Quote Originally Posted by zhubin
Floyd would have NEVER gone down to 140. Don't forget...Floyd has an enormous ego...and going down in weight to fight Hatton would have meant he was giving in to Ricky's demands. Plus, Floyd isn't stupid...he wants to have the BEST chance to win. Could he have gone down to 140 and beaten Hatton...he probably could have. But he knows at 147 he has that much more of an advantage...considering Hatton's conditioning and already smaller frame. But ultimately...and i say this not being a fan of Floyd's at all...he should have not even considered going down in weight. he is the bigger star and the p4p champ. I would love to see Ricky beat him...but jsut way to much speed, skill, conditioning...and even power.
Ego is the reason i thougth he might of gone down tbh - sure he has the biggest ego there is, and how it woud of fed his ego to say he went down to hattons weight and beat him at it...

As for ricky being less effective at 147, cant see that, he prolyl weighs in close to that on fight night anyhow...

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mayweather i believe only came in at 149 or 150 for the de la hoya fight... making 140 after ALL this time would do nothing for him, comparing to roy dropping from heavy to LHWto maywather dropping around 10pounds isnt even clsoe to being the same thing, that and mayweather being in his prime...