I think a repeat of Judah vs Mayweather would be his toughest fight. However I don't think we'd see a repeat. I believe Zab was as successful as he was in rounds 1-4 because Mayweather was still figuring him out. Once he made his adjustments it was just a question of whether or not it would go 12.
Mayweather would be in trouble with Hatton if Hatton had Zab's handspeed and legs. He doesn't though. I don't think this fight would be easy, but I think Floyd is quick enough compared to Hatton to be able to stick and move all night. Stick and move until Hatton paints the canvas red. Nothing against Hatton, I think he's awesome and would love to see him succeed... but I see this as a poor style match up.
I also see the Margarito fight going as the Corrales fight did, except without the knockdowns maybe.
Castillo could make for an interesting fight... but again I really think Floyd can avoid the pressure or deal with it effectively.
Gatti... not even worth talking about. I love Gatti, but that is the worst style match up possible.
I think ODLH of today has the skill to make Mayweather not look as good as he usually does. But I think this would be a boring chess match in which Mayweather is the UD victor. ODLH of old is another story, and that would have been something!
Honestly, aside from Mayweather's skills I am not a fan. But I don't see him losing until age taints his natural gifts, he moves up too far in weight and is over his head with a much bigger man, or he somehow loses his focus and doesn't show up to fight night 100% ready. I think his skills and work ethic are just that good.
But the fight I want to see most is Hatton. Not now though, I want this to get huge and I want it to do huge things for boxing. As for the immediate future, I'd like to see him rematch Zab so that any questions can be answered. I think in a rematch Floyd would crush him. And to those who side with Zab, they will say, "look at what happened to Spinks in the rematch". Fair enough... lets have a rematch to settle the score.
In the mean time, let Hatton introduce himself to North America. Lets see him fight Margarito or Cotto. Or... lets see Hatton vs ODLH. That will get him exposure (massive exposure), and if he can't get past ODLH, Hatton vs PBF would have been a waste of time!
My thoughts...


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