My allegiance switched mid-fight

True, compared to his early fights he appears to rely on pressure more, whereas back in the day he'd be much more educated with this pressure, taking someone apart slowly before turning up the heat.

Billy Graham should've kept his stupid ****ing mouth shut. No wonder Cortez was so over-eager.

Hatton may have peaked.

 

thats exactly hat it was

 

Billy Graham can be heard in recent fights telling Ricky to 'stop smothering your work', and I agree with him. Hatton when at his best, although close, leaves enough space to fire off shots to the body and make angles, when smothering he ties up too easily. When at his best and he does tie up, he quickly moves back firing off shots, this is not the case when he smoothers.

Hatton did continue to press forward on Saturday, and did stalk PBF, there were times wehere he did so effectively, he then failed to capitalize. Of course after Floyd had seen how Ricky operated he was able to begin dominace with great accurate punches, negate Hatton moving in, or tag him on the way out. The check hook, when seen in slow motion looks so simple, yet is a thing of beauty. At speed it is even more impressive. Floyd (a surprise to me) was masterful on the inside in negating Hattons work, with his elbow (I'm not complaining by the way) in Hatton's throat/neck.

Hatton needs to regain his inside work, left hooks, without the smothering, he needs to use his footwork to get in, plant his feet, land the hooks and get out. He has the footwork, handspeed and strength to do it against most fighters at LW.

 

I bet $20 on FMJ to win, but I was rooting for Ricky to pull the upset. I guess I was going to be disappointed either way.

 

I disagree, I think Billy Graham made a sound point about working on the inside as it is Hatton's game. I'm sure they reminded Cortez about Castillo's tendency to throw low blows in the last fight and that worked to their favour. All Billy asked was for a fair fight.

 

The reason Hatton has looked so **** since leaving the MEN to fight is because he hasn't had Mickey Vann allowing him to get away with his wrestling and fouling continuously!! He hasn't changed his style, the refs have just put a stop to his WWF tactics!!

You put your finger on it exactly without realising what you were saying when you describe his fights against Collazo and Urango! He is ineffectually when the ref doesn't let him wrestle and wear down his opponents! If he's forced to box he is exposed for the hack he always has been!!

 

yeah billy graham's little speech had me rolling. you could tell cortez was looking at him like, "shut the **** up and quit making a big deal for the camera"

hatton has fought under cortez before and it went just fine... the **** was graham doing

 

Boxing isnt a game of chess.All this tactics talk is bull****.Its a simple case of who`s right is might.PBF can adjust in a split second.His the kind of fighter that comes around once in a generation who can stick and move box and bang or stay in the pocket.Hatton can do one thing which is walk forward and throw the left hook to the body and head.He simply wasnt versatile enough.

 

it's funny how Hatton's performances have been less convincing against guys who are not tomato cans and old, worn fighters.

 

:good

 

So you switch allegiance mid fight, when it looks like Hatton will get beat? Wow. Not the most loyal of fans are you?

 

Tell me what gameplan is there to beat Mayweather? Before the fight everyone bleated on about educated pressure.. hmm that didnt work did it..