Hatton Interview: 'Floyd doesn't have the power of Tszyu'

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Good interview with the Hitman, copy and pasted from Sky Sports site:



Ricky Hatton says Floyd Mayweather will need more than speed to beat him on December 8. The Hitman faces the Pretty Boy in boxing's fight of the year at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Both men have perfect ring records, but hugely contrasting styles. It's Mayweather's speed, defensive brilliance and counter-punching against Hatton's non-stop pressure and brutal body blows. Hatton will start a big underdog - particularly Stateside - but for Manchester's finest it's a case of deja vu. In 2005 he was written off ahead of his career-defining world-title showdown with Aussie great Kostya Tszyu in Manchester. But on an unforgettable night at the MEN Arena he made Tszyu quit at the end of round 11 after an unleashing an unrelenting attack on his opponent. And now Hatton says he'll make Mayweather quit too.

He said: "I think a lot of people are going to lose money. Most people are picking Floyd - everybody expects him to beat me. And that suits me just fine.

"Last time nobody gave me a chance against Kostya Tszyu and I made him quit. I think I'm going to make Floyd quit."

Hatton says that as he did against Tszyu he'll rise to the occasion, and adds that only power and not speed can halt his march to the top of the P4P tree.

"Nobody gave me a prayer against Kostya Tszyu and I think Floyd would like to think the pressure will get to me on the biggest stage. But before I was world champion I was boxing in front of bigger crowds than I'll be fighting in front of on December 8.

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"But against Tszyu I was oblivious to tiredness and I was oblivious to pain. Floyd is a different style but I think to beat Ricky Hatton you need that firepower to stop me coming.

"Floyd has the speed and boxing ability and defence but Tszyu had the physical strength and that right hand.

"I think you need power. I'd be more worried about facing power rather than speed. You need to stop Ricky Hatton coming. Has he got the power to hurt me? I've no doubt he might lead me a merry dance at times and pick me off but he doesn't have the right hand that Kostya Tszyu had.

"Has he got the firepower to deal with my educated pressure? And that's the key - edcuated pressure."

Pressure

Hatton has huge respect for Mayweather's talents, but says there are crucial flaws that he will expose come December 8.

"He has a lot in his armoury - he's very very good at what he does. He's got a wonderful defence and he likes to take the sting out of his opponent - there's nothing more tiring than missing.

"He waits for his opponent but he shouldn't be waiting too long. Against somebody like me who doesn't tire, he doesn't want to wait too long.

"He's struggled against people that put the pressure on him - Castillo and De La Hoya. He's got a whole lot of trouble coming his way.

"Doubt hasn't come into my mind yet. There isn't the slightest thought that I'm going to lose."

Hatton won't just carry that unbeaten record into the MGM Grand ring - he'll carry the hopes of a nation starved of sporting success in 2007.

But just as with most things in life, he reacts to that in a positive way.

"I don't look to the burden of letting them down. I look forward to doing them proud.

"Nobody gave Lloyd Honeyghan a chance against Don Curry, nobody gave Roberto Duran a chance against Sugar Ray Leonard and nobody gave me a chance against Kostya Tszyu. The man with the most talent doesn't always win."

Good read Conrad; CC. Check your message box Conrad.

Good interview, lots of good quotes by Hatton. He seems confident and mentally very well prepared.

Got a laugh at this one: "Has he got the power to hurt me? I've no doubt he might lead me a merry dance at times" :laugh:

Hey Legion

Read your PM but can't reply for some reason, do I need a certain amount of posts before I can send PM's? Anyways thanks for the PM, in all fairness I was probably a little too subtle at hinting I was English with just a wink smiley.

I don't think Hatton will win for one second but like so many others I'm praying he does it.

Particularly like the final quote in the interview:

"Nobody gave Lloyd Honeyghan a chance against Don Curry, nobody gave Roberto Duran a chance against Sugar Ray Leonard and nobody gave me a chance against Kostya Tszyu.
The man with the most talent doesn't always win."

I don't know if you have to have a certain # of posts; someone that sees this thread might tell you. No biggie, just didn't know if you had seen the message. 8)

Sounds like he might be in for a bit of a shock when Floyd catches him with a couple of counters, Floyd has power no devastating power but enough to get you to backup. I dont understand why people say Floyd struggled against DLH he went to the ropes vulanteraly as he knew Oscar would fade. I give Hatton credit for actually believing in himself and for beating Tszyu against the odds but Floyd aint in the same class as a 35 year old Kostya. Hatton will tire its a fact hes going to miss a hell of a lot more than he did in the Tszyu fight and hes going to be moving around the ring a lot more.

Great read. Welcom Conrad, c.
Only hope educated pressure has "cutting off the ring" at number one priority.

Sounds like Ricky's got a lot of confidence. I'm afraid Floyd has more pop that Hatton thinks, though - it seems about everyone he faces is surprised by how much power he actually does have.

CC for the quotes!

Hatton should have confidence in himself, he's not coming to Vegas to bow down to Mayweather and gladly receive an asswhooping.

But the problem in his reasoning is that he's comparing Floyd to 35 year old, washed up Kosta Tszyu and he's comparing himself to a prime Castillo and past prime ODLH. I'm sorry but Floyd IMO was a much better fighter than Tszyu in his prime. Honestly, the only reason that Castillo and ODLH gave Floyd some problems was because they were just physically SO MUCH bigger than him. Castillo was a HUGE lightweight in his prime and ODLH, albeit past his prime, was an ELITE boxer that even competed at middleweight for a while. It wasn't solely the pressure that bothered him, it was the pressure from a higher skilled, physically much bigger man. IMO Ricky is a smaller, blown up light welter just like Floyd and I wouldn't be surprised if Floyd looked like the bigger man on Dec 8th. This means that Floyd isn't going to be as worried about getting hit because honestly, Ricky is not a puncher. Ricky thinks that he's gonna come in and bully Floyd around but he's definitely not going to be able to wrestle like he did in the Tszyu fight, partly because Floyd's not stationary and the ref won't allow it. This is where Ricky is going to find problems. What most people don't pay attention to is that Ricky doesn't work his way in, he's most effective punching off the break after he's grappled his opponent or punching on the inside when his opponent is laying in against him. Hatton jumps in and throws hooks, he doesn't setup punches with the jab, he doesn't jab his way in, he literally jumps in, lunges at you with a hook designed to get him inside, grabs your arms to prevent you from punching him before he gets in, and then finally throws punches once he's on the inside. Floyd is always taking that step back in order to counter, Floyd is too quick and will just move out of the way, and Floyd won't lay in on Ricky like Castillo did and when he does, he's going to have the advantage due to his quick jerk reflexes, handspeed, and that shell defensive ability.

JLC used his much bigger frame to bully Floyd and score, ODLH was the MUCH bigger man with elite boxing ability and scored when he decided to use his jab to setup punches and throw off Floyd's rhythm. The real question for Hatton is how is he going to score? The only way I could see Hatton winning is if he fights almost the same type of fight Jesus Chavez did against Mayweather and can take the punishment. The problem with that is Jesus Chavez surprisingly used his jab to effectively back Floyd into the ropes all night and then go to work on the body and Jesus had one of the most amazing workrates I've seen this decade on that night. I just don't see how Hatton can score. Guys, how does Hatton score effectively in this fight?

Indeed, there is so much talk about Floyd underestimated Ricky but to me it now seems the other way round. He is going to get one hell of a shock when he feels the constant stinging of Floyds shots...'You need power to stop me coming forward'...I don't remember Collazo having too much power? He nearly had Hatton out of there..

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Hatton won't just carry that unbeaten record into the MGM Grand ring - he'll carry the hopes of a nation starved of sporting success in 2007.

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Gotta disagree about our lack of sporting success this year, off the top of my head, we have 3 undisputed world boxing champions, along with Witter, Rees, Macaraneli, Elcock is challeniging Abraham and from my own island of Guernsey great Britain can be proud of Andy Priaulx who has wan the world touring car championship for the 3rd year in a row on the trot and before that he wan the European title, awesome driver in a rough discipline, oh and then theres Lewis Hamilton

Oh and not forgetting the England football team ;D

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Hatton should have confidence in himself, he's not coming to Vegas to bow down to Mayweather and gladly receive an asswhooping.

But the problem in his reasoning is that he's comparing Floyd to 35 year old, washed up Kosta Tszyu and he's comparing himself to a prime Castillo and past prime ODLH. I'm sorry but Floyd IMO was a much better fighter than Tszyu in his prime. Honestly, the only reason that Castillo and ODLH gave Floyd some problems was because they were just physically SO MUCH bigger than him. Castillo was a HUGE lightweight in his prime and ODLH, albeit past his prime, was an ELITE boxer that even competed at middleweight for a while. It wasn't solely the pressure that bothered him, it was the pressure from a higher skilled, physically much bigger man. IMO Ricky is a smaller, blown up light welter just like Floyd and I wouldn't be surprised if Floyd looked like the bigger man on Dec 8th. This means that Floyd isn't going to be as worried about getting hit because honestly, Ricky is not a puncher. Ricky thinks that he's gonna come in and bully Floyd around but he's definitely not going to be able to wrestle like he did in the Tszyu fight, partly because Floyd's not stationary and the ref won't allow it. This is where Ricky is going to find problems. What most people don't pay attention to is that Ricky doesn't work his way in, he's most effective punching off the break after he's grappled his opponent or punching on the inside when his opponent is laying in against him. Hatton jumps in and throws hooks, he doesn't setup punches with the jab, he doesn't jab his way in, he literally jumps in, lunges at you with a hook designed to get him inside, grabs your arms to prevent you from punching him before he gets in, and then finally throws punches once he's on the inside. Floyd is always taking that step back in order to counter, Floyd is too quick and will just move out of the way, and Floyd won't lay in on Ricky like Castillo did and when he does, he's going to have the advantage due to his quick jerk reflexes, handspeed, and that shell defensive ability.

JLC used his much bigger frame to bully Floyd and score, ODLH was the MUCH bigger man with elite boxing ability and scored when he decided to use his jab to setup punches and throw off Floyd's rhythm. The real question for Hatton is how is he going to score? The only way I could see Hatton winning is if he fights almost the same type of fight Jesus Chavez did against Mayweather and can take the punishment. The problem with that is Jesus Chavez surprisingly used his jab to effectively back Floyd into the ropes all night and then go to work on the body and Jesus had one of the most amazing workrates I've seen this decade on that night. I just don't see how Hatton can score. Guys, how does Hatton score effectively in this fight?

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"I'm sorry but Floyd IMO was a much better fighter than Tszyu in his prime."

No he isn't. I actually think Tszyu in his prime would have been Floyd's biggest challenge. Too bad that fight never happened. But that's a whole other discussion. I do, however, agree that the Hatton beat a past prime Tszyu (not to mention the ref letting Ricky get away with a lot of holding).

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Indeed, there is so much talk about Floyd underestimated Ricky but to me it now seems the other way round. He is going to get one hell of a shock when he feels the constant stinging of Floyds shots...'You need power to stop me coming forward'...I don't remember Collazo having too much power? He nearly had Hatton out of there..

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Exactly. While I do attribute some of the difficulties Hatton had against Collazo due to Collazo being a southpaw and Hatton fighting his first fight at welter, let's be honest, Collazo does not have any power at welter and Hatton was out on his feet. I'd be worried a little about getting clipped if I was Hatton, because Hatton wasn't hurt on a wild punch, he was hurt on an effective straight punch. I honestly can't say that Collazo punches any harder than Floyd. In fact, if you look at the Judah-Mayweather and Judah-Cotto fights, while Cotto is a true body snatcher, Floyd's work to Judah's body wasn't any less effective than Cotto's. Except against Mayweather, instead of taking a knee like he did against Cotto, Judah hit Floyd low and then gave him a hard rabbit punch and then the rest is history. CC BTW man. Floyd's power isn't blunt Margarito type KO power of course, but I think he's got effective power from a combination of amazing accuracy and hand speed. Hatton IMO is working himself up just like Gatti, of course he's a much much better fighter, but you can't come into a fight with Floyd Mayweather banking on ONE thing to win the fight because when that ONE thing doesn't work then ur up shit's creek without a paddle. Floyd doesn't come in with just one way to win a fight, he's got several gameplans and makes adjustments. Hatton better hope that his "educated pressure" can win the fight. It will be abundantly clear in the first two rounds how the fight will play out.

Floyd doesnt have any plans, he just fights the way he does, his opponents have all seen better days, he is like Jones whos opponents were just scared to get countered and not open up, the ideal person to counter this was Nigel Benn, he would take whatever you got and come tearing back and if you werent prepared to dig down deep you were f*cked, Benn is Hattons idol and Hatton will be the closest thing to Benn that Floyd has faced, Floyd aint like Calzaghe who fought one of the highest regarded boxers today and after struggling a bit he changed his style and schooled Kessler

Jones also came down a weight to get beaten by an upstart after facing a name at a higher weight

Will Floyds old legs carry him against Hatton, he laid on the ropes for long periods against Oscar

Delahoya backed off. He tired. When he was putting the pressure on floyd, he was winning the fight. he just didn't do it for 12 rounds.

thats complete bs Floyd allowed DLH to put the pressure on so he would tire DLH wasnt forcing Floyd back.

Why do people keep say when dlh was applying pressure he was winning. That had to be the most ineffective pressure I ever seen. For a guy to throw like 6 or 7 body punches and only land 1, sorry but that aint effective aggression especially when yiur opponent is countering with crisp accurate shots. The onl round i thought dlh won convincly is when he threw the jab and made floyd back up a little. thats it. I mean u could of given him 3 or 4 rounds for pure aggression but thats it. I actually think floyd won that fight in second gear.

Sounds like Hatton is trying damn hard to convince himself he can win. Doesn't sound to sure to me

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Hey Legion

Read your PM but can't reply for some reason, do I need a certain amount of posts before I can send PM's?

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25 posts. :)

Welcome aboard the Saddo Express hope you enjoy your stay here.... Protect yourself at all times and keep it clean.


8) and CC#9

Castillo never put rediculous pressure on Mayweather... he was using intelligent pressure, and I don't think Mayweather had all that many difficulties with the golden boy, chavez, Ndou who are other guys who tried to pressure him.

Also Collazo never hit as hard as Tszyu, and look at Hatton in the 12 round of that fight.

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Hatton should have confidence in himself, he's not coming to Vegas to bow down to Mayweather and gladly receive an asswhooping.

But the problem in his reasoning is that he's comparing Floyd to 35 year old, washed up Kosta Tszyu and he's comparing himself to a prime Castillo and past prime ODLH. I'm sorry but Floyd IMO was a much better fighter than Tszyu in his prime. Honestly, the only reason that Castillo and ODLH gave Floyd some problems was because they were just physically SO MUCH bigger than him. Castillo was a HUGE lightweight in his prime and ODLH, albeit past his prime, was an ELITE boxer that even competed at middleweight for a while.

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With all due respect to Kostya Tszyu, he did not move laterally not a single time in that fight. All Hatton had to do was close the distance coming straight ahead.


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Hatton should have confidence in himself, he's not coming to Vegas to bow down to Mayweather and gladly receive an asswhooping.

But the problem in his reasoning is that he's comparing Floyd to 35 year old, washed up Kosta Tszyu and he's comparing himself to a prime Castillo and past prime ODLH. I'm sorry but Floyd IMO was a much better fighter than Tszyu in his prime. Honestly, the only reason that Castillo and ODLH gave Floyd some problems was because they were just physically SO MUCH bigger than him. Castillo was a HUGE lightweight in his prime and ODLH, albeit past his prime, was an ELITE boxer that even competed at middleweight for a while.

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With all due respect to Kostya Tszyu, he did not move laterally not a single time in that fight. All Hatton had to do was close the distance coming straight ahead.


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Tszyu was 35 years old in that fight. I give Hatton for taking it to him...but Kostya was past his prime in that fight.

Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

its soo funny when guys say Floyd does'nt have power , I think its because the speed and movement over shadows the fact that his punch does have pop and enought of them will knock u out. OH boy i think Ricks in for a rude awakening. Ricks got to realize that when he fought Kostya rick was in his prime and Kostya was fighting the last fight of his long career, so to compare floyd who is in his prime to a kostya that was fighting his last professional fight is just crazy. Anyway i wish Ricky lots of luck because its pretty obvious he does'nt know what he's up against.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Please note in round 9. On AT LEAST two occasions (1:10, 1:00), Hatton holds Tszyu's head down with the left hand, and throws a right upper cut. I find it notable that the ref ignores this.

Speed generates power. Floyd doesnt have one punch power like Tszyu, but he can deliver a beating with accumulative damage.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Please not in round 9. On AT LEAST two occasions (1:10, 1:00), Hatton holds Tszyu's head down with the left hand, and throws a right upper cut. I find it notable that the ref ignores this.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Please not in round 9. On AT LEAST two occasions (1:10, 1:00), Hatton holds Tszyu's head down with the left hand, and throws a right upper cut. I find it notable that the ref ignores this.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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Poor Zoo.

Man i can not wait for this fight i wish it come already lol i am so sick of waiting for it just keep hearing threads and waiting.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Please not in round 9. On AT LEAST two occasions (1:10, 1:00), Hatton holds Tszyu's head down with the left hand, and throws a right upper cut. I find it notable that the ref ignores this.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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And was that before or after Tzuyu knocked Hatton down with a bodyshot which was ruled low by the ref?? ;D

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Why do people keep say when dlh was applying pressure he was winning. That had to be the most ineffective pressure I ever seen. For a guy to throw like 6 or 7 body punches and only land 1, sorry but that aint effective aggression especially when yiur opponent is countering with crisp accurate shots. The onl round i thought dlh won convincly is when he threw the jab and made floyd back up a little. thats it. I mean u could of given him 3 or 4 rounds for pure aggression but thats it. I actually think floyd won that fight in second gear.

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At times Oscars pressure didn't look like much more than token pressure.. It 'looked' like he was coming forward, but Floyd would have just been thinking,, " ummmm, I SEE the great ODLH punching me, but I don't feel it"....
Anytime opponents come at Floyd on a continual basis though it actually looks like things begin to even up... I think that's what is being refered to...
Floyd dominance comes when Fighters just can't succeed in putting the pressure on so they try to out box Floyd..

There isn't a single boxer of our time than can 'outbox' Floyd Mayweather.. I honestly beleive that..

But continuous pressure has been proven to even up a fight with him... 50/50 even??? well, I wouldn't say that.... But if I had to give one style of fighting that would ever have a chance of winning out of Floyds style, it's someone who puts continueous pressure on him round after round and doesn't mind getting countered many times to get in there and rough Floyd up.

Hatton will waste punches like he didnt do against Kostya. But if Hatton can land and do it early then we have a serious fight on our hands.

I think a lot of this fight will be determined by how much patience Ricky has - if he can avoid getting frustrated by Floyd's awesome defensive skills. Patience and workrate - those are two essentials to cracking through Floyd's armor.

That and ignoring all those quick, sharp counters.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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Tszyu low blowed Hatton twice then Hatton retaliated with low blow of his own.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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And was that before or after Tzuyu knocked Hatton down with a bodyshot which was ruled low by the ref?? ;D

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Well it was hard to tell the blow was just below the belt line.

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I think a lot of this fight will be determined by how much patience Ricky has - if he can avoid getting frustrated by Floyd's awesome defensive skills. Patience and workrate - those are two essentials to cracking through Floyd's armor.

That and ignoring all those quick, sharp counters.

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Watch the De La Hoya fight again, De La Hoya was not that hard to read, Floyd knew where the punches were coming from much of the time. Ricky is totally unpredictable once on the inside, punches come from all over the place and I reckon thats gonna make the difference.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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Tszyu low blowed Hatton twice then Hatton retaliated with low blow of his own.

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Ya, Floyd may not have the power. but Tszyu didn't have the speed and movement of Mayweather either. Also, I doubt the ref on Dec 8 lets Hatton wrestle and maul Floyd the way he did to Tszyu.

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Was that before or after Hatton intentionally punched Tszyu in the nuts? :D

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And was that before or after Tzuyu knocked Hatton down with a bodyshot which was ruled low by the ref?? ;D

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Well it was hard to tell the blow was just below the belt line.

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oOoOo I dunno man..Slow motion replays showed it right on the beltline..which is why I always say although body punching is Hattons forte its also his achilles heel...Urango showed that as well. Even the commentators called it a let off for Hatton..who by the way were the fucking worst commentators i've ever seen. >:mad

few things i worry about hatotn in this fight are..

#1 i don't tire.. will castilo fight didn't last long enough (not hattons fault ofc) but his last few outins that went the 12 he looked screwed after 6 or 8 rounds... Ok i would expect hatton to be in better shape for this one, but still... I have seen other fighters who havn't looked great when they have been put in agasint guys of a less class, beause the drive isnt there BUT they have always come in fit enough to go the 12 easy.

#2 He says about floyd struggled with preasure from castillo and oscar, but that was cleaver preasure... hatton doesnt have that, its lunge forward hold and hit... thats is a limited fighter.. oscar looke best when jabbing, castillo could box and preasure, they didn't just lunge in... hatotn cant box his way in and open him up

I am of the belief that Hatton would have been DQ'd against Tszyu if the fight was in the USA or Australia.
Hatton used every trick in the book to nullify Tszyu's power and there is no better way to do it than to hit your opponent low, Hatton got away with it and won..so be it.
Mayweather is not an inactive, injury hampered going on 36 year old fighter and the Fatman will need to rediscover those tricks very fast on fight night because Floyd will have all the answers.
I like Ricky Hatton but Mayweather is in his prime and i see a solid but tough UD decision for the Pretty Boy here. Good on Ricky for playing the publicity game very well, his career will not be tarnished by this forthcoming loss.

Does anyone know what the judges scored the Hatton-Tszyu fight after 11? At least to me it was a very even fight after 11, Im just curious if Tszyu could have won if he finished (assuming he won the 12th cause I would think he needed it).

I have to agree on the main comment...Floyd is in no way as hard a hitter as Tszyu....

Except he will hit you a tad less hard twice as much :-\