I had a feeling he would be different from other unknowns on the world title chase but i had seen him fight and fight well, shown promise before.. in a few interviews even years before he fought tszyu i knew he would make it big eventually cos he was always talking about the big names in the humble manner which he does.. When zab was the big champ he was mentioning zab.. and when tszyu became the undisputed champ he was talking about tszyu .. always looking to be the linear champ and not the paper champ!..
thats the difference between hatton and mayweather..
although both have earnt and dropped titles without a second though and both were looking for the big fights i feel hatton went about it alot better and was looking to be the man who beat the man..
nothing against floyd until the point he left lightweight.. where i was alot bigger a fan of him!..
but thats the point where floyd changed a bit..
hatton knew kostya was the linear champ and would be so for a fair while so he went looking for that fight.. like why he took the smaller/ mediocre fights on the build up they all tied in with his urge to fight kostya .. vince phillips was the only one to have beaten tszyu so hatton beat him.. fought olivera and other such names who were tied in with phillips tszyu sharmba mitchell... tried quite hard for a bout with mitchell also..
i think floyd bieng the different character he is was also biased on money issues aswell when making his fights and when moving up he looked for fights where the paycheck was big whether the title was legit or not..
i mean wasnt the wbc title vacant when gatti won it cos kostya dropped it? and floyd should have stuck around and fought ricky then i think.. most do!! but cant dwell on that..
anyway..wrappin it up!!
Peace