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Maywether will fight his fight. He will stick and move throughout the fight. We will have our moments where he leans on the ropes and allows Hatton to attack. This is Floyds way of playing possum with his opponents. He makes his opponents believe that they have him on the ropes,b tu in reality...he does it on purpose. He'll do it once and then he'll do it twice and by the 3rd time....he has you figured out. He's ready to counter. He knows what you're going to do. He's very slick with it. He did it with Oscar and with many others. Many of his opponents have trouble getting to him and when they finally have him on the ropes...they attack the same way. To the body first. PBF knows it and counters easily.
I honestly don't like Floyd, but I respect his skills and his ring IQ. I honestly don't believe that clinching is going to help Hatton here. I think PBF will be ready & prepared for that and will be ready to shove and use his elbows and counter as they seperate. Hatton needs to cut the ring off as many times as he could and confuse PBF with his attacks while on the ropes. meaning: Don't always go to the body when he is against the ropes, always start with something different. jab first, right cross another time, lft hook, or right hook or even an uppercut. But if his first punch while having PBF on the ropes is always the Left Hook to the body first, believe me, Floyd will be ready to land that counter right hook or cross every time.
HATTON: needs to be consistently moving forward but at the same time patient. He needs to cut the ring off and force PBF to the ropes, then attack in differents ways. Don't always look for the left hook because Floyd know will be waiting for it. Don't go clinching while he's on the ropes because they will seperate you or maybe PBF will hold on to him long enough til the ref seperates. He needs to do this so that PBF won't easily beat him. If he goes in with the clinching mentality...trust me..he will be receiving punches in bunches before he finally gets a hold of PBF. He also needs to be cautious as he moves forward. PBF is really fast and has a style that has yet to be figured out. Oscar showed signs of it, but lacked his opportunities when he had Floyd on the ropes.
MAYWEATHER: He'll do what he normally does. This is nothing different. He just needs to be ready to use his elbows to keep Hatton from doing what he wants. Hatton is going to want to use his left hook to the body alot....PBF needs to be ready for it when he is against the ropes, and be ready to counter. Which he is always ready.
I think the fans will make this fun but the fight itself will be boring. I see too much elbows, clinching and moving in this fight. I think the ref has a big fight in hand. He's going to dictate alot.
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