IS MAYWEATHER WORRIED?

When you think about it both men have a reason to be worried....If Floyd loses he will always have a question mark over his legecy...If Hatton loses he will be put down a few rungs on the ladder and it will cost him as far as paydays in the States......

For the Oscar fight Floyd was able to get in his licks and get in his comments because he knew DLH would not hand it back to him....This may be the first time for Floyd another fighter actually took liberites on him and made it a point to not only call him out but mock him.....a bit of a kick in the ego...

GOD this fight is massive were all completley gripped by it this is one of the biggest fights ever i can not wait.

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Originally Posted by MAYWEATHER P4P#1

GOD this fight is massive were all completley gripped by it this is one of the biggest fights ever i can not wait.

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CC# 222 Mate...This gives the feeling of the old 1980's WW bouts....you just knew it was going to be a barn burner

No but Billy Graham looked like he was gonna piss himself the last 24/7 episode, the part where he's looking away while talking up Hatton shows little conviction. He had a very worried expression.

Hatton looks worried to me. The finger across the throat thing is out of character and just looked stupid. He looked dumb when he did it and sounds nervous as hell in this clip when interviewed afterwards. His voice goes all girly.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/video/20...ton.mayweather

Although I'm picking Floyd to win I desperately want Ricky to flatten him. I'll be cheering for Ricky on Saturday and I think he'll last the distance and maybe has a chance to make it a really close decision but there's also the chance it could end up another Calzaghe-Lacy.

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Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn

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Originally Posted by MAYWEATHER P4P#1

GOD this fight is massive were all completley gripped by it this is one of the biggest fights ever i can not wait.

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CC# 222 Mate...This gives the feeling of the old 1980's WW bouts....you just knew it was going to be a barn burner

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CC#844 ;D

Watching that clip again Floyd looks the pysically bigger man now Hatton has lost all his weight and he looks very gaunt.

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Watching that clip again Floyd looks the pysically bigger man now Hatton has lost all his weight and he looks very gaunt.

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I noticed that the other day watching the two in a press conference...

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Originally Posted by ACEA

Im starting to think Floyd might actually stand in the center of the ring and exchange with Ricky.

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Just curious how far along in that task you are. Like, have you finished yet? ;D

Floyd probably will stand and trade some, but not willingly for long periods, just bursts early. Maybe later on if/when he knows he's got Hatton figured out, timed and frustrated. That would be typical Floyd.

Except I think Hatton's constant pressure is going to force Floyd to fight. He can't ride a bike the whole fight and beat Hatton.

I pick Floyd to win but I see a very active Hatton against a very - even superbly - defensive Floyd as a possible way to a loss for Floyd. You can't win with defense. I think there has to be fireworks if Floyd is going to win. Hatton will force it.

So I guess now that you've started, you may as well continue on. I have been thinking the same, based on the above thinking. I think it's unavoidable if Floyd wants to win.

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Originally Posted by NuthaPug

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Originally Posted by ACEA

Im starting to think Floyd might actually stand in the center of the ring and exchange with Ricky.

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Just curious how far along in that task you are. Like, have you finished yet? ;D

Floyd probably will stand and trade some, but not willingly for long periods, just bursts early. Maybe later on if/when he knows he's got Hatton figured out, timed and frustrated. That would be typical Floyd.

Except I think Hatton's constant pressure is going to force Floyd to fight. He can't ride a bike the whole fight and beat Hatton.

I pick Floyd to win but I see a very active Hatton against a very - even superbly - defensive Floyd as a possible way to a loss for Floyd. You can't win with defense. I think there has to be fireworks if Floyd is going to win. Hatton will force it.

So I guess now that you've started, you may as well continue on. I have been thinking the same, based on the above thinking. I think it's unavoidable if Floyd wants to win.

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I hope that is how it turns out Nutha. When the fight was first made I thought Floyd would exchange with Hatton and maybe even stop him.

But now I feel sure that floyd will fight like a skilled coward and take the easiest route to a UD possible, further isolating the few fans he has remaining.

But Floyd should be worried because his "0" and p4p status is the only reason people want to watch him.

If he gets a loss he has nothing to fall back on. His fighting style doesn't attract fans and neither does his personality.

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Fighters are generally very quiet by the final press conference. They've spent months in training and doing promotional stuff, they're sick and tired of it by this point and just want to get in the ring and fight.

The Floyd-Oscar press conference was also pretty quiet, they didn't have much else to say by that point.

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CO-SIGN.

Do you remember the Mayweather-Judah weigh-in? Zab was very amped and FMJ just smiled sheepishly.

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Thats because in the Zab fight Floyd was wondering if Zab would have a break down or not?....If Zab could have kept his head together he could have beat Floyd...To bad he just breaks down when it comes to pressure....If you compared them skill wise at the time Judah had everything Floyd did and Floyd knew it....

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This isn't 100% true.

Zab has all of the raw speed and athletic talent that Floyd has. However, Zab does not have the same skills as Floyd. Floyd is a classically trained fighter who is well-schooled in the art of boxing, Zab is a raw talent who just uses his speed to try to overwhelm opponents.

Does anyone think that Floyd will command centre ring for longer than he normally does im thinking he can wear Ricky down with bodyshots Ricky has an awesome body attack but im not that sure he takes a good body shot himself.A few times in the Castillo fight he had to take the odd little one and he did'nt look comfortable to me thats just my opinion and the one that castillo lost a point for were'nt that low and definately took the wind out of Ricky's sails.Im thinking if Mayweather commands centre ring with crisp jabs and hooks keeps Hatton off balance keep him moving backwards attack his body Floyd throws a lovely jab to the body.One of the main keys to victory is that the ref does'nt let Hatton do the hook and hold thing because that makes a frustrating fight for the fans.I think if Floyd fights in this way come round 6 or 7 Hatton will be cut up frustrated and in line to be stopped by round 8.

as the fight gets closer, I'm starting to think Floyd might actually trade in center ring, not carelessly though. Hatton doesn't have the power and natural size advantage of Floyd's last three opponents, I see Floyd taking the fight to him, which is something not many Hatton opponents have done, but it'll be difficult to keep someone possessed like Hatton on the back foot. Hope I'm right, this has the potential to be a cracking fight.

Hatton: "Who's he tryin to fuckin frighten?"

After watching yesterdays press conference in the face to face Floyd is physically the bigger man now Hatton has lost his weight he looks small washed out and very gaunt.When they kept having the face to face in the build up Hatton was the bigger man i thought he would still be after losing his weight but he is'nt Floyd even commented in a interview after the conference about Hatton been small.