Floyd Mayweather Snr arrives to train his new student.

To be fair he was fighting a prime ATG in FLoyd Mayweather jr - pretty much every UK fighter P4P would not have done hugely better - most worst.

For those British fighters who didn't bother getting in with prime elite in their time I count such imaginary fights as a KO 1 against them. It's all they deserve. :yep

 

I'm not too sure. Pauli gave Cotto a real good run for his money - traded with him as well. Your not saying Cotto is a bad boxer are you - that Hatton is some how miles superior? What do you think that Hatton does better then Cotto? Which things do you believe that Cotto do not as well as Hatton?

On top of that, and more importantly imo, Hatton is without Kerry Keyes, and Billy Graham for the first time in his career. No matter what people say it must have an emotional effect.

Hatton also did not look too great last time out - and the question is does he still have the fire in his belly nowadays.

Pauli is the NO 1 contender in Hattons division. This is a genuine live fight, and an interesting one.

Should Hatton win Pauli will be one of the best wins on Hattons record, and a decent scalp who may go on to better things.

 

I never bothered reading the rest as your attitude obviously stinks.

 

The veteran trainer only joined Hatton's camp Friday. Mayweather began his arduous program at 6 a.m. Saturday by attaching dumbbells to Hatton's hands for a five-mile run.

Hatton
''Floyd was side by side with me all the way in a Range Rover I might add saying, 'Come on, jab, jab, step off, one-two!''' Hatton said. ''It was hard because it's very hilly where I live. As soon as we got back to my house, he jumped out the car and we did a little bit of sparring.''


Mayweather Sr
''You can do the same training Billy did, maybe better,'' Mayweather said at Hatton's new gym. ''Go get yourself a pillow at home and let Ricky hit you that's all he did.
''Ricky's got here on his own. (Graham) calls himself a trainer, I call him 'Silly Billy.' He should have left Billy earlier, a whole lot of years ago. You will see a different Ricky, trust me. I'm teaching him things he's never done before.
''I'm teaching him how to punch back, chested shots and let his hands go back.''
Hatton said he knew it was time to leave when Graham began receiving painkilling injections in his hands.

Hatton
''He didn't want to admit to himself that the time had come to finish,'' Speaking of Graham. ''Everyone was telling me to leave Billy earlier and I think it's clear because, slowly but surely, everyone was leaving Billy. I couldn't do it because I had such a close relationship with him.''
Mayweather has trained Oscar de la Hoya, Chad Dawson and Joan Guzman to world titles.
''Floyd will slow me down and show me how to look after myself defensively a bit,'' Hatton said. ''Everyone Floyd has worked with has turned around and said he's the best and improved them".

Floyd Mayweather Sr.
"Malignaggi's one thing - this guy's going to do one thing and that's run, and you can't just win a fight just by running," Mayweather Snr said.
"He's going to run.
"We can't stop him from running but we can cut him off. We can cut him off and make him fight - he cant fight with this man he's much too strong for Malingaggi.
"While we don't take anybody lightly, this guy here, I can't see no way out for him."


Hatton also states that he will probably retire should he lose to Pauli.

 

"Originally Posted by 9Ball
Hatton is a very different(not better) fighter to Cotto. Hatton will apply constant pressure to Paulie and wear him down and eventually Paulie will have nowhere to go. Cotto allowed Paulie to use his footwork and jump in and out and therefore prolong his success.
Hatton will pressure (not cheat) all night long. I can't see Paulie being able to cope with it and predict that Hatton will win by stoppage inside 10 rounds. :good"

I agree with you guys that sylewise Hatton is going to be different to the way Cotto was in his fight with Pauli. Don't forget though that those two didn't just box and move - they traded some of the time, and Pauli took everything Cotto could offer. Perhaps Hattons constant pressure will be too much though.

I have Hatton winning but I don't think it's a total gimme as some people are saying. Pauli will jab, and move (unless his macho streak overcomes him) - how well did Hatton do against the last guy who did that?

I hope I'm proved wrong as I would like to see Hatton box on (not retire), and perhaps face Pacman should he win his total mismatch of a fight with DLH.

 

I disagree, and that is my opinion. The reason partley why Pauli is a scalp is because of his performances against Cotto. As I stated also, Pauli took the best Cotto could offer, they didn't just box, they traded a fair few times. I understand that Hattons pressure will be different, and perhaps too much.

I have no agenda, I don't mind Hatton, and quite like guy. I have no problems saying that. I just honesty don't think this fight is going to be as easy as people are making out. I can see how it could be an easy win for Hatton, but also I can see how he might struggle - taking everything into account (styles, new trainer etc). There is even a chance that Floyd Sr may poison Hattons style.

Anyway, no problems dude, I'm a bit grumpy today.