I know people are moaning about the scoring but I though Hatton just made it an ugly brawling mess of a fight. Rather than try to box Floyd he just wanted to turn it into a wrestling match and got beat at his own game.
I don't think Cortez did anything wrong, if he hadn't have kept intervening it would have just been a big lovemaking session on the floor.
Watching the fight again this afternoon I thought the scoring by the official judges was bang on.
Hatton didn't win many rounds at all imo. He just kept coming forward trying to smother Floyd but wasn't throwing any punches, except ones to the back of the head.
It was an ugly fight mostly, remniscient of Calzaghe Bika I thought.
Floyd did brilliantly beating Hatton at his own game on the inside and knocking him out.
I wouldn't have given Hatton any more than 3 rounds tops.
I don't recall Hatton landing any solid flush blows on Mayweather whilst Floyd had three absolutely dominating rounds where he caught Hatton flush, almost had him over and in the 10th KO'd him brutally.
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