When Hatton crunches Mayweather in the ribs...

lol me too

 

Ring Magazine, Volume 1, 2006.

Gavin Rees, British columnist on potential Hatton-Mayweather:

"Pretty Boy is the pick. He's improved since Castillo and had no problem moving up two weights. He'd taken his share of body-punches, low blows, and hooks to the head, but his speed and defensive brilliance would see him through to a points victory."

same writer in same column claimed Hatton KO's Cotto, and beats Witter and Judah. Mayweather was the only one he saw clearly beating Ricky.

I tend to agree.

 

yeah, but Castillo wasn't fully himself that night anyway...he had way too many outside distractions dealing with his money, and there's no way that wasn't on his mind...it was a good shot from Hatton, but it would have been a different fight had Castillo been mentally prepared...

 

When Hatton hits Floyd in the ribs, Floyd will counter and move.

 

Yeah Castillo looked amazing against the extraordinary Herman Ngoudjo!!!!!!!!! He deserved a world title fight. :scaredas:

 

Not nuthugging but de la hoya did land several clean body shots (not effective) but they did land when floyd was on the ropes...u can rewatch if u like i guarantee u will see. I do believe floyd will outbox him but hatton will def land a couple on them ribs. Can't wait.

 

Was interesting to hear Tszyu say Hatton doesn't hit very hard and didn't have enough power to hurt him with a single shot, but just the accumulation of punches over 11 rounds.

I never thought Tszyu looked too bothered by the bodyshots that hatton hit him with. Neither Urango or Collazo. I thought he hit Castillo with a great shot but Castillo could have got up. He had the same look at Morales in the third Pac fight. The look of a fighter that had had enough and decided to stay down.

I'll be surprised if Hatton is able to score some super bodyshot KO. I think he's just as susceptible to them (urango hurt him and tszyu put him down with a bodyshot) as Mayweather is and their power is similar.

 

we will see.floyds gonna take more punishment in this fight than any of his previous fights.

 

First of all, don't forget that Tszyu is simply a tougher man than Mayweather. If he had hit Floyd flush, I suspect Mayweather would be down for a 100 count, whereas Tszyu ain't going out on one punch to anyone.

This is where it gets interesting though...what if Hatton buzzes Mayweather's shoddy chin ala Corley and THEN gets in with a body shot? I think that might break Mayweather's questionable heart.

To me, something like that is the most likely Hatton victory scenario. He catches Mayweather on the chin then nails him with a body shot and the 'Pretty Boy' just has no desire to go on.

I think Mayweather will win, but if Hatton gets it...it'll go something like that, I feel.

 

I guess you're in a bit of a tight spot tonight aren't you?
do you

a) watch the fight and jizz your pants at everything Floyd does

b) Find out which dressing room Floyd will be in and hide in a locker in the hope that you can spot him naked

or

c) break into his house and steal his dirty underwear after rigging his house with cameras

:think

 

1 good body shot=maywheather rolls downhill

 

I know you only just started followng boxing a few weeks ago, so I won't argue.

You are one of the few British posters, who doesn't have a clue.

Come Sunday, if Ricky loses, thankfully you will be gone.

You are a troll, and a grade 'A' *******. Posting a video of the World Trade Center crashing down would get you beaten within an inch of your life, where I come from.

From ESPN.com:

Opponent: Jose Luis Castillo (45-4-1)
Date: April 20, 2002, Las Vegas
Result: Mayweather by decision in 12


Why it matters: A lot of people believe this was Mayweather's only loss, although the three official judges who awarded him a unanimous decision are the ones who mattered, and Mayweather went to 28-0. Still, the way Castillo pressured and slowed Mayweather might be mankind's only blueprint for how to beat him, and many experts believe De La Hoya's only chance May 5 will be to take a similar tack.

With little chance to outbox Mayweather in the center of the ring, Castillo did his best to force Mayweather to the ropes, where Mayweather wouldn't be able to jump or lean far back to avoid blows. Against the ropes is where punchers Jesus Chavez and Gregorio Vargas had succeeded in landing head shots on Mayweather, threading shots through the two flanks of his upstairs defense: a shrugged left shoulder and a right glove held close to the cheek.

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Castillo began his attack in Round 4, charging in low and aiming body shots, moving well to remain a more elusive target than Corrales had been. Mayweather landed uppercuts and other shots as Castillo advanced, and they clinched often, but Castillo kept coming.

By the seventh, it became a cat-and-mouse game: Castillo pressing Mayweather back to the ropes, Mayweather dancing and punching to escape, trying to keep the action in the middle in the ring. It got rough. Each fighter was penalized a point in the late rounds for a foul.

By the 12th round, Castillo was still slugging and seemed to have scored the more effective blows. In total, he landed 107 more "power" (nonjab) punches than Mayweather. But the judges gave a lopsided scoring decision to Mayweather.

"Not the fight we saw," announcer Jim Lampley complained.
Mayweather claimed afterward that he had fought with "a messed-up arm" and two broken ribs. Then he beat Castillo more decisively in their rematch eight months later.