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Roger Mayweather talks about Hatton Cotto and Mosley
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By Mark Vester
In a recent interview with Brent Matteo Alderson of BoxingScene.com, Roger Mayweather, trainer and uncle of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., gave his thoughts on a variety of topics.
He thinks a great fight will happen when Floyd Mayweather takes on Ricky Hatton on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and thinks Hatton's only chance to win is to stay close and be aggressive.
"Ricky Hatton is tough. He doesn't have the boxing skills of Floyd, but he's going to use whatever he's got to win. What else can he do? He can't outbox him," Mayweather said. "All he can do is be aggressive and try to stay close, but what else can he do?"
Roger was a very successful pro, winning the WBA super featherweight title, WBC and IBO junior welterweight title, IBO and IBA welterweight titles and piled up a 59-13, 35KOs record before he retired in 1999. He feels the 1989 version of himself would beat the current day version of Ricky Hatton.
"I would have beat Ricky Hatton like I did all the rest of them before him. To hit him is easy, to hit him is easy. He's an aggressive fighter, but to hit him is easy. You look at the fight even with him and Kostya Tszyu, the fight was pretty much dead even and Tszyu fought him in his hometown. Floyd Mayweather aint no Kostya Tszyu," Mayweather said. "I fought Tszyu when I was 35-years-old (in 1995) and I really had no problems so for Hatton to have problems with him......"
"It was a good win for Hatton but nothing spectacular."
Mayweather knows the next opponent for Floyd will probably come out of the Nov. 10 battle between WBA welterweight champ Miguel Cotto and former three division title-holder "Sugar" Shane Mosley. He gives Mosley a big edge in the fight and sees him as the clear victor.
"I like Mosley to win. I think Mosley has two good hands and that's going to be the difference in the fight. Cotto is a good puncher, but he's basically one-handed and plus Shane has a good chin," Mayweather said. "And Shane is probably the better caliber of fighter. If you look at it in terms of who fought the better guys, Shane Mosley fought the better guys. If I was going to lean on someone that was going to win (in the fight), I would lean on Shane Mosley."
The HBO produced De La Hoya-Mayweather 24/7, a reality program used to hype the May 5 De La Hoya-Mayweather pay-per-view, was a ratings blockbuster and a hit with executives at HBO. The unpredictable nature nature of the Mayweather family made it popular even among the most casual of boxing fans. Mayweather says that HBO tried to get them to do a reality show after the May 5 event was over.
"They loved the show. Mayweathers made the show. De La Hoya didn't do nothing. He was very calm and casual. They said that ya'll should do a reality show on HBO. We never did it, but that's what they wanted to do," Mayweather said.
As far as when he thinks Floyd will retire, it all depends on the amount of money offered by the networks.
"Whatever makes money make sense. Floyd wants to retire undefeated. It all depends on what the networks offer him. Money can keep a dead man alive," Mayweather said.
This guy is so funny, hoepfully its all hype, but he had no problems with a green 14-0 novice in Tszyu? WTF the guy lost nearly every round? I think its all talk i think they no it will be a tough fight. Also the KT fight was even? If thats the case why was he pulled out with two rounds to go?
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stopped reading as soon as he implied that Tszyu was a poor fighter
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stopped reading as soon as he implied that Tszyu was a poor fighter
Roger fought him when he was way past his better years, so he'd know ;)
and it's probably best if you didn't read on, because it would have given you a clear indication as to how tiny of a chance Hatton really has against Floyd.
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stopped reading as soon as he implied that Tszyu was a poor fighter
Roger fought him when he was way past his better years, so he'd know ;)
and it's probably best if you didn't read on, because it would have given you a clear indication as to how tiny of a chance Hatton really has against Floyd.
He would know because he was past his best?? Please explain Kosta was a 14 fight novice and won nearly every round? He says he was 35 to he had just turned 34. Hatton would smoke Roger if both in there prime.
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I'm not even discussing Hatoon's chances against Mayweather. What I am doing is highlighting how little resepect I give to anybody who believes that Tszyu was not a good fighter. Roger Mayweather was a good fighter, but how can he believe that a young Tszyu was anywhere near as good as a prime Tszyu is beyond me.
The guy is an idiot, just like Floyd and his lunatic dad.
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"Ricky Hatton is tough. He doesn't have the boxing skills of Floyd, but he's going to use whatever he's got to win. What else can he do? He can't outbox him," Mayweather said. "All he can do is be aggressive and try to stay close, but what else can he do?"
[/quote] Very true statment...it will very interesting to see what else ricky can do.
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I have doubts if this is really Roger. Not one "mother f***er" in this hole interview... ::**
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umm i think Floyd is gonna beat Hatton fairly easy, and in a boring fight at that, but yea Roger is full of shit, Chavez was easy to hit, and umm look what he did to Roger, twice
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Tszyu used Roger Mayweather for target practice in their fight and wanted to get rounds under his belt because he kept on knocking guys out in the first five rounds all the time!
Hatton would have beaten Roger the Dodger easily and i wish people would give Hatton the credit he deserves for his win over Tszyu.
When Mayweather fought Tszyu he was the seasoned veteren with all the experience and was a former world champion still fighting for a title, Tszyu was having his 14th pro fight!
Hatton will give PBF his toughest fight yet, whether Roger likes it or not.
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agreed with you up to the Hatton/Floyd bit, i don't think it's gonna be that tough of a fight for Mayweather
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if castillo (1st fight) and dela hoya can make a good fight of it and a close 1, so will hatton. no one can put better pressure on a boxer then hatton. I'm predicting hatton by close decision.
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both Castillo and De La Hoya are a lot more versatile than Hatton
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both Castillo and De La Hoya are a lot more versatile than Hatton
No way Castillo is more versatile, and De La Hoya's ass was past its prime when Mayweather faught and almost lost to it.
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I feel that Mayweather will have the toughest fight of his life with Hatton.
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both Castillo and De La Hoya are a lot more versatile than Hatton
Agreed with you, Dan, Castillo ain't more versatile and Ricky has faster feet and more aggression than DLH. Ricky is also better at punching from old angles. He's also better at clinching ;)
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I respect Roger because he obviously has a lot more knowledge about boxing than any of us ever will.
The only thing is, he's so BLATANTLY biased that its hard to take his opinions seriously.
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I respect Roger because he obviously has a lot more knowledge about boxing than any of us ever will.
The only thing is, he's so BLATANTLY biased that its hard to take his opinions seriously.
He didn't seem very knowledgable to me when he was talking shit about the late Eddie Futch.
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both Castillo and De La Hoya are a lot more versatile than Hatton
Agreed with you, Dan, Castillo ain't more versatile and Ricky has faster feet and more aggression than DLH. Ricky is also better at punching from old angles. He's also better at clinching ;)
You mean Hatton is good at holding and hitting.
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both Castillo and De La Hoya are a lot more versatile than Hatton
Agreed with you, Dan, Castillo ain't more versatile and Ricky has faster feet and more aggression than DLH. Ricky is also better at punching from old angles. He's also better at clinching ;)
You mean Hatton is good at holding and hitting.
No, not really.
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if castillo (1st fight) and dela hoya can make a good fight of it and a close 1, so will hatton. no one can put better pressure on a boxer then hatton. I'm predicting hatton by close decision.
He outboxed Castillo in the rematch and has improved since then as for Oscar Hatton hasn't got a jab or Oscar's quickness thats what gave Mayweather trouble.
We might aswell say look what happened to Hatton when he fought the first fast fighter in his career aka Collazo but i will let Hatton off for that considering he wern't at his best i was disappointed he didn't give Collazo a rematch though.
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if castillo (1st fight) and dela hoya can make a good fight of it and a close 1, so will hatton. no one can put better pressure on a boxer then hatton. I'm predicting hatton by close decision.
He outboxed Castillo in the rematch and has improved since then as for Oscar Hatton hasn't got a jab or Oscar's quickness thats what gave Mayweather trouble.
We might aswell say look what happened to Hatton when he fought the first fast fighter in his career aka Collazo but i will let Hatton off for that considering he wern't at his best i was disappointed he didn't give Collazo a rematch though.
It wasn't just Oscar's jab but that he followed it up with pressure via combos - whether they landed or not, it looked good for DLH. When he lost his jab, he also lost all the pressure - but the jab didn't stand alone.
When he quit jabbing, he also made it easy for Floyd to get to him. Big mistake, to quit jabbing.
What Hatton does have is pressure ...
Going to be an interesting fight. Floyd by points is my expectation. Hatton will win 2-4 rounds.
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Originally Posted by tiger
if castillo (1st fight) and dela hoya can make a good fight of it and a close 1, so will hatton. no one can put better pressure on a boxer then hatton. I'm predicting hatton by close decision.
He outboxed Castillo in the rematch and has improved since then as for Oscar Hatton hasn't got a jab or Oscar's quickness thats what gave Mayweather trouble.
We might aswell say look what happened to Hatton when he fought the first fast fighter in his career aka Collazo but i will let Hatton off for that considering he wern't at his best i was disappointed he didn't give Collazo a rematch though.
Speed was not Hatton's problem v Collazo. Size was his problem, along with the chin of Collazo (other than the flash knockdown, he took Ricky's shots well). Ricky is faster than Oscar, for sure, at least at this point in Oscar's career. For handspeed, Ricky gets a small edge, for footspeed, Ricky gets a big edge.
I guess I'm a little disappointed he didn't give Collazo a rematch, because he would have won it, and won it clearly (though it wouldn't have been an easy fight). Then people couldn't use that fight (where Ricky won) against him.
Every fighter has their matchup problem. For Ricky, he has problems with strong southpaws. If I were him, I would avoid any southpaw with a size advantage for the rest of my career.
