Got a £10 bet with my workmate - Khan to win!

You are mistaken.

It was a rough (and illegal) fight because Hatton made it that way and the ref allowed it. Quite clearly it was not the way Tszyu would choose to do business based on his previous fights, but he knew with the hometown Ref and millions of fans baying for blood he had no choice but to respond in kind.

Now we've seen a continuation of these tactics from Hatton so we know who the real instigator is. Had the ref gotta control of things we would have seen an overall fairer fight from the outset from both men.

Overall it left a bad taste in many peoples mouth. It is often the first thing mentioned when Tszyu-Hatton is brought up, and not without reason.

Still, it was a great performance from Hatton. I don't think he's ever performed like that since.

 

It's a valid tactic yes, but to me this was the extreme end of the scale in how much he let go. I would compare Parris and Cortez. Cortez was on one end of the scale and Paris on the other. They were both horrible.

You have to be fair to both fighters IMO. Hatton wants all that constant wrestling, Tszyu doesn't. If Cortez reffed the fight it would have looked a lot better for Tszyu, wouldn't it? Just as with Parris's style of reffing on the night it completely favoured the way Hatton wanted to fight.

There is a medium to be found somewhere. A quality ref like Smoger for example would have perhaps found it.

 

I don't think it matters (within reason) who reffed that fight. It was the wrong style at the wrong point in Zoos career. Hatton imposed his style and gameplan and won the fight, the reffing in that fight tends to get brought up when certain people are discussing it I'll give you thaat much but most people remember that fight as a fair win for Hatton. I've certianly never heard Zoo complain.

 

Tszyu is a humble guy, he probably wouldn't.

I'm not saying he would have won, and yes its quite obvious Hatton's style was bad for him as Vince Phillips was. However I just gave you examples of how refereeing can affect a fight. Hatton was given no scope to implement his tactics against Mayweather and look what happens. He's given completely free license and its a different fight entirely.

Neither were upstanding examples of refereeing IMO. Wrestling is not a huge part of boxing, you can be in the pocket without constant wrestling which is why fighters are usually told to work out. Therefore it should have been cut down to a certain extent, not completely of course.

 

Its funny how Zoo not complaining is taken by some people as meaning that the reffing was diabolical but he's too nice a person to mention it rather than the more obvious answer that Zoo accepts he is was a professional boxer who was involved in a tough but fair title fight.

 

It has always struck me that Cortez was FAR worse in the Hatton-Floyd fight than Parris in the Hatton-Tszyu fight.

I don't think Parris deliberately favoured Hatton, but Cortez did favour Mayweather and went into the ring intending to do so.

Not through corruption, but the weight of the media/team Mayweather pressure to not let Hatton fight his fight. Cortex is old and suggestable and he thought it was the right thing to do. It wasn't and isn't. You referee based on what you see before you. You do NOT referee according to what you've seen in previous fights.

Call me biased, I don't care, that's what I saw.


Anyway, I was asked who I thought would win this fight last night and I'm going with Khan. Mainly because Warren is on record as suggesting it's 'the right time' to get Barrera.

But I think Barrera will still have a bit left and it will be a very good fight, could even be special. Khan is in some very exciting fights at the end of the day, with his style and vulnerability, he can't be anything but exciting.

 

that tenner's gone mate haha you might as well pay him now.

 

rounds 3, 4, 5 and 6 i got of william hill and rounds 7, 8 and 9 from sky bet. i also bet on rounds 10, 11 12 on sky bet. round 11 was 40-1 and round 12 was 50-1. that was 2 days ago i did that may have changed now but doubt it

 

i got them from william hill and sky bet. on sky bet round 11 is 40-1 and round 12 is 50-1, great odds. i put an extra £3 on round 6 aswell so hoping he does a job then - will net me £170 if he does