Beard said... "He's made a stack of money. He mentioned the fans and it really hurts him because he fights for the fans," he added. "They came out in their thousands again for him and I think that affects him mentally, it hurts him. "But it's all about what he wants to do, don't carry on fighting for the fans. You've got to think of your health as well. "He got caught with some big shots in there and maybe if it had gone six or eight rounds there would have been more wear and tear. But he got caught early, it was only the second round and he got hurt a few times before then." And Beard denied there was any rift with Mayweather Snr prior to the fight, adding: "Me and Floyd were laughing and joking beforehand - there's no problems at all. "There have been rumours to stir up the camp, but there's no problems between me and him. "Ricky drifted from the game plan - he turned it into a brawl and got caught." http://www.skysports.com/hatton/story/0,25890,13303_5274070,00.html
There was obviously something there, After the first round Ricky spent more time looking towards Lee Beard than he did listening to Floyd.
Sr. said 'you should've listened to me from day one'. Shocking. He didn't say 'you should've done what we were working on from day one', but he said 'should've listened to me from day one'. But there was nothing to do. Right gameplan or not, sooner or later Ricky would've made the same mistakes, and he was knocked down and out immediately when the mistakes came. Team Pacquiao worked on 2 single shots during the whole camp: the counter right hook and the counter left hand. Both worked perfectly.
