Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Effective aggression is the way to beat Mayweather. Hatton, Castillo, Chavez and De La Hoya all found success when they took the fight to him and worked while Floyd was on the ropes. Most of the time these guys were sloppy when they had him there, but the ropes is the place to beat him. One think that Floyd has done a lot more of lately is backing himself to the ropes. Im not hating on him, but that is a fact if youve watched him coming up over the years you will have noticed this too. Hattons problem (aside from being overmatched) is he wound have floyd on the ropes and immediately hold. Sometimes hed land one punch then hold. That is not enough though. Swarming him intelligently is the way to beat Mayweather though.
I think PBF using his elbows and forearms is what prevented Hatton from punching on the inside. PBF was holding and pushing Hattons face with his forearms. I didn't think Hatton was doing much holding until after the 6th. There was alot of wrestling because PBF was holding. Hatton would get hit coming in, then PBF would grab and Hatton didn't get to punch so he pushed and shoved trying to get free, then PBF starts with the elbows and forearms across the face. It was very effective.

Hattons downfall was not jabbing his way in, and keeping his hands low coming in. But he was overmatched from the getgo.