I thought id re-post something is put up weeks ago. I still stand by it...
Hatton mauls & spoils too much these days. In a sense, its what he does instead of boxing.
To a certain extent, when Hatton aint throwing punches, he's still on top of you, but out of danger.
Sometimes its blatant holding, most times its a lot more savvy. Fair enough.
But those kind of tactics will prove to be VERY ineffective against the pretty boy, simply becasue Floyd is just a whole different set-up in defence.
Plus IMO, Floyds way of infighting is very underrated and unique.
Due to the clash of styles, I think you'll find Hatton will start to do two things in the mid to later rounds that he has never done before.
1) Wait to throw
Up close, on Floyds chest, doing nothing. If only for a few, very noticable seconds. But enough for Floyd to tee-off on Hattons head & body for Hatton to then...
2) Go backwards
Either as a hurt man or as a Hatton who has struggled to bust up a slick counter-puncher and has had to go back on the outside and box
Both will be soooo detrimental to his confidence, let alone his chances of winning. Floyd will school Hatton if and when this happens however i doubt there'll be a stoppage. Unless of course a compassionate (and rightly protective) Billy Graham pulls him out of there.
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