Who here seriously inside of them actualy beleive Ricky stand a chance??

every fighter has a chance as long as they are in the ring and punching you never know...HOWEVER...we are not dealing with just anybody....we all know how precise PBF is and how cautious he is....he only fights HIS FIGHT.

PBf has always been hittable...so seeing him hit by ODh or Baldy does not mean he has slowed down any because he has been hit several times before...means nothing. I dont see Hatton winning simply because PBf wont fight his fight at all...all of Hattons opponents were willing to stay in front of him...all of them and the ones who tried not to simply are not on the level that PBF is on...this is a fact Hatton has not seen anyone close to what PBF is but PBf has seen a pressure fight(Castillo in his prime pushed PBF the hardest till this day with great pressure) as a pressure fighter can be a dime a dozen...now granted the level of Hattons pressure at his wieght class is almost second to none BUT...who's style can you prepare for best? You can prepare for what Hatton does much better than you can prepare for PBF...ODh even went to get someone who can be considered as on PBF's level and while it may have helped a little the outcome still was the same even with the height advantage and reach advantage...something Hatton doesnt have neither of....castillo the same thing taller longer both had solid jabs....Hatton has none of these this is why he has a very SLIM chance unless he develops some kind of outside boxing skills between now and then.

 

Floyd should be able to box Hatton's ears off. Sounds easy to say but the key word is "should". Hatton will keep coming at Mayweather all night long. For this fight, Hatton will be in the best shape of his life, no two ways about it. He's not the slickest of boxers but Ricky's skills are somewhat under-rated.. especially in the US after recent fights. PBF and his band of monkeys are in for a tough fight. Ricky will be there for the whole 12 rounds. He may take a bit of a battering in a boxing sense but I've got a feeling that Hatton will catch up with Floyd around rounds 9 and 10 and nail him with some sickening shots which will make the end very interesting.

Mayweather to win on points with the final bell ringing just about in time for Floyd.

 

i still think he's slower these days.

he's still quick of course. :bbb

hatton is an under rated punch picker and his quality doesn't drop off in fights.

december 8th = ricky hatton p4p no1 night. :yep

 

I agree that Floyd will win. But if you think Floyd's gonna do this easy, you're sadly mistaken. Hatton will give Floyd the fight of his life..make no mistake. Hatton does not have the ring smarts and technique of Floyd, but he is relentless, he is always is superb fitness, and he will be awkward to fight. Throw in a punchers' chance, a lot of hugging and rabbit punching and you've got yourself an interesting matchup.

The beautiful thing about this fight is at the end, one of these undefeated guys is gonna lose their '0'.:good

 

:good

 

I firmly belive Hatton has a chance, my view may be skewed since I am a much bigger fan of Hatton than Floyd, but stylistically, its there for him to win, its just a matter of if he can make the gameplan work. Hatton has the possiblity to hurt Floyd to the body unlike any fighter Floyd has fought, yes including a prime Castillo and the DLH of 2007.

Hatton will be the stronger man, and if he can get on the inside, get his overhook with his right arm on Floyds left, and batter him with those ripping left hooks to the liver, he could win this fight.

 

We'll see who the fools are eventually, but let me just say they live on an island in north-western europe. Hope that helps, fool.

 

I most def. mean no disrespect for Hatton or any of his fans, because you most likely are pretty damn good to be over 40 fights undefeated, however I honestly can't see Ricky beating floyd no way, no how. IMO.

 

listen we all know Hatton holds a lot so if you ask me thats why his stamina is proclaimed to be so good...what happens when he cant hold and get those breathers he has been so customed to? For 12 rounds this man will have to ask his body to constantly stay moving while throwing.....name the last time you seen him have to chase a fighter....and not get off a lot of clinching? I think hatton in later rounds will be very very tired for one he will have to work WAY harder to score...two when he does get a chance to score he will use everything he got to make it count(cant blame him) in doing so though he will tire himself, and third PBf will be fighting as well so add on some more fatigue for his shots. I think people will be shocked to see how tired Hatton will be..not to say he wont keep coming forward he will but it only will get even uglier.

 

I don't see why so many are saying this fight is unwinnable. Hatton is a good fighter, a real good fighter, and he is stylistically not an easy match for Floyd. It's not a gimme by any means.

 

I agree with most of your points and I can see Hatton looking like an amateur for the first half of the fight. But he'll still be there and there'll come a time in this fight when he'll back PBF up and hurt him. Just like you, I am sure Floyd will underestimate Hatton's ability and heart in this fight. Ricky's no washed up ODLH. Just make sure you stay tuned for the later rounds because they'll be different to how you predict.

 

I don't think PBFs punch output is what it was either, keeping a young hungry pressure fighter might pose problems. Floyds the favorite sure, but it'll be a good fight.

 

You are totally misunderstanding how Hatton uses the clinch, with the exception of the Collazo fight and parts of the Urango fights, which he was clearly off form, he does not use the clinch to rest at all.

Quite the opposite, Hatton uses the clinch to wear his enemy down, and inflict as much pain as possible he isn't in there resting, he is in there working, what he does better than anybody else that I've seen, is know how to properly utilize under and overhooks, in that he uses control over his opponent to move them where he wants, both putting them in harms way and wearing on them, and then blasting away with hooks to the body and head. He doesn't go in there and hug the guy like a Ruiz, he usually gets the overhook, with his arm on the outside, not the inside, which allows him to work his hips much more effectively and actually make the other guy hold because the other guys arm is now inside of Hattons and they naturally hold from there, which he did to perfection against Castillo.