Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Quote Originally Posted by Memphis
What makes you think he should stop him inside five? Its not like Hattons a big puncher. Has Urango looked frail in any previous fights?
I'm expecting a cake walk for Hatton
Cake: When someone takes the cake they are regarded as having come first in some, often trivial, activity or other. Most authorities consider that this saying goes back to the days of slavery in the USA.

The slaves used to hold competitions to see which couple could produce the most elegant walk. The best promenaders won a prize, almost always a cake.

The extravagant walk required for this type of competition came to be called a Cakewalk and this gave rise to the old fashioned expression "it's a cakewalk". However the meaning later came to emphasise the trivial nature of the competition and began to imply that the effort needed was minor and of little account.

In consequence the modern saying "it's a piece of cake" could well be based on these old customs.

There is a much older possible origin, going back to the ancient Greeks. A "cake" in those times was a toasted cereal bound together with honey. It was given to the most vigilant man on night watch. Aristotle is quoted as having written in "The Knights": "if you surpass him in impudence, then we take the cake".