Roach shot himself in the foot last night ...

it was the guinness talking. Hopkins did say 15 minutes after the knock out he went to the dressing room to see Hatton. Hatton told him he don't remember anything about the KO or the fight for that matter. I guess he must have already had 15 guinness's by then.

 

Hatton repeatedly says in his interview that: "I never thought i could cry more after the Mayweather fight, but i certainly did after this" (referring to his less than 6 minutes KO loss vs Pacquiao).

Mayweather regarded him as one of the toughest warrior he ever faced, Hatton prided himself with that. Heck, the first 6 rounds of Mayweather-Hatton is action packed, it's very hard to predict who's gonna end up winning at that point. Anyway, with Hatton's perfromance on the Mayweather fight, i dont think it's more devastating than the result of his last fight.

 

:deal

 

Beating Baldomir for the belts is hardly an accomplishment that warrants "best ever" considerations much less something to casually brag about. A win over Cotto for no belt would be far more impressive then unifying the titles against a far lesser opponent in my book.

 

He was the top welter theoretically, but he never actually beat the top welters now did he? To be the best you have to beat the best. Sure he beat Baldomir and won himself some WW belts. But Baldomir is a far cry from the best. And who cares about the belts nowadays?

I seriously want to be a PBF fan, and I will be one of the first to give him props when he takes on a fight where he isn't the heavy favorite or even the underdog and wins. But until then, I'll consider him as a highly skilled fighter (certainly the most skilled today) who isn't living up to his potential.

 

sounds painful

 

hahaha it was probably only a pea shooter.

 

Wrong. Why would it destroy a fighter when he last atleast 9 to 10 rounds or even a UD on a fight. 95% of championship fights resulted that way. If you last that long, it proves you're in the same league / level of your opponent. Even if you loss, means your opponent is just a little bit better.

Whereas, compared to being beaten badly for less than 3 rounds. It goes to reflect that your opponent is in a totally different / superior class than yours.


Also, you seem to confuse a one lucky KO punch (ala Buster Douglas) vs. A finishing punch after being badly beaten for several rounds. Pacquiao's last punch to Hatton is in the category of the later.

 

Floyd is bigger than Pac. If Floyd wanted to fight at light middle, and if he were to cherry pick there, then it would be comparable to Pac cherry picking at 147. A lot of fighters do it. Don't compare Floyd cherry picking at 147 with Pac doing it too.

And that's only if Pac's next fight is clearly cherry picked, we don't even know yet.

 

Mosley, Cotto, PTP, Clottey, and Pac are p4p better than anyone that PFB has ever faced. Never mind in the context of only 1 division.

 

hatton got beat in 2 rounds and then everyone in the british media tells him to retire. says it all. it was a devastation.

 

exactly, well said.

 

Bull**** the first six rounds were not close....Hatton wasn't landing any cleean shot where Mayweather was snapping Hattons head back freqently. Hatton had only won a round at that point...

Only an idiot would think the fight was up for grabs at that point...

 

Got to respect Hatton though, the guy goes in there and gives ALL he can offer and more, if he loses I don't blame him because I know he tried 110%. Even if the Pac fight was short his body just couldn't handle Pac's power, you can see that he wants to go on regardless of the two knockdowns in the first round.