everyone is "exposed" when they lose to him.

 

This is where Team Hatton were exposed:

1. Billy "Salford's No.1 Crackhead" Graham and his intelligent aggresion bull****

This is where Hatton aka Leprachan was exposed:


...In boxing most people take away their oponents best asset/weapon the jab etc in the Leprachan's case they took the hug away from him & he was nullified:deal

 

So you are saying that Cortez won the fight for Floyd, against a fighter who had nothing but hugging tactics?

Wow, you are taking every shred of credibility away from Floyd's win!

He fought a bum, and only won because of the ref!?!?

You must be a FLOYD hater!

:deal

 

Nah, your reading it all wrong...the rules of boxing took the hug away..rules that were made centuries ago in good ole england:deal

 

Nah, that would be you:good..there's a party over here!!!

 

OK, so again it was nothing to do with Floyd?
Hatton was a bum who only had illegal tactics?

HATER! Give Floyd his props!

:deal

 

Errr.... I picked floyd, and won a couple of hundred dollars on him!

I'm partying like it's 1999.

 

He won the fifth round when Mayweather did nothing, Mayweather won all the others.

 

My bad...of course Floyd skills won it..I was just ****ing with the remains of those loyal to Hatton

 

Hatton met his match.
Nevertheless,
Rick Hatton comes to fight and gives everyone their monies worth.
In order to fight like he does you have to be in tremendous shape.
Let see him against
--- Witter (no problem there-Hatton too strong)
--- Cotto (that would be a real war)
--- Delahoya (Oscar is too big)
--- Cintron (he is big but Ricky takes him out early)
--- Margorito (Margorito is no Floyd, this would be another war)
--- Williams (Ricky smothers this guy, also no Floyd)
--- Shane Mosley (Ricky's last fight)
After these guys, Ricky would be ready for the farm.
Long term disability.
His buds could visit him in his wheelcair.
What a sport.

 

Yeah, to a certain extent, this thread is reminicent of all of criticism that Klitschko fanatics hurl on Sam Peter while thoughtlessly heaping mounds of praise on Wlad for winning their fight. I do agree with some of what Scurla has written though. There were plenty of people, Hatton supporters and otherwise, who balked at the idea of Mayweather being able to handle Hatton's pressure attack and insisted that Floyd would have to pull of Cory Spinks to have any chance at a decision. A KO was also totally out of the question as far as many posters were concerned despite the people who maintained that the Collazo fight was indication that Hatton's chin wasn't exactly granite.

IMHO anyone with the slightest bit of common sense should have been able to presage the fact that Mayweather would be a nightmare for Hatton's crude mauling style. Nonetheless, he's still world class and is a another good scalp for Floyd's unfairly maligned resume.

 

:good

It was as simple as ABC.

Take a look at Floyd's style.
Take a look at Hatton's style.
Take a look at Hatton's only other fight at 147.

The outcome was obvious. The only thing in doubt was when & how, and the "how" part was only determined by the way Floyd wanted to fight, Hatton had no say in it.

Hatton was outgunned and it was a style mismatch. That was really no surprise.

But that doesn't mean he was "exposed" or somehow all of a sudden garbage. He's excellent at what he does, just limited.


As far as agreeing with scurla about the Hatton supporters who said Floyd wouldn't be able to handle Ricky, in that case it was their opinions that were exposed, not Hatton as a fighter.