well i've thought long and hard on this but finally i must put it on the line and make my pick for the mayweather v hatton fight.when the fight was made i couldn't really make a case for hatton winning,basically because floyd is just so good,but as the fight got closer i could feel my english patriotism coming to the fore and i was starting to fancy ricky.however now when it's nearly fight time i feel i have to get real and not let my heart rule my head.floyd is going to win this fight.if hatton really is in the best shape of his life that is the same condition as the tszyu fight or maybe even better then i truly believe floyd is in for a hard night.i think hatton is going to show him speed and angles on the way in,get onto his chest and be busy enough and a brute enough on the inside to make floyd uncomfortable,even though floyd is no slouch on the inside and will be popping ricky.there is one scenario that generally hasn't been considered however and that is floyd knocking out ricky.the general consensus is that if floyd stops ricky it will be late on with ricky busted up and cut.however what if floyd especially after all the pre-fight hype and people saying he's a runner comes out and engages ricky on the front foot,i don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility that he might tag ricky and stop him.he's a very correct puncher and remember he shook up del a hoya.the mayweather camp say they have recognized a glaring weakness in hattons make up,what could it be.do you know what i think?the body,no one has really given hatton a sustained examination downstairs,i think mayweather will.it still sticks in my mind that in hattons 22nd fight against british lightweight champion jason rowland,not a heavy hitter rowland hurt ricky a couple of times in the 4th round with body shots,hatton in fairness stopped rowland later in the round ironically with a couple of brutal body shots.urango hurt ricky downstairs in their fight.i don't think this will not have gone unrecognized in the mayweather camp.it would not surprise me if hatton wins,because despite what some think on here he's very good.however i've got to go for floyd.
while i can agree with everything said and have thought from the outset that hatton was at best a live underdog, in my heart of hearts i see hatton finding a way to win this fight. not the most scientific of analysis but my prediction nonetheless
though did you see hattons abs at the weigh in? he always looks fit but he seemed particulary cut down theremaybe it is a worry for hatton too and he's payed extra attention to this in training.
Tszyu hurt him to the body but it was called a low blow..urango and castillo hurt him down there also
Good post, but Floyd will not come out and engage Ricky.. Only in certain half a minute spots like the De La Hoya fight.
i cocked up mate i wanted to post that somewhere else but me being a dinosaur it came up in the original thread.
So what...what's funny about you is the fact you run to the defense of Hattonite clowns who's predictions were straight-up ridiculous!
what the ****....so now you've seen the truth about what i predicted,despite you lying and saying i said otherwise,so i expect you to acknowledge i got it just about right.now your making something up about me coming to the defence of hatton huggers.show me the posts softcock.
You've been running to the defense of Hatton in every thread that has dissed him. End of. However I apologise for placing you in the same basket as the majority Hatton supporters who were blinded by the truth!
i only come to hattons defence when huggers and morons plain and simply hurl insults at the guy.that's just the brit in me.but you see i'm no hugger i'm a boxing fan,i try to be fair when predicting or analyizing a fight i don't see nationalism or country when doing that.i can honestly say there is not one boxer that i have ever hated.i knew floyd mayweather was the best fighter in the world before the fight all he did was reinforce that to me on the night.
