Quote Originally Posted by ACEA
Mayweather may hit and run but it isn't his fault the other guy isn't quick enough to catch him. What he is doing is not illegal he is using his strengths to his advantage hitting and holding is illegal and that should be stopped by the ref. The hitting and holding just shows how much of a limited fighter Hatton is and he has done it against the two best guys on his record, i aint going to take anything away from Hatton by calling him a cheat as its not his fault the ref aint dealing with it but i dont like him for doing it.
You're right, it isn't Mayweather's fault nobody but Carl Lewis could catch him, and it's nobodies fault but the referee's that Hatton can get away with holding. As much as I like both of them, this is a weird fight. Mayweather wants to personally put himself next to Robinson and Ali on the greatest list. What a ridiculous statement from someone who won't go to war like both those men, and like Ricky does really. Ricky in truth has very good boxing skills but wants to mug you 1st and doesn't seem to even want to use but a couple of elements of the "sweet science". This fight will be determined by the referee as much as anything. Mayweather is not going to chance getting tagged by those viscious body shots of Hatton while on the ropes. DLH might be a better boxer and overall champ than Ricky but his inside game vs. Mayweather was absurd. Ricky's mastered his inside game, so I doubt Floyd wants to chance what happened to Castillo. On the other side of the coin you won't see Ricky trying to outbox Mayweather as that would be ridiculous to the point of being criminal, so he'll definately try to mug PBF. I couldn't call this fight if I had a gun to my head, until maybe I knew who the ref would be. Even then it is mind numbing. I will go on record as saying I think Mayweather will get a stoppage on Ricky from cuts alone in the 9 th or 10th round, just for fun sake, as I am betting they will handpick their ref if possible.