Floyd, Manny, Hop, Roy legacy

[Rantcatrat]

Side note: Floyd beat Hatton at welterweight. This was a weight that Ricky was not world class and struggled at, his best weight was light welterweight and Manny smashed him.

I've seen this many times and I've asked everyone who mentioned it the same thing - I've probably asked you this numerous times before.

Can you explain to me how allowing Ricky to weight in at 147 had any impact at all on his actual performance, keeping in mind a) Ricky was the bigger man, b) Ricky was the guy cutting the most weight (I don't think Floyd even cuts weight), c) Ricky was notorious for blowing up between fights and killing himself to get down to 140.

It's been nearly 7 years and I can't figure it out. When you take everything into consideration, it seems like the only one who could possibly benefit from having to weigh in at 147 as opposed to 140 was Ricky Hatton.

I'll try to explain. Allowing Ricky to weigh in at 147 didn't necessarily hurt Ricky's performance, as you mentioned he didn't have to struggle as much to make weight. However, Ricky's style depended in part on his ability to out-muscle his competition. He couldn't do that as effectively at 147, as he could at 140. He was only 5'6.

Before his fight against Floyd, he fought Collazo at 147, who I thought he struggled a lot with. In fact, Collazo hurt him in the last few rounds and Ricky was forced to hold as a result. If we're honest, what Did Ricky Hatton really do at 147? What was his best win at that weight class? Collazo? Maybe it's just me, which is fine, but Hatton looked like a tough Staffordshire Terrier at 140, but at 147, he looked of average, if not small size.

For example, I think Sergio Martinez's win over Kelly Pavlik at 160 is better than Hopkins' win over him at 170 because Pavlik just wasn't as effective above 160.