Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
Rather than try to box Floyd he just wanted to turn it into a wrestling match and got beat at his own game.
Bilbs... I read your entire post but I'm sorry I just couldn't get past this sentence...

Hatton to try and "box" PBF?
The thought of Hatton trying to box with PBF makes me grin... I just can't even picture it.
Hattons only chance was to make it a physical fight and try and get on the inside but oddly enough PBF was a better inside fighter them him.
Go figure?
Nah maybe I worded it wrong. I didn't mean he should try and outbox Floyd he would have no chance. My point was that what Hatton did do in this fight could only in the very very loosest term of the word be called boxing at all.

It was very much like the Bika fight in that regard, in that you had a fighter who was hopelessly outclassed in the fight and so who attempted to win by not actually boxing at all but rather getting inside and trying to hold and maul.

That's why I never wanted Hatton to win, even though I'm a Brit. His style simply cannot be called boxing imo. It's basically wrestling in which throws and slams are outlawed.

So no I didn't suggest Ricky should try and 'outbox' Floyd but merely noted that he didn't even actually try to box whatsoever.