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

And if anyone could bust up Floyd's ribs, it's Ricky. He's just gotta do what he did to Castillo. Use that jab to work his way inside, throw a range-finding right cross, then use that right arm to lock Floyd's left arm under his armpit. Then, go to work on a one-armed Floyd's ribs.

 

But if I had to put money down, I pick Floyd by mid-to-late referee stoppage.

 

That what I never liked about Hatton. It seems like his primary "style" involves a heavy reliance on a completely illegal move: holding and hitting. He doesn't just hold and hit, either. He throws opponents into an armlock and hits them.

I think he's been working on refining it into something that will slip by American refs more. He seemed to do it fairly well against Castillo. He would lock him up, and then let go and swing a shot or two... then lock him up again. Even in that fight he was starting to get warned for holding.

Still, that nasty style seems to have survived its trial run in America... and it DOES negate speed. I think it will interesting to see how it plays out, but this fight has so many ways it can go bad and turn into a horrible fight to watch. Mayweather running and slinging one shot at a time, Hatton one punch and grabbing, or a combination of the two.

 

If Hatton lands 21% of his punches, at his workrate, he will win a wide decision. He won't, but I think he has a good chance at landing something like 17% and combining that with being the aggressor he could win enough rounds to pull off the upset.

This fight all depends on (a) what each boxer brings to the table (b) how much of it they actually put on the table and (c) what their respective strategies for putting stuff on the table are. Bearing all this in mind, what both of them need is a lesson in carpentry.

 

Hatton's boxing ability is serverely underrated. He's a much better technician than many give him credit for.

 

Ricky definitely has a chance. I doubted him, but after the Tszyu fight I changed my mind. At 140, this would be a better fight, IMO, but Hatton is still stronger than PBF and will be all over him. I still feel PBF wins, though.

 

I believe this fight is difficult to call. Despite his BS I think Mayweather will be taking this fight very seriously indeed as will Hatton. Sooner or later the fight will become a war and this is where Hatton has a chance to win. The most likley outcome for me is a battered and bruised Mayweather taking a 'home town decision' based on his work in the early rounds but If Hatton is on top of his game and if Mayweather believes he can simply stroll back from retirement to pick up an easy win, Hatton could stop him in the first half of the fight.

 

You didnt hear the crowd at the Hatton vs Castillo bout did you??

Mate i know for a fact that their will be atleast 5thousand poms at the fight and 5 thousand drunk poms supporting hatton will sound like 50thousand raving lunatics..

See people dont realise that hatton aint just fighting for the mantle of p4p number 1 or for a few million bucks,hatton is fighting for the whole of england..

Americans just dont get ****...How good will it be when a ugly little englishmen throws a beatdown on your bling bling wearing gang bang pretending poser...

OH NO THAT CANT HAPPEN BECAUSE FLOYDS UNBEATABLE.He's TO SKILLFUL FOR THAT SLOW HIT HIT GRAB POM WHO AINT IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS OUR PREEEEEEEEEETTTTYYYYYYYY BOY..

its boxing ****ers..50% chance you will be crying come december 8...

Thats the real odds...

I like sitting here down under watching the yanks continuely pick on what the thought were the weak and than get stunned when they get bitten....

Hatton is PBF'S iraq.......

 

well ofcourse his got a chance, if nothing else a punchers chance but i think he has a fair deal more. his hook, hold and wrestling style COULD trouble mayweather. A huge could, because pbf proved roughing him up won't do the deed when DLH tried in the earlier rounds.. but it could win some rounds
that's my two cents anyway

 

Hatton by KO. Or he'll at least give Mayweather the hardest fight of his life.

 

If Oscar couldnt hurt him do you really think Hatton can?

 

Obviously he does...atsch

And so do i:good

 

fighting twice a year is hardly inactive

 

He mean by that that Floyd doesn't throw a lot of punches

 

actually he's only started holding so much in recent fights

in approx 35 fights he just bounced around for 12 rounds pounding on people so this is a fairly moot point imo