Quote Originally Posted by Myk_Myk
I could definitely see this fight being similar to the PBF vs Chavez fight, with Hatton fairing better if not winning, if it was taking place as Hatton's next fight after Moussa. Now however, both fighters seem to have changed:

PBF: appears to have "I'm on top, let's do enough not to lose" syndrome. It's often the ruin now a days of these supper fights, when neither man is willing to take the kind of risks he took to get to the top. Hopefully Hatton will press the fight enough to bring the action out of PBF, but when did PBF last throw a combination?

Hatton: The Collazo fight seemed to take a lot of the starch out of him. Then remember all the posts about how puny he looked after losing weight for Urango? That fight didn't seem to do much to restore his confidence that he could just overwhelm any man. Of course following that he took care of business with Castillo. Too bad he couldn't even get out of the ring without being told he'd beat an "old" fighter, but hopefully that restored his confidence, and he'll really take it to PBF with conviction.

One general note about Hatton: I guess he uses his quick feet to close in before taking too much punishment, but we've seen lately that that doesn't always work. If he would come in under the cover of a jab, I think he would take much less punishment and would have a longer career. Maybe too late in his career to add a jab to his arsenal?
the one thing i am worried about is Hattons jab, where the fuck has it gone? I was just watching some nice clips of him against Olivera and Tackie and he used his jab realy well to get inside, but he hasnt really used it since the Kosta fight (Which wasnt very often).

If he is to get in he needs to use the jab as a weapon i feel to not get hit on numerous times by Mayweather. I still cant see this being a landslide as quite a few people predict, people might call me a Hatton nuthugger etc etc.

But i am judging this as a fan of boxing and after this fight Hatton for me has no business at 147 where the majority of the top dogs would for me beat him, but i feel this as i have said before will be a close hard fought fight.