Re: Someone explain this to me (Floyd/Hatton weight issue)
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Dizaster
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bambamdaddio
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hattonthehammer
Im just about the biggest hatton fan going and even i dont buy this absurd theory that 7pounds makes a world of difference or even a major one.
Hatton got beat by mayweather because floyd was simply the better fighter and ricky being ricky went for all knowing he had to KO his man and got caught.
Collazo was simply an off night and a massive learning curve for ricky.
Mate if your saying a fighter coming down from lite mid to welter (ODLH fight) to fight a lite welter moving up to welter, even tho he has consistently through out his career shown to be a better fighter at lite welter (Hatton) ...& even admitting after the Collazo fight that with Collazo's shots he felt the extra weight difference .... then thats even more obsurd ...
& do you really believe Ricky fought Floyd in the belief he would walk through him & go for the legacy ???? ..... personally I dont ....
No ... it was all about money & a shot in the dark re the legacy .... more hoping than believing...& yes he was soundly beaten, & maybe he still would be at 140,
I almost find it insults Hatton by claiming him to be the same fighter at 147 that he is at 140 because he isnt...
He is a shodow of the 140 fighter when fighting 147...:beerchug:
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You know i'm with ya on everything you just said... Whether both fighters meeting up at 140 OR 147 would make any difference to the course of the fight or the outcome, is a question for philosophy... It may well make no difference at all....
But it my mind it is 100% certain that either mentally, or physically, or both, P4P, Ricky brings more into the ring at 140 than at 147.. I can't see it any other way in regards to that one fact..
But no day of the week I would say that Hatton moving up to 147 effected the end result of his fight against Floyd.. Just the percentage of potential he brought into the ring was affected... It's almost boxing fact & legend at the same time.. Every time a fighter changes weight up and down, we talk about it's effects vs the opponent who is doing the same, or fighting at their dominant weight.....
You got it bud ... well said too..
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