Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton @ 140 in 2005.

But we see numerous fighters move from lww to ww it happens all the time, i just dont think it was as big a deal as hatton makes out. Guys move up much greater weight differences all the time

 

hatton never turned him down it would of been a better win if floyd beat hatton at his best weight and try to win the lineal belt

 

Complete and utter *******s... He got KO'd by the best fighter in the world p4p, and got KO'd in a fight he was winning after a long retirement... The Collazo fight is explained by the fact that Collazo is better than people think, and Hatton is worse than people think.

There's no actual evidence that proves Hatton was so significantly worse with an extra 7lbs

I mean, he got decapitated at 140? No one wants to factor that in? It was actually the first time he fought a live dog 140... Coincidence?

 

He did turn him down do I need to drag up an article to embarrass you? It has been well documented on this site for years. Hatton did indeed turn PBF down at 140 back in 2005 saying that he wasn't ready. Just because you weren't following boxing back then don't assume no one else was.

Lastly no it wouldn't have been better, Hatton had his chance to fight PBF at 140 but declined. PBF moved up Hatton moved up to and won a belt at 147 against Collazo . PBF was the man you can't expect him to move from 154 to 140 to fight someone when you call the shots no one in the history of the sport would do that.:deal Hatton made no excuses about the fight being at 147 so why should you?

 

Floyd didn't drag Hatton up to 147 lbs. Hatton campaigned at 147 for about 2 or 3 fights before he took on Mayweather. He started calling him out publically after he beat collazo and than he ended up getting the fight and subsequently knocked out

 

Big Hatton fan here, but also admire Mayweather's skills....

Think the main issue is how would Hatton have done with a different referee. J Cortez was absolutely shocking, allowing zero inside work - Hatton's best area. The ref that was in control of Maidana Mayweather 1 would have facilitated a more interesting fight, although still can't see Hatton winning the fight at 147 - Hatton continuously getting broken up and having to work his way into range contributed to him regularly getting caught with pot shots. If allowed to work on the inside, this would not have happened so regularly.

At 140, the fight would have been more competitive as Hatton was a beast at 140. Just too short to add 7lbs of muscle on and compete against someone with a larger natural frame - his advantage at 140 was he was extremely strong - didnt have this at 147.

Don't think he could have beaten Mayweather at any weight but possibility of a close decision circa 2006 at 140

 

Why did he turn it down? Even if it's true that doesn't change the fact that Floyd is a coward and should have fought Hatton at 140 on any given year.

 

Mayweather was having better of Hatton on the inside in that fight as well

 

With or without Cortez? I can see Hatton doing much better.

 

Mayweather was the champ at 147, why should he have moved down to fight Hatton? Hatton was the one chasing Mayweather, so it is right for him to move up.

Also on any given year, how many fighters do you see move down for a fight, versus moving up? Moving down is pretty rare, it is much harder to do

 

Floyd tried to fight him in the States, when UK Hatton was the champ and the draw. Hatton would have taken a FMJ fight in Manchester in a heartbeat but Floyd steadfastly refused to travel.

Floyd and Arum wanted everything their own way when they had no right to it. Sound familiar? and people wonder why the Pacquiao fight never got made.

 

there is no version of Hatton that could have beaten any version of Floyd.

 

erroneous. It's an ongoing myth that Cortez never let Hatton work inside. It was around the end of the 2nd rd to the middle of the 3rd rd (can't remember exactly) where Cortez let Hatton fight his rough gameplan. He was getting his ass taxed there too.

 

no error - if you can name a fight where there was more referee interference I will be staggered - he was breaking them up before they even clinched

 

In Manchester with Dave Parriss refereeing, Hatton wins by decision. Anywhere else on earth, Mayweather wins as convincingly as he did the first time.