Personally, I had it scored identically to Lederman, even after 7, and I didn't think any of the rounds up to that point were particularly close. While I do think that Mayweather brawling inside was a tactic he used to wear out Hatton, I also think that Hatton very clearly won 4 rounds of the fight.
Hatton won 4 rounds ? Doing what ? It was funny listening to all the wingers on talksport after the defeat. The usualy b/s about the ref being on PBF side and how Hatton would win in a rematch (in London). The presenter kept saying the step up in weight was too much for Hatton and then getting on the rematch bandwagon, well if the weight is too much for Hatton why a rematch ? PBF showed who is the boss and has nothing to prove by fighting Hatton again.
In the first he rocked Mayweather and clearly won the round. In the third, Mayweather barely did squat while Hatton pressed the action and he won the round (I disagreed with compubox's assessment of the round). In two other early rounds he was the aggressor while Mayweather was passive and barely threw any punches. Neither of them landed much, but Hatton was the one pressing the action and he threw far more punches than Mayweather. At the time, I didnt' see them as controversial, and Lederman scored each round identical to the way I had scored it, so I know I'm not smoking crack when I scored the rounds that way. Also, just FYI, I was rooting for Mayweather and still came out that way.
Mayweather threw more and all the quality shots. Hatton was just chasing shadows most the fight. As for rocking PBF it was more of a stumble as he was on the back foot.
hatton got his ass handed as i prediicted. i wanted Haton to win, but knew he would get battered....i have never seen all this skill that ppl go about. Hhatton is a slugger imo I was fankly embarrased with all the hatton hype in the last few days. As most boxing fans will tell you this country has one elite fighter in Calzaghe who p4p could live with anyone, and maybe (big maybe) another in Khan All i want now is hatton witter to finally see who the best jr welterweight is in the country.
Hatton got exposed just as I predicted that PBF will stop him inside 10 rounds. Hatton is good but no where near as good as his fans like to believe. Nothing that happened yesterday surprised me and it was not even really competitive. PBF beat Hatton up on the inside and outside, hurt him to the body and head and set him up beautifully for the knockout. It is no surprise as quite frankly PBF has beaten up better fighters than Hatton. No excuses Hatton was taken to school as predicted, diced and cooked and his lights put out. I only gave Hatton 1 round which was round 5 because PBF took a breather however even in that round he made Hatton punch and miss a lot. Hatton's fans are a bloody disgrace booing the US national anthem what an embarassment.
he doesnt at all - he didnt listen to his corner so he said - his dad needs a big smack for losing that 0
Why was Ricky arguing with his trainer in the ring, before the fight? And what did the corner tell him to do that he didn't do? My link cut off to adverts during the breaks...
****in hell, u people are acting like the TKO was unexpected, 75% of people knew it was going to end this way, theres no need to cry over it, hatton had a lot of pressure going into the fight the pride of the entire nation was resting on his shoulders, he made mistakes and he paid for them. look at the bright side its been an amazing year for boxing england still has 7 world champions and a host of new up and coming fighters dont take the hatton loss to heart
It up set me more when i saw mayweathers kids crying in the ring after the fight, what was that all about !! no child likes to see daddy fighting they should of been kept in the dressing room .