Quote Originally Posted by jbirdy
you may have heard that argument so many times sweet pea my friend because it is quite a valid argument. i just said it again because you baught it up. myself and many others just think that mayweather hasn't got the firepower to keep hatton off him for 12 rounds when hatton is on one.
Mayweather doesn't need firepower to keep Hatton off him. He needs speed and technique, both of which he has in abundance. Not everything in boxing is about power. An elite speed/defense fighter (like Mayweather, or Whitaker in years past) doesn't lose unless they get old or they move way too far up in weight to fight someone who is simply too big. Neither of those scenarios applies in a Mayweather-Hatton showdown. Hatton has neither the size nor the skill to beat a fighter of Floyd's skillset while Floyd is still in his physical prime.

Quote Originally Posted by jbirdy
yeah a fight with cotto or mayweather would be bigger than hatton's fight with castillo but that fight still shapes up to be awesome. and the fact is that hatton and castillo both want that fight, it will be a close fight, and both fighters are already fighting at 140.
I never said the Hatton-Castillo fight wouldn't be awesome or close. I'm sure it will be a very entertaining, close fight, one I'm looking very forward to watching. I just said it isn't a "huge" fight in the same way that a Cotto or Mayweather fight would be.