I'm excited for Hatton-Mayweather, but..

I dont know about small WW for PBF. He looked the bigger man Vrs Gatti.

 

But Gatti was no Welter either, he was a natural 130-135 lber.

 

Floyd has beaten a top ranked full blown 154 pound guy. He needs not prove anything else to anybody.

 

TBH Williams really is the 'who needs him?' guy. Great physical attributes, good skills.....and virtually unknown outside of the boxing crowd. A smaller Welter like Mayweather would have serious trouble against the guy for very little gain, its similar to Calzaghes situation, he wants Hopkins not Dawson.

 

Is that the full blown 154 guy who used to be the WBO Super Feather Champ?

 

The reason why I say the Zab/Floyd, Calzaghe/Kessler matchup as a reference. It has nothing to do with the status of the fighter but the style of the fighter against the style of another fighter. To the uneducated boxing fan you would think Floyd beats Judah easily but that was not the case and me and everybody that knows a thing about boxing knows Judah was a live threat and could possibly win that fight do to what his style and Mayweathers weakness. Kessler did not pose this kind of prob for Joe b/c Kessler is orthodox and basic and nothing out of the ordinary. He is a good fighter but that is not the point. ODH was another stylistic tough fight for floyd due to his jab, left hook and overall size and the fact he has hand speed too. That is why people picked him to win the fight or even Knock Floyd out and they said that floyd cant run which the hell he did not the whole fight anyway. You guys have know sense when it comes to matchups and styles.

 

Over 10 years ago. And yes that is the same guy that fought champions at 160. and knocked out the 154 champ as well to get that title.

 

You are a dumb ass anyway. :good

 

Sorry, my mistake then...

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, Ok. I bet if you asked Floyd to rank his toughest fights that would be in his top 3. And before that fight many wanted that fight to happen for a long time. As did even boxers themselves like Roy jones quoted on many occasions. That was no give me fight. Zab is no easy task for anyone. Ask Cotto.

 

Zab just has the style to give people a hard time for a few rounds before his lack of stamina and poor ring intelligence let him down, just because he was competive with Cotto for a while doesn't mean that much.

 

I think he does plan to fight those guys. But keep in mind Williams is relatively new to the top ranks and Cotto is still proving himself too. He's just reached the A grade with a win over Mosely. He was already signed to fight Hatton long before Cotto / Mosely.

Whats wrong with fighting Hatton and then the other welters? I can only opine but I do not believe Floyd is scared of fighting these guys.
I say let the Cotto hype build up and make a mega fight in a year.