Hattons trainer makes confident comments

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  1. Proud Warrior

    Proud Warrior Well-Known Member banned

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    Firstly i have great respect for Billy,he has been with ricky all his boxing life and knows him better than anyone,he did not want Ricky to fight at short notice at 147 against Collazo because of the dangers that we all saw(he won the fight before you all start...!) but he has said alot of good stuff about Ricky's chances against PBF and that gives me so much confidence,anyway this is taken from a uk paper.


    Ricky Hatton will evoke the spirit of Roberto Duran in his quest to become the first man to defeat Floyd Mayweather and establish himself as the number one pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
    That is the view of Hatton's trainer Billy Graham, who said news of a verbal agreement between representatives of Hatton and Mayweather for a December super-fight in Las Vegas is "a dream come true".
    Referring to Duran's famous win over Sugar Ray Leonard in their first fight in Montreal in 1980, when Duran lured his opponent into a brawl and claimed a points win, Graham said: "This is Ricky's Sugar Ray Leonard fight. It's the first Duran-Leonard fight all over again. Look at how Duran won that fight and you will see how Ricky will beat Floyd. I have been studying Floyd for years with a view to this fight."
     
  2. El Bombasto

    El Bombasto Ask yo momma Full Member

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    Do you think PBF can be lured into a brawl?
     
  3. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    hahaha. The fact is Hatton does not have the power, accuracy, defense of duran. Hatton does have the energy and strength but that aint enough to beat a guy with equal or more energy. No matter what billy says he is scared and knows how hatton charges in with no defense and how he bounces to and fro ..lol floyd is stil going to stop him.
     
  4. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    and for the record..Colazo beat hatton. Draw at best. He landed the cleaner more effective punches every single round and that is 50% of what a fight is scored on.
     
  5. ferd cloupes

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    it's just as well then that floyd is no sugar ray leonard
     
  6. BigEars

    BigEars Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No chance of him being lured into a brawl...............he could be forced into one though :bbb
     
  7. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    Yeah floyd dont get hit as much and does not flurry with arm punches to get the crowd excited and is a better defensive fighter. But Duran is better then Hatton at everything..
     
  8. ferd cloupes

    ferd cloupes Member Full Member

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    that and not being nearly as good
     
  9. GazOC

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    Mayweather can't hold a candle to Leonard either.....don't let the Hagler fight fool you, SRL was one hell of a fighter at 147.
     
  10. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    I guess i could agree with you, but your def a hater..:yep
     
  11. Proud Warrior

    Proud Warrior Well-Known Member banned

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    Did he bollox,it was scary for us Hatton fans but he won most of the first rounds,one with a knock down,every fighter has a bad day at the office but the truly great fghters can still grind out a victory,also Hatton was much smaller and taking on a southpaw who was champ,he did not get nearly enough credit for pulling that one out of the bag.! Oh and if that was not enough it was out of Ricky's commfort zone in the US,u would never get PBF over in the UK for a fight!!!!
     
  12. dragosuhail

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    i dont think it will be so much as a brawl is it will be ricky imposing his fury onto mayweather to the point where mayweather loses a UD due to survival mode or late TKO.

    though i definately believe floyd is the favorite by a big margin and for good reason.

    my reasoning is that floyd has not faced someone as strong and violent at 140 or 147. look at the names floyd fought at those weights and most reasonable fans will admit the toughest tests were not fought aside from oscar.

    demarcus corley (not known as big puncher yet at that weight wobbled floyd a couple times)

    henry bruseles (not much)
    philip n'dou (like his cousin lovemore. very limited ring IQ)
    arturo gatti (exciting fighter but never on ricky's level at any stage in his career. personal opinion)

    shamba mitchell (shot fighter after tyzsu and not a big hitter, nor mentally strong)

    zab judah (not mentally strong and tires in second half)
    carlos baldomir (stockier version of margarito. nuff said)
    oscar del la hoya (this was a great win for floyd though i feel if oscar used his brains a little more and made it a jab fight, floyd would have had more trouble than he did and possibly lost it. but as it was i scored it for floyd).

    this ain't hate or anything. im a fan equally of BOTH fighters and will have floyd as an easy favorite. but once in the ring anything is possible.

    we simply do not know how floyd will handle one of the physically strongest and roughest fighters plus mentally toughest fighters out there in 140 or 147 (tho i put cotto above hatton in 147, but barely).

    we gotta remember that kostya is one of the most strongest fighters of his weight division p4p of all time and while i believe ricky got all the conditions in his favour for that fight. (time, kostya's age etc.) he walked through hell to win. kostya said that hatton was strong and that is saying something.

    i also believe floyd is stronger than hatton feels he is. hatton will be surprised by floyds strength, but i feel floyd will be even more surprised by hatton's.

    combine the phyiscal and mental strength with youth, quick feet, stamina and savage desire, and i cannot see how floyd has faced someone with these qualities over all his 140 and 147 fights. oscar was close to winning but he seemed to be tempted into the amaturish mistake of trying to take his opponents head off. the style didn't suit him and perhaps oscar is also on the slide. he was tired against a smaller fighter despite the vigourous training he undertook. hatton on the other hand is nearly as strong as oscar (pound for pound he's stronger but oscar is rather bigger). he's got that undefeated mindset so i can see a hatton win as well.

    this will be a 50-50 fight i feel
     
  13. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would Agee with agrate deal with billy statement but he I
    Just hope he realizes that floyd has been studing ricky also and buy the floyd, rodger and elerbe are talking they knew this moment would happen and they ready for it, look like this fight shaping up nicely.
     
  14. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would Agee with agrate deal with billy statement but he I
    Just hope he realizes that floyd has been studing ricky also and buy the floyd, rodger and elerbe are talking they knew this moment would happen and they ready for it, look like this fight shaping up nicely.
     
  15. C Money

    C Money Paul McCloskey Full Member

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    Floyd doesnt have the power, accuracy, heart of SRL either, so it's all good:lol:

    You are discrediting and downplaying Hatton too much and even if Floyd pulls it out?? It's gonna be much different from the walk in the park you're proposing:good