Quote Originally Posted by eagle
Quote Originally Posted by robbo
pretty boy floyd mayweather has never fought anyone with the determination and pride that ricky hatton will have going into this fight. period.

cuts or no cuts ricky hatton will come forward like the warrior he truly is.

what will be pbf's answer? retreat! and as he does there will be a young man from manchester ready to chop him down from every perceivable angle known to man.
the leverage hatton gets into his body punches is truly awesome....but his main attribute is tenacity, and pbf will have to do more than "pick him off" if he hopes to remain on his feet at the end of round 12, as i said earlier hatton ko5 imo.

i hate to be a shot poster but it is 4.30 am over here (london) and i need some kip

good to speak to you tonight eagle and i am looking forward to catching up with my post tomorrow

good night, god bless
My point is that Hatton is making a big step up in class fighting PBF, whereas PBF has been in with fighters like Hatton before(chavez, Castillo etc). Those fighters may not be as good as Hatton, but pride and tenacity, hardly ever beat pure class. If they did fighters like Gatti and Katsidis would be P4P number 1.
i dont think anyone pbf has thought to date can be compared to hatton, in a way he is an unorphodox fighter the way he uses clinches to smother his opponent rather than a sign of weakness. he also feints his way inside more effectively than either chavez or castillo and gets more into his punches once he's there...dont get me wrong ricky will have to step it up a gear to overcome floyd because he will be picked off by floyds skillfull back pedalling and jabbing.

however, ricky knows how to use his come forward aggresion effectively and it will prove to be an important asset come dec8 imo