did we miss something with the hatton mayweather fight?

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

If Tommy hearns hadn't broken his hand on Hagler's mellon

If Delahoya had jabbed throughout the Mayweather fight

If Hopkins was more active in the last third of the Calzaghe fight

If If If If...

to claim hatton STILL would of been knocked out even if the circumstances had been different is absurd.

I for one know the day will never come when ricky hatton loses a fight on points - he has too much heart and courage to not go down fighting.

How is it absurd? I'm going by what I saw in the match and making an educated prediction. I saw Mayweather beating Hatton on the inside so a ref that allowed it would benefit Floyd further. I saw Mayweather standing in the pocket and engaging so your arguement for a smaller ring also falls flat on it's face.
Does that mean Ricky will get K.O'd quicker in a rematch? Of course not, this is boxing anything can happen..all we can do is predict. But with all the evidence gathered from the first fight, to call my prediction absurd is, well...absurd!

I'm a Hatton fan and even after rewatching it I think Ricky would have been KOd late...

Mayweather was beating him on the inside and our, you are correct... Hatton was contant pressure but for the most part was very ineffective...

Hatton would have to start looking only for the KO late... Being that he was being out boxed and lost most of the rounds... Ricky would swing wildly and get caught in the same manner...

I seriously don't think the ref had much to do with it... Either a late KO or a ud for Flyd...

I hate Mayweather but thats my oppinion.