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I think Hatton by stoppage. Discount Manny's last fight. De La Hoya looked like a fucking lolipop and was totally weight drained.

It'll be very interesting and I'm a little bit concerned about Hatton getting cut early on.

I am not overly confident about my prediction but listen to this.

The odds for Mayweather v Hatton were 1-2 Mayweather 6-4 Hatton.

I mean, they were a joke. I put Mayweather about a 1-9 favourite.

The odds for this fight are about the same. 1-2

I put it slightly for Hatton - Maybe even 5-6 each of them.

People are reading too much into Manny's last fight.
maybe, but then again, manny agreed to fight dela hoya is balls enough when hatton declined. manny stood there and traded with dela hoya who even though a lot of people thought he was dead at the weight had a big punchers chance. people now are saying that ricky's size should give him the W because he is rough and tough. they said the same thing about manny against oscar. if you saw the weigh in pictures today, did you notice that dela hoya looked better during his weigh in against manny that ricky did today? there goes another excuse.
Seriously, don't read anything into Manny's last fight. Take his last fight away and you still have got a frightening fighter.

I say Hatton win with a degree of uncertainty. Manny might bamboozle Hatton for sure, but Hatton at this weight - you can not argue with his record. The only thing was not fighting Witter and I guess if you were being harsh you could question a few things on Hatton's cv. There are a few victories against older opponents.

I'm excited by this fight and as it's so close, I'm thinking it will either be the following.

a) Hatton's strength at this weight sees him through and he wins by stoppage.

b) Manny bamboozles and wins.

c) mix of Hatton's strength and Manny's bamboozling means a very tight fight goes to the cards.

d) Hatton gets cut early and ref stops it.
i am not reading into it bro. im just saying that manny people discount that fight. a fight that was also offered to ricky which he declined. i see a fight that will be back and forth but i think manny will eventually cut ricky up and vice versa. there will be a stoppage.