Mayweather : "all this **** has to do is sign a contract ASAP and that's his ***."

Hatton by KO in the 3rd.

 

I would consider 60/40 Floyd to be entirely fair. Hell, 65/35 is worth considering, if Hatton truly believes he can win. But I suspect Floyd will toss out 80/20, maybe 75/25, and his ego is too large to negotiate and compromise. The only person who could dictate terms to him is Oscar, and he's obviously a different breed in terms of celebrity from Hatton and everyone else.

But this fight wouldn't be all that interesting to me, unless Floyd came all the way down to 140. At 147, I don't see why people are so optimistic about Hatton's chances. Have we forgotten the Collazo fight already?

At 147, I think the reach and volume punching of Paul Williams actually might trouble Floyd a bit more, although the only person I'd give a really strong shot to beat him right now would be Cotto.

 

Have we forgotten that Hatton beat Collazo. Granted it wasn't the best he has ever looked, but it's crazy that people talk about this fight as if he lost! Collazo was a title holder, and is a southpaw, and an all around tough fighter, yet Hatton detractors point to this fight as if Hatton should have just kicked his ass. Furthermore, Hatton fought once at 147.....ONCE! So, obviously he can't compete at that weight? Balderdash!

 

Floyd won't be willing to go back down to 140. He hasn't fought there in 2 years, and he just moved up another weight class to fight Oscar as well as gave up the concessions on gloves and all that. I'm guessing Floyd is thinking "why should I have to make concessions for this guy?"

The fight will probably be @147 if it takes place.

 

I never said he shoudl go down to 140 at all, go back and read my ****ing post you git! ****ing hell some people **** me off on this

 

:rofl :rofl :nut

 

Right! I'm sick of these little teaser threads. If you're gonna share, ****ing **** or get off the pot!

And clearly Floyd either didn't hear or didn't heed the adage "the less a man makes declarative statements, the less apt he is to look a fool in retrospect." :good

 

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Yes, Hatton got the decision over Collazo, but the decision easily could have gone the other way. Worse, Ricky finished weakly, and his vaunted strength and conditioning appeared diminished at 147. I agree that Collazo is a good, tough fighter, but he's nowhere close to Mayweather. I'm not saying Hatton should have blasted Collazo out of there early, but the fact that limped to the finish line and could have lost does cast some doubt.

At the minimum, compare his work over the past two years against that of Miguel Cotto -- keeping in mind various weights -- and I think you'll understand why I believe Cotto would present the greater challenge to Floyd.

And though I rate Hatton more highly PfP than Williams, I think Paul has some physical advantages over Floyd that Hatton doesn't have, especially if Williams were to face Floyd at 154.

I'm really not trying to down a Mayweather/Hatton fight -- it's better than nothing -- but to me it isn't the best option for Floyd.

 

Hatton will have more time to prepare for the move up in weight if he fights Mayweather than he did when he fought Collazo.

That was relatively short-notice b/c Hatton wasn't sure who he was fighting, and then HBO rejected Lazcano.

I think he'll be better physically @ 147 if he fights Floyd than he was versus Collazo due to having more time to prepare for the jump.

 

Why has Hatton turned Mayweather down 5 times and never made a counter offer?

 

Didn't Mayweather do a similar thing in squeeking a win against DeLaHoya whilst having many many weeks to put the weight on and the luxury of him not being a southpaw.

 

5 times now is it lol...wheres the link??

 

"He talked the talk. He tried to disrespect me on the network Saturday. Now all this punk has to do is sign a contract ASAP and that's his ass. I doubt he's going to step up to the plate because all he does is use my name to promote himself. We're going to find out very shortly if he really wants the fight. He signs the contract I promise you I'll beat that ass back to England," said Mayweather.

"He's talking about action which is crazy because this dude did more holding in his last fight which only lasted four rounds, than I have in my whole career. He keeps on letting my name come out his mouth, he just needs to be careful what he asks for, cause ain't nothing but the truth over here," said Mayweather.

"Everybody knows I'm the crem de la crem, pound for pound the best in the world, hands down. If this chump wants a shot at the best, all his punk ass has to do is sign a contract ASAP and I'll show him what real body work is. Matter fact, I stop Ricky Hatton with a body shot."

 

Maybe I'm buying into the hype, but damn! I want this fight to happen! :bbb