I kinda have a problem with Oscar promoting the fight,he already lost to Mayweather and probably has sour feelings towards him,he visits Hattons training to help him try to beat Mayweather.Himself and Hopkins are cheering for and want Hatton to win so Oscar can try to set up a match between Himself and Hatton.IMO he has to much interest in Hatton to win, for him to be running the show. Imagine if King was promoting it and was hanging at Mayweathers camp,everyone would be up in arms about the fix being in, I would assume. I hope something like this don't happen,I see Mayweather weathering an early storm,but taking over around the 5th round on.BUT if hatton forces the whole fight and makes it somewhat close,I wouldn't be suprised to see Hatton get the nod even if most of us don't agree with it. Just something I was thinking about.
It won't happen because Floyd is going to put on a boxingclinicand take Ricky Hatton to school. It won't be close so if the fight go to the scorecards there's no way they can't give the fight to Ricky Hatton.
of course, b/c judges usually favor the fighter coming forward regardless if they are effective or not... whitaker-chavez, whitaker-ramirez, dlh-sturm, hatton-collazo
I think that we can end up with a decision where the judges favor the agressor even if the agression is not effective. Kind of like Whitikar vs Chavez or DLh vs Trinidad. There is also times when judges are so scared to be called biased that they score any close rounds for the favorite DLH vs Trinidad was an example of this also. That being said I don't think it will be a robbery. I imagine that either Floyd will be in top form and make it so that the fight is not even close enough for them to take it from him or Hatton will be agressive enough for the definitive victory.
I was thinking about it too but in terms of the politics of the sport it doesn't make sense...Hatton doesn't have the recognition Mayweather has...he doesn't have those NAMES on the resumes...you know how many Americans tend to look at these things...if Mayweather lost, the whole system of p4p rankings and American supremacy would start being questioned...it was a shock that DLH was given the nod by one of the judges, but then he was a sacred beast in the sport and had a lot of influence and put in a good performance...I don't think Mayweather will get robbed even though he he is not liked and Ricky is, but I don't think he'll get a helping hand either, despite the fact that it's USA v. "The British are coming!" Illmatic and thewoo make some good points though...but I don't think Mayweather will "run" as much as people expect.
It would be too sissy for Oscar if he beats Floyd off the ring. I think he is professional enough to know the right place to deal with Mayweather and it yes will sure lose his credibility as a promoter. I think this idea could be a great future use by the PBF fans in their anxiety that Hatton will beat Floyd this weekend. Let's wait and see.
I don't think that any favor will be given to Floyd in scoring. Like I mentioned in a previous post DLH vs Trinidad. DLH has gotten controversial decisions vs Quartey and Whitikar and had built up a reputation for getting gifts in Vegas. There was plenty of talk to it leading up to the fight, the Trinidads met with the judged behind closed doors with no one from DLH's camp present before the fight and Don King was seen talking to the judges as the fight was in progress. Both the Trinidads and King claim that those talks were to express concern about Tito getting a fair shake, and well we saw what happened with that decision. Same thing could happen here. There is talk about Ricky coming over seas and the possibility of him getting robbed in Floyds hometown and more importantly home country. And there was some small controversy over the decision in Floyd's last fight. I expect that Floyd will have to win every round clearly to have it scored in his favor.
Sure...makes sense! Also, a "runner" won't get any gifts against a "good, honest, come-forward, aggressive guy"...especially in Vegas, where they like a bit of rough...no?
Well there is a difference between running and boxing. I have no problem with scoring the round for the agressor if he is outlanding the "runner". But if he is coming forward throwing one shot then grabbing and getting outlanded, I don't think that he should be given the round.
Of course! I agree with you...I don't think Mayweather is a "runner" at all, myself - he is the best boxer out there!:good
Thats what Im talking about,You can have Hatton coming forward,screaming with everyshot,and landing only maybe 1-2 shots,but that sort of stuff tends to sway alot of peoples judgement. Also having 10,000 british fans there screaming with every Hatton movement can sway people and judges as well.
